[TriLUG] Kickstart Questions/problems

[Chris Knowles]

Well, I've used Kickstart to get text based systems running, but now
I've been tasked to get a workstation setup as close to automatic as
possible for a wide variety of hardware.  'Whopee' think I... 'I'll use
kickstart' 

Well, everything works just fine... except... if I specify xconfig in
the kickstart file, the install fails.  If I leave xconfig out, and let
it prompt me, take the same values that xconfig was using, then it works
fine.  Attached is the ks.cfg file.  Unfortunately, I can't seem to save
the error to floppy, or I'd attach that too.

Any help/insight you can give would be appreciated.

CJK
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#Generated by Kickstart Configurator

#System language
lang en_US

#Language modules to install
langsupport en_US

#System keyboard
keyboard us

#System mouse
#Probe for Mouse

#System timezone
timezone --utc America/New_York

#Root password
rootpw kickstart

#Reboot after installation
reboot

#Install Red Hat Linux instead of upgrade
install

#Use CDROM installation media
cdrom

#System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr 

#Clear the Master Boot Record
zerombr yes

#Clear all partitions from the disk
clearpart --all --initlabel 

#Disk partitioning information

#Use DHCP networking
network --bootproto dhcp

#System authorization information
auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5 

#Firewall configuration
firewall --high 

#XWindows configuration information
#Probe for video card
#Probe for monitor
xconfig  --defaultdesktop=GNOME --startxonboot --resolution=1024x768
--depth=8

%packages --resolvedeps
@X Window System
@GNOME Desktop Environment
@KDE Desktop Environment
@Editors
@Graphical Internet
@Text-based Internet
@Office/Productivity
@Sound and Video
@Graphics
@Games and Entertainment
@Authoring and Publishing
@Server Configuration Tools
@Windows File Server
@Development Tools
@Kernel Development
@X Software Development
@GNOME Software Development
@KDE Software Development
@Administration Tools
@System Tools
@Printing Support