Linux-Setup Digest #307, Volume #20 Fri, 29 Dec 00 20:13:08 EST
Contents:
Dell laptop/Redhat network install constipation. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Dialup as backup (E J)
Re: Curing LIL_? (E J)
Re: modem (Bob Martin)
Re: install from a partition. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Curing LIL_? ("Peter Tselios")
Re: modprobe complaining about serial devices at boot ("Peter Tselios")
Re: 45G disk with Win98/RH7.0 ("Fl@L1")
Re: RedHat Linux 7.0: LILO hangs (jbh)
Re: 45G disk with Win98/RH7.0 (Chris Bogart)
Re: BootMagic and Win98/W2K/Linux boot issue ("Normand Cloutier")
Re: How to configure a NIC in RH6.2?? (Bit Twister)
Re: 486, Linux and X-windows (Dan Birchall)
Even with big book, RH linux fails to run coherently,,,,,,,,,,,,, :-( (Dick Bowyer)
Re: How to switch to GNOME from KDE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Dell laptop/Redhat network install constipation.
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 22:03:48 GMT
Hi All,
I'm trying to get a redhad/krud7.0 network install working on a Dell
latitude CTX laptop with Xircom RBEM56G-100 combo card.
I'd already installed linux on this laptop via cdrom, and the ethernet
works fine(tulip_cb.o), but now I'm trying to cook up a kickstart
config that will install these laptops over the network.
The short story:
Kickstart failing after successful DHCP with
VC4
<4> "Neighbour table overflow"
VC3
"nodns is 0"
url address is server.foo.com
url prefix is /x
Transferring file from http://server.foo.com/x/netstg1.img to a fd
AND THAT's IT! server logs show no contact.
Manual network-install hangs as post-config'd ethernet can't seem to
contact webserver.(Both DHCP'd and static IP's for
box2install), tried both hostname and IP for webserver address.
No luv from the install.
The Long Version:
Kickstart was puking(via the pcmcia.img image) saying Neighbour Table
overflow after it would get it's DHCP info. The DHCP info all looked
good, but 5 seconds later it would start shoving "Neighbour
..overflow" messages to the screen and hang.
Going back to basics, I used a fresh pcmcia.img disk to boot the
laptop and chose DHCP.
On Vconsole4 it looks like everything is going smoothly with the DHCP,
it gets nameserver,DG, IP and netmask correctly, but can't seem
to find the install server.
Some of the VC4 output....
PUMP: got lease
loader intf: device eth0
intf set: 288
intf: bootserver: X.Y.Z.Z...etc
After giving the hostname of the webserver, the box hangs for a while
and comes back with
"foo.bar.com is not a valid hostname"
Vconsole3 shows 'reverse name lookup failed"
I get the same results when I config the interface with valid static
IP's that have perfect fwd->reverse DNS entries....(Note the DCHP
addrs do NOT have DNS entries for them, thank my company for using
WINS)
I also get the similar non-results if I spec the IP for the server,
and after checking the webserver's logs it appears the box2install
doesn't actually contact the webserver.
Has anyone seen this ?
I checked deja/google and the "neighbour overflow" thing appears to be
an issue with the loopback device, but there isn't really anything I
know of at the kickstart level to sidestep this.
The really confusing part to me is that the modules work fine once the
system has been installed, but the boot pcmcia.img appears to
'half-work'
Anyone got a workaround for the boot-constipation? Please no jokes
about high-fiber network cards...
Sent via Deja.com
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dialup as backup
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 22:25:07 GMT
My ISP gives ADSL with 5 hours per month for dialup.
When eth0 is brought up and comes up FAILED, my ADSL is down.
I use kppp or rh ppp dialer to dial up my ISP.
Eric Ho wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am currently using a ADSL connection, but it is not too stable.
> How can I use my 56K modem line as a backup ?
> If the ADSL goes down, the 56K modem can switch over, then that
> is perfect, but I don't mind switching it manually.
>
> Could someone tell me what I need to do to make this happen ?
>
> Best Regards,
> Eric Ho
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Curing LIL_?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 22:34:20 GMT
- LIL
Second stage boot loader has been
executed but it cannot load the
descriptor file table from the map
file.
# Here is my lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hda3
# CHECK the /boot/map
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=dos
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
label=linux
read-only
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
root=/dev/hda4
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
# lilo.conf ends
"Dennis J. Tuchler" wrote:
> As I understand it, LIL_ means: The descriptor table is corrupt.
>
> How does one cure that problem without deleting all the partitions and
> starting over?
