GUI Install for Express Disc

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Synopsis

The Amahi Express install does not install the graphical user interface gnome. This Guide instructs you on how to install the X Server as well as to make the X Server boot everytime. To install after Amahi Express has finished installing execute the following commands:

Commands

"su -"

Enter your password for the root user

yum -y groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"

To change your Amahi HDA to boot into gnome

First and foremost you should be logged in as root. 

   The /etc folder on these Linux installations contain a file named inittab - mind you no extensions to the filename. This file contains lots of important parameters & runlevel configurations that the kernel reads while booting and configures the system accordingly. Open this file in your favourite editor and scroll down just a little bit say, till the 18th-20th line (usually) till you find something similar to this:
  1. Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
  2. 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
  3. 1 - Single user mode
  4. 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
  5. 3 - Full multiuser mode
  6. 4 - unused
  7. 5 - X11
  8. 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)

id:3:initdefault:

As you can see the last line id:3:initdefault: specifies WHAT MODE (Graphical/Text/MultiUser etc) to boot the system into. The number "3" which according to the options - is Full multiuser mode - involving all the networking features of Linux, but in a non-graphical environment.

Change this value to "5" - here, according to the Commented out options above tells the system to boot straight into X11 (X-Windows) i.e. the Graphical Mode.

That's it. We are done. Save the file and quit. Reboot your system for the setting to take effect.

WARNING: When you are editing these critical system files in Linux, be absolutely sure of WHAT you are editing. One SINGLE MISTAKE can render the whole system non-bootable. These are as dangerous as (if not more) Windows Registry. So there.... smile.gif

If you want a specified user to login (if you are using MythTV or some other app which requires the X Server) then please do so with these instructions.

Cheers!

The Amahi Team

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