F21 server and vesa

Kevin Fenzi kevin at scrye.com
Thu Dec 11 19:47:24 UTC 2014


On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:49:35 +0200
Kevin Wilson <wkevils at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I installed F21 server, x86_64.
> 
> Now, as expected from a server, it does not contain kde or gnome.
> 
> I know that server usually does not need to run XWindows applications.
> However, I need from time to time to use xwindows applications on the
> server, like some
> monitoring tools (wireshark and others).
> 
> So I ran "yum install -y @kde" and after it completer, I ran:
> startx.
> 
> However, I got this error:
> ...
> (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist)
> ...
> 
> And X windows did not start.
> 
> 
> Is there any way to resolve this and enable running XWindows ?

You may need some more groups/packages... perhaps:

@base-x @fonts

Try installing those? 

kevin
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