[CentOS] A query on graphic console

Tue Jan 5 15:54:50 UTC 2016
Sylvain CANOINE <sylvain.canoine at tv5monde.org>


----- Mail original -----
> De: "Timothy Murphy" <gayleard at eircom.net>
> À: "centos" <centos at centos.org>
> Envoyé: Mardi 5 Janvier 2016 14:39:22
> Objet: [CentOS] A query on graphic console

> I'm only getting a text console with CentOS-7.2
> on my (oldish) HP MicroServer.
> 
> The only explicit error I see in Xorg.0.log
> is that no driver is found for my Pixart USB optical mouse.
> 
> My query is: would that be sufficient
> to prevent a graphic console?
Definitly not. X is able to run even with no input device at all (mouse, keyboard, and so on). Most of the times, X refuses to start because of missing or inappropriate video drivers.

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