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Chapter 3. Installation of Red Hat Linux 7.3 and IBM Director Agent 51
12.The Desktop Settings window displays. Select one of the following options:
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Text mode only -- no graphical desktop (this setting will not configure the graphical
environment). If this setting is selected, click Next and continue to step 23.
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Graphical desktop environment (this setting is the default selection). When making this
selection, you will see some auto-detected settings for the graphical environment.
13.Click Accept to accept the settings and continue to step 23. To alter the settings, continue
with step 15.
14.Click Change to change the graphic environment settings.
15.If your monitor was not detected, you will be prompted to start the configuration dialog to
set up the display. Click Yes and then the Properties button. Select the appropriate
vendor and model. (for IBM Monitor specifications go to:
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pcicrse/psref/mbook.pdf) Click OK to return to SaX2. Click
Finish.
16.For the mouse to work, choose the following in the mouse configuration dialog. At the
General tab, select USB-Mouse and then PS/2. At the Port tab, select /dev/input/mice.
Then click OK.
17.If needed, select the correct resolution, color depth, and refresh rate (for your monitor) by
clicking Desktop (on the left), Color and Resolution, and then the Properties button. It
is possible to damage your hardware by making these settings too high. Do not make
changes if you do not know the correct settings. Click OK and then Finish when done.
18.Click Finalize >>.
19.Click Test... at the informational window.
20.A window displays, allowing you to fine tune the configuration with arrows (if the window
does not appear, press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to return to SaX2 and change the settings).
If everything looks good, click Save.
21.Click OK at the dialog that confirms that the configuration was saved.
22.Click Accept at the Desktop Settings window if the settings are acceptable. If the settings
are not acceptable, refer to step 15 again.
23.You may receive a warning at this time asking if you want to detect your printers. Select
Skip detection unless you will be configuring a printer, in which case you should click
Yes.
Note: We needed to modify a configuration file after installation. See step 26.