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Old 10-05-2008, 10:52 AM   #1
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Installing and using a gui on CentOs


Ok, I rented a VPS and installed CentOS with GUI. When I try using the command
Code:
startx
I get this error
Code:
X Window System Version 7.1.1                                                   
Release Date: 12 May 2006                                                       
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1                                
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5PAE i686 Red Hat, Inc.          
Current Operating System: Linux shadowers 2.6.18-92.1.1.el5.028stab057.2PAE #1 6
Build Date: 21 June 2008                                                        
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.41.el5_2.1                                   
        Before reporting problems, check wiki.x.org                      
        to make sure that you have the latest version.                          
Module Loader present                                                           
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,              
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,                
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.           
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Oct  5 05:48:39 2008            
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file                                          
                                                                                
Fatal server error:                                                             
xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)              
                                                                                
XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"          
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.             
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
can someone please help me?
 
Old 10-05-2008, 11:19 AM   #2
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