noobie> fedora server > wanna install kde or gnome

[jakah]

hello,

i am justin i'm 17 years old and new with linux, i use ubuntu and linux mint 7 and a friends of my has a dedicated fedora server.

he asked me to intall a desktop manager ( or something that is the same, dont know how to call it ) so he could use remote desktop to acces his server

i have connected the server trought ssh and i am in the terminal.

Now i want to install kde or gnome so i and my friend could use the server as a mail en WWW bla bla bla server.

and my question is how i need to do that

i tryd :

yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"

and

yum groupinstall "X Window System"

but none works

i have seen those commands on this forum so i tryd it.

please help me with this and dont fall of please.


greeting

justin

[jajabor]

Try

# yum groupinstall "Gnome Desktop Environment"

OR

# yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"

To check whether you have X windows installed try:

# yum grouplist

If you don't then:

# yum groupinstall "X Window System"

What is the error message you are getting when trying to install through yum?

[olson]

I didn't know there was such a thing as Fedora Server? The system might be booting in runlevel 3 and already has GNOME installed. If there's really a Fedora Server then I've been living under a rock. Cheers!

[jakah]

sorry i there isnt i dont know except ssh how to connect to the "server"..?

[jajabor]

The more information you can give us, the likelier someone will be able to help resolve your issue.

Please post what you get when you type this at the terminal:

$ runlevel

Also, please post on the forum what error message you get when trying to install gnome or kde through yum.

[markkuk]

Please answer the question made by jajabor: what's the error message you get when you try to install KDE or X through yum? Just saying "none works" makes it impossible to offer any suggestions for help. Always quote the exact command you used and the response given by the system. It's easy to cut and paste those from a ssh window.

[jakah]

haah runlevel 3,,

how i get into a higher runlevel ? :$ (A)

[jakah]

sorry i have installed gdm with --skip-broken

[jakah]

Originally Posted by markkuk

Please answer the question made by jajabor: what's the error message you get when you try to install KDE or X through yum? Just saying "none works" makes it impossible to offer any suggestions for help. Always quote the exact command you used and the response given by the system. It's easy to cut and paste those from a ssh window.

i dont read every minut a post!

[markkuk]

Runlevel 3 is the right one for a remote server. You need to sit at a display, keyboard and a mouse directly connected to the machine to use runlevel 5.

[jakah]

and how can i remote connect to the server then so i can work with a "display"

i was trying to follow this turtiol

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=94257

[jajabor]

As root type:

# init 5

That should get you into runlevel 5. Also check your /etc/inittab file

# cat /etc/inittab

Mine says this:

id:5:initdefault:

meaning it is booting into X Windows.

Post any error messages please.

[jajabor]

Oops. Sorry guys, I'm a couple of posts behind. Making dinner.

[jakah]

i'f tryd to do it xD

but no response

the files that you sayd has

id:3:initdefault:

[jakah]

can i edit the file to: id:5:initdefault:

and then reboot without problem ?

Can i even reboot ?