Topic: X windows System

[Jason Benedict]

Hello,

I do know that SME Server 5.1.2 is supposed to run as server and have no GUI installed- X windows System- with Gnome integrated desktop.

Hope to get some direction of what version SME Server 5.1.2 is compatible to RedHat distro- RH 7.0 or RH7.1 etc? Please give pointer about which rpm i should
use such as XFree86*.rpm (all the XFree86 related rpm
), and what other related Gnome rpm.

My purpose is to runs VMware in it..... thanks.

[Dan Brown]

SME 5.1.2 is built on RH 7.1, but with an older kernel.

[Andrei Taylor]

I have tried to load X widows on e-smith in a test environment on several occasions. My conclusion is you are asking for trouble with an unstable, unusable SME install.

[Johan]

Hello Jason,

When jou want to use a product as VMWare you must think different.

We have here a view installations whith SME on a VMware box.

So first install VMWare of course on a linux box (is a standaard installations of VMWare) and then install SME on a virtuele machine.

When you have a lot of RAM then you can run multieply installations off SME are SME / NT / W2K / Linux (server instalations as well)

It's a very easy whay to test whith a working installation you make a new virtuele machiene and you copy the file's off you working installations tos this new one and you can play whit all settings are software installations.

Ower Main server is providing have 2 main installations off SME, a W2K Advanced server and a test envoirment off a several Multi OS's to make test off software en communication off the diffrent products.

To answere your question :

When you first install a basic linux white VMWare you got all so your X-Windows on you main machin.

I hope this story was clear

Good luck

Johan

[Jason Benedict]

Hi all,

thanks for the reply......

RH ver 7.1 is the best answer i got- thanks to Dan Brown.

Thanks Johan...i do not want to run SME in a virtual machine like VMWare. What i want is to run VMware in the actual host machine which is SME server 5.1.2 installed.

As for Andrei Taylor, your advice is appreciated. I had done XFree86* and Gnome plus the needed glibc etc installation for 4.1 and on the first test is like what you mentioned.......but later i use the src file instead of rpm...which i did the usual "make" issue......things become good and so far does not course any problem -will not say it stable.

The problem for ver 5.1.2 is that it does not come with the "make" and others needed utils/tools for me to do compilation work. Therefore, i need to known which version of redhat it is based on....and yup wanna try the easy way with the rpm

Thanks alot everyone.......

PS: SME server 5.1.2 is a cool one....to better it, best it can support ltsp (that is also part of my purpose to get gnome/gdm etc up).

[nicholas]

http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/contrib/dev-tools/

[j.benedict]

thanks....nicholas.

[john]

we you able to install x windows system on e-smith

[Jason Benedict]

i'm able to get sme5.5 and 5.6 up running X-windowing system with gnome and sawfish manager.

Get the needed packages of automake autoconf from contrib.org. Once those rpm one get installed you may proceed to install your x-windowing system you like - refer to XFree86, gnome, sawmill for more info.

Just remeber SME is sysV system.....you need to vi some initialing file for system boot - refer to tldp.org.