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Section 8.4:Configuring a Video Card
Figure 8–1 GNOME CD Player Interface
The CD player interface acts like a standard CD player, with play, pause, and stop functions. A volume
control slider is located at the bottom of the interface. You can also edit the track listings for your
CDs and change the way the utility functions by clicking on the
buttons and making your selections.
Set your preferences to use CDDB and it will look up the name of the CD and its songs from an
extensive online database and list them in the GUI. The first time you play a CD, you will need to be
online for this feature to work; the information will be stored and displayed in the future whether you
are online or not. This is not a requirement — it is just a convenient feature.
8.4 Configuring a Video Card
You probably configured your video card during installation (see the Official Red Hat Linux Installa-
tion Guide), but you can change your video configuration settings at any time using the Xconfigurator
utility. You will want to do this if you, for example, install a new video card.
Xconfigurator will overwrite your system's original video configu-
ration file.
/etc/X11/XF86Config file before running Xconfigurator.
To run Xconfigurator, log in as root and type Xconfigurator at a shell prompt. Follow the in-
structions that appear on the screen. Make your selections using the
When you have finished reconfiguring your video card, log out of root and log back in to your user
account.
Cameras, scanners, and other peripherals can be used with Red Hat Linux, but are not discussed in this
manual. The Linux Documentation Project is an excellent source of information for using peripherals
CAUTION
As a safety measure, be sure to make a backup of the
and
Open Track Editor
and
keys.
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