Re: [opensuse] How do I keep monitor from going to sleep

Greg Wallace wrote:
Is there something in the user manual that says that keeping up with RPMNEWs
is a routine part of maintaining a Linux system?
I don't know. But there is a script, rpmconfigcheck, that starts at
boot if you have told it to that will tell you, for example,
"Searching for unresolved configuration files" with a list of any
unresolved config files under it. I did not check a manual to see if I
should attend to these config files. I am the admin of my system, and
it is my responsibility to check those kinds of things. If you do not
have that script running at boot, you would not notice it. If you do
(which I do), every boot (this is my home machine) I see this with its
output as a reminder if I need to do something.
For an average Joe home
user who's just switching to Linux, isn't this something they would need to
know?
Along with many others. It is just a part of the process of learning
your new system, one that is robust enough to tell you things you should
do, but not so overbearing as to force its own changes on you, i.e. freedom.
This goes along with the long running thread discussing whether Linux
is ready for the average Joe home user.

As an average Joe, i would definitely say yes. I could only wish
Windows help was so easily available and understandable, and so seldom
needed.

--
Joe Morris
Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64






--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Relevant Pages

  • RE: Linux hacked
    ... I would also suggest using a simple script in the future that alerts ... Subject: Linux hacked ... To get back into your account you want to use, at the boot manager ... boot normally and you should be able to login as root with your new ...
    (Security-Basics)
  • Re: Ultimate Fedora partition scheme ?
    ... Grub was installed for this one in the ... and this is the normal default boot system. ... title Boot other linux ... Here's the save-boot script that saves the ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: boot linux from cd and copy files to hd
    ... > I have already created an isolinux Boot-CD my system will boot from. ... If so, then you can write your script as init, but otherwise ... I'd leave init alone and use rc.local or linuxrc. ... If this is the first time you have worked with linux startup, ...
    (comp.os.linux.setup)
  • Re: boot linux from cd and copy files to hd
    ... > is a reiserfs formated HD with a Linux OS installed. ... > have to do anything more than insert a cd, boot the system from the cd, ... >> puzzle for your script should be easy. ... There is a relatively quick test to see if a pre-built rescue ...
    (comp.os.linux.setup)
  • Re: RH 9.0 doesnt install: blank screen! (RH 8.0 & 7.2 do though)
    ... Tried 'linux text noprobe skipddc noapic apm=off noht'. ... I wanted to try on and so I chose 7 boot options: ... linux text noprobe skipddc lowres apm=off noapic nousb ...
    (linux.redhat.install)