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