<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Set up X</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Installing GNU/Linux on the IBM RS/6000 43P model 7248 HOWTO" HREF="t1.htm"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Compile a kernel" HREF="x627.htm"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Resources" HREF="x734.htm"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Installing GNU/Linux on the IBM RS/6000 43P model 7248 HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x627.htm" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x734.htm" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="SET-UP-X" ></A >Set up X</H1 ><P >In this chapter we will set up X, if it does not work properly already. </P ><P > To set up X, check that you have installed the following packages: <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >XFree86</P ></LI ><LI ><P >XFree86-100dpi-fonts and/or XFree86-75dpi-fonts</P ></LI ><LI ><P >gdm, kdm or xdm</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Maybe more packages here...</P ></LI ></UL > Note that these package names are for rpm-based systems. For Debian, do an <PRE CLASS="SCREEN" >apt-get install xserver-xfree86 xfonts-100dpi xfonts-base xbase-clients xdm </PRE > to get the most important files. </P ><P > Download my <A HREF="http://users.linpro.no/ingvar/43p/images/XFree86/XF86Config-4.3" TARGET="_top" > XF86Config-4.3</A >, and copy it to /etc/X11/XF86Config. You can now start X with the command startx. On Debian you may start a graphical login screen with <PRE CLASS="SCREEN" >/etc/init.d/xdm start</PRE > On YellowDog, SuSE and Mandrake, just hop to runlevel 5, and it will start a display manager for you. <PRE CLASS="SCREEN" >/sbin/init 5</PRE > </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x627.htm" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="t1.htm" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x734.htm" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Compile a kernel</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Resources</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >