/etc/sysconfig/desktop should contain:

DISPLAYMANAGER=X

where:
X = "KDM" (kde)
X = "GNOME" (gdm)
X = "XDM" (xdm)
X = "WDM" (lord knows)

There may be others but those are the only ones listed in my /etc/X11/prefdm


2008/10/8 Clyde E. Kunkel <clydekunkel7734@cox.net>
Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
John Poelstra wrote:
Jóhann B. Guðmundsson said the following on 10/06/2008 08:09 AM Pacific Time:
Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
Chida wrote:


On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Clyde E. Kunkel <clydekunkel7734@cox.net <mailto:clydekunkel7734@cox.net>> wrote:

   As is the case in Rawhide, the FC10 Beta install fails to launch a
   desktop during firstboot due to the ati driver problem.  Dropping to
   a terminal and doing a yum install xorg-x11-drv-radeonhd (NOT on the
   beta DVD) and creating an xorg.conf file with the radeonhd driver
   solves the problem.  I see several bzs that may be related to the
   ati problem but don't have any specific information except possibly
   the attached screen shot.  The graphics adapter is an RV630 [Radeon
   HD 2600 Series] on an ASUS P5K-EWiFi mobo.



I have the same exact error.  I get a blank screen and then Fatal IO error 11.

I have a 780G chipset motherboard. What hardware are you on?


Hardware described above.

Testers it's better to provide the url from smolt
rather than using verbal descriptions.. :)
( su -c 'smoltSendProfile -a' )

JBG...


Filing it in bugzilla also helps, particularly when people pile with "me too" :)

John


bz 466042

Add the kernel parameter nomodeset
and see if that works for you.

JBG


How do I switch from gdm to kdm or xdm for logon manager?  I am trying to see if the problem is with x or gdm.

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