[CentOS] Centos 6 Server has no GUI

m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us
Mon Jul 11 15:55:12 UTC 2011


Andy Holt wrote:
>> From: Keith Beeby
>>
>> Thanks everyone, yes server has no GUI by default, so should
>> have added a install time, now working by adding later
>>
> What caught me out (_doesn't_ sounds like it did you though), was that the
> CentOS 6 x86_64 installer chose to do a text-based
> install, through lack of support for the graphics card, I guess (this is
> inside VMware Server 1.0!).  The text-based install does
> not give you a choice of the kind of stuff to install, you just seem to
> get 'minimal'.
<snip>
Huh? I always use the text-based install, and check the select packages
(or whatever it is) box, and the next screen's where I go down its list,
and go into each, and (un)select what I want on the machine.

          mark




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