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. > > Please can someone tell me what I need to do next? It would be nice to have > the X server start on boot. > > Many thanks, > > Jim. > > 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.