>
> Thanks
>
> djtuchler
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:51:32 -0600
Glitch wrote:
>
> Anyone want to tell me why when I give Linux the same settings as I gave
> it last time for my modem in conjunction with the setserial command
> Linux doesn't see my modem this time even though last time it worked
> first try?
>
> I got my modem to use COM3 now instead of COM5 and its irq is 12 and it
> uses port 0xa000. I give setserial those parameters to any and all com
> ports and i get no response from them. Why the hell shouldn't I get a
> response from COm3?
>
> anyone want to shed some light on this subject which should have been
> fixed 30 minutes ago when I first started working on it?
>
> thanks
Unless you have a fairly old box, your ps/2 mouse is using IRQ 12. Did
you move jumpers on the modem to configure it as COM3 ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: install from a partition.
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 22:54:44 GMT
I know you can do this type of installation. I'm just not sure of the
specifics.
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> I don't think that you can do such type of installations. You can try
> either from the net by ftp or through CD.
>
> Regards
> Siva
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am attempting to install Red Hat 7.2 from FAT partition on an NT
box.
> > The files were downloaded to the D:\RedHat directory. I want to
> > actually overwrite the NT so there are no space problems.
> >
> > My problem is that when I boot with the Linux boot disk and type in
the
> > location of the RedHat directory, I get a message saying that the
files
> > can't be found. I've double-checked everything; could the fact that
> > they are in a DOS partition be preventing the Linux boot disk from
> > finding them? If not that, I'm stumped and the Red Hat installation
> > guide has very little to say about partition-based installs.
> >
> > Please let me know,
> > Mike Cooper
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
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>
> --
> SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran
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> <p>Regards
> <br>Siva
> <br>
> <p>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
> <p>I am attempting to install Red Hat 7.2 from FAT partition on an NT
box.
> <br>The files were downloaded to the D:\RedHat directory. I want
> to
> <br>actually overwrite the NT so there are no space problems.
> <p>My problem is that when I boot with the Linux boot disk and type in
> the
> <br>location of the RedHat directory, I get a message saying that the
files
> <br>can't be found. I've double-checked everything; could the
fact
> that
> <br>they are in a DOS partition be preventing the Linux boot disk from
> <br>finding them? If not that, I'm stumped and the Red Hat
installation
> <br>guide has very little to say about partition-based installs.
> <p>Please let me know,
> <br>Mike Cooper
> <p>Sent via Deja.com
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>
> <pre>--
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> Lucent Technologies
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From: "Peter Tselios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Curing LIL_?
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 01:08:34 +0200
Hmm,
Do you have a dual boot machine (with win9x)? If so, try erase the MBR and
create a record for windows only (I think that the command is fdisk /mbr).
Then, from your distro start-up disk try to load your linux installation. I
my case when I added the "linear" option everything was OK. Try it. You
never know...
Peter
"It's interesting to note that one of the main reasons for writing the first
Unix kernel was to get better interactive performance from the computer to
play a game called Space Travel."
"Dennis J. Tuchler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> As I understand it, LIL_ means: The descriptor table is corrupt.
>
> How does one cure that problem without deleting all the partitions and
> starting over?
>
> Thanks
>
> djtuchler
>
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From: "Peter Tselios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: modprobe complaining about serial devices at boot
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 01:13:18 +0200
Did you compiled the serial devices for the kernel or as modules? I had a
similar problem when I compiled my kew kernel (2,2,16) with the serials
embeded in kernel, on a SuSe machine. When I "restored" the serials as
modules, the boot was normal. Do not forget to install all serial devices
(read the help, I don't remember the exact names :( ).
Peter
"It's interesting to note that one of the main reasons for writing the first
Unix kernel was to get better interactive performance from the computer to
play a game called Space Travel."
"Jeff Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just got finished building a new kernel 2.2.16. Upon booting it I got
> all kinds of messages about "undefined symbols" in modules. Ofcourse,
> those modules weren't included in this kernel.
> Ok, I remove /lib/modules/2.2.16 and rerun "make modules_install" to
> only have the modules I include in this build.
>
> Now on boot I get a bunch of the following messages:
> modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4
> /dev/ttyS31: No such device
>
> The ttyS19 to ttyS31 are listed on the screen, all before have scrolled
> off of the screen to fast to read.
>
> What have I done wrong?
>
> --
> Jeff Pierce
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://pages.preferred.com/~piercej
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From: "Fl@L1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 45G disk with Win98/RH7.0
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 21:48:02 GMT
"Chris Bogart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> A couple months ago I added a second IDE drive to my machine, which
>
> uses lilo to dual boot between either Win 98 or Red Hat 7.` The new
>
> disk is 45G, and right now I only have the first 10G or so formatted,
>
> for Linux, and I have important stuff mounted there.
