On 05/26/2011 08:54 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Todd And Margo Chester > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I only installed SL6 Basic server. This means I have no graphics and am >> sitting at run level 3. Now that Xfce 4.8 x86_64 is out, I am about to get >> my graphics. I will not be able to physically get at my new server until >> Monday. So, some stupid question till I can see for myself. >> >> I plan on installing kmod-nvidia and nvidia-x11-drv from elrepo >> and group installing xfce from epel. >> >> Just out of curiosity, do I need to install gdm as well? Or, will it >> get caught in a tidal wave of dependencies? >> >> Also, do you see any flaws in my plan? >> >> Many thanks, >> -T > gdm is most useful for runlevel 5. You don't *HAVE* to use this: you > can log in at the console or other windows and use "startx" to start > your X session. > > The big question is, what *else* did you leave out in doing a basic > installation? xauth? xterm? Firefox? OpenOffice? Emacs with X > capibility, rather than emacs-nox? I'll urge you to take a look at > "yum list" and pick out application syou want, and pre-install them. > Oh I left a ton of them out. On purpose too. My current server is full of unused junk. I want the new one to only have installed what I am actually using. (Okay, I know, that won't last very long.) Thank you for the feedback! -T