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| − | 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.... | + | 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... |
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| + | * Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are: | ||
| + | * 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) | ||
| + | * 1 - Single user mode | ||
| + | * 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking) | ||
| + | * 3 - Full multiuser mode | ||
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| + | * 5 - X11 | ||
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== Automatic Login == | == Automatic Login == | ||
Revision as of 18:10, 29 June 2010
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"
yum -y install Xorg
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:
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...
- Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
- 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
- 1 - Single user mode
- 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
- 3 - Full multiuser mode
- 4 - unused
- 5 - X11
- 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
Automatic Login
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
