I have been experimenting with automatic installations via Kickstart. After a successful manual install, I took an existing file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) and opened it in system-config-kickstart. Once I finished (I just left most of it with the defaults), I ended up with a new kickstart file. I used it to fire off two different installs. In each case, once they were finished, all you can see on the screen is about a 1/2" tall "X" for a cursor. If you move the mouse around, the screen will appear then disappear. After while a message pops up about it not being able to properly start the X server. With that said, my kickstart file is shown below. I'm assuming the line that says "xconfig --defaultdesktop=GNOME --depth=8 --resolution=640x480 --startxonboot" is teh problem. Should I just comment it out, change the depth, etc? Any ideas would be appreciated! Arch #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T # System authorization information auth --useshadow --enablemd5 # Use graphical install graphical # Firewall configuration firewall --enabled --port=ftp:tcp,smtp:tcp,nfs:tcp,ssh:tcp,netbios-ns:udp,netbios-dgm:udp,netbios-ssn:tcp,microsoft-ds:tcp,https:tcp,telnet:tcp firstboot --disable # Use interactive kickstart installation method interactive # System keyboard keyboard us # System language lang en_US # Root password rootpw --iscrypted XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # SELinux configuration selinux --permissive # Install OS instead of upgrade install # Use NFS installation media nfs --server=xxxxxx --dir=/xxx/xxxxx/xxx # Network information network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 --onboot=on # Reboot after installation reboot # System timezone timezone America/New_York # X Window System configuration information xconfig --defaultdesktop=GNOME --depth=8 --resolution=640x480 --startxonboot # System bootloader configuration bootloader --append="rhgb quiet" --location=mbr --driveorder=sda # Clear the Master Boot Record zerombr # Partition clearing information clearpart --all %packages @office @engineering-and-scientific @admin-tools @editors @system-tools @text-internet @gnome-desktop @core @authoring-and-publishing @base @hardware-support @games @java @base-x @graphics @dial-up @smb-server @printing @kde-desktop @server-cfg @development-libs @development-tools @sound-and-video @graphical-internet kdepim speedcrunch festival fuse audit scribus pax libifp digikam kipi-plugins libsane-hpaio netpbm-progs kdegraphics pptp efax kdemultimedia-extras imake jack-audio-connection-kit kdemultimedia-extras kaffeine mikmod kdemultimedia akode amarok konversation -BackupPC -totem -totem-mozplugin
