"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
> 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.
> >
It could have been just X w/o a WM. Never thought of that. Had to Ctrl/Alt/F2
it to get it to exit via a shutdown. Must admit thought that I didn't try a
Ctrl/Alt/Backspace to exit X, it just didn't look right. Oh well, I've
reinstalled and am back to experimenting, may finally try to recompile the kernel
a couple of times now that I'm not using the machine for "production".
Caio,
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Joseph S. Gardner
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Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
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No windows, no gates.
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