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[Korrupted]

Added how to make your own Terminal Commands.

[monkeysr]

Replacing: <string>-v</string>

with:

<string>"Graphics Mode"="1280x960x32@85"</string>

Killed my OSX installation. It will no longer boot.

[Korrupted]

Then boot in -s to remove it .  I also fixed it to what it should really be.

[monkeysr]

Thanks!

[Korrupted]

monkeysr, on Jun 19 2006, 03:08 AM, said:

Thanks!

Did the new fix work for you?

[youraa]

hi i 've been trying to change my resolution acording to your instructions and cannot menage  could you pls help, i'm adding messages from my terminal

-bash: bluntman: command not found
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <key>Graphics Mode</key>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <key>Graphics Mode</key></string>1280x1024x32@60</string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <string> "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60" </string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <key>Graphics Mode</key> </string>1280x1024x32@60</string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <string>"Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60"</string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <string>"Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60"</string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <key>Graphics Mode</key> </string>1024x768x32@60</string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <string> "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60" </string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <string> "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60" </string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$

pls help I'm new in these matters

[youraa]

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hi i 've been trying to change my resolution acording to your instructions and cannot menage could you pls help, i'm adding messages from my terminal

-bash: bluntman: command not found
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <key>Graphics Mode</key>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <key>Graphics Mode</key></string>1280x1024x32@60</string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <string> "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60" </string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <key>Graphics Mode</key> </string>1280x1024x32@60</string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <string>"Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60"</string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <string>"Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60"</string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <key>Graphics Mode</key> </string>1024x768x32@60</string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <string> "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60" </string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$ <string> "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60" </string>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
zdzislaws-computer:~ zdzislaw$

You have to add that to your com.apple.boot.plist

Thx for the help:)
But must haxe mixed something up my system is not booting anymore
I have the grey screen a nd the dashed circle rotating and nothing happens,
i read about similar pronlem of one of the guys but coludn't find the solution:(
In the file it looked like that:

<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>"Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60"</string>

I replaced the <string></string> (I think) which was underneath the line <key>Graphics Mode</key> with <string>"Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32@60"</string>

then I couldn't save Now i know that I should use ctrl O)
so i copied the file to the desktop made the changes and overwrote the old file in the preferences folder

ehmm does it mean I need to format ?
How do i start in yhe -s mode?
thx for the help

[panos]

Not a good ideal to set a root account.  Always use sudo instead.  Protects you from Human Error.  


I LAEK CHICKEN!

[Korrupted]

I just list it for people who want it.  I never said to use it over sudo.

[kuba]

Find a file
To find a file, use:
locate <filename>
Example: locate Callisto.kext
This will look for anything related to Callisto.kext on your system.

--------------------------------

Beside the "locate" command there is the "find" command.
"locate" is dependant of the update database, while "find" is not.
  The locate program searches a database for all pathnames which match the
     specified pattern.  The database is recomputed periodically (usually
     weekly or daily), and contains the pathnames of all files which are publicly
accessible.
The find command is dependant on parameters about what you want to find (and where and how).

A casual example for the find command:
$find /usr -name somefile.txt

In the above command you have specified your find path to the /usr directory (or partition). You are searching for a "name" to be specific: "somefile.txt".
The find command has many parameters.
Just open a terminal and type "man find".

Cheers, Solaris Bob

Edit: here is a nice goody for the UNIX oriented MacOSX Geeks: http://rmn.ulaval.ca...y/mac/index.htm

Although it is a copyrighted O'Reilly book, it is been put on the web by a university, so I suppose that part is legally covered...  

[willgonz]

For an editor I like to use Pico.  At the terminal type pico and it's there.

[Crazor]

There is an IMPORTANT difference between cp and ditto: ditto preserves ressource forks, whereas cp DOES NOT when used without the proper flags.
Also, ditto is much more powerful: it can handle archives, strip architectures from universal binaries etc.
Consult "man ditto" for more info.

[Manaka]

There are some other differences between the cp (and other file related UNIX commands) and Ditto that are Mac OS X version specific.

cp and mv in Mac OS X 10.3 and earlier did not support forked files. You had to use the Ditto command (with the appropriate switch - check the man page, or cpMac which was installed if the user had installed the developer tools.

As of Mac OS X 10.4 the cp and mv commands are resource fork aware and will work just fine without having to use Ditto.

[Jdhore]

sigxcpu, on May 1 2006, 09:11 PM, said:

sudo asks for the USER password, if it has administrative rights (e.g. /etc/sudoers file)
su asks for the ROOT password.

that is the difference

That's not exactly correct...sudo gives you admin (or root) permissions just for the line in which you Sudo'd.
su is to login as root until you close the terminal and you don't su before a command...you:

su
password
command (s)

[vassalle]

hey Dax,

thanks for responding to my earlier comment regard creating the alias.. i followed your instruction but can't seem to run textedit from the terminal.. i get the following message

amir-hamzahs-computer:~ vassalle$ textedit
-bash: /usr/sbin/textedit: Permission denied

i've followed your instruction correctly, double triple checked it but still get the same error. do you know what am i doing wrong?

i'm running 10.4.8 with mikfi kernel.

[realfolkblues]

THanks for this it helps alot!  

[Korrupted]

I went ahead and made this a sticky so it's easier to find since Terminal is probably -the- most used program in OSX when experimenting with it.

[myha]

Hi,

can someone please tell me how to use aliases on mac? On linux I had .bashrc into which I added the aliases, how to do it on mac?

Thanks, BR

[asap18]

Usually you can just right click the file/folder and hit "make alias"

[myha]

Hi,

I ment aliases from console...

for example:
ll="ls -la"
this is what I use on linux...