[CLUE-Tech] Re:RedHat Display?

[Joe Linux]

I'm on a Redhat 7.3 drive now.  No permissions problems with /home/user.
This house has blinds and curtains, but how do I get the display to go into
and lock into 1024 x 768?

Mike Staver wrote:

> I'll agree with you there Joe that linux has a long way to go in the
> user-friendliness area.  I'm beginning to like it more and more though
> simply because the more I use it, the more I figure out and remember for
> next time.  Granted, moving from one distro to the next just confuses me
> greatly.  So, I try to stick to just one distro, and so far, that one
> has been Red Hat.  However, I STILL can't seem to get my monitor to not
> go black after 15 minutes :(
>
> Joe Linux wrote:
> >
> > I don't really want to change it recursively.  Just locking the main
> > folder should be enough.  It's fine during the short period it stays
> > changed.
> >
> > I appreciate your help, but my observation and belief is that Linux is
> > damn user unfriendly.  I used Libranet 1.9.1 for a long time.  I don't
> > remember this same sort of problem, but I can't be sure.  That was the
> > best Linux I ever used, but it went out of date.  Then their 2.0 was a
> > generalized mess.  I believe they are still trying to fix it.
> >
> > David Jackson wrote:
> >
> > > Joe --
> > > You have to use -R flag for recursive.
> > > This is a bandaid solutions you need to find the script that runs
> > > a schedule job that does this.
> > > su - # not su
> > > crontab -l # this will tell you what jobs are scheduled as to run
> > > automaticly
> > > as part of root cron.
> > > David
> > >
> > >> I tried the "chattr +i" idea on another user but I got an error
> > >> message.
> > >> [jl at localhost jl]$ su
> > >> Password:
> > >> [root at localhost jl]# chattr +i /home/ru
> > >> chattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device while reading flags on
> > >> /home/ru
> > >> [root at localhost jl]#
> > >> [root at localhost jl]# chattr +i 770 /home/ru
> > >> chattr: No such file or directory while trying to stat 770
> > >> chattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device while reading flags on
> > >> /home/ru
> > >> [root at localhost jl]#
> > >> Jed S. Baer wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 22 May 2002 14:08:30 -0600
> > >> > Joe Linux <joelinux at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >>  After a great deal of time consuming effort, I thought I had
> > >> >>  the
> > >> >>  Mandrake permissions problem solved, but now they have come
> > >> >>  back as
> > >> >>  before -
> > >> >>  755.  It seems rather odd to me that on a multi-user system
> > >> >>  that one
> > >> >>  user can peer into another users files, and you can't do
> > >> >>  anything to
> > >> >>  stop it.
> > >> >>
> > >> > Hey, on my system, I can set file permissions so even I can't see
> > >> > my
> > >> > own files. ;-)
> > >> >
> > >> >>  Mandrake Linux is like a glass house with no window shades.
> > >> >>
> > >> > Well, you know what they say: Those who live in glass houses
> > >> > shouldn't
> > >> > throw stones.
> > >> > Seriously, AFAICT, this is unique to your system. Finding it
> > >> > might in
> > >> > fact be a major pain. IIRC, the original problem was that some
> > >> > program
> > >> > is changing the permissions on a file? Maybe someone already
> > >> > suggested
> > >> > this, but, as root, do a chattr +i {name of file}. This will make
> > >> > the
> > >> > file "immutable". Then you can look through your log files, or
> > >> > maybe
> > >> > your cron status e-mails (sent to root, most likely), for a
> > >> > program
> > >> > reporting an error on {name of file}.
> > >> > Presumably, you've looked through all the stuff that runs in the
> > >> > various /etc/cron* directories for culprits?
> > >> > jed
> > >> >
>
> --
>
>                                 -Mike Staver
>                                  staver at fimble.com
>                                  mstaver at globaltaxnetwork.com
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