How do you enable a graphical interface for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client download?

Question

I downloaded Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 6.3 onto virtual box but it's only bring forth a command line interface when I login in using root. There is no graphical interface attached with the install. How do I remedy this?

That's sorta the point... download a UI if you really want one. — Brent Pabst, Nov 05 '12 at 14:35
I figured it out....you need to partition at least 640 mb of ram in order to have enough room for a ui for redhat on virtual box — user1074316, Nov 06 '12 at 00:00

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 03 '12 at 19:07

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First, the graphical interface is not necessarily installed on your VM. You can do

yum groupinstall "X Window System"

to install the graphical interface. Then you can do

startx

to start the graphical interface. Finally, once you're happy with the configuration you can edit the file /etc/inittab to have the graphical interface start automatically when the machine boots.

answered Nov 03 '12 at 19:07

Sebastiano Pilla

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where would i write this command? – user1074316 Nov 03 '12 at 19:22
You would type this from the Linux command line. – ewwhite Nov 03 '12 at 19:27
Where would you type startx? What software in windows do you use to connect to this linux – user4234 Dec 27 '12 at 12:36

How do you enable a graphical interface for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client download?

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