[SGVLUG] RHEL6 server: question how to run GUI, gnome-based login on the console?

[John Kreznar]

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> ... was a mistake because I lose the ability to CLI-login ...

> startx gives me a GUI, but not the full login-based GUI ...

Well, do you want a CLI login or a GUI login?

> startx gives me a GUI, but not the full login-based GUI, and none of
> the GUI-driven desktop window stuff.

Have you considered installing KDE or GNOME?

> Mainly I'm wanting it for the infomation assurance people who'll be
> auditing this weekly.  They are not a command-line oriented bunch.

Maybe your efforts would be better expended at weaning them.  Show them
examples of how no kind of "assurance" is possible for a system which is
hidden behind a GUI.

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