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January 2009, #177
It's a battle as old as time: good vs. evil. Fortunately, Linux and FOSS are on our side as we wage the battle against those who try to steal our secrets and invade our systems.
Checking your system's security is best done sooner rather than later. Test the locks with our article on security verification; find out how to use PAM to help secure your systems; use MinorFS and AppArmor to implement discretionary access control; learn more about Samba security in part III of our series; use Darknet to help detect bots and secure your systems; use the Yubikey to increase your site's security; and don't forget to lock the doors, because a cold boot attack could render your security useless if somebody has physical access to your computer.
But, we're not just about sowing the seeds of fear. We also show you how to use memcached in Rails, how to manage multiple servers efficiently, how to deploy applications easily with Capistrano, how to manage your videos with MythVideo, how to mix it up a bit (your audio that is), and even play a few games.
Easier way to reconfigure Fedora for new monitor
On November 15th, 2005 Andy (not verified) says:
I couldn't find anything as easy as what worked for me.
1) Turn on the computer with the new monitor attached. If t is any kind of reasonable monitor, you will see the grub and linux boot information, and then, if your new monitor is sufficiently different from your old one, the screen will go blank or crazy when xwindows starts.
2) wait enough time for bootup to finish, then hit CTL-ALT-F2 to switch from xwindows mode back to linux character mode.
3) log in as root, and delete the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or rename it as OLDxorg.conf, in case this doesn't work and you want it back using mv xorg.conf OLDxorg.conf
4) isue the reboot command and let Fedora Core restart. it will usually detect the monitor, keyboard, etc. correctly and generate a new xorg.conf file autmatically, which has the right values, and you are all set! Linux, heal thyself.
Andy