Install x2go server, icewm or openbox and a simple xterminal. With this "stack" your gui apps will be usable even on slow networks. Il 27/Feb/2015 01:25 "~Stack~" <i.am.st...@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> Greetings, > > I have a SL6.6 server I built for a specific application. 99% of this > app is command line, however, one specific aspect of this app requires a > gui to use. > > When I built this server I wanted it as lean as possible so I built it > with a minimal server install. Because the app acts funny when X > forwarded over SSH, I tossed on a vnc server and a wrapper script to > auto-start the app. It works! > > The issue is that the app pops up in a tiny window and you can't move it > or scale it or anything else I tried. :-( > > Well, I know why. X11 doesn't have a proper windowing manager which is > usually responsible for window borders. X11 is just the frame work. The > question is, how do I get borders without installing a full desktop? > > I tried installing the group package "x11" but that didn't help. > I tried matchbox, but that didn't work. > I tried installing the group package for the "Ice Desktop", but that > didn't help. > > I tried installing as little of Gnome as I could without installing a > bunch of junk like pulseaudio and NetworkManager (Both are great on my > laptop...but not on this server), and that just added a ton of clutter > and still didn't work. > > I spent an hour bumming around on the Internet installing every package > I could find recommended and I still can't get borders around the > application. > > I know it isn't my script or my app. If I run the script/app on a system > with a full gnome install, it works. I just don't want a full Gnome (or > any major desktop) install on this server. > > Can anyone help me figure out which package I need? > > Thanks! > ~Stack~ > >
