Amazing problem of /boot AND how to download videos

[Parshwa Murdia]

(1).

my etc/event.d/control-alt-delete file (fc11) is like that:

# control-alt-delete - emergency keypress handling
#
# This task is run whenever the Control-Alt-Delete key combination is
# pressed.  Usually used to shut down the machine.

start on control-alt-delete

exec /sbin/shutdown -r now "Control-Alt-Delete pressed"

This is exactly like what is your in fc9. For disabling Contol-Alt-Delete in
the console mode, I commented the last two lines like:


# start on control-alt-delete
# exec /sbin/shutdown -r now "Control-Alt-Delete pressed"

and saved the changes and run the command:

init q

but after rebooting it was not disabled. So I added the following line:

# ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now


in the /etc/inittab file. This line was not there initially, but I added it
(commented) and again run the command:

init q

But again it was not disabled.

So it is still the problem.

(2).

In fedora 11, if suppose we download, we issue the command:

[root at localhost ~]#  wget http://<.......................WEB
address.................................>

to fetch the page. But suppose if we want to download any video file from
the website, in which the link always doesn't end with '.html', suppose for
e.g., if we want to download the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0

how could it be done, becoz, issuing:

[root at localhost ~]# wget http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0

saves the following file:

watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0

in the directory from where the command was issued but NOT the video.

Though it is very basic thing, but still confusing.

Thx.



> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:19:22 +0930
> Subject: Re: Amazing problem of /boot
> On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 12:56 +0530, Parshwa Murdia wrote:
> > 1. If by mistake or unfortunately, the password is typed wrong two or
> > three times at the time while PC restarts (the password set via BIOS),
> > are there chances that the system may be locked or any other problem
> > may come? and the same question for grub.conf encrypted passwords.
>
> What the BIOS does after failed attempts will be determined by how that
> BIOS is programmed.  We can't answer that, because yours may be
> different than mine.  However, I've not heard of a BIOS that does
> anything other than make you reboot after three failed attempts.
>
> Grub doesn't change anything on the drive if you fail, you can keep on
> trying.  Though I can't recall if it, also, tells you that you've tried
> too many times, making you have to reboot to try again.
>
> > 2. For disabling Ctrl+Alt+Del from restarting computer in Console
> > mode, all we have to do is uncommenting the line:
> >
> > ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now
>
> ... And theirs didn't have that line.  Ordinarily, I'd then suggest to
> simply add the line.  But I suspect that adding that line's out-of-date
> advice, since your file did have this written in the comments:
>
> > # Ctrl-Alt-Delete is handled by /etc/event.d/control-alt-delete
>
> So look at that file, and see if you can work it out.  On my older than
> yours, Fedora 9, computer that I'm currently typing on, that file
> contains this:
>
>  # control-alt-delete - emergency keypress handling
>  #
>  # This task is run whenever the Control-Alt-Delete key combination is
>  # pressed.  Usually used to shut down the machine.
>
>  start on control-alt-delete
>
>  exec /sbin/shutdown -r now "Control-Alt-Delete pressed"
>

> By the way, I'll drop a hint:  It's wrong where it says that key
> sequence is usually used to shut down the machine, it's usually used to
> reboot.  That's what CTRL-ALT-DEL does on every computer that I've ever
> played with, and that's what the "-r" option means with the shutdown
> command.
>
>
> --
> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
>
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.  I
> read messages from the public lists.
>
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