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Running Mono on Centos 5 CLI
I have vps server (virtual private server) running on linux centos 5 32 bit , i installed vncserver x windows , gnome and kde environment and i connect to the vnc server from vncviewer in my windows 7 ...
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How do I configure CentOS 6.4 to allow normal users to run startx, without installing Gnome/KDE?
I installed CentOS 6.4 x86 from the minimal installation CD into a qemu/kvm virtual machine and installed the basic X server using:
yum groupinstall "X Window System" "Fonts"
When I run startx as a ...
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CentOS - /var/log/messages - “Load Detected on Output A” noise
I'm getting perpetual log entries that look like this:
Jan 31 00:50:35 service1 kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Load detected on output A
Jan 31 00:50:35 service1 kernel: [drm] nouveau ...
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CentOS: Avoid that ALT-F4 switches to console
At least every Linux system that I worked with used the convention to switch to the non-graphical consoles by Ctrl-Alt-F1, Ctrl-Alt-F2 and so on.
Recently, I installed CentOS 6.3 on a machine. The ...
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CentOS has not DefaultDepth
In CentOS there is no DefaultDepth line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to set the default color depth (although you can add this line to it). How does X determines which color depth to use?
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Setting up X server on Centos6 minimal
I'm trying to install Centos6, but as it turned out, DVD I downloaded was just couple Mb too large (CentOS-6.0-i386-bin-DVD.iso) for DVD to carry. So, to save time and don't download DVD again, I ...
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How can I get to a terminal or virtual console when Ctrl-Alt-F2 fails?
When X and GNOME are working normally, I can just hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 to leave GNOME and use the terminal on the second virtual console. To switch back to GNOME, I can just hit Alt-F1.
Today, X or GNOME ...
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Force X to use second video card so I can pass through first card to XEN VM?
So I am trying to get X to start on my second (PCI 02.00:00) video card and stop using the main card (PCI 1.00:00). I would like to do this because I want to pass through the PCI 1 card to a XEN HVM ...
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Attach terminal to X desktop running in VM
At home I'm setting up a CentOS 5.5 server that will be running a bunch of KVM VMs. Normally pressing the CTRL-SHIFT-Fn combination on the attached keyboard switches to terminals on the host machine. ...