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{{NeedsUpdateMessageBox|backgroundcolor = #faa|image =Warning.png|heading =WARNING|message = Amahi 7 for Fedora 19<br />Maintenance Support ONLY!}}<div style="border: 1px solid #A3B1BF; padding: .8em 1em; background-color: #E6F2FF; margin: 0px 1em;">'''NOTE:'''Appears The one-click [http://www.amahi.org/apps/vnc VNC App] has become unstable and moved to be Fedora 12 Guidance''ALPHA''status for Amahi 7 until we can resolve the issues.</div> 
== Synopsis ==
The Amahi 7 Express Disc 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 everytimechosen desktop if using Fedora 19 or later. To install after After Amahi Express has finished installing , execute the following commands:
== Commands ==
Become root:
su - Enter your password for the root user. Now you will enter the command that will install the various packages to create a usable GUI. For users who would like Gnome 3, enter
Enter your password for the root user yum -y install @gnome
yum -y groupinstall "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment"For the users who want Mate, enter
For the users who want KDE yum -y install @mate
yum -y groupinstall "X Windows System" KDEFor the users who want XFCE, enter
== Optional == yum -y install @xfce
You can remove There are several other GUI desktop environments that are easy to install this way. To list all the packages with:available environment groups enter this in the command line
i.e. yum groupremove KDEgroup list
== Configure Your Display ==
You may also If you used the above method of installing a graphical desktop then you will not need to configure your display:  yum -y install system-config-display Then run system-config-display as rootX11.
You can then boot into the GNOME/KDE Desktop:== Force GUI on Boot ==
startxNext we need to make sure it boots into init 5. This used to be done by editing the inittab to use 5 instead of 3 as it's default. In Fedora 19 and above the inittab is not used. Instead, issue command to make the graphical user interface the default.
== To change your Amahi HDA to boot into gnome == ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
First and foremost you should be logged in as root.You can now either reboot or boot into the GNOME/KDE Desktop:
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: startx
id:If you wish to disable this in the future and/or want to uninstall the GUI run the following command. This will cause your HDA to boot into init 3:initdefault:again.
As you can see the last line id:3:initdefault: specifies WHAT MODE (Graphical ln -sf /lib/systemd/Textsystem/multi-user.target /MultiUser etc) to boot the /systemd/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/default.target
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.== Package Removal ==
That's it. We are done. Save You can also remove the file and quitGUI if you want to switch to another Desktop Environment or go back to a headless install. Reboot your system for To do this run the setting to take effect.following command:
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...{{Code|yum groupremove "KDE"}}
* Default runlevelRun the following command to remove X completely. 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){{Code|yum groupremove "X Windows System"}}
<i>NOTE: Replace "KDE" with "GNOME Desktop Environment" if you installed GNOME</i>-->
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