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<para>For information on kernel module loading and udev, see
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<xref linkend="module-loading"/>.</para>
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-<!--
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- <sect3>
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- <title>Module Loading</title>
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-
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- <para>Device drivers compiled as modules may have aliases built into them.
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- Aliases are visible in the output of the <command>modinfo</command>
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- program and are usually related to the bus-specific identifiers of devices
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- supported by a module. For example, the <emphasis>snd-fm801</emphasis>
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- driver supports PCI devices with vendor ID 0x1319 and device ID 0x0801,
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- and has an alias of <quote>pci:v00001319d00000801sv*sd*bc04sc01i*</quote>.
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- For most devices, the bus driver exports the alias of the driver that
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- would handle the device via <systemitem
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- class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem>. E.g., the
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- <filename>/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:0d.0/modalias</filename> file
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- might contain the string
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- <quote>pci:v00001319d00000801sv00001319sd00001319bc04sc01i00</quote>.
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- The default rules provided with Udev will cause <command>udevd</command>
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- to call out to <command>/sbin/modprobe</command> with the contents of the
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- <envar>MODALIAS</envar> uevent environment variable (which should be the
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- same as the contents of the <filename>modalias</filename> file in sysfs),
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- thus loading all modules whose aliases match this string after wildcard
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- expansion.</para>
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-
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- <para>In this example, this means that, in addition to
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- <emphasis>snd-fm801</emphasis>, the obsolete (and unwanted)
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- <emphasis>forte</emphasis> driver will be loaded if it is
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- available. See below for ways in which the loading of unwanted drivers can
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- be prevented.</para>
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-
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- <para>The kernel itself is also able to load modules for network
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- protocols, filesystems and NLS support on demand.</para>
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-
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- </sect3>
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-
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- <sect3>
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- <title>Handling Hotpluggable/Dynamic Devices</title>
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-
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- <para>When you plug in a device, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) MP3
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- player, the kernel recognizes that the device is now connected and
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- generates a uevent. This uevent is then handled by
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- <command>udevd</command> as described above.</para>
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-
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- </sect3>
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--->
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="ch-config-clock">
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@@ -293,11 +249,11 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
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(CMOS) clock. If the hardware clock is set to UTC, this script will convert the
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hardware clock's time to the local time using the
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<filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file (which tells the
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- <command>hwclock</command> program which timezone the user is in). There is no
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+ <command>hwclock</command> program which timezone to use). There is no
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way to detect whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC, so this
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needs to be configured manually.</para>
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- <para>The <command>setclock</command> is run via
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+ <para>The <command>setclock</command> program is run via
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<application>udev</application> when the kernel detects the hardware
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capability upon boot. It can also be run manually with the stop parameter to
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store the system time to the CMOS clock.</para>
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@@ -315,7 +271,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>Change the value of the <envar>UTC</envar> variable below
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to a value of <parameter>0</parameter> (zero) if the hardware clock
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- is <emphasis>not</emphasis> set to UTC time.</para>
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+ is <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> set to UTC time.</para>
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<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/sysconfig/clock</filename> by running
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the following:</para>
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at <ulink url="&hints-root;time.txt"/>. It explains issues such as
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time zones, UTC, and the <envar>TZ</envar> environment variable.</para>
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- <note><para>The CLOCKPARAMS and UTC paramaters may be alternatively set
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+ <note><para>The CLOCKPARAMS and UTC paramaters may also be set
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in the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/rc.site</filename> file.</para></note>
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</sect2>
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</indexterm>
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<para>This section discusses how to configure the <command>console</command>
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- bootscript that sets up the keyboard map, console font and console kernel log
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+ bootscript that sets up the keyboard map, console font, and console kernel log
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level. If non-ASCII characters (e.g., the copyright sign, the British pound
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sign and Euro symbol) will not be used and the keyboard is a U.S. one, much
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of this section can be skipped. Without the configuration file, (or
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<listitem>
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<para>Due to the use of a 512-glyph LatArCyrHeb-16 font in the previous
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example, bright colors are no longer available on the Linux console unless
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- a framebuffer is used. If one wants to have bright colors without
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+ a framebuffer is used. If one wants to have bright colors without a
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framebuffer and can live without characters not belonging to his language,
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it is still possible to use a language-specific 256-glyph font, as
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illustrated below:</para>
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are not multibyte. This deficiency doesn't affect keymaps for European
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languages, because there accents are added to unaccented ASCII
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characters, or two ASCII characters are composed together. However, in
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- UTF-8 mode it is a problem, e.g., for the Greek language, where one
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+ UTF-8 mode it is a problem; e.g., for the Greek language, where one
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sometimes needs to put an accent on the letter <quote>alpha</quote>.
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The solution is either to avoid the use of UTF-8, or to install the
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X window system that doesn't have this limitation in its input
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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- <para>For Chinese, Japanese, Korean and some other languages, the Linux
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+ <para>For Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and some other languages, the Linux
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console cannot be configured to display the needed characters. Users
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who need such languages should install the X Window System, fonts that
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cover the necessary character ranges, and the proper input method (e.g.,
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- SCIM, it supports a wide variety of languages).</para>
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+ SCIM, supports a wide variety of languages).</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> file only controls
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the Linux text console localization. It has nothing to do with setting
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the proper keyboard layout and terminal fonts in the X Window System, with
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- ssh sessions or with a serial console. In such situations, limitations
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+ ssh sessions, or with a serial console. In such situations, limitations
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mentioned in the last two list items above do not apply.</para>
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</note>
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<secondary>configuring</secondary>
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</indexterm>
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- <para>At times, it is desired to create files at boot time. For instance,
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+ <para>At times, it is desirable to create files at boot time. For instance,
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the <filename class="directory">/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename> directory
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- may be desired. This can be done by creating an entry in the
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+ is often needed. This can be done by creating an entry in the
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<filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename> configuration script.
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The format of this file is embedded in the comments of the default
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configuration file.</para>
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Bruce Dubbs