Problems After Installation

Unable to IPL from *NWSSTG

If you are experiencing difficulties when trying to IPL from *NWSSTG, you may not have created a PReP Boot partition set as active.

Problems with Server Installations and X

If you performed a server installation and you are having trouble getting X to start, that is because the X Window System is not installed during a server-class installation.

If you want the X Window System, but you did a server-class installation, you can perform an upgrade to install X. During the upgrade, select the X Window System packages, and choose GNOME, KDE, or both.

Alternatively, you can install the XFree86 RPMs. For more information, refer to http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/XFree86-upgrade/XFree86-upgrade.html.

Problems When You Try to Log In

If you did not create a user account during the installation you will need to log in as root and use the password you assigned to root.

If you cannot remember your user account password, you must become root. To become root, type su - and enter your root password when prompted. Then, type passwd <username>. This allows you to enter a new password for the specified user account.

Does Netscape Navigator Crash on JavaScript Pages?

If Netscape Navigator continuously crashes on pages that contain JavaScripts, you may need to edit your ~/.mailcap file.

Edit the file using pico by typing pico ~/.mailcap at the prompt in a terminal window. (You may use any text editor.)

Remove the following lines from the file:
 application/x-javascript;;\
 x-mozilla-flags=save

You can also turn off JavaScript within Netscape Navigator itself. Click on Edit=>Preferences=>Advanced and make sure the Enable JavaScript checkbox is not selected.

If these do not help, you can also try to use a newer version of Netscape Navigator if available. Check the Red Hat Linux errata website under security advisories for more information.