I have a laptop running OpenSUSE 10.3. Powering up this morning, during the startup process that displays the status as each component is loaded, I saw that the system timed out searching for an NTP server. This makes sense, as there was no network connection yet. I thought it would probably be a good idea to investigate how to remove that from startup, and let it run after the system is booted and online. Which lead to my question -
In the past, while learning my way about various linux systems, I've tended to get into trouble when I make changes from the command-line, usually at the recommendation of someone more knowlegeable than I am, and then make other changes using the GUI. It seems that sometimes the GUI doesn't know about the changes implemented at the command line, and this sometimes leads to the entire system becoming hosed. I realize there's only one actual filesystem, the config files are what they are, and the GUI is only reading the same config files I'd be changing manually at the command line anyway, but I didn't make up this scenario out of thin air.For whatever reason, I have encountered problems that I think are related to this. And at this point, even if my concerns may have been valid 5 years ago and those issues no longer exist, I'm still uneasy about making changes from both places. SO, to those of you that actually know what you're doing, as opposed to me: Is this a ridiculous concern, or should I avoid 'mixing & mtaching', and pretty much stick to the CLI, or stick to the GUI, when making changes to the system configuration? Thanks, Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
