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.
