Installation guide

process, so the installation program cannot write information and fails.

If you experience such an error, first try to download any available errata for anaconda. Errata

can be found at:

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/

The anaconda website may also be a useful reference and can be found online at:

http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/

You can also search for bug reports related to this problem. To search Red Hat's bug tracking

system, go to:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/

Finally, if you are still facing problems related to this error, register your product and contact our

support team. To register your product, go to:

http://www.redhat.com/apps/activate/

4. Problems After Installation

4.1. Trouble With the Graphical GRUB Screen on an

x86-based System?

If you are experiencing problems with GRUB, you may need to disable the graphical boot

screen. To do this, become the root user and edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file.

Within the grub.conf file, comment out the line which begins with splashimage by inserting the #

character at the beginning of the line.

Press Enter to exit the editing mode.

Once the boot loader screen has returned, type b to boot the system.

Once you reboot, the grub.conf file is reread and any changes you have made take effect.

You may re-enable the graphical boot screen by uncommenting (or adding) the above line back

into the grub.conf file.

4.2. Booting into a Graphical Environment

If you have installed the X Window System but are not seeing a graphical desktop environment

once you log into your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system, you can start the X Window System

graphical interface using the command startx.

Once you enter this command and press Enter, the graphical desktop environment is displayed.

Note, however, that this is just a one-time fix and does not change the log in process for future

log ins.

To set up your system so that you can log in at a graphical login screen, you must edit one file,

4. Problems After Installation