[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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