On Mon, 2014-06-02 at 08:08 +0630, Sudhir Khanger wrote: > On Sunday, June 01, 2014 02:53:52 PM Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > I built a Fedora 20 system as a server, without a desktop. It turns > > out, no X server is installed at all in that case. I'd like to add a > > minimal X server without adding a complete desktop environment, so I can > > log in remotely and run system configuration tools. The documentation > > I've found suggests > > > > yum groupinstall "Basic X Window System" > > > > or > > > > yum groupinstall "X Window System" > > > > but neither of those groups exist. There is a Basic Desktop group, but > > it installs a bunch of unnecessary desktop tools. > > > > What's the best way to get just a basic X server in Fedora 20? > > > > TIA. > > -- > > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > > Have you checked out group "Basic Desktop"? If I ever want to go minimal I > tend to go along with i3. You should try that. > > [donnie@fedora ~]$ yum group info "Basic Desktop" > Loaded plugins: changelog, fastestmirror, langpacks, local, refresh- > packagekit, show-leaves > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > * fedora: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in > * rpmfusion-free: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in > * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in > * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in > * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in > * tlp: repo.warpnine.de > * tlp-updates: repo.warpnine.de > * updates: mirrors.ispros.com.bd > > Environment Group: Basic Desktop > Environment-Id: basic-desktop-environment > Description: X Window System with a choice of window manager. > Mandatory Groups: > base-x > +basic-desktop > core > dial-up > fonts > guest-desktop-agents > hardware-support > multimedia > standard > Optional Groups: > +cinnamon-desktop > +firefox > +gnome-desktop > +input-methods > kde-desktop > +legacy-fonts > libreoffice > +lxde-desktop > +mate-desktop > +sugar-desktop > +xfce-desktop > +xmonad > +xmonad-mate > > Group: Basic Desktop > Group-Id: basic-desktop > Description: Basic X Window System with a choice of window manager. > Mandatory Packages: > adwaita-cursor-theme > adwaita-gtk2-theme > adwaita-gtk3-theme > +awesome > +dwm > +fedora-icon-theme > gnome-icon-theme-symbolic > i3 > initial-setup > +lightdm > +metacity > +openbox > +ratpoison > +xmonad-basic > I did look at that and would prefer not to add most of the desktop components it includes. I did manage to get an X server going by installing xorg-x11-xinit. Might have to patch a few things up later, but so far it's working well enough. Thanks for the suggestion. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
