Configuring xwindows in redhat 6

This log is not preserved unless you complete the installation. While it is running, Anaconda opens the virtual consoles page shown in Table Do not give any commands that change any part of the installation procedure. Select BACK to return to the previous screen. Initially, each of the graphical installation screens is divided into two columns: a narrow help column on the left and information and prompts about the installation on the right.

Select the Hide Help button lower-left to remove the help column. From this screen, you can verify that the installation CDs do not have any errors. Checking the CDs takes a few minutes and can save you hours of aggravation if the installation fails due to bad media.

Following is a list of screens that Anaconda displays during a default installation. It may display different screens depending on what commands you give and choices you make. Choose OK to test the media, Skip to bypass the test. See the preceding TIP. This screen is displayed in pseudotext mode and does not appear in two columns.

During a graphical installation, when you leave the CD Found screen, Anaconda displays messages telling you it is probing for the devices it will use during installation. After probing, it starts the X server.

There is nothing for you to do on this screen except hide the help panel and display the release notes. Select NEXT. Language Selection Select the language you want to use for the installation. This language is not necessarily the same language that the installed system displays. Mouse Displayed only if the type of mouse cannot be determined. Select the type of mouse attached to the system. Mark the Emulate 3 buttons box if you have a two-button mouse and want the system to respond as though you had pressed the middle button when you press the two mouse buttons at the same time.

Select the brand and model of the monitor attached to the system. You can specify the Sync frequencies in place of the monitor brand and model, but be careful: Specifying the wrong values can ruin some older hardware.

Upgrade Examine If it detects a version of Red Hat Linux on the hard disk that it can upgrade, Anaconda gives you the choice of upgrading the existing installation or overwriting the existing installation with a new one Figure Figure Upgrade Examine screen.

Figure Installation Type screen. The automatic selection gives you the option of reviewing and changing the partitions Anaconda sets up. Boot Loader Configuration By default, Anaconda installs the grub boot loader page If you do not want to install a boot loader, click Change boot loader and select Do not install a boot loader. When you install Red Hat Linux on a machine that already runs another operating system, Anaconda frequently recognizes the other operating system and sets up grub so you can boot from either operating system.

You can manually add other operating systems to grub 's list of bootable systems by clicking Add and specifying a label and device to boot from.

For a more secure system, specify a boot loader password. Network Configuration Specify network configuration information Figure If you are using DHCP to set up the network interface, you do not need to change anything.

Figure Network Configuration window. The Network Devices frame lists the network devices the installer knows about. Normally, you want network devices to become active when the system boots; remove the mark from the check box at the left of a device if you do not want it to become active when the system boots. To configure a network device manually not using DHCP , highlight the device and click Edit to the right of the list of devices. Anaconda displays the Edit Interface window Figure Figure Network Configuration: Edit Interface window.

You do not have to specify more than one DNS address, although it can be useful to have two in case one nameserver stops working. Click Next. Firewall Set up a firewall Figure First, select No firewall or Enable firewall. If you select Enable firewall, select the services that you want the firewall to allow to pass through to the system. If you have multiple network devices one of which may be a dial-up line , you may want to consider one of them to be trusted. Never trust a device connected to the Internet.

Put a mark in the check box next to any trusted devices in the box labeled If you would like to allow all traffic from a device, select it below. The chapter on iptables page has information on how to build a more complete and functional firewall.

Additional Language Support Select languages that the installed system will support. The default language is the language the system will boot up in. Select as many other languages as you like from the list. Time Zone Specify the time zone the system is located in. Click on a location on the map or scroll through the list and highlight the appropriate selection.

Put a mark in the check box if your system clock is set to UTC page After you specify the root password, Anaconda pauses to read the software package information. Package Installation Defaults In this screen, Anaconda lists the packages it will install by default.

Choose Install default software packages to install this list of packages or Customize software packages to be installed to modify the list. Regardless of your selection, you can change which packages are installed on a system at any time; refer to "system-config-packages: Adds and Removes Software Packages" on page Install KDE if you want to follow these examples.

You can remove KDE later if you like. Package Group Selection If you choose to accept the default list of software packages previous screen , Anaconda skips this screen. Select the groups and packages you want to install.

For more information, refer to "system-config-packages: Adds and Removes Software Packages" on page Depending on the number of software packages you are installing, this process can take quite a while.

Anaconda keeps you informed of its progress and requests CDs if you are installing from CDs as it needs them. When Anaconda instructs you to do so, remove the installation CD if present and reboot the system. The system boots Red Hat Linux and asks a few questions before allowing you to log in.

Select Yes I agree to the License Agreement if you agree with the terms of the licence agreement. Date and time The next screen allows you to set the date and time. If the system is connected to the Internet, you may want to select Enable Network Time Protocol and choose a server from the combo box. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.

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Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. If your system is entitled to Red Hat support or if it's a CentOS machine , just yum install xorg-xapps. Improve this answer. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. However, changes to the terms of XFree86 software saw many Linux vendors seeking an alternative. Using the last version of the XFree86 software released under the old licensing terms, the X organisation X. Today, most current Linux distributions now use the Xorg version of the X-Window system.

This should at least display any error messages that may be produced. Sometimes, the X-Window system takes control of the keyboard and mouse but then seems to ignore any further input. The configuration file usually contains many comments explaining the configuration choices available. The X-Window system source code also contains much information on configuration choices.

Remember that when you next log in, only a text-based console will be provided. This could be caused by one of several things. Usually, it means exactly what it says i. You can still choose to log in, but your other login session may begin to behave unusually. This is quite often caused by incorrectly or abruptly exiting the GNOME display manager, such as machine crash, or by logging out of one machine and into another before GNOME has had time to clean up the remnants of the last login session.