On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:18:05AM -0500, James E. Davies wrote:

> I just installed SL6.1 "Basic Server" - figured I'd yum install the
> other stuff I wanted later.  I typically connect via ssh to this box, I
> do not want or need a desktop / window manager but I would like to ssh -X
> and be able to run programs that generate X output.  So I installed the X
> server (xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64 and dependencies) - but it looks like
> I need to start the X server somehow OR install something else OR both.
> 
> Please can someone tell me what I need to do next?  It would be nice
> to have the X server start on boot.

You do NOT need to install and/or run the X server in your case.

Just install the X applications that you want to use (they will pull in
the needed dependencies) and install the "xorg-x11-xauth" package and
you're done.

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