[Fedora-directory-users] Another console problem

[Mike Jackson]

James Wilde wrote:
> Have not found any directly relevant solutions recently in the mailing 
> list.  Hope I'm not duplicating something that's already been answered.
> 
> I'm running FDS 101 on RHEL 4.  I have run the setup program to install 
> the administration server, and the installation completed with no 
> apparent errors.  The setup.log indicates everything is in order and 
> encourages me to start the console.
> 
> When I do as it states, cd /opt/fedora-ds then ./startconsole -u admin 
> -a http://myserver.domain.com:1234/ I get a splash screen for the 
> console, including the words 'Please log in...', but no login window. 
> The prompt does not return either from ./startconsole command until I 
> press Ctrl-C, when the splash screen also disappears.
> 
> I have not been able to find any errors recorded in log files.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.


Hi James,
  This is a "known problem", caused by X11 window focus.

  Use the following command option:


	./startconsole -x nologo &


  to bypass the logo screen.

BR,
Mike