To install a basic xwindows server on SME6 you will need to download and install the following RPM's :
chkfontpath-1.9.5-2.i386.rpm
gdk-pixbuf-0.14.0-8.i386.rpm
Glide3-20010520-13.i386.rpm
gtk+-1.2.10-15.i386.rpm
libtiff-3.5.7-2.i386.rpm
switchdesk-3.9.8-2.i386.rpm
Xaw3d-1.5-12.i386.rpm
Xconfigurator-4.10.7-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-font-utils-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-libs-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-tools-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-twm-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-xdm-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
XFree86-xfs-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm
xinitrc-3.22-1.noarch.rpm
create a temporary directory using mkdir and download all of the above packages to this directory. Then install them with
#rpm -Uvh *rpm
then run
# Xconfigurator
to suite your hardware.
An X session can be tested by running
startx from a console
If you are able to see and move the mouse pointer, you are ready to go.
You can quit X with:
[ctrl] + [alt] + [backsp]
When everything is running smooth it's time to install a window manager.
I prefer IceWM (
http://www.icewm.org), because it's slim and nice.
If you try to install the latest versions of IceWM there is a few dependencies, so I installed IceWM 1.0.9-2 instead. Just download the following packages:
icewm-common-1.0.9-2.noarch.rpm
icewm-default-1.0.9-2.i386.rpm
And install them using:
# rpm -i icewm-*
If you want to make IceWM your default window manager, you have to add IceWM to your X start-up script:
launch midnight commander:
# mc
and edit the xinitrc file:
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
add the following lines just before a line that says "#failsafe settings... etc..."
# start icewm
exec icewm
save and exit midnight commander
Now IceWM is the default window manager for the user "root".
Switch user to admin and start X with "startx"
Next, we will deal with VMware
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