[clue-cert] Xorg

David L. Willson DLWillson at TheGeek.NU
Sat May 30 08:27:55 MDT 2009


what about stderr?  Maybe &>> is better for command by command capturing.  or nohup this-command is nice, too.

David L. Willson
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
MCT, MCSE, Linux+
tel://720.333.LANS

----- "Shawn - Red Mop" <redmop924 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Or, baring that, double redirect the command's output to a file aka
> 
> echo command: Xorg -configure >> ~/xhatesme.log ; Xorg -configure >>
> ~/xhatesme.log
> 
> The echo puts the command in the file before it's output.  It's easier
> to follow that way
> 
> On Saturday 30 May 2009 07:46:23 am David L. Willson wrote:
> > Ubuntu 9.04 is newer than the book, and not obliged to behave the
> same way 8.04 did, because it has a different major version, so I
> recommend using the then-current Ubuntu LTS to study on, in parallel
> with Red Hat or equivalent (like CentOS).
> > 
> > Nonetheless, the errors your getting might be fixable.  I understand
> from another thread that screen can log sessions.  Can you capture
> your session using screen's logging and post it here (or better yet,
> on CLUE-tech)?
> > 
> > David L. Willson
> > Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
> > MCT, MCSE, Linux+
> > tel://720.333.LANS
> > 
> > ----- "ward" <wardndani at aol.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I am using Ubuntu 9.04.  
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 22:58 -0600, David L. Willson wrote:
> > > > Ubuntu 8.04 or CentOS 5.3 or something else?
> > > > 
> > > > David L. Willson
> > > > Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
> > > > MCT, MCSE, Linux+
> > > > tel://720.333.LANS
> > > > 
> > > > ----- "ward" <wardndani at aol.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > I am having a bit of difficulty in working in the Xorg chapter
> of
> > > the
> > > > > LPIC-1 book.  I am attempting to follow the directions in the
> book
> > > and
> > > > > I
> > > > > am coming up empty. I run the following command
> "/etc/init.d/gdm
> > > > > stop"
> > > > > to turn off the login and then I try to run Xorg -configure
> to
> > > see
> > > > > about
> > > > > modifying the xorg.conf file but I keep getting errors.  Can
> > > anyone
> > > > > tell
> > > > > me what I am not doing so that I can get past this?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > 
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