Ubuntu :: Setup Xserver With Karmic - Run The Installer In Server WITHOUT Installing Gdm Or A Desktop Environment?
Mar 24, 2010
I have a server set up with Ubuntu Karmic. I am making it a printer server, and my printer is compatible with Ubuntu. (I tested it on my laptop, also using ubuntu) My problem is, the driver installer is graphical and my server is not. Is there a way I can just run the installer in server WITHOUT installing gdm or a desktop environment? So far, everyone I've read says to have xserver,xorg,fluxbox(or other gui), etc. I just want to run the installer through SSH, and I know about the -X tag.
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May 27, 2011
Before setting up a dedicated web- and mail-server system, I want to learn it by setting both up on my desktop environment. So far I can only find how-to's which are based on server install iso's.
Is it wise first to install a mail server by using i.e. [URL]. Get it up and running and then install a lamp server using [URL]
Both servers must use my own IP address which is related to my own domain xxxxx.com I also need to understand how to incorporated these.
My desktop is Ubuntu 11.04 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64.
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Aug 2, 2011
I install ubuntu server 11.04 I select ubuntu server from boot menu then enter username and password and then i see a command line line and a black background How i can setup a graphical app (some thing like genome) for my server I do not know any thing Any body can explain all step of this for me how I connect to internet how download graphical app and install it? (I connect to web with windows 7 and adsl internet)
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Apr 27, 2011
I've done the following:
But when I connect via, VNC I get a minimalist screen and console.
I ran "startx" and got this:
I need to get a real desktop environment running on this box.
Centos 5.5.
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Mar 23, 2010
i need to setup a demo desktop environment for ppl to try out a java based gui. i need to put this demo on a VPS server, run a vncserver, and use a web-based vnc viewer for ppl to access to it. what is the best desktop environment for this case, 1. my vps server only has about 200m memory left 2. i need to have java swing set running 3.it doesn't have to be cool, but it needs to be quick. i heard that freeNX is quicker, but i doubt there will be a web-based viewer around. i tried both gnome and xfce4 on my virtual machine and vnc to it, strangely i found out gnome is somehow faster than xfce4 which is supposed to be otherwise.
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May 13, 2011
I'm running a regular installation of Ubuntu 10.10 with Gnome.I would like to try LXDE and other desktop environment,BUT without installing the entire Lubuntu.Last time I tried something like that,I installed the kubuntu-desktop package which came with a ton of software I didn't want.I couldn't even remove it easily, so I followed a tutorial which made me remove some of the software I had BEFORE messing with KDE.So what I'm asking is simple-is there a standalone package that installs nothing but another desktop environment? I also want to be able to remove it with a simple apt-get remove.
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May 24, 2011
I've just rented a dedicated server from [URL]
Its a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 and I want to be able to use gnome desktop environment and connect to it with NX Client from my windows 7.
I have done the basics..
update
upgrade
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment
I have done this installations a couple of times before and everytime it's been working for me.
I emailed their support about it as well.
They told me it should work by just doing these first steps, but since it didn't they asked to take a look at it. So they did.
I got this mail back from them:
It seemed that your server is missing some packages/services.
Therefore, I need to ask you first if you acknowledge the ability of being charged with the additional support fee of 37,25 Euro per 15 minutes support?
I will never pay more for 15 minutes of support then I payed for the server thats for sure..
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Feb 25, 2010
I installed Fedora 12 on my computer using the install DVD and that worked fine. However, upon booting up, I was dismayed to find that all I could access was the command line where it says:
[root@localhost~]#
So naturally I went searching and found that the problem was that no desktop environment had been installed. So I went to try to install KDE since I really like the way its screenshots worked and a number of my friends recommended it. I hooked my computer into my router(since I'm finding wireless on my machine is going to be tricky right now) and used yum to try to install the desktop. I found the appropriate code at [URL] to install with yum. I promptly did and allowed yum to do its thing, downloading and installing all the necessary files after which I went through the steps on the website.
The problem comes now, when I try to boot my new desktop environment from the command line. After entering "startx" I get the following error:
xauth: creating nw authority file /root/serverauth.1250
xinit: No such file or directory (errno2): no server "/usr/bin//X" in PATH
Use the -- option or make sure that /usr/bin is in your path and that "/usr/bin/X" is a program or a link to the right type of server for your display.
