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

[Matthew Campbell]

Good afternoon Scott,

It sounds like you have X installed, but as John pointed out no desktop
environment.  Check that gNome or KDE have been installed and let us know.

Matt


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On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Scott Packard <spackard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Recently I installed a RHEL6 server into an ESXi server.
> I'm using it as a nfs and samba file server.
> /etc/iniittab defaults to runlevel 3 in this version of RHEL.
> I tried init 5, but it does not start a GUI.
> Editing /etc/inittab and changing the runlevel to 5 and rebooting was a
> mistake because I lose the ability to CLI-login; I see a CLI of the
> services starting, but after the last service starts I get nothing.
> Kind of hard to tell whether or not ctrl-alt-F1..F7 work or not.  The way
> in is via a Windows XP workstation, then launch a VSphere client, then Open
> Console.
>
> yum groupinstall "X window system" says it's already installed.
>
> startx gives me a GUI, but not the full login-based GUI, and none of the
> GUI-driven desktop window stuff.
>
> Mainly I'm wanting it for the infomation assurance people who'll be
> auditing this weekly.  They are not a command-line oriented bunch.
>
> Regards, Scott
>
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