Dogtail; Firstboot; Gfs2-Utils - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.4 - TECHNICAL NOTES Manual

Chapter 4. Known Issues
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4.6. dogtail

dogtail is a GUI test tool and automation framework that uses assistive technologies to communicate
with desktop applications.
• Attempting to run sniff may result in an error. This is because some required packages are not
installed with dogtail.
To prevent this from occurring, install the following packages manually:
• librsvg2
• ghostscript-fonts
• pygtk2-libglade

4.7. firstboot

The firstboot utility runs after installation. It guides the user through a series of steps that allows for
easier configuration of the machine.
The following notes apply to s390x Architectures:
• The IBM System z does not provide a traditional Unix-style physical console. As such, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.2 for the IBM System z does not support the firstboot functionality during initial
program load.
To properly initialize setup for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 on the IBM System z, run the following
commands after installation:
• /usr/bin/setup — provided by the setuptool package.
• /usr/bin/rhn_register — provided by the rhn-setup package.
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4.8. gfs2-utils

The gfs2-utils packages provide the user-level tools necessary to mount, create, maintain and test
GFS2 file systems.
If gfs2 is used as the root file system, the first boot attempt will fail with the error message
"fsck.gfs2: invalid option -- a". To work around this issue:
1. Enter the root password when prompted
2. Mount the root file system manually:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /
3. Edit the /etc/fstab file from:
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