There's this feature in MacOSX called "Single application mode", that makes it so only one window shows up. I was looking at ratpoison, but that doesn't allow the panel to run. What I would want is for my KDE-Dock and the menubar to stay, but only one "main" app loads at a time [the rest are "hidden", not minimized, either]. is this possible?
View 3 RepliesUpon OS start-up Debian gives a choice, one is just simply start Debian, another line to start Debian, but with brackets (single-user mode). What's this for? And when and why do you need to use this?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have successfully installed Debian on a Sparc Ultra5, 270MHz SparcIIi CPU, 384MB RAM, 40GB HD. However, once Debian tries to load Gnome (right before the login screen) the screen goes blank, and so the machine becomes unusable. I booted of the NetInstall CD, into rescue mode, and executed a shell, but apparently there is currently a problem when running nano from a live CD, so I can not edit the xorg.conf file when I boot the live CD. So, I would like to just boot the install into single user mode, but I dont know how. Currently, when the Ultra5 is powered on, it tries to boot with command "boot", so I hit "Stop A". From there I type "boot Disk1" to boot Debian normally. To boot from a CD, I would type "boot cdrom" So any idea on how I can boot from Disk1 in Single User Mode?
My only other idea is to hook up another monitor I have which may be able to deal with whatever resolution Gnome is defaulting to. However, Id rather just boot into single user mode.
I'm running Debian Lenny. When I exit run level 1 (single user mode), the system automatically continues into run level 2. I have browsed the init scripts and have yet to determine how this "magic" is performed. I would be grateful if a local guru would point me to how the scripts automatically proceed into run level 2 when exiting run level 1
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm using Debian Lenny and I want to tunnel rtorrent only through a OpenVPN tunnel. I have a tunnel running, the config file looks like this:
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote openvpn.xxx.com 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
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My idea is that I could run a sockd proxy internally that redirects traffic to the openvpn tunnel. I could use the *nix "proxifier" application "tsocks" to make it possible for rtorrent to connect through that proxy (as rtorrent doesn't support proxies). I have trouble configuring sockd as my IP inside the VPN changes every time I connect. This is a config file someone said would help:[URl].. As my IP changes at each connect I don't know what to put in that config file. I have no control over the host side config file.
I am starting Debian in single-user mode since my video is not detected in X mode.
I would like to start a script at boot time with Debian. I flowed the instruction from this page [URL] but is not working.
My linux workstation recently crashed. After rebooting, Linux (Red Hat 5.3) will not boot properly and automatically went into emergency mode or recovery mode i think. I can still see my /home/user/ and all the files inside.I boot from CD to rescue mode and tried mounting read-only the /dev/sd5 which contains the files in the crashed hard disk to try to copy out my files but mounting was unsuccessful (invalid argument). I checked the filesystem type using fsck -N /dev/sda5 and shows it to ext2. i tried to mount another known working hdd and was successful.
My question is why in emergency mode, the crashed hdd is able to be mounted automatically as read-only but cannot be done in rescue mode thru a bootable CD?Is there any special mount options used in emergency mode?I also cannot copy out in emergency mode booting from the crashed hard disk as everything is read only.
I need boot in emergency mode (not single user mode), from docs:
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in red hat enterprise 5 it's ok, not in red hat 6.
How do I get into Single User Mode in 10.04?
The grub menu seems to be gone in 10.04, and the computer boots in 2 seconds. It's great that it boots fast, but there has to be some way to specify boot options?
/etc/default/grub says the timeout is 10, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
what things can i do in single user mode?is there a guide out there can help me out how to navigate in single user mode?in links that focus only on user user mode?being in single user mode in other istro all the same? debian, fedora, suse. etc
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've created Oracle Enterprise 5 Virtual machine. It was running fine but not sure what went wrong and now when ever I reboot the machine, it goes to single user mode. If I enter "init 5" command it boots to multi-user X11 mode without any problem.I checked inittab file and default line has id 5. So it looks OK. What else can be wrong?
View 15 Replies View RelatedI am running redhat ES 5 on a dell server and recently, I ran into a snag where I was able to reduce a partition (ext3) but could not run resize2fs (mismatch between physical and logical blocks (i never found a solution to this). In any case I decided to log in a single user mode (appended 'single' at the GRUB loader prompt) and now I am always taken to this single user mode every single time I reboot and can't seem to get out of it. I have tried init 5 (runlevel that the system is set to boot into by default) but that does nothing (no message on the # prompt).Of course, I have 2 problems here:
1) partition issue
2) cannot log out of single user mode.
