130 Comments

1. kishore / October 24, 2011

   Hi JR,
   As you said i deleted D partition and am having approx 80GB of free space.In step 12 I selected “use free space option and Review and Modify partition layout” and by clicking next it is throwing an error message that “could not allocate requested partitions: not enough space for LVM requests”.
   please help me regarding this.

   waiting for your reply,
   thanks in advance.

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   • JR / October 24, 2011

     Try to select “Create Custom Layout” and “Review and Modify partition layout” instead and check that it shows that you are really having 80 Gb free space? Then you can press back button and your hard disk stays untouched. :)

     Sometimes Windows is not working as expected when you try to delete/manage partitions…

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2. kishore / October 24, 2011

   hi jr i tried it and it showed me 40gb and 40gb idividual drives free space.

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   • JR / October 25, 2011

     Hi again kishore,

     I can found some Fedora 12/RHEL 6 bug reports same issues, but nothing useful, howto solve your problem. I recommend you to create manually your custom partition layout.

     You could create example something like following setup with our 80 Gb space (leave your Windows partition untouched):
     1. Standard partition /boot 500 Mb ext4
     2. LVM Physical Volume All free space
     3. Create LVM Volume Group (example vg_rhel)
     3. LVM Logical Volume Swap 1-1.5 * RAM (Example if you have 2Gb ram then Swap size is 2Gb-3Gb)
     4. LVM Logical Volume Root / All free space

     If you want separated home partition then create example 10-20 Gb root partion and use all free space for home partition.

     Please let me know, if you have some problems with this setup?

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3. m.janaki raman / October 26, 2011

   hai

   iam using toshiba laptop l500. i would installed redhat el 6.usb device not plugin any pendrive and external hdd

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4. gagan malik / October 31, 2011

   Getting an error

   No Disks found
   No usable disks have been found

   back or exit installer

   Installing rhel 6

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   • JR / October 31, 2011

     Hi gagan malik,

     Could you post some info about your current partition layout?

     Could you also tell which kind of hard disks you have on your machine?

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5. Navin / November 5, 2011

   HI,
   I am trying to install Linux 6.1 on my desktop. I have Intel core 2 quad 6600, GTX295 nvidia graphic card. I am trying to install the Linux in seperate unformated HDD. I am installing it through Linux 6.1 x86 CD install. I am not able to get the second step. I am getting “intialising Hardware and then it stops there… what to do… I am an new to linux so please guide me how to overcome this step by step from the Step 1 screen Your help would be appreciated.

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   • JR / November 16, 2011

     Hi Navin,

     Try to boot with following options:

     nomodeset acpi=off
     

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6. Miroslav Beranič ml. / November 8, 2011

   Hi,

   when I start X, I get:

   
   (==) ServerLayout “X.org Configured”
   (**) |–>Screen “Screen1″ (0)
   (**) | |–>Monitor “Monitor1″
   (**) | |–>Device “Card1″
   (**) |–>Input Device “Mouse0″
   (**) |–>Input Device “Keyboard0″
   …
   (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
   (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
   (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
   (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
   (II) Nov 08 21:20:49 NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU Quadro 2000M (GF106GL) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
   (–) Nov 08 21:20:49 NVIDIA(0): Memory: 2097152 kBytes
   (–) Nov 08 21:20:49 NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 70.06.33.00.04
   (II) Nov 08 21:20:49 NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 1X
   (–) Nov 08 21:20:49 NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
   (–) Nov 08 21:20:49 NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on Quadro 2000M at PCI:1:0:0
   (–) Nov 08 21:20:49 NVIDIA(0): none
   (EE) Nov 08 21:20:49 NVIDIA(0): No display devices found for this X screen.
   (II) UnloadModule: “nvidia”
   (II) UnloadModule: “wfb”
   (II) UnloadModule: “fb”
   (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
   

   
   [root@w520 ~]# lspci | grep VGA
   00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
   01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0dda (rev a1)
   

   
   [root@w520 ~]# uname -a
   Linux w520.mibesis 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Oct 5 17:19:54 CDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
   

   
   Section “Device”
   Identifier “Card1″
   Driver “nvidia”
   VendorName “nVidia Corporation”
   BoardName “Unknown Board”
   BusID “PCI:1:0:0″
   EndSection
   

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   • Miroslav Beranič ml. / November 8, 2011

     xorg.conf
     
     Section “Screen”
     Identifier “Screen0″
     Device “Card1″
     Monitor “Monitor0″
     SubSection “Display”
     Viewport 0 0
     Depth 1
     EndSubSection
     SubSection “Display”
     Viewport 0 0
     Depth 4
     EndSubSection
     SubSection “Display”
     Viewport 0 0
     Depth 8
     EndSubSection
     SubSection “Display”
     Viewport 0 0
     Depth 15
     EndSubSection
     SubSection “Display”
     Viewport 0 0
     Depth 16
     EndSubSection
     SubSection “Display”
     Viewport 0 0
     Depth 24
     EndSubSection
     EndSection
     

     This is on a new Lenovo W520 with NVIDIA Optimus card, Quadro 2000M. How do I get this to work. I would like to run 2 external monitors. But can not get to run only laptop LCD. :/

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     • JR / November 16, 2011

       Hi Miroslav,

       Here is some sources to check out, howto configure dualhead setup:
       intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html
       ozlabs.org/~jk/docs/mergefb/
       xorg.conf.5.html#toc13

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7. kishore / November 16, 2011

   Hi JR
   its me kishore again.some how i managed to do the installation.thanks for your support.

