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Section E.4:Problems After Installation 175
If you want the X Window System, you can perform an upgrade to install X. During the upgrade,
select the X Window System packages, and choose GNOME, KDE, or both.
Alternatively, you can install the XFree86 RPMs. For more information, refer to http://www.red-
hat.com/support/docs/howto/XFree86-upgrade/XFree86-upgrade.html.
E.4.4 Problems When You Try to Log In
If you did not create a user account during the installation you will need to log in as root and use the
password you assigned to root.
If you cannot remember your root password, you will need to boot your system as linux single
at the LILO boot: or GRUB prompt. Then at the # prompt, you will need to type passwd root,
which will allow you to enter a new password for root. At this point you can type shutdown -r
now and the system will reboot with your new password.
If you cannot remember your user account password, you must become root. To become root, type su
- and enter your root password when prompted. Then, type passwd <username>. This allows
you to enter a new password for the specified user account.
If you selected either the custom or workstation installation and do not see the graphical login screen,
check your hardware for compatibility issues. The Hardware Compatibility List can be found at
http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/.
E.4.5 Does Netscape Navigator Crash on JavaScript Pages?
If Netscape Navigator continuously crashes on pages that contain JavaScripts, you may need to edit
your ~/.mailcap file.
Edit the file using pico by typing pico ~/.mailcap at the prompt in a terminal window. (You
may use any text editor.)
Remove the following lines from the file:
application/x-javascript;;\
x-mozilla-flags=save
You can also turn off JavaScript within Netscape Navigator itself.
Click on
Edit => Preferences => Advanced and make sure the Enable JavaScript checkbox is not selected.
If these do not help, you can also try to use a newer version of Netscape Navigator if available. Check
the Red Hat Linux errata website under security advisories for more information.