>
> Now I want to create a new 33G partition, formatted for windows so
>
> that both OSes can see it. For MP3s :-)
>
> So I create a new primary partition using cfdisk, of type C (Win95
>
> FAT32 LBA). I go into windows, and reformat the new disk D:. But
>
> it acts weird when I put lots of files there and try to access them
>
> again. DOS fdisk tells me the entire drive is only 8G.
>
> I guess I should have formatted and partitioned the disk from the start
>
> with windows, then installed linux partitions afterwards, but it's too
>
> late for that now.
>
> Am I hosed, or is there hope? I would settle for a smaller vfat
>
> partition than 33G if I had to. Or a way to mount an ext2 filesystem
>
> as a D: drive in Windows :-)
>
> Here's how the disk is laid out now:
>
> ==================================================================
>
> /sbin/sfdisk -l -x /dev/hdc
>
> Disk /dev/hdc: 5473 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
> Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
>
> Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
> /dev/hdc1 * 0+ 2 3- 24066 83 Linux
> /dev/hdc2 3 1294 1292 10377990 5 Extended
> /dev/hdc3 1295 5472 4178 33559785 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hdc4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
>
> /dev/hdc5 3+ 640 638- 5124703+ 83 Linux
> - 641 1278 638 5124735 5 Extended
> - 3 2 0 0 0 Empty
> - 3 2 0 0 0 Empty
>
> /dev/hdc6 641+ 1278 638- 5124703+ 83 Linux
> - 1279 1294 16 128520 5 Extended
> - 641 640 0 0 0 Empty
> - 641 640 0 0 0 Empty
>
> /dev/hdc7 1279+ 1294 16- 128488+ 82 Linux swap
> - 1279 1278 0 0 0 Empty
> - 1279 1278 0 0 0 Empty
> - 1279 1278 0 0 0 Empty
>
> --
>
> Thank you!
> Chris
>
>
>
If I remember correctly, there is more that one type of fat32 partition.
You may have created one that can reach a max 8GB in size. Try fdisking w/
a Win98 floppy, and recreate the partition (move data off first, of course).
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From: jbh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat Linux 7.0: LILO hangs
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 23:30:07 -0000
harryo wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:46:01 -0500, "Doug Grosso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >On a system that has successfully handled past full installs (not
upgrades)
> >of RedHat Linux 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2, a fresh install of 7.0 always fails
at
> >boot time. The "L" in "LILO" appears and then the system hangs. I've
> >reinstalled a few times, no other OS lives on this machine, and it does
boot
> >fine (albeit slowly) from a floppy. This is a fairly generic homebuilt
> >Pentium 133, 64MB RAM, 8.5 GB Western Digital IDE drive, but nothing
exotic
> >attached. Thoughts?
>
> I hit this with my laptop that has a 10GB drive. I then re-installed,
> asking it to create a boot disk ... really should have done that in
> the first place, eh :-) ?? ... and when I ran LILO by hand, it
> complained about the > 1024 cylinders issue.
>
> However, it helpfully suggested using "lba32" as an option in the
> lilo.conf file, which worked a treat. I replaced the line that said
> "linear". If you don't have one of those, try just adding the "lba32"
> line.
>
> Of course, you'll have to make a boot floppy first, in order to get to
> that stage.
>
> Good luck.
>
I have an IBM Thinkpad 600 with a 12GB HD and dual win98 rh 6.2. I just
reformated the disk and upgraded the bios to set the system up to work
with Win2k. After I upgraded the bios, the hard drive was not working
properly. I used a HD utility to set up the drive for systems that have
trouble with larger than 8.4GB HD. It worked fine before with Red Hat 6.2,
now put 7.0 on and lilo hung at the L. Right on with changing lilo.conf
from "linear" to "lba32". No more problem with LILO.
Jeff
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From: Chris Bogart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 45G disk with Win98/RH7.0
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:46:18 -0700
"Fl@L1" wrote:
> If I remember correctly, there is more that one type of fat32 partition.
> You may have created one that can reach a max 8GB in size. Try fdisking w/
> a Win98 floppy, and recreate the partition (move data off first, of course).
Thanks for the advice Fl -- I'll try running fdisk from floppy and see what
things look like, but I'll be reluctant to save changes, because, running
fdisk from Start|Run... in windows 98, the entire hard disk is reported as
having 8GB. I don't think running from a floppy would help that, although I'll
certainly give it a shot. But I don't want to try repartitioning with a tool
that doesn't understand the disks' real size.
