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if you want to install the gnome environment you could try
yum groupinstall basic-desktop
jon
On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 10:18 -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.
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> Please can someone tell me what I need to do next? It would be nice to have the X server start on boot.
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> Many thanks,
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> Jim.
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> P.S. When I did my previous SL install, I included the X server at install-time, and everything worked fine - i.e. not a X client-side issue.
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