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by **Axel Poign** » Wed, 23 Jun 1999 04:00:00

I have installed R5 successfully on a PowerBook G3 (300Mhz). I used the
ftp-version. There have been two propblems while running the redhat installer:
1. It looked for XautoConf which did not exist (in fact XautoConfig
did, hence changing "comps" accordingly seemed to work fine)
2. Running the Xconfiguration at the end of installation did not work
properly (I thinkl other people reported on this).

In terms of specific choices, I just ticked the C/C++ development stuff.

Now, booting the system I get the message

'According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running ..., but seems
to have been *ed mysteriously.'

This keeps on flickering for some time, then it says:

'INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes'

this iterates. I have tried several installations with all kinds of
minor modofications but the effect is always the same.

Axel Poigne

by **mike** » Wed, 23 Jun 1999 04:00:00

> I have installed R5 successfully on a PowerBook G3 (300Mhz). I used the
> ftp-version. There have been two propblems while running the redhat installer:
> 1. It looked for XautoConf which did not exist (in fact XautoConfig
> did, hence changing "comps" accordingly seemed to work fine)
> 2. Running the Xconfiguration at the end of installation did not work
> properly (I thinkl other people reported on this).

> In terms of specific choices, I just ticked the C/C++ development stuff.

> Now, booting the system I get the message

> 'According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running ..., but seems
> to have been *ed mysteriously.'

> This keeps on flickering for some time, then it says:

> 'INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes'

> this iterates. I have tried several installations with all kinds of
> minor modofications but the effect is always the same.

> Axel Poigne

Axel,

I've ran into similar problems. I think most people with G3 series
powerbooks have. I fixed the problem on my end before a fix was
released, but if you visit http://www.veryComputer.com/, you will find
there are many patches/fixes posted.

One of the fixes is for the problem you're encountering. You need the
new installer.

Take care,

--
Michael C. Hanson
Quicksilver Software, INC.

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newbie PBG3 problem, Help ?

newbie PBG3 problem, Help ?

newbie PBG3 problem, Help ?