   I have a small doubt again….how to register with RHN?
   when i tried to register with RHN, it has given me the following error.

   Problem registering system:

   Error Class Code: 70
   Error Class Info:
   All available subscriptions for the requested channel have been exhausted.
   Please contact a Red Hat Network Sales associate.
   Explanation:
   An error has occurred while processing your request. If this problem
   persists please enter a bug report at bugzilla.redhat.com.
   If you choose to submit the bug report, please be sure to include
   details of what you were trying to do when this error occurred and
   details on how to reproduce this problem.

   please help me towards this.this will be much helpful to me.
   thanks in advance.

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8. kishore / November 16, 2011

   hi JR
   forgot to ask another doubt..
   how to know the rhel6 which am using is a genuine version or not?
   i downloaded it from some site.during installation it didn’t asked me any serial number or activation key.
   am i using a genuine version?
   is this the problem why am not registered to RHN??

   please give me clarity regarding this.

   thank you

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9. JR / November 16, 2011

   Hi kishore,

   Firt of all do you have RHEL subscription?

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10. Shikha / November 19, 2011

    Hello Everyone, I need help in Linux. I just bought a Dell laptop, i3 processor ..500GB hard drive..4GB ram..I installed vmware and on vmware I tried to install RHEL 6..it throws some error of “X startup failed”and then it continues in text mode…my another frn have also del laptop i5 processor..she is also facing the same issue…….is there a way to resolve it?
    I have windows2007 as my operating system
    Please assist asap

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    • JR / November 19, 2011

      Hi Shikha,

      So do you get RHEL 6 installed or do you get this error before Anaconda starts?

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      • shikha / November 20, 2011

        Hi JR, It says starting anaconda and then it continues with this X startup failed error and it starts installation in text mode.

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    • malik / February 5, 2012

      select ‘desktop’ in place od ‘basic server’ while you installed RHEL 6 or you have to configure YUM then you will have to install gnome package….

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11. Shikha / November 20, 2011

    Hi Jr, I tried running installtion again to give you exact issus..I have iso file of rhel6 in my usb drive and I am instllating it on vmware on my windows 2007 laptop. It says”Install or upgrade..I select that first option..then it gives few things like vmlinuz ….etc , initializing hardware..running anaconda and then failed to install X startup..installaing in text mode…

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12. shikha / November 20, 2011

    I have further configued this linux machine on vmware as yum server now and insalled um instll x11-xorg* and it have succesfully instlled all packags.
    now when I run startx, still it throws an error.
    xinit: no such file or directory, unable to connect to X server

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    • JR / November 20, 2011

      So you got RHEL 6 installed?

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13. shikha / November 21, 2011

    yes in text mode…however i want it in gui.

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    • JR / November 21, 2011

      Hi shikha,

      Try to install some full desktop example:

      yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"
      ## OR ##
      yum groupinstall Xfce
      

      Then try reboot / startx command again.

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14. shikha / November 25, 2011

    It says:
    Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
    This system is not registered with RHN
    RHN support will be disabled.
    server
    setting up group process
    Warning: Group GNOME does not exist
    Warning: Group Desktop does not exist
    Warning: Group Enviorment does not exist.
    No packages in any requested group available to install or upgrade

    similar error with other command

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15. shikha / November 25, 2011

    JR
    apologies for delayed response .

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16. JR / November 25, 2011

    Hi shikha,

    No problems with delay… :)

    Do you have RHEL subscription?

    Did you use quotation marks on following command?

    yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"
    

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17. shikha / November 26, 2011

    I am not sure about Red hat subscrition and i don think I have that..I got the iso file for linux from my Mam (as I am pursuing some linux classes) and I made my usb bootable and installed that on vmware on my new Dell Inspiron.
    No i dint not try wth quotes :-(
    will try again now after reading your reply and update you
    Thanks a ton fpr helping me out :)

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18. shikha / November 26, 2011

    Getting same thing with quotes as well..

    I also tried
    yum install kdebase and it installed succesfully and after that I rebooted vmware machine and then I ran startx command and it ran uptill 12th point and then it said
    Illegal instruction at address 0xc8984d
    Fatal server error:
    caught signal 4 . server aborting
    Please consult red hat support @
    htps://www.redhat.com/apps/support

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19. JR / November 26, 2011

    @shikha

    Maybe RHEL is wrong Linux distribution for your use, if you won’t make RHEL subscription, better alternative could be CentOS 6 which is community version of RHEL or another good option is Fedora which is also community version but it’s much more desktop usage oriented than RHEL or CentOS.

