Chapter 6 - Configuring the X Window System, Localization, and Printing

Question 1

there are 3 X Server options for Linux. tell me what they are.

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Answer 1

XFree86
X.org-X11
Accelerated-X

Question 2

there are 3 X Configuration utilities

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Answer 2

the X Server Itself
Distribution-Specific Tools
xf86cfg or xorgcfg

Question 3

the 3 X Configuration File formats

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Answer 3

X.org-X11
XFree86 4.x
XFree86 3.3.6 and earlier

Question 4

two ways to kill the X server

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Answer 4

ctrl+alt+backspace

kill command

Question 5

tell me two input devices for X

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Answer 5

keyboard and mouse

Question 6

how does X settle on a resolution?

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Answer 6

looks through a series of mode lines; these lines define combinations of horizontal and vertical timing that produces a given resolution and refresh rate

Question 7

what is Data Display Channel?

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Answer 7

a protocol that enables monitors to communicate their maximum horizontal and vertical refresh rates and appropriate mode lines to the computer

Question 8

what do you type to create an initial configuration?

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Answer 8

Xorg -configure

Question 9

how do you calculate the amount of RAM required for graphical video modes?

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Answer 9

xres x yres x bpp

bpp is the bit depth

Question 10

all modern video cards have at least this much RAM

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Answer 10

32 MB

Question 11

which command would you use to find out the X version number and color depth of the current display?

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Answer 11

xdpyinfo

Question 12

what program handles the window’s borders and enables you to drag the window around the screen and resize it?

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Answer 12

window manager

Question 13

what is a font server?

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Answer 13

program that delivers fonts to one or man computers using network protocols

Question 14

what are the two broad categories of fonts?

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Answer 14

bitmap fonts

outline fonts

Question 15

true/false: linux uses fonts in the same format as Mac OSX and Windows

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Answer 15

true

Question 16

what do you need to do to add your new font directory to the font path?

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Answer 16

duplicate one of the existing FontPath lines and change the directory specification to point to your new directory

Question 17

to use a font server what must X do?

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Answer 17

it must list that server in its font path

Question 18

you type xset fp rehash. what does this command do?

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Answer 18

it makes X reexamine its font path

Question 19

X is a network-enabled GUI. it employs a network login protocol. what is that protocol?

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Answer 19

X Display Manager Control Protocol

Question 20

tell me the 5 XDMCP servers that are common in linux

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Answer 20

XDM
KDM
GDM
LightDM
MDM

Question 21

when you want to permanently change the runlevel on a SysV-based system, you have to edit a particular file. what is that file and what part of it do you need to change?

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Answer 21

/etc/inittab file

its id line

Question 22

what is the simplest of the major XDMCP servers?

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Answer 22

XDM

Question 23

true/false: you can always predict where the KDM config files will be.

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Answer 23

false

Question 24

how do you launch the GUI control tool for GDM?

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Answer 24

gdmconfig or gdmsetup

Question 25

explain the X Client-Server setup 6-307

Answer 25

web server for storing webpages x client and web browser to run user programs x server to provide display and user input services

Question 26

the SSH protocol has two attributes that are important to the X server situation. what are they? 6-308

Answer 26

its a text-mode protocol | it can tunnel

Question 27

what two things provide accessibility options for the Windows X system? 6-311

Answer 27

AccessX and desktop environment control panels

Question 28

dyslexic users benefit from a special font that does what? 6-313

Answer 28

weights the bottoms of the characters more heavily than the tops

Question 29

tell me two synthetic speech programs available for linux 6-314

Answer 29

orca | emacspeak

Question 30

if you want to check your time zone, what command do you use? 6-316

Answer 30

date

Question 31

in linux, what is a locale? 6-318

Answer 31

a way of specifying the computer's language, country, and related info for customizing displays

Question 32

what is the software that manages the print queue? 6-321

Answer 32

Common Unix Printing System | CUPS

Question 33

what program does linux use to print jobs? 6-330

Answer 33

lpr

Question 34

what utility displays info about the print queue? 6-332

Answer 34

lpq

Question 35

what utility removes one or more jobs from the print queue? 6-333

Answer 35

lprm