Thursday, June 18, 2009

Linux boot......

While trying to gather more information on Linux boot process, I came through many links......An interesting information is the structure at the start of a hard disk in a PC, and how GRUB fits into that structure.

Also another good link on How Computers Boot Up

Another good article is Anatomy of a Program in Memory

For interested ones, there are a tons of useful articles on same page !

Have a great learning !!!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Quick Help.....1

I stuck up while launching my new vnc session because I got fade up of gnome so tried remembering how to switch the desktop....There was one way, I knew to go through START->More Preferences->Desktop Switching Tool. I tried it and it didn't work....that happens usually...you go to do something and you see some resistance :-)

A bit of googl[ing] helped again....

Run the utility switchdesk.....So in my case, I did this -


$$ switchdesk-helper
Please specify one of either KDE, GNOME, XFCE, FVWM or WindowMaker.
$$ switchdesk-helper KDE
Desktop now set up to run KDE.


Fantastic....Launched again the vncserver and I logged in into KDE Desktop. Hope it helps !