    Are you sure you got exactly same error with quotes…you shouldn’t get following part?

    setting up group process
    Warning: Group GNOME does not exist
    Warning: Group Desktop does not exist
    Warning: Group Enviorment does not exist.
    No packages in any requested group available to install or upgrade
    

    If you want install full KDE then use example following command:

    yum install @kde-desktop
    

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20. shikha / November 26, 2011

    No the exact error which I get is:
    Till RHN support will be disabled its same and then I get:
    Setting up group process
    Warning: Group GNOME Desktop Enviorment does no exist.
    No Packges in any requested group available to install or update.

    and the kde one says:
    No groups available in any repository

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21. shikha / November 26, 2011

    JR,
    have to give certificaion exam on RHEL6 Next year Feb and hence I want to practice on the same.
    Today I again installed Linux on vmware to try to make that one as a yum client..everything is working great except this error: X windows startup failed..falling in text mode..
    Also I think there is some issue with Dell video adapters/drvers, not sure though, which stops x windows to install. (I got this clue from the below link:

    http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/ctrl-alt-f1-%3D-black-blank-screen-385376/

    I sent this forum a post however no one is replying there…they mentioned something about the same Dell issue in old posts which I am unable to understand. It says something like this:

    The problem you are experiencing is most likely due to:

    (1) the kernel framebuffer video driver. Do you have bootsplash, usplash, splashy, etc for a graphical boot process? If so, you may need to disable it. Look in /boot/grub/menu.lst (if using grub) and look for vga=XXX where XXX is a number, change it to vga=normal or delete vga altogether. If vga isn’t listed, look for “silent” or “verbose” and delete that to avoid using graphics during boot up.

    (2) the video driver that xorg is using. In particular Nvidia drivers often cause that. The only way I have found to completely get rid of the blank screen problem is to not use the Nvidia drivers, but that means my TV-out functionality is gone I just load the nvidia driver when I want to watch a movie and use “nv” the rest of the time.

    Also check this one:
    http://www.cromwell-intl.com/unix/openbsd-dell.html
    I am sure this is something to do with Dell Inspiron laptop settngs , not sure what :(

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22. shikha / November 26, 2011

    seems Dell models have same issue:
    see this post:
    http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=250788

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23. shikha / November 26, 2011

    yes seems so..see this person has given someworkaround..
    My laptop also have Intel drivers etc..

    Mike Thompson 2008-10-30 23:11:00 EDT
    You can get around the Intel video driver problem by forcing X to use the vesa
    driver.
    Either modify your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to include:
    Section “Device”
    Identifier “Videocard0″
    Driver “vesa”

    Or add the kernel boot parameter xdriver=vesa

    I get the same problems (Intel video and FC10 boot failure) on my Toshiba L10.
    To run the latest kernel(s) I have to overwrite the initrd with the one from
    kernel 2.6.27-0.392.rc8.git7.fc10.

    (In reply to comment #27)
    > Just to chime in here:
    >
    > I’ve duplicated this issue on my Dell Inspiron 6000 with PATA hard drive
    > (showing up as /dev/sda) on F9. The last two kernel releases have this bug. Let
    > me know
    > what testing will contribute to this thread.
    >
    > I couldn’t test F10 on my desktop using Intel due to X not loading the Intel
    > Video drivers, even in anaconda, so I had to go back to F9. Once that problem
    > is resolved, I can test with an Intel-based 32bit system (HP/Compaq dc5000 MT
    > IDE) with on-board video. I’ll be looking for the BZ# on this one to follow-up.
    >
    > My 64-bit AMD system on nVidia chipset does not exibit this problem on F10, all
    > updates applied. I installed this system from the iso and have been applying
    > the updates daily.
    >
    > I also have a 32-bit AMD system on nVidia chipset installed using the
    > development netboot which pulls the current packages from the dev tree, and it
    > has been updated daily. Neither of the AMD nVidia-based systems exhibits this
    > problem.
    >
    > There are a LOT of Dell Inspiron systems out there, and I’m willing to bet this
    > issue affects a significant number of them.

    I have dir till X11 however I donot even have xorg.conf in that dir…

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24. JR / November 27, 2011

    First of all, if you really need RHEL 6, then you really need RHEL subscription, because RHEL is not usable without subscription! But if you want “Free RHEL” then use CentOS 6, which is same linux with different branding…

    If you want to try boot with xdriver=vesa boot option then do following:
    1. Access Grub boot menu
    2. Press “e” (edit)
    3. Select kernel line and press “e” (edit) again
    4. Add xdriver=vesa at the end of line
    5. Press Enter
    6. Press “b” (boot) to boot with modified kernel line

    xorg.conf is missing because it’s normally generated on the fly, but you can of course create xorg.conf manually and use it instead if you want.

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25. jagvir / December 23, 2011

    4 step that is installation media is not appeared.
    ir ask for load driver manually or enter disk driver list.
    i have 3 cd of red hat 9. can someone help me

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    • JR / December 26, 2011

      Hi jagvir,

      So you have Red Hat 9 CDs? Red Hat 9 was released on 2003, so it’s very very old, because it wasn’t Enterprise Linux at all…I suggest you to try Fedora 16 or newer RHEL 6 or CentOS 6…

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