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01-22-2017, 07:17 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2011
Posts: 12
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How can I start RHEL 6.8 GUI?
Hi,
I could log in RHEL 6.8 after installed it. However, I cannot start GUI.
(1) After enter command "startx" without quote, I see the following message:
"-bash: startx: command not found"
(2) After enter command "init 5" without quote, I see the following messages:
"Calling the system activity data collector (sadc)..."
"Starting portreserve: [OK]
"Starting irqbalance:
"Retrigger failed udev events [OK]
"Kdump already running [OK]
I waited for 20min. Nothing else happen.
Can someone please let me know how I can start RHEL 6.8 GUI, and how to let it show GUI login page after reboot?
Thanks & regards,
Lee
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01-22-2017, 07:29 PM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Sydney, Australia
Distribution: Fedora,CentOS
Posts: 759
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RHEL is primarily a server distro. As it is designed for enterprise use it is not something I have ever played with but I suspect you have carried out a minimal install which may not include a GUI capability. Could you advise what choices you made during install? I have referenced the Centos install page and this is the same software:
http://www.tecmint.com/centos-7-installation/
Is this how you installed?
Cheers
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01-22-2017, 08:06 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2011
Posts: 12
Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timl
RHEL is primarily a server distro. As it is designed for enterprise use it is not something I have ever played with but I suspect you have carried out a minimal install which may not include a GUI capability. Could you advise what choices you made during install? I have referenced the Centos install page and this is the same software:
http://www.tecmint.com/centos-7-installation/
Is this how you installed?
Cheers
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I burned a DVD with file rhel-server-6.8-x86_64-dvd.iso. After boot to DVD, I picked up the top option (it looks like the most through install option) to install it.
How can I check whether or not GUI package was installed?
Thanks & regards
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01-22-2017, 08:17 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: New Jersey, USA
Distribution: Fedora, OpenSUSE, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS (hack). Past: Debian, Arch, RedHat (pre-RHEL).
Posts: 1,335
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RHEL is a commercial distribution, and as such you are paying for support through Red Hat, so why are you not using it?
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01-23-2017, 04:37 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2010
Posts: 2,290
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As others suggested, RHEL is a paid subscription. You should try CentOS instead.
Anyway, try: startx at terminal.
It will only work, if you have installed the necessary components to run the GUI.
Didn't realize you already use "startx".
Anyway, check out this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...el-6-a-860520/
Good luck, keep exploring Linux!
Last edited by JJJCR; 01-23-2017 at 04:43 AM.
Reason: edit
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01-23-2017, 11:10 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jul 2006
Location: London
Distribution: PCLinuxOS, Salix
Posts: 6,259
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BJT
I burned a DVD with file rhel-server-6.8-x86_64-dvd.iso. After boot to DVD, I picked up the top option (it looks like the most through install option) to install it. How can I check whether or not GUI package was installed?
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I think "rhel-server" probably doesn't have a GUI: you need a desktop version.
Try the command "whereis gdm" to see if the Gnome Display Manager is there, which it should be if you have a GUI.
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01-23-2017, 09:17 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Sydney
Distribution: Rocky 9.x
Posts: 18,443
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1. as above, RHEL is a paid for distro, so unless you pay, you can't get updates (inc extra SW) or support.
Try Centos (free rebuild) if you don't want to pay.
2. also as mentioned, you probably don't have relevant pkgs installed for GUI (desktop)
Login as root and
Code:
yum grouplist
# then
yum groupinstall Desktop
eg https://access.redhat.com/solutions/15815
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