[ale] What do I have to install/enable to get X started?

Jerry Yu jjj863 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 19 15:59:15 EST 2007


To configure X under CentOS/RHEL, use /usr/bin/system-config-display.

On 2/19/07, Marvin, International Martian of Mystery <
marvin.higginbottom at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jim wrote:
> > I'm trying to turn a server into a desktop.  I've install KDE and
> > utilities, but KDM says no displays available so I'm sure X isn't
> > running yet.  Problem is I can't figure out what starts X.  This is a
> > Centos system, so I looked through a running FC6 system but there's
> > nothing in /etc/init.d that mentions Xorg.
> >
> > So what the heck do I need to do to get GDM or KDM running after boot?
> >
> Assuming you have Xorg (or Xfree) installed, you simply type "startx" at
> the command line.
>
> If you need to configure X, just type "Xorgconfig" (or "XF86Config") at
> the command-line.
>
>
>
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