[lug] setting init 3 on KRUD install

[D. Stimits]

Kevin Fenzi wrote:
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>>>>>>"D" == D Stimits <stimits at comcast.net> writes:
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> D> Unfortunately it isn't that simple. Installation fails the moment
> D> it tries to start X11 during install. I have to keep it from even
> D> attempting to set up X11, but I want everything in place. So
> D> essentially it must remain in runlevel 3 during install and not do
> D> any X11 at all, or it dies. It would be nice if the install could
> D> also set the intial login runlevel to 3 even with X11 installed,
> D> since all graphical mode will do after install is cause
> D> catastrophic failure. I could use rescue mode after the install and
> D> before first run to mount the filesystem and edit inittab, but this
> D> will have no effect on a successful install, it'll never get that
> D> far unless I completely remove all X11 packages (and I don't want
> D> to go down that very very very long road of installing all X11
> D> stuff later, one package at a time).
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> My suggestions: 
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> - - Can you do the install on another box, then move the drive over to
> the box with the flaky video card? Then you can set it to runlevel 3
> and still have X installed. 
> 

Not real practical, hardware on this box is quite a bit different than 
the other. Hard drive is also severely lacking for space on all sides. 
FYI, the video card isn't flakey at all, it's a GeForce2 DDR card that 
runs flawlessly on RH 7.3, has never had a crash/OOPS in a couple of 
years running 20 hours a day under load, sometimes with OpenGL hardware 
accel. The flakey part is the installer initializing the video card for 
X11 before asking me if I want to configure X. Apparently it is probing 
to see if it needs to ask me that question, which itself is causing a 
fatal error and termination of the install.

> - - Install in text mode, with no X installed and then install the
> packages after you bring the machine up. It's likely not as painfull
> as you think due to yum/apt-rpm... You can specify the X program you
> want to run and it should pull in all the right packages., ie:
> 

In text or graphical mode it tries to initialize the vid card before 
asking the X config questions, and fails there. It fails at the same 
stage regardless of text mode or graphical install. It looks like I will 
have to install with X completely missing and figure out later how to 
install not only the X11 but all the X apps. If I do this at a later 
date will it still give me the installer package selection options? 
Obviously I am going to have to completely remove anything X related to 
get it to not probe the GeForce2 card, I really wish I could tell it to 
not probe that (if I say noprobe it will fail the scsi and a lot of 
other stuff that it needs to probe).

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net

> yum install xterm
> and it should pull in everything that xterm needs to run. 
> 
> kevin
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