If you are installing the X Window System, you can configure it
during the kickstart installation by checking the Configure the X Window System option on the
Display Configuration window as shown in
Figure
2-11. If this option is not chosen, the X configuration options
are disabled and the skipx option is
written to the kickstart file.
The first step in configuring X is to choose the default color
depth and resolution. Select them from their respective pulldown
menus. Be sure to specify a color depth and resolution that is
compatible with the video card and monitor for the system.
If you are installing both the GNOME and KDE desktops, you must
choose which desktop should be the default. If only one desktop is
to be installed, be sure to choose it. Once the system is
installed, users can choose which desktop they want to be their
default.
Next, choose whether to start the X Window System when the
system is booted. This option starts the system in runlevel 5 with
the graphical login screen. After the system is installed, this can
be changed by modifying the /etc/inittab
configuration file.
Also select whether to start the Setup
Agent the first time the system is rebooted. It is disabled by
default, but the setting can be changed to enabled or enabled in
reconfiguration mode. Reconfiguration mode enables the language,
mouse, keyboard, root password, security level, time zone, and
networking configuration options in addition to the default
ones.
Probe for video card is selected by
default. Accept this default to have the installation program probe
for the video card during installation. Probing works for most
modern video cards. If this option is selected and the installation
program cannot successfully probe the video card, the installation
program stops at the video card configuration screen. To continue
the installation process, select your video card from the list and
click Next.
Alternatively, you can select the video card from the list on
the Video Card tab as shown in Figure
2-12. Specify the amount of video RAM the selected video card
has from the Video Card RAM pulldown menu.
These values are used by the installation program to configure the
X Window System.
After configuring the video card, click on the Monitor tab as shown in Figure
2-13.
Probe for monitor is selected by
default. Accept this default to have the installation program probe
for the monitor during installation. Probing works for most modern
monitors. If this option is selected and the installation program
cannot successfully probe the monitor, the installation program
stops at the monitor configuration screen. To continue the
installation process, select your monitor from the list and click
Next.
Alternatively, you can select your monitor from the list. You
can also specify the horizontal and vertical sync rates instead of
selecting a specific monitor by checking the Specify hysnc and vsync instead of monitor option.
This option is useful if the monitor for the system is not listed.
Notice that when this option is enabled, the monitor list is
disabled.
