Solving Redhat 7.2 install problems

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• Subject: Solving Redhat 7.2 install problems
• From: Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:33:43 -0600 (CST)

Hello all,

Well, weather.admin.niu.edu isn't stable yet (as far as I can tell), but 
for those of you installing RedHat 7.2 from scratch to run LDM, McIDAS, 
etc, 3 recommendations.

1. When you log out as root for the first time using X windows, SAVE THE 
CONFIGURATION!!! You do that by checking a box on the logout panel 
that pops up. That was a major hang up for me. If you don't, at least 
on my monitor, X-windows wouldn't restart, no matter how many times I 
played with Xconfigurator or the XF86Config file.

2. After you install 7.2, Go to Redhat or a mirror site and download the 
new rhn_register and up2date programs. There will be two of each. Use 
"rpm -Fvh *.rpm" in the directory you put them in as root to install them. 
THEN, register it, (type "rhn_register") and then run up2date to get all 
the patches downloaded and installed.

3. When you log in as root, check the box to save the configuration when 
you log out under X windows!!! Just to be safe. After that, you're fine.

Do those, and you'll have a happy RedHat 7.2 install.

In case you're wondering, yep, I'm installing it for a supplemental new 
machine to feed from. And LDM runs on it now just fine.

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