Chapter 8

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

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

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

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

A LILO version available for Intel Pentium and Itanium computers that use Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)

ELILO

Most common boot loader used on modern Linux systems?

Grand Unified Bootloader

The two most common desktop environments that are used on Linux are?

KDE; GNOME

Which of the GRUB boot loader typically resides on the Master Boot Record?

Stage1

A Linux system in runlevel 0 is a system that has no daemons active in memory and is ready to be powered off.

True

In Linux, runlevel 2 is also known as multiuser mode

True

Modifies the look and feel of X Windows

Window manager

Programs that tell X Windows how to draw the graphics and display the results

X Client

What is a freely available version of X Windows used in many Linux distributions?

XFree86

Partition to which the Master Boot Record points?

active partition

The Linux kernel is stored in the _____ directory.

boot

A system process that performs useful tasks, such as printing, scheduling, and operating system maintenance

daemon

Utility used to configure video card and monitor

display settings

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

grub-md5-crypt

In the /etc/lilo.conf, which keyword specifies the absolute pathname to the Linux Kernel?

image=

Another name for runlevels

initstates

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

install=

Which window manager is used for the GNOME desktop in Red Hat Fedora Core 2?

metacity

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

ntsysv

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

service

Used to run multiple OSs at the same time?

virtualization software