Re: [WBEL-users] Adding Gui on command-line install

Robert Heller <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:06:53 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.whitebox.user
Organization Deepwoods Software
Message-ID <[email protected]>
At Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:27:58 -0700 Scott Silva <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> david spake the following on 10/25/2006 2:55 PM:
> > Dear Friends
> > 
> > I originally set up my server to run command-line only.  None of the
> > graphical interface packages were installed.
> > 
> > I now want to add the capability of running a graphical interface
> > sometimes.  That is, the system boots in command line mode (runlevel 3 I
> > think), and the ALT-function keys bring up command line windows. 
> > However, if I issue the "startx" command (I think), I want to switch to
> > graphical.  I want to make a similar function available via ssh logins
> > using an X-windows package on a windows box.
> > 
> > Is this possible?  Can it be done without re-installing WBEL4?
> > 
> > David
> Intercepting my own post, as I think Whitebox doesn't have yum...
> Been on CentOS for over a year now.

Whitebox 3.0 has yum (my old WBL 3.0 system has it, not that I have
actually used it):

gollum.deepsoft.com% rpm -q yum
yum-2.0.7-1.1.WB1


> 

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