--
Thanks,
Chris
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From: "Normand Cloutier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows98,alt.os.linux.mandrake,microsoft.public.win2000.setup
Subject: Re: BootMagic and Win98/W2K/Linux boot issue
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 19:06:59 -0500
If you have a USB keyboard stick with BootMagic otherwise you are heading
for big problems (first class crash). Lilo and Grub are not USB compatible.
I know by experience.
"boy_afraid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I currently cannot boot Windows 98 SE from BootMagic. My system
> previously had Windows 98 SE on the first partition as FAT32, then the
> second partition has W2K Pro on NTFS, SO I just used the Windows Boot
> menu.
>
> Now I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on the third partition (hde6),
> swap on the fourth partition (hde7). I installed Mandrake just fine
> and put LILO on the linux partition. Then I installed BootMagic
> through W2K Pro and now I can boot into Linux. I then tested my
> booting and I can also boot in W2K Pro from the bootmagic menu. BUT
> WHEN I TRY TO BOOT INTO windows 98 SE it says it cannot find a system.
> If I boot using the W2K bootmenu I can get into Win 98 SE.
>
> I know that W2K gets a copy of the MBR and saves it to a file so that
> during the bootmenu you can boot into Win 98 by loading that file that
> had the old boot sector. I want to boot into 98 using one menu and
> not going through 2 of them.
>
> Can someone help me?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: How to configure a NIC in RH6.2??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 00:18:33 GMT
You can use /usr/sbin/netconfig pop in initial network values
then you can use linuxconf to configure the network.
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:19:51 GMT, Bo Berglund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just installed RH6.2 after a disk crash that destroyed my previous
>RH5.2 installation. This is not the first time I have installed RH6.2
>but it was a while ago....
>Now I have this problem:
>I have 2 NIC:s in the PC and I must now configure the IP addresses of
>them. There was no dialogue in the setup sequence where I could do
>that so it has to be done manually.
>In earlier situations I think I remember I used the command netcfg to
>bring up a program screen where I could configure these details.
>But on this system when I type netcfg in a command window in KDE
>nothing happens, or really a sequence of error messages pop up ending
>with 'No such file or directory'
Yes, running Mandrake and had to do a custom install
to get the other tools like netcfg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Birchall)
Subject: Re: 486, Linux and X-windows
Date: 30 Dec 2000 00:18:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ed Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, there:
>
> I'm in the process of installing Linux and X-windows on my 486
> with 126K of cache and 8 MBytes of RAM.
>
> My question is, will Linux and X-windows work well? Should I get more
> cache? More memory? Or should I purchase a MB from e-bay that will fit
> inside a 486 case?
"Well" is a subjective term, especially since you didn't mention
CPU speed. I ran Linux/X on a 486SX-25 and it was slow; on my
486DX4-75, it was just fine... and if I recall correctly, that one
started out with 8 megs of RAM. You won't have much luck running
a current version of Netscape on that, though, or some of the apps
other people have mentioned. If you can find a Red Hat 4.2 CD
somewhere, that should work okay. ;)
-Dan
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From: Dick Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Even with big book, RH linux fails to run coherently,,,,,,,,,,,,, :-(
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 00:29:40 +0000
Well I tried RH 6.1. Just could not get modem and printer to work and
managed to configure sound card and display eventually. Retired
gracefully after a week and consigned box to cupboard!
Ah ha, spotted a very large book called RH Linux 7 unleashed today.
Surely things are better now? Managed to install to hdb with lilo on
that drive so can boot with Bootmagic. Manage to install sound card
and graphics card. CTX display was not listed even though a year or
two old but was able set up at high resolution never the less. Even
detected modem! Sort of able to print to port on laserjet 6.
Followed instructions to the letter to install RHppp dialer but once i
choose isp, just get error message. Big book answers
none................. Then try to use Linuxconf, runs ok but the
miscellaneous services which are supposed to detail modem, printer etc
just gives a further error. Other functions run ok. Seems to be an
error in the RH setup to me. Where do I go from here as the
instructions in book fail because program gives errors? I am sure if i
was an expert these errors could be repaired. Is Red hat so good?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to switch to GNOME from KDE
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 00:34:17 GMT
The RedHat I use is version 7.0.
During installation, I chose workstation, not custom. There is a button
to choose either KDE or GNOME as your destop, but not both.
Roger
In article <MKJ26.12489$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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> which version of redhat did you install?
>
> i have installed 6.1 and .2 and also 7 and all give me the option to =
> install both, but i only used the custom install.
>
> havent tried using any others.
