Fedora Installation :: Noobie> Fedora Server > Wanna Install Kde Or Gnome?
Sep 23, 2009
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.
This is my first post. After executing /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'thepass' as a root, I get this:
Code: /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)' SELinux is off.
I tried to install F12 DVD (Fedora-12-i386-DVD.iso). The installation process showed it installed 200 packages and finished correctly. After reboot, it only gives me a command prompt. How do I install gnome or kde from the command prompt?
I successfully installed fedora live CD KDE version on virtual PC. but I can't install the live CD Gnome desktop version. details: I just add vga=0x32D on boot, no problem booting after that. I am now log-in as live user, but I can't find the shotcut for installation on desktop "install to hard drive" but using the terminal, there's a file under Desktop, 'liveinst.desktop" I tried running it, graphical installation will appear, but during copying to hard disk, it says bad media.
An install of skype via gnome menu as well as via console ends with:
Lade Pakete herunter: Warnung: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA-Signatur: NOKEY, Schl�ssel-ID d66b746e skype/gpgkey | 15 kB 00:00 ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module> yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 315, in user_main errcode = main(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 263, in main return_code = base.doTransaction() File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 412, in doTransaction if self.gpgsigcheck(downloadpkgs) != 0: File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 524, in gpgsigcheck self.getKeyForPackage(po, lambda x, y, z: self.userconfirm()) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 3762, in getKeyForPackage keys = self._retrievePublicKey(keyurl, repo) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 3727, in _retrievePublicKey keys_info = misc.getgpgkeyinfo(rawkey, multiple=True) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/misc.py", line 394, in getgpgkeyinfo raise ValueError('No key found in given key data') ValueError: No key found in given key data
installed fedora with the minimum option on the dvd. After that i logged it and im tring to install gnome, heres the catch though i only have 950MB worth of space. I noticed if i use the groupinstall "X Window System" it fails because of the space. Also it installs alot of things that I am not interested. what are the command lines to install gnome but with the minimal, no FF, no evolution, you get my point.
finnaly i can run my ubuntu server 9.04 well, thnx to this great member of ubuntuforums.org now, i wanna i wannna install SNMP on my system, but after i do that, when i wanna connect with another client, it give me error like this :
Code: no response received SNMPv1_Session (remote host: "10.100.7.179" [10.100.7.179].161) community: "public" request ID: 862383236 PDU bufsize: 8000 bytes
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10.100.7.179 is my client, i allready install snmp agent on it. but why still eror then? plz give some help. thnx before
Recently installed F12 through the text based install and have got to GNOME gui but when i got to system/administration i only get two options and those are for display changes. Is there some way to install the features i missed out on? namely Add/remove programs which i can't seem to find anywhere
I am new to fedora and linux. I have spent the past three days figuring out how to install nvidia drivers for linux. I figured out how to install the drivers but I can't seem to turn off the x server to install it. Everyone says to go to init 3 or what ever, but when I try doing that I just guess this message saying powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands. Please report this to the Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vendor. powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands. Please report this to the Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vendor. powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands. Please report this to the Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vendor. powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands. Please report this to the Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vendor.
and i also tried sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop but it just says command not found. my gdm is in the usr/sbin directory idk if that has to be changed or not but i'm really new to this and I am completely lost.
I'm trying to install FC 12 or 13 on an HP DL380 G6 server. The problem occurs just after the image is loaded off of the DVD. After a bunch of boot messages scroll up the screen, a final message appears stating waiting for hardware to initialize. At that point, the video signal goes away and never comes back. I have to power cycle to regain control. If I select the option to do an install with a basic video driver, the installation proceeds beyond that message and I can finish the installation, however, my graphics resolution is 800x640 and I can't change it. Is there a reported compatibility problem with the HP server and FC? Is there something I can do so that I can get past the failure and be able to operate with a decent resolution?
I noticed that in Fedora 15 Beta when you choose a minimal install then add ONLY the defaults of the "GNOME Desktop" package, you will get this error: gnome-desktop3-3.0.1-2.fc15.x86_64 has a required package:
system-backgrounds-gnome
When I look for gnome-desktop3-3.0.1-2.fc15.x86_64 it is not on any installation menu list. I prefer gnome, but installed KDE and that worked. Any ideas of getting gnome to work?
I'm attempting to install F13 on a server that has a 2-disk RAID setup in the BIOS. When I get to the screen where I select what drive to install on, there are no drives listed. The hard drives were completely formatted before starting the 13 installation. Do I need to put something on them before Fedora will install?
