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- -10-10
- for offset, if you specify ____,the client 10 pixels from the right edge of the screen and 10 pixels up from the bottom of the screen
- /etc/inittab
- To make Linux start a text console (with no GUI) automatically, use your favorite text editor and change the line in ____ that reads id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault:
- SVGA
- The VESA driver is also known as ____
- /etc/sysconfig/desktop
- Alternate way to set your display manger is to set the DISPLAYMANAGER directive to GNOME or KDE in ____.
- userclientrc
- When you start the X Window System with the startx command, the ____ directive looks for a file to run named .xinitrc in your home directory.
- Xorg -configure
- Some problems may keep the system-config-display command from working. In that case, you can use a command line option to probe your hardware and create a local xorg.conf configuration file: ____ (caution: this may not work for all hardware configurations, such as RHEL 5 within VMware.)
- /etc/inittab
- Six mingetty terminals are configured through ____
- system-config-display
- to start Red Hat GUI X Window Display Settings configuration tool
- Option "DontVTSwitch" "on"
- Disable switching from the GUI to other virtual terminals with the following command:
- /usr/X11R6/bin
- x apps like xclipboard and xminicom are in this dir
- .xinitrc
- You can customize the GUI start process in a number of ways. You can configure a default login manager. With an appropriate ____ file, you can set up X clients to start when you run the startx command. Plus, you can configure a default desktop with the switchdesk command, which defined it in the local .Xclients-default file. Alternatively, you can run the Sessions utility to configure X clients in the GNOME desktop.
- ALT-F7
- Return to your GUI by pressing ____
- init 3 (telinit 3 works as well)
- When you log in as root at the text console, stop the current X Window server with the following command
- VESA
- Video Electronics Standards Association
- DontVTSwitch
- Switch back to your text console session by pressing CTRL-ALT-F1. Return to your GUI by pressing ALT-F7. Switch back again to your text console session. If these commands do not work, check for a ____ option in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
- X &
- Start the X.org server by typing this command
- /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- The latest version of X.org includes modules for different video servers. Hardware support for most video servers is already there. If you learn of updates, changes are easy. Just add the module, and then point to it in the _________ file.
- -bordercolor green
- x command line option: Make the window border green.
- hardware.redhat.com
- Red Hat Hardware Catalog is in https://____
- www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo
- Check online for other Linux users who are running the X Window System with the same type of hardware. Red Hat maintains mailing lists where many users ask such questions; for the current set of lists, see http://____.
- .xsession-errors
- Session managers create log files in your home directory such as ~/____ . Check these log files as well as /var/log/messages and /var/log/Xorg.0.log for error messages from your X server.
- /var/log/Xorg.0.log
- If you have problems with the X Window, the first thing to do is check the log file, in ____
- ~/.gconf
- GNOME configuration files are stored in hidden directories such as ____
- mingetty
- When you log into Linux at a regular command line interface, the ____ command calls up a login program that prompts you for your username and password.
- SVGA
- Super Video Graphics Array
- www.X.org
- for your monitor, Go to http://____ and download the latest drivers. You'll need to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file directly to point to this driver.
- /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- The Display Settings tool normally writes its changes to ____. When the X.org server starts, it reads this file
- CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE
- If no logout menu option is available, press ____
- Option "DontZap" "on"
- Disable the CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE key sequence, which normally exits from the GUI with the following command:
- .Xclients-default
- You don't need to use switchdesk; once you have an ~/____ file, you can edit it directly.
- +10+10
- for offset, if you specify ____, the client is positioned 10 pixels from the left edge of the screen and 10 pixels from the top of the screen.
- -background blue
- x command line option: Set the window background to blue.
- gnome-terminal
- Red Hat has configured ____ as the default command line interface within the default GNOME desktop
- ~/.kde
- KDE configuration files are stored in each user's ____ directory
- -geometry 100x100+10+20
- x command line option: Specify the size and location of the window. In this case, we want a window 100×100 pixels in size, offset from the upper-left corner by 10 pixels horizontally and 20 pixels vertically.
- false
- the X Display Manager, xdm, is included with RHEL 5? true or false?
- -foreground white
- x command line option: Set the window foreground to white.
- switchdesk
- To manage the default desktop, use the ____ command.
- xfs
- Linux manages fonts through the X Font Server. RHEL manages the X Font Server with the ___ service script.
- prefdm
- To change your display manager, edit the ____ shell script in the /etc/X11 directory. Take the preferred directive and set it to kdm or gdm.
- -font lucidasans-14
- x command line option: Display text for this client using font lucida sans 14 font
- X Window server
- The open-source X server program from X.org is the ____ shipped with RHEL 5
- Identifier "single head configuration"
- in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, ____ indicates that you have one, not dual monitor configuration.
- xinit
- The startx command is actually a shell script that serves as a front end to the ____ command.
- CTRL-ALT-F1
- If the X Window System is running, change to a text console by pressing ____
- firewall
- The X Window System works as client and server. X clients and X servers can be located on different computers on a network. With an appropriate ____ configuration, you can take advantage of it with the Secure Shell.
- /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
- When you start the X Window System with the startx command, the userclientrc directive looks for a file to run named .xinitrc in your home directory. It then reads the ____ configuration script
- xterm -display localhost:0.0 &
- enable your xterm display for your own window
- -title "kaia"
- x command line option: Place a title on the client window's title bar saying "kaia".
- /etc/X11/prefdm
- If the X Window doesn't start, whether it be from the startx command or from booting into runlevel 5, make sure key files and commands exist on your system. Try reconfiguring the X Window with the system-config-display command. Check the ____ file; an error in the preferred directive gave me the same error.
- $HOME/.Xclients
- the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc configuration script runs either the file ____ , or, if that file doesn't exist, /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients.
- system-config-display
- If you want to configure your X Window System, there are three options: Direct configuration of the X Window configuration file, the Red Hat Display Settings tool (____), or automatic installation and configuration of the X Window during the installation process.
- -borderwidth 5
- x command line option: Make the window border 5 pixels wide.
- KDE
- you can configure ____ to a look and feel that is quite similar to Windows 9x/2000/XP/Vista.
- 1920×1440
- If your hardware supports it, you can configure Monitor resolutions between 640×480 and ____
- WM="twm"
- Tom's Window Manager; set if ~/.Xclients-default file would include the following line: ___
- system-config-display
- The ____ program is a character-based menu-driven interface that helps you configure your video hardware. If you're starting from a text console, it automatically probes your video card and selects the appropriate X server image. If ____ cannot detect your graphics card, it allows you to select it from the list of supported video cards.
- gdm
- GNOME Display Manager
- K Desktop Environment
- KDE
- Red Hat Display Settings
- you might use the _________ tool and system-config-display command interchangeably
- /usr/share/X11/fonts
- The default font list is located in the ____ directory
- startx &
- Start the X.org server by typing this command
- www.tldp.org
- Linux Hardware Compatibility List is at http://____/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
- GNU Network Object Model Environment
- GNOME
- .xinitrc
- If you want to restore your original desktop settings, to allow you to start GNOME or KDE with the startx command, remove the ~/____ file from your home directory.