From a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Dubbs Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 20:42:32 +0000 Subject: Text updated for cross2 chapter 9 git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/cross2@11928 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter09/usage.xml | 68 ++++++++++------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter09/usage.xml') diff --git a/chapter09/usage.xml b/chapter09/usage.xml index 4a4cf6c36..d59b38b29 100644 --- a/chapter09/usage.xml +++ b/chapter09/usage.xml @@ -235,50 +235,6 @@ EOF For information on kernel module loading and udev, see . - @@ -293,11 +249,11 @@ EOF (CMOS) clock. If the hardware clock is set to UTC, this script will convert the hardware clock's time to the local time using the /etc/localtime file (which tells the - hwclock program which timezone the user is in). There is no + hwclock program which timezone to use). There is no way to detect whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC, so this needs to be configured manually. - The setclock is run via + The setclock program is run via udev when the kernel detects the hardware capability upon boot. It can also be run manually with the stop parameter to store the system time to the CMOS clock. @@ -315,7 +271,7 @@ EOF Change the value of the UTC variable below to a value of 0 (zero) if the hardware clock - is not set to UTC time. + is NOT set to UTC time. Create a new file /etc/sysconfig/clock by running the following: @@ -336,7 +292,7 @@ EOF at . It explains issues such as time zones, UTC, and the TZ environment variable. - The CLOCKPARAMS and UTC paramaters may be alternatively set + The CLOCKPARAMS and UTC paramaters may also be set in the /etc/sysconfig/rc.site file. @@ -352,7 +308,7 @@ EOF This section discusses how to configure the console - bootscript that sets up the keyboard map, console font and console kernel log + bootscript that sets up the keyboard map, console font, and console kernel log level. If non-ASCII characters (e.g., the copyright sign, the British pound sign and Euro symbol) will not be used and the keyboard is a U.S. one, much of this section can be skipped. Without the configuration file, (or @@ -505,7 +461,7 @@ EOF Due to the use of a 512-glyph LatArCyrHeb-16 font in the previous example, bright colors are no longer available on the Linux console unless - a framebuffer is used. If one wants to have bright colors without + a framebuffer is used. If one wants to have bright colors without a framebuffer and can live without characters not belonging to his language, it is still possible to use a language-specific 256-glyph font, as illustrated below: @@ -548,7 +504,7 @@ EOF are not multibyte. This deficiency doesn't affect keymaps for European languages, because there accents are added to unaccented ASCII characters, or two ASCII characters are composed together. However, in - UTF-8 mode it is a problem, e.g., for the Greek language, where one + UTF-8 mode it is a problem; e.g., for the Greek language, where one sometimes needs to put an accent on the letter alpha. The solution is either to avoid the use of UTF-8, or to install the X window system that doesn't have this limitation in its input @@ -556,11 +512,11 @@ EOF - For Chinese, Japanese, Korean and some other languages, the Linux + For Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and some other languages, the Linux console cannot be configured to display the needed characters. Users who need such languages should install the X Window System, fonts that cover the necessary character ranges, and the proper input method (e.g., - SCIM, it supports a wide variety of languages). + SCIM, supports a wide variety of languages). @@ -571,7 +527,7 @@ EOF The /etc/sysconfig/console file only controls the Linux text console localization. It has nothing to do with setting the proper keyboard layout and terminal fonts in the X Window System, with - ssh sessions or with a serial console. In such situations, limitations + ssh sessions, or with a serial console. In such situations, limitations mentioned in the last two list items above do not apply. @@ -585,9 +541,9 @@ EOF configuring - At times, it is desired to create files at boot time. For instance, + At times, it is desirable to create files at boot time. For instance, the /tmp/.ICE-unix directory - may be desired. This can be done by creating an entry in the + is often needed. This can be done by creating an entry in the /etc/sysconfig/createfiles configuration script. The format of this file is embedded in the comments of the default configuration file. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf