On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 11:41:09AM -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > I have a server that I just installed FC5 on, however I didn't > install X or any part thereof. Is there an easy way through rpm that I > can install that now, including all of the pieces necessary for X and > KDE to run? Or is there some way to go back to the installer and add > X? Or do I have to do a full reinstall again? (I suppose worst case > would be to look at another machine that does have a clean FC5 + X on > it, and compare the output of 'rpm -qa' and add the missing pieces...but > that'd be pushing it.) Do this (as root or via sudo): yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment" or if you prefer (and since you specifically say KDE, I assume you do) yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)" or both. Then edit /etc/inittab and change "id:3:initdefault:" to "id:3:initdefault:" I note that you say "server" above. I really, really recommend against running X on a server, or actually, on any system where you can avoid it. It's a gigantic program which requires special access to hardware and runs as root -- there are undoubtedly multiple serious security problems just waiting to bite you. You can still run X on your management workstation, and run GUI tools remotely if need be. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