I'm a PHP developer trying to switch from Windows to Linux. So I'm new with Linux. I tried to google for a solution and tried the suggested wiki FAQ but with no success.I wanted to install zend-server-ce-php-5.3 today with yum. This worked okay.After this I tried to install php-5.3-extra-extensions-zend-server. This seemed to work.
Under GNOME, the X server hangs about every hour under regular use. When this happens, I can usually move the mouse pointer, but nothing else. I can't click anything, I can't type anything, etc. I have CTRL-ALT-Backspace configured to restart the X server, and that works if I do it before it hangs: after it hangs, that doesn't do anything. The only thing I can do right now is reboot the entire machine.How can I figure out why it is hanging? Also, can I somehow restart the X server without rebooting the entire machine?
I currently have F11 with gnome and am interested in trying out kde. I have a few questions: 1) How do I install kde so that when I log in I'll be able to choose between gnome and kde? 2) How big (disk space) is the installation? 3) Will the programs that I already have installed in gnome work with kde or will I need separate kde versions?
I installed Fedora 13 from a cd that installed just one desktop, Gnome. I wish I had used the other installation, guess its the dvd, which installs both GNOME and KDE. Nothing I've read explains how to install KDE from Gnome. I went out on my own and installed kde-desktop and all its dependencies using Gnome's Add/Remove Programs. This worked in that it gave me the GNOME / KDE option under the Sessions menu of my login screen. What I didn't expect was to see all those KDE programs under Gnome's menus.
Is there a way to install KDE that does not place all those KDE programs under Gnome's menus or is it up to me to remove any KDE program I don't whant in a Gnome menu from the list that constitutes that menu?
I am trying to install fedora 10 kickstart on my server.But I can't, because my kickstart installation hangs at post install scripts.It is not showing any message & stopped.
I have what seems to be far to many KDE programs running on my Gnome desktop is this normal?
I thought there would be gnome equivalents.
I'll list them:
Is this normal for a Gnome Desktop Fedora installation and if so which are completely arbitrary and can be removed safely?
Also is xorg supposed to use 8-20% of the CPU when all that is running is the system monitor? The system monitor application also uses 20-70% of the CPU when it is running by itself also. (Intel Pentium 4, 3.2ghz)
I didn't choose any KDE desktop Applications Intentionally
Is there a way to install just XFCE? and not Gnome or KDE? I don't mind Gnome, but I definitely don't like KDE. I have tried installing the XFCE spin to my hard drive, but when I use yum to update packages later, using the default repository, yum wants to install Gnome for some strange reason, and a bunch of other stuff I don't need. Is there a way to prevent this? because really you'd think the XFCE spin would setup yum so Gnome wouldn't be installed, wouldn't you think? I don't really mind Gnome being installed, its just that I never use it, I always use XFCE, so it seems like a waste of disk space to even install it.
well I guess the graphical boot loader uses Gnome, I don't know, but I do know yum installs a bunch of other stuff I don't use after the XFCE spin is installed to the hard drive. How do I prevent that from happening is what I'm asking?
My machine is an HP Pavilion DV6-1350US Notebook Entrainment PC
I have some issues while installing wireshark-gnome. see the below logs. I am using Fedora 13. I am seeing some transaction error when I issue "yum install wireshark-gnome".
[root@Fedora-ipv6 ~]# yum install wireshark-gnome Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check
i mean, using Fedora 14. i had windows 7 so i decided to move on!! LOL, i have Fedora 14 Gnome, and i want to install Kepete Messenger but it does not appear in Add/Remove Software in Fedora, and i cant find it in internet.
Just installed FC13 to HD. After rebooting, install shows icons for home, computer, and trash. That's all, no gnome frame, so I have no access to the terminal or web. Even when I opened home and computer to see if there was a way to get anything from either of those, they were missing the (-,square box, x) to close them! I think one had a drop down menu that listed "close" as an option, but I had to kill the computer to close the other one. Gnome was there when I used the live cd to load to HD. I can go back in with the live cd to get to the terminal, but what do I do when I have it open? I tried to check the md5sum but didn't have any luck with following the instructions linked on the download page.
This is my PC Core i7 870 2.90Ghz 4GB RAM DDR3 - 1600Mhz GTX460 1GB HD 1TB Hitachi
So far so good.... Virtual Box Version 4.1 Extension Pack - Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.0-73009 Set 3D option with 128MB. Set 1GB RAM to the Virtual Machine. Correcttly instaled the extension pack.
No errors with installed guest addon from Virtual Box No errors with kernel headers
Reboot and nothing happens, Gnome 3 just don't appear. What else can I try, I have already installed on hardware but happened the same no Gnome 3, I decided to test better with software with virtual machines but no success until now.
