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From: Doug Holtz on 28 Dec 2007 09:50 "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzkopf(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:S5mdnV2s6-UEAv3anZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:09:29 -0600, Doug Holtz wrote: > >> "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzkopf(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:hICdnbpFzpAEDcPanZ2dnUVZ_t3inZ2d(a)comcast.com... >>> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:56:32 -0600, General Schvantzkopf wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:16:57 -0600, Doug Holtz wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Group; >>>>> I hope this forum is a good place to ask. I installed CentOS 4.4 >>>>> server without a GUI on a pc. I now want to take the drive and put >>>>> it in a different pc and make it a GUI desktop. How do I install a >>>>> GUI desktop off the Internet using yum or up2date? All I seem to be >>>>> able to do is upgrade the system, which I did to 4.5. My xorg.conf >>>>> file is listing the wrong hardware; kudzu will not find any new >>>>> hardware. Help with some direction please. >>>>> Thanks >>>>> doug >>>> >>>> I have another suggestion for you, Webmin. Webmin has a yum front end >>>> under system/servers. It's not as good as yumex or pirut but it looks >>>> like it could do the job for you. Under the Install New Package >>>> feature there is a browse YUM command. Search for gnome, it will bring >>>> up a list of packages. If you install something like Evolution it >>>> shold cause it to install all of Gnome because of the RPM >>>> dependencies. Webmin is browser based so you can run it from one of >>>> your Windows boxes. Get Webmin from http://www.webmin.com >>> >>> Sorry the location is System/Software Packages not System/Servers. >> >> Seeing I have no GUI, I don't understand how I can look at a list of >> installable packages. I'll just download 5.1 and get on with it. >> >> d > > You can do it from your Windows box. Webmin is accessed though a browser, > all you do is goto http://machine_name:10000. You can install webmin from > the command line, just download it and use rpm to install it, > > rpm -Uhv webmin-1.370-1.noarch.rpm > > After you've done that you can do almost all of the administration tasks > from any machine on your network. > General; This is wonderful. Sorry for the time delay - I looked today, saw you message, downloaded and installed, viola!! Very nice. Thank you. doug
From: Doug Holtz on 28 Dec 2007 18:56 "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzkopf(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:S5mdnV2s6-UEAv3anZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:09:29 -0600, Doug Holtz wrote: > >> "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzkopf(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:hICdnbpFzpAEDcPanZ2dnUVZ_t3inZ2d(a)comcast.com... >>> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:56:32 -0600, General Schvantzkopf wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:16:57 -0600, Doug Holtz wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Group; >>>>> I hope this forum is a good place to ask. I installed CentOS 4.4 >>>>> server without a GUI on a pc. I now want to take the drive and put >>>>> it in a different pc and make it a GUI desktop. How do I install a >>>>> GUI desktop off the Internet using yum or up2date? All I seem to be >>>>> able to do is upgrade the system, which I did to 4.5. My xorg.conf >>>>> file is listing the wrong hardware; kudzu will not find any new >>>>> hardware. Help with some direction please. >>>>> Thanks >>>>> doug >>>> >>>> I have another suggestion for you, Webmin. Webmin has a yum front end >>>> under system/servers. It's not as good as yumex or pirut but it looks >>>> like it could do the job for you. Under the Install New Package >>>> feature there is a browse YUM command. Search for gnome, it will bring >>>> up a list of packages. If you install something like Evolution it >>>> shold cause it to install all of Gnome because of the RPM >>>> dependencies. Webmin is browser based so you can run it from one of >>>> your Windows boxes. Get Webmin from http://www.webmin.com >>> >>> Sorry the location is System/Software Packages not System/Servers. >> >> Seeing I have no GUI, I don't understand how I can look at a list of >> installable packages. I'll just download 5.1 and get on with it. >> >> d > > You can do it from your Windows box. Webmin is accessed though a browser, > all you do is goto http://machine_name:10000. You can install webmin from > the command line, just download it and use rpm to install it, > > rpm -Uhv webmin-1.370-1.noarch.rpm > > After you've done that you can do almost all of the administration tasks > from any machine on your network. > General; Webmin works great on my 2 web servers (both older servers from DEC and HP). The drive in question was originally a web server drive and now I want to convert it over to a GUI desktop, not a web server. Should I just re-install? doug
