ch.8: managing linux processes

true

If you use runlevel 3, can you start the GNOME Display Manager manually?

true

Most daemon scripts accept the arguments start, stop, and restart.

metacity

The ____ window manager is used for the GNOME desktop in Red Hat Fedora Core 2.

KDE; GNOME

The two most common desktop environments that are used on Linux are ____ and ____.

system-config-keyboard

To configure your keyboard, you can use the ____ command from either a GUI or terminal environment and restart X Windows.

ntsysv

Which utility can be used to modify runtime configuration files so that they start and stop daemons when entering a particular runlevel?

Stage1

____ of the GRUB boot loader typically resides on the Master Boot Record.

false

The /etc/rc.d/rc 5 script only executes files that start with S in the /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ directory.

/boot

The Linux kernel is stored in the ____ directory.

0

A Linux system in runlevel ____ is a system that has no daemons active in memory and is ready to be powered off.

true

You can choose to use a window manager only, and not use a desktop manager.

xvidtune

After configuring X Windows, you can fine-tune the vsync and hsync of the video card using the ____ utility within the desktop environment.

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

After the entries in /etc/inittab have been executed, the ____ file is executed to perform tasks that must occur after system startup.

false

Can LILO boot a Windows kernel directly?

false

Do X clients need to run on the same computer as X Windows?

true

If you are using a Linux boot loader to dual boot another operating system in addition to Linux, it is easiest if Linux is installed after the other operating system has been installed.

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

If your system uses the X.org implementation of X Windows, the mouse, keyboard, monitor, and video adapter card information is stored in the ____ file in text format.

2

In Linux, runlevel ____ is also known as multiuser mode.

image=

In the /etc/lilo.conf file, the ____ keyword specifies the absolute pathname to the Linux kernel.

install=.

In the /etc/lilo.conf file, the ____ keyword specifies the file that contains the physical layout of the disk drive.

grub-md5-crypt

To create an encrypted password for use in the /boot/grub/grub.conf, you can use the ____ command

service

You can use the ____ command to start, stop, or restart any daemons listed within the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory.

XFree86

____ is a freely available version of X Windows used in many Linux distributions.

false

Can there be more than one active partition on a hard disk?

false

GRUB must be reinstalled after editing its configuration file.