Well, what is "half" a GUI, then? When I did my server install of my
gateway machine, I deliberately clobbered X via "expert" mode so I just
guessing.
Is it perhaps just a different WM than you are used to, or even X
without a WM?
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
>
> "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
>
> > Logically speaking, there's no reason for a server install to install a
> > GUI.
> >
> > If you don't really want a server, you probably should pick another
> > install type.
> >
> > The "half" GUI was probably just the text-mode graphic of the penguin,
> > right?
> >
> > "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
> > >
> > > just for grins I tried a custom / server install last night on a new
> > > system I'm building and all I got was a text window asking for a
> > > username/password which then logged me in but only had "half" a GUI
> > > appearance. What's up with this, did something get dropped during the
> > > install or is this all that's supposed to be there?
> > >
> >
>
> No, I actually had a couple of terminal windows going. Hmmm, strange.
>
> The reason for the server experiment was that I want to run a NFS/NIS setup
> for the home network and was curious what I would get.
>
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