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7. About RedHat 6.1

RedHat 6.1 is not much different from redhat 6.0 + updates. Here is a run down.

7.1 The font server

Check out the documentation above on the update font server for rh6.0. To make it short, you edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs and change the -1 to 7100.

        # See how we were called.
        case "$1" in
        start)
            echo -n "Starting X Font Server: "
            rm -fr /tmp/.font-unix
            daemon --check xfs su xfs -c \"xfs -port 7100\" -s /bin/sh
        

Then you edit the server /etc/X11/XF86Config and change the -1 to 7100 in the fontpath line

        FontPath   "unix/:7100"
        

Restart the font server and the X server. Reboot is a safe choice here.

7.2 Enabling kdm or xdm over the network (KDE graphical login)

Edit the file /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and un comment the line

        *          #any host can get a login window
        

Restart xdm or kdm

        killall kdm
        

Note that this will kill and restart the X session. You may want to close important application before doing so :-).

7.3 Enabling gdm over the network (GNOME graphical login)

Edit the file /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and change the line

        [xdmcp]
        Enable=1
        

7.4 Selecting KDE or GNOME

edit the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop and enter the word KDE or GNOME gnome. To enable the change, kill the display manager like this

        killall kdm gdm xdm
        

Close important applicaion first :-)


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