Installation guide

If you are having trouble with the X server crashing when anyone other than root logs in, you
may have a full file system (or, a lack of available hard drive space).
To verify that this is the problem you are experiencing, run the following command:
df -h
The df command should help you diagnose which partition is full. For additional information
about df and an explanation of the options available (such as the -h option used in this ex-
ample), refer to the df man page by typing man df at a shell prompt.
A key indicator is 100% full or a percentage above 90% or 95% on a partition. The /home/ and /
tmp/ partitions can sometimes fill up quickly with user files. You can make some room on that
partition by removing old files. After you free up some disk space, try running X as the user that
was unsuccessful before.
4.5. Problems When You Try to Log In
If you did not create a user account in the Setup Agent, log in as root and use the password
you assigned to root.
If you cannot remember your root password, boot your system as linux single.
Once you have booted into single user mode and have access to the # prompt, you must type
passwd root, which allows you to enter a new password for root. At this point you can type shut-
down -r now to reboot the system with the new root password.
If you cannot remember your user account password, you must become root. To become root,
type su - and enter your root password when prompted. Then, type passwd <username>. This al-
lows you to enter a new password for the specified user account.
If the graphical login screen does not appear, check your hardware for compatibility issues. The
Hardware Compatibility List can be found at:
http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/
4.6. Your Printer Does Not Work
If you are not sure how to set up your printer or are having trouble getting it to work properly, try
using the Printer Configuration Tool.
Type the system-config-printer command at a shell prompt to launch the Printer Configura-
tion Tool. If you are not root, it prompts you for the root password to continue.
4.7. Apache-based httpd service/Sendmail Hangs During
Startup
If you are having trouble with the Apache-based httpd service or Sendmail hanging at startup,
make sure the following line is in the /etc/hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
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