F21 server and vesa

[Kevin Wilson]

Hi,
yum install -y @base-x
solved it

Thanks.


On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com> wrote:
> 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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