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List:       ltsp-discuss
Subject:    Re: [Discuss] Failure to run X
From:       Jim McQuillan <jam () localhost ! localdomain ! dresults ! com>
Date:       2000-03-29 20:44:34
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Alfredo,

Now, it appears that you have set UI_MODE to 'CHAR' instead
of 'GUI'.

You need to leave UI_MODE as GUI, and the default run level at '3'
and you should just get a '#' as the prompt.

Then, you should be able to run start_ws as described earlier.

Thanks,
Jim McQuillan
jam@ltsp.org

On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Alfredo Cole T. wrote:

> Jim McQuillan wrote:
> > 
> > Alfredo,
> > 
> > What you want to run is:
> > 
> >   sh /tmp/start_ws
> > 
> > And, ONLY if you have the workstation in runlevel 3 and you
> > get a '#' when it boots up.
> > 
> > That will run X on the workstation with the correct options.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Jim McQuillan
> > jam@ltsp.org
> > 
> 
> Jim:
> 
> The final messages issued by the workstaion after loading the kernel
> say:
> 
> INIT: Entering runlevel: 5
> Trying 192.168.1.254...
> Connected to 192.168.1.254.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
> Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i586
> login:
> 
> So, although it should load X, it does not. So I login and try to run
> 'sh /tmp/start_ws' and it responds with 'No such file or directory'.
> Reading rc.local, I can see that it's supposed to mount a ram disk on
> /tmp, and create the start_ws script there. For some reason which I can
> not figure, it does not. The /tmp directory has several files like:
> 
> /ltsdoc
> ltsdoc.tgz
> ltsroot.tgz
> vmlinuz.ne2000
> 
> And I don't know if they are supposed to be there, or how they got there
> in the first place. I would appreciate your help. Thank you.
> 
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