From: General Schvantzkopf on 28 Dec 2007 20:36 On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:56:33 -0600, Doug Holtz wrote: > "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzkopf(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:S5mdnV2s6-UEAv3anZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:09:29 -0600, Doug Holtz wrote: >> >>> "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzkopf(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>> news:hICdnbpFzpAEDcPanZ2dnUVZ_t3inZ2d(a)comcast.com... >>>> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:56:32 -0600, General Schvantzkopf wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:16:57 -0600, Doug Holtz wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Group; >>>>>> I hope this forum is a good place to ask. I installed CentOS 4.4 >>>>>> server without a GUI on a pc. I now want to take the drive and put >>>>>> it in a different pc and make it a GUI desktop. How do I install a >>>>>> GUI desktop off the Internet using yum or up2date? All I seem to >>>>>> be able to do is upgrade the system, which I did to 4.5. My >>>>>> xorg.conf file is listing the wrong hardware; kudzu will not find >>>>>> any new hardware. Help with some direction please. Thanks >>>>>> doug >>>>> >>>>> I have another suggestion for you, Webmin. Webmin has a yum front >>>>> end under system/servers. It's not as good as yumex or pirut but it >>>>> looks like it could do the job for you. Under the Install New >>>>> Package feature there is a browse YUM command. Search for gnome, it >>>>> will bring up a list of packages. If you install something like >>>>> Evolution it shold cause it to install all of Gnome because of the >>>>> RPM dependencies. Webmin is browser based so you can run it from one >>>>> of your Windows boxes. Get Webmin from http://www.webmin.com >>>> >>>> Sorry the location is System/Software Packages not System/Servers. >>> >>> Seeing I have no GUI, I don't understand how I can look at a list of >>> installable packages. I'll just download 5.1 and get on with it. >>> >>> d >> >> You can do it from your Windows box. Webmin is accessed though a >> browser, all you do is goto http://machine_name:10000. You can install >> webmin from the command line, just download it and use rpm to install >> it, >> >> rpm -Uhv webmin-1.370-1.noarch.rpm >> >> After you've done that you can do almost all of the administration >> tasks from any machine on your network. >> >> > General; > > Webmin works great on my 2 web servers (both older servers from DEC and > HP). The drive in question was originally a web server drive and now I > want to convert it over to a GUI desktop, not a web server. > > Should I just re-install? > > doug Try installing evolution using webmin or yumex (assuming you can ssh into your box from a machine that has an X server on it). Evolution is dependent on Gnome which is dependent on Xorg. Assuming that yum resolves all of the dependencies you should have a Gnome environment on your system. If that doesn't do it then you might as well do a fresh install of CentOS5.1.
From: foxb on 28 Dec 2007 22:38 On Dec 9, 6:16 pm, "Doug Holtz" <dougho...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Group; > I hope this forum is a good place to ask. > I installed CentOS 4.4 server without a GUI on a pc. I now want to take the > drive and put it in a different pc and make it a GUI desktop. > How do I install a GUI desktop off the Internet using yum or up2date? All I > seem to be able to do is upgrade the system, which I did to 4.5. My > xorg.conf file is listing the wrong hardware; kudzu will not find any new > hardware. > Help with some direction please. > Thanks > doug Best way to install group of packages on CentOS/RHEL (using yum) is groups just type yum grouplsit and you will see available groups. Then yum groupinstall <group name> will install it. Good candidates for you are x windows and gnome groups
From: General Schvantzkopf on 29 Dec 2007 09:57 On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:38:05 -0800, foxb(a)abv.bg wrote: > On Dec 9, 6:16 pm, "Doug Holtz" <dougho...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello Group; >> I hope this forum is a good place to ask. I installed CentOS 4.4 server >> without a GUI on a pc. I now want to take the drive and put it in a >> different pc and make it a GUI desktop. How do I install a GUI desktop >> off the Internet using yum or up2date? All I seem to be able to do is >> upgrade the system, which I did to 4.5. My xorg.conf file is listing >> the wrong hardware; kudzu will not find any new hardware. >> Help with some direction please. >> Thanks >> doug > > Best way to install group of packages on CentOS/RHEL (using yum) is > groups > > just type > > yum grouplsit This is a typo, it's yum grouplist Thanks for mentioning this, I wasn't aware that yum had this capability, I though you needed yumex or pirut to do this.
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