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TOPIC: Switching to Graphical Mode after Text Based Install.



Switching to Graphical Mode after Text based Install
  1. At the "localhost login" prompt, enter "root". Press [ENTER]

  2. At the root password (this was set during installation) and press [ENTER]

  3. Via the command line interface which you have just entered, download the Xautoconfig program:
    wget http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_5.0/Xautoconfig-0.23-2.ydl.2.ppc.rpm [ENTER]
  4. Install this RPM:
    rpm -ivh Xautoconfig-0.23-2.ydl.2.ppc.rpm [ENTER]
  5. Type Xautoconfig and press [ENTER]. It will create the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf and set it up with the parameters necessary to run a graphical system.

  6. Edit the file /etc/inittab. Look for the line that reads:
    id:3:initdefault:

    ... and change it to:

    id:5:initdefault:
  7. Edit the file /etc/kboot.conf and change the line that reads:
    default=ydl

    ... to ...

    default=ydl480i
  8. Reboot your system:
    reboot [ENTER]
Your system will now start by default into a low resolutions graphical mode.

This HOWTO was written by Tim Renner, Terra Soft



 
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