> "SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message =
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> =20
> Look for a file .xinitrc in the home directory. If it is not there =
> create that file. Open that file and add a line to it as "exec startkde" =
> if kde=20
> is required. If kde is not required you can comment that line. =
> Commenting that line will automatically switch you to GNOME mode. The=20
> file should look like this for GNOME mode to come up:=20
> #exec startkde=20
>
> To switch to KDE mode the .xinitrc should contain the following line=20
>
> exec startkde=20
>
> Hope this will help you.=20
>
> Regards=20
> Siva=20
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:=20
>
> I boot up my RedHat using text mode and use "startx &" to go to KDE. =
>
> I only have choice of either KDE or Gnome during RedHat =
> installation,=20
> not both. In this case if Gnome is not installed (I suspect), may =
> be I=20
> use RPMS to install Gnome.=20
>
> Does it make sense?=20
>
> Regards,=20
> Roger=20
>
> In article <92dg03$cs2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,=20
> Yellow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:=20
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:=20
> >=20
> > > Dear Guru,=20
> > >=20
> > > I recently installed RedHat 7.0. And I chose my desktop to be =
> KDE=20
> > > during installation.=20
> > >=20
> > > How can I switch back to Gnome? I searched from the KDE desktop =
> but=20
> > > cannot find anything to switch between these 2 desktops.=20
> > >=20
> > > Thanks for your help.=20
> > >=20
> > > Regards,=20
> > > Roger Luk=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > Sent via Deja.com=20
> > > http://www.deja.com/=20
> >=20
> > I assume you use kdm to do your login? (the graphical login =
> screen)=20
> >=20
> > Just select another windowmanager before you hit the 'Go' button=20
> >=20
> >=20
>
> Sent via Deja.com=20
> http://www.deja.com/
>
> --=20
> SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran
> Lucent Technologies
> Bell Labs Innocations
> Tel Dir:- (091)(080)5052490
> =20
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>which version of redhat did you=20
> install?</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i have installed 6.1 and .2 and also 7 =
> and all give=20
> me the option to install both, but i only used the custom =
> install.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>havent tried using any =
> others.</FONT></DIV>
> <BLOCKQUOTE=20
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> <DIV>"SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran" <<A=20
> href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>> wrote in =
> message <A=20
> =
> href=3D"news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:3A4BE394.46C98DBE@lucent.=
> com</A>...</DIV> =20
> <BR>Look for a file .xinitrc in the home directory. If it is not there =
> create=20
> that file. Open that file and add a line to it as "exec startkde" if =
> kde=20
> <BR>is required. If kde is not required you can comment that line. =
> Commenting=20
> that line will automatically switch you to GNOME mode. The <BR>file =
> should=20
> look like this for GNOME mode to come up:=20
> <P>#exec startkde=20
> <P>To switch to KDE mode the .xinitrc should contain the following =
> line=20
> <P>exec startkde=20
> <P>Hope this will help you.=20
> <P>Regards <BR>Siva <BR>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:=20
> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3D"CITE">I boot up my RedHat using text mode and use =
> "startx=20
> &" to go to KDE.=20
> <P>I only have choice of either KDE or Gnome during RedHat =
> installation,=20
> <BR>not both. In this case if Gnome is not installed (I =
> suspect), may=20
> be I <BR>use RPMS to install Gnome.=20
> <P>Does it make sense?=20
> <P>Regards, <BR>Roger=20
> <P>In article =
> <92dg03$cs2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,=20
> <BR> Yellow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <BR>>=20
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <BR>> <BR>> > Dear Guru, =
> <BR>> >=20
> <BR>> > I recently installed RedHat 7.0. And I chose my =
> desktop=20
> to be KDE <BR>> > during installation. <BR>> > <BR>> =
> > How=20
> can I switch back to Gnome? I searched from the KDE desktop =
> but=20
> <BR>> > cannot find anything to switch between these 2 =
> desktops.=20
> <BR>> > <BR>> > Thanks for your help. <BR>> > =
> <BR>>=20
> > Regards, <BR>> > Roger Luk <BR>> > <BR>> > =
> <BR>>=20
> > Sent via Deja.com <BR>> > <A=20
> href=3D"http://www.deja.com/">http://www.deja.com/</A> <BR>> =
> <BR>> I=20
> assume you use kdm to do your login? (the graphical login screen) =
> <BR>>=20
> <BR>> Just select another windowmanager before you hit the 'Go' =
> button=20
> <BR>> <BR>>=20
> <P>Sent via Deja.com <BR><A=20
> =
> href=3D"http://www.deja.com/">http://www.deja.com/</A></P></BLOCKQUOTE><P=
> RE>--
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> Lucent Technologies
> Bell Labs Innocations
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