Newbie's questions about Slack
Question 1. Why don't I see these sayings that appear after logging in to Slack? I see only the "You have mail message" and nothing more. No that I can't live without them, but that's strange.
Question 2. If I change the default runlevel to 4, log in and try to switch to a virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+2,3,4,5). I see only a black screen and a blinking cursor. No prompt or anything. If I press Ctrl+Alt+1 I can see the system messages, and Ctrl+Alt+6 brings me to tty6. Why can't I see the 2nd, 3rd, etc. console? Question 3: If the default runlevel is 3, how do I shutdown the computer without logging? I mean before I enter my login and password. |
1) You should install fortune part of the bsd-games, so far it's the only thing found in the 'y' directory on the install disk 'slackware/y'.
For #2 and #3, open up '/etc/inittab'. Here are the relevant parts of mine: 2) Code:
# Runlevel 4 used to be for an X window only system, until we discovered 3) Mine says: Code:
# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute". Yours probably says (the default): Code:
# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute". That's the way I shutdown my machine from init level 3. Don't know about other people's solution. |
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# These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode: Quote:
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Thanks, guys. One more question. Can I log in to another Linux box on my home network when I start computer? And what should I do for it?
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You need to have sshd running on your linux box and ssh client on your another computer.
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SSH, be vewy,vewy, quiet and Simple home networking with SSH Regards, -Drew |
Thank you, Alien_Hominid and Lufbery. One more question. What should I do to get a program start during Linux booting. As far as I understand, I should add some lines to a startup scenario. Where is this scenario? Is /etc/rc.d/rc.S what I need?
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The file to put startup commands to be run is '/etc/rc.d/rc.local' for shutdown it is '/etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown'.
There are some exceptions in which you may need to put them elsewhere, but these are the recommended places for most things you would need to startup on booting. |
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