Joseph Spenner wrote:
> I'm running a piece of network backup software called 'bacula', on a
minimal CentOS 6.4 install.
> I got everything working pretty well, but there's one piece giving me
some problem-- a component which gives status info via a GUI.
> In the past, on previous installations, I could ssh to the bacula server
with the -X option, and run the application (called 'bat'), and it would
display back. I'd have to make sure the sshd_config permits
Xforwarding, but that was all.
>
> On my new CentOS 6.4 minimal, I always get:
>
> bat: cannot connect to X server
>
> I tried the usual tricks of exporting the display to my system where I
want to see the GUI, which shouldn't be necessary anyway due to the 'ssh
-X', but I thought I'd give it a shot. Still no go.
>
> I figured something was missing, since it is a minimal install, with no
X. So I installed 'xlogo', thinking maybe all the X stuff needed to
display that would be installed. By installing xlogo, I got a bunch of
X stuff, including:
>
> xorg-x11-apps-7.6-6.el6.x86_64
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I'd start out with yum groupinstall "X Window System"
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