Sorry for the delay, I have a very intermittent internet access this week.
Michael Maxwell (FIC of DFW) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am new to SL and there are a few small and probably simple problems
> that I am having. SL refers to Scientific Linux. I am using the x86_64
> version of 4.2. There is a few questions below. Please answer what you can.
>
> 1) Every 5 minutes I get a message on the screen that says: INIT: Id "c"
> respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. Is there a way to fix this?
> It is a pest and keeps getting in the way.
>
Don't know, but I think others do.
> 2) On one of the mirrors that host SL, there is a source RPM for
> openmotif. Can I issue an option for rpm to make it compile and install
> or is it more complex than that?
>
Well, you should be able to just install it without recompiling it, the
easiest way is to use yum
yum install openmotif
but the odd's are that it's already installed
rpm -q openmotif
But to answer you question. It doesn't matter if it's openmotif, or any
other package, yes, of course you can recompile it. I'm not going to go
into a 'how to build rpm's class', but here is an overview.
1) - make sure you have rpmbuild, compilers, and all the packagees
dependancies installed
2) - download the source rpm
3) - run 'rpmbuild --rebuild' on the source rpm, for this example
rpmbuild --rebuild openmotif-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.src.rpm
4) (optional, as needed) find that you really don't have all the
dependancies installed, and install them as needed.
> 3) When I issue the 'reboot' command at the tty prompt, the shutdown
> process seems to be going fine except it doesn't go to the GRUB
> installation and give the option to boot linux or windows xp again.
> After it stops the processes as it does when reboot is supposed to do,
> the screen goes blank and the hard drive runs about a minute and then
> the computer just sits there. I can press and hold the power button,
> then the computer goes off, then I can start it back up again. I would
> rather reboot work right. When I was using xwindows I selected restart
> and it did the same thing. My hard drive is a SATA type and Windows XP
> and SL are both installed on the same drive. GRUB works fine otherwise.
>
I've seen 'halt' do exactly what you are saying, but never 'reboot'
What happens when you do
/sbin/reboot -r now
as root?
> 4) Is there a way to make the 'ls' command always use the colors, like
> blue for directories and green for exe's. I have seen online where I
> could use an alias. Well I don't know anything about aliases.
>
Actually, this should be on by default unless you have installed
SL_no_colorls.noarch
In the end, if you look there is the files
/etc/profile.d/colorls.csh
/etc/profile.d/colorls.sh
You will see how to do it.
> 5) How can I make more room on the x windows desktop by changing the
> monitor resolution? There is only one option for windows resolution in
> GNOME when I try to change it. I think this is because my monitor name
> wasn't in the list of monitors when I installed SL. My monitor is an "HP
> mx705". According to the monitor manual it is best to use 1024x768
> @85hz. That isn't an option in xwindows when I try to use the preference
> menu of GNOME.
>
Guess I don't know what menu you are using in Gnome, but you should be
running system-config-display
If that is the same program as what you are running in gnome, then go to
the 'Hardware' tab, select 'Monitor Type'
Now you didn't mention is this is a flat panel, or a normal monitor.
Since HP mx705 isn't in the list (and I don't know how close mx703 is to
it) you can try 'Generic CRT Display' if this is a normal monitor, or
'Generic LCD Display' if it is a flat panel.
Then under that select 'Monitor 1024x768' or 'LCD Panel 1024x768'
After clicking OK, on the monitor section, then go back to the
'Settings' tag, and you should then be able to select 1024x768
Troy
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