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Revision as of 15:38, 21 September 2011
Description
A complete installation using the graphical installer over VNC
How to test
- Boot the installer with the command-line option vnc (added as a kernel option in boot selection screen)
- Watch the text messages printed out, you should see something like this:
Running anaconda 13.42, the Fedora system installer - please wait. 09:12:24 Starting VNC... 09:12:25 The VNC server is now running. 09:12:25 WARNING!!! VNC server running with NO PASSWORD! You can use the vncpassword=<password> boot option if you would like to secure the server. 09:12:25 Please manually connect your vnc client to 192.168.1.17:1 to begin the install. 09:12:25 Starting graphical installation.
- Connect with VNC client (vncviewer, vinagre) to the specified address, you should see the graphical installation.
vinagre 192.168.1.17:1
- Proceed and complete installation with VNC client.
Expected Results
- Anaconda starts Xvnc properly
- User can connect with VNC client
- VNC works normally during installation (mouse, keyboard)
- Anaconda completes successfully
- The installed system boots into runlevel 3 (no graphical session)