Re: RedHat 8.0 X-Windows Problem After Install

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 07:13:21PM -0600, MICHAEL ROGAN wrote:
> Jello,
> 
> I just installed RH 8.0 on a new machine and successfully completed the
> graphical install.  When my system reboots, however, I cannot get the X
> Windows desktop to start.  When I type STARTX at a prompt after logging in, I
> am taken to an XTERM screen with simply a small terminal window, no desktop. 
> If I exit from that, I see the following error:
> 
> "You selected FVM2 as window maanger but your install does not appear to be
> functional.  The executable /usr/X11R6/bin/fvm2 was not found on your system. 
> Resuming with TWM"
> 
> I thought maybe a file somehow did not get copied during install so I
> reinstalled RH after reformatting but the same error still occurs.  Has anyone
> run across this before that can help?  
> 
> Thanks!
> Mike

We've seen this come up on the list a few times, but I don't know that
the cause or definitive solution has been identified.

Are you booting to runlevel 3 (text mode login screen) or runlevel 5
(GUI login)?

IF the former, try running

  switchdesk GNOME # or KDE, if you prefer

If the latter, click on "Session" at the bottom of the screen and see
if GNOME or KDE options are there.  Select one of those and log in.

If none of that works, try your install CDs again, but select
"Upgrade" and make sure that GNOME and/or KDE packages are selected.

Let us know what works.  If a fix is found, its place in the FAQ is
assured.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.cumbytel.com/~bobcatos/
"In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are 
 different." - Larry McVoy