[ale] What do I have to install/enable to get X started?
Marvin, International Martian of Mystery
marvin.higginbottom at gmail.com
Mon Feb 19 15:09:34 EST 2007
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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