I'm trying to run a Linux application and all I want to run is this one application off of boot. I need networking and that's all (no display, peripherals, etc.). I want no other applications running so that the application I run has 100% of the CPU. Is this possible?
View 4 Replies View Relatedi have recently been spending some time with gimp, i find it a very good replacement for photoshop and i find it easer to use. the only thing that bothers me so much about gimp is that everything is in separate windows.is there a way to make a sing windowed mode. if there is please tell me because this has really been bothering me...
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm running debian lenny. Suddenly when I rebooted my system I was unable to login. I type root and the password and it tells me the login is incorrect.If I boot into single user mode, it accepts the password just fine. Looking in the /etc/shadow file, it appears to be fine as well.Running passwd to set a new password sets a new password just fine, i can login to single user mode with the new password, however, I cannot login at a higher runlevel with the password.
If I delete a password in the /etc/shadow file, then try to login as that user, it simply says "Login Incorrect" without even asking for a password.
Still working scanning results, this time with DISA's SRR scripts.More than one scanning package complains about;The UNIX host is bootable in single user mode without a password..So, I assume in /etc/passwd there is an entry that corrects this?what is the specific syntax and where does it go ?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a system with a fair amount of software on it. The system stopped working due to a hard drive error. The system have 5 hards drive ( 1T). I need to get into single user mode (maintenance) as some how I messed up the root password. When starting up I get the time out screen press esc and it takes me to GNU GRUB version 0.97 screen In this screen there are 6 different lines
CentOS (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.9.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.9.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-238.el5PAE)
CentOS base (2.6.18-238.el5)
I move the arrow down to CentOS base (2.6.18-238.el5) and pressed 'e' Then I get three lines
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how to mute sound from certain application on linux(without changing sound setting within that programm)?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have come across an issue. We have an application for the biotechnology. The application is very heavy so we are trying to run it on cluster. We have four Dell workstation 7500. Each is having 32 GB RAM. But I am not getting the exact method of configuring cluster and node. I have tried Conga (Luci, Ricci). My questions are:1) Is it possible that our application can run on cluster ?2) If its possible then how shall i configure it?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm just working on fedora for the first time for my proj. So having many difficulties. My first doubt is that is it possible to record audio in single user mode using fedora? I need it for my proj work. I tried arecord and rec in single user mode.. I'm getting an error stating pulse audio connect error.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI recently hooked my television up to my computer as a second monitor so that I can watch videos on it. However, I don't always want to be in dual monitor mode. I've found that running "gksudo nvidia-settings" allows me to switch between the two modes without restarting X if I change some settings around and click "apply".
Is there a way I could setup two scripts to handle this process? The main problem I'm encountering is the fact that I change all the settings through the nvidia-settings graphical interface; therefore, I have no idea what's actually happening behind the scenes, so I don't know how to go about putting the two scripts together (what commands to issue, etc.).
What good does getting into single user mode do?And what's the basic purpose of it , i.e is it maintaining purpose???
View 2 Replies View Relateddoes anyone know how to boot into single user mode with openindiana?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI need to recover the root password or reset it. For this, I am trying to follow the following steps to get into the single-user mode & where exactly I am getting stuck: 1. Reboot the machine2. Press <esc>3. At the boot loader screen, i have 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server ($version info)' highlighted. 4. Simply pressing 'e' (for editing) does not work (does nothing). 5. I have the option to press 'p' to enter boot-loader password and then go into the single user mode.What if I don't know the boot loader password as well & I want to get into the single-user mode WITHOUT using a boot CD? Is this possible? If so, please share the procedure to do so.
View 7 Replies View RelatedAt least I think it's called single-user mode. I don't have a GUI for my CentOS install. It boots up to a terminal. The text is too big though. Is there any way to reduce the text size?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've written two web pages that show the status of a internal application. The idea was to display both of them, on two different monitors, using only a single PC with two graphic cards. The system will be mounted to a wall and has no keyboard or mouse. That's why I need a script that will automatically launch two instances of firefox (in kiosk mode), each on it's own monitor.Currently the OS installed on the PC is OpenSuse, but I'm free to install a different linux flavor.So, how do I launch firefox on a specific monitor?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI want to fix my disks with fsck but using sudo init 1 is not allowing me in. It shuts my services down, then gives a "Give root password for maintenance" prompt. I've tried my password, but it rejects it.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI would like to install ubuntu on my imac g4 but osx won't boot so I wanted to
to use ubuntu is there any way to eject cd from single user mode?
in ubuntu 10.04 how to get into single user mode with out entering the root user password
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