September 2004
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
12h 53m
English
book
LPIC I Exam Cram™ 2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102
by Ross Brunson
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Chapter 7. XFree86 Configuration and Troubleshooting
Terms you’ll need to understand:
✓ | Client/server |
✓ | Desktop |
✓ | Display manager |
✓ | Virtual terminal |
✓ | Window manager |
Techniques you’ll need to master:
✓ | Understanding X Window System concepts |
✓ | Configuring X |
✓ | Customizing X |
✓ | Choosing a window manager |
✓ | Choosing a desktop |
✓ | Customizing display parameters |
✓ | Configuring fonts |
✓ | Identifying defaults for X |
✓ | Using virtual terminals |
✓ | Troubleshooting configuration files |
Quick Overview of X
The Linux XFree86 project is a completely free and GPL-friendly port of the X Window System that has become the default version of X to be included with most distributions. (We’ll call XFree86 by the shortcut “X” from this point on.)
X provides a desktop metaphor to the system; users typically interact ...
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