Possible server names include:
Xorg Common X server for most displays
Xvfb Vertual frame buffer
Xfake kdrive-based virtual fram buffer
Xnest X server nested in a window on another x server
xephyr kdrive-based nested X server
xinit: Server error.
How to get the startx command to work. Or maybe I'm not even supposed to use startx...
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Feb 21, 2010
I have been looking around the web and forums for a while for the best way to set up a development office. I havent really found many specifics. I am with a new company is just starting to really take their development services seriously. We've added a couple developers and designers in the last month. I am trying to figure out a the best way to set up our environment.
We have a couple dedicated virtual servers with Media Temple. Currently, we develop everything under a subdomain of a domain we set up for development. When the site is ready to go live we move the site to its own domain. I cant believe this is the best way to go about things. So, what do you guys suggest as a setup? Software, versioning, etc. We have the ability to setup a test server in house and then push out changes to the production server but not really sure if that is needed.
We do mainly Wordpress development. If this should be posted in another area,
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Dec 7, 2010
I have two computers on my home lan I am trying to share files between...My desktop which is running Ubuntu Server 10.10 (x64) with a GUI, and my laptop which is running Ubuntu Desktop 10.04. I have tried a million different tutorials regarding SAMBA setup, but they never work.
In addition, most of those tutorials are geared towards hybrid Linux/Windows environment. I do not have any microsoft product in my home. I have created the share on my server, but I'm not sure how to connect to it from the laptop (once again at this point in the tutorials it explains how to access it from a Windows PC). I tried using the menu doing this:
Places-->Connect To Server-->Service Type-->Windows Share (for the server I tried my server hostname and IP) to no avail. Does anyone know of a recent step by step tutorial for setting up a complete Ubuntu environment? Is there a simpler method I can use since I do not particularly need to use SMB protocol?
All I want to do is share my music folder from my server so I can access it (from the same LAN) on my laptop...Arrrghhh frustrating.
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Feb 11, 2010
My problem is that I can't setup a diskless environment with CentOS 5.4 (server) and CentOS 3.9 (hosts). On the host, I've recompiled the CentOS 3.9 kernel, with these mods:
- added kernel level IP autoconfiguration;
- added NFS file system support;
- added Root file system on NFS;
- added e1000 driver (the host has a gigabit network card);
Then, I have followed the guide at this link: [URL]
But in my dhcpd.conf I'he put other parameters:
ddns-update-style interim;
allow bootp;
allow booting;
subnet 192.168.195.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range192.168.195.70 192.168.195.90;
option routers192.168.195.254;
option subnet-mask255.255.255.0;
option domain-name"lnf.infn.it";
option domain-name-servers192.168.195.254;
option time-offset-18000; # Eastern Standard Time
default-lease-time21600;
max-lease-time43200;
filename"linux-install/pxelinux.0";
next-server192.168.195.254;
}
host dante79 {
option host-name"dante79";
hardware ethernet00:20:38:01:C3:7C;
fixed-address192.168.195.79;
}
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Feb 17, 2011
I don't understand the difference between installing via the Ubuntu Desktop Edition Windows installer and Live CD. I have an x64 system and I'm switching over from Fedora 14, so I'm specifically looking for whatever will make it easiest for me to neatly clear out the Fedora partition during installation.
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Apr 14, 2010
I own a VPS (Virtual Private Server) and I would like to install a desktop environment on it. After installing the desktop enviroment, I would like to install a VNC server on the VPS, after that I would like to be able to configure the VNC server remotely via SSH and then log in using VNC to connect to that VPS. Is that possible? The reason I wanted to do that is because I want to use their internet connection to browse the web, their speed is like 6 times faster than mine because they have backbone which I can't afford.
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Feb 4, 2011
I am installing Ilias 4.1.4 is the lastes stable version on a Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit server with all the dependencies satisfied.
[URL]
Download ilias-4.1.4.zip and install on a Ubuntu 10.04 server. Now just when all the steps are done I log out since now the installation has finished immediately upon logging out I am at following URL (the installation has just finished)
[URL]
Quote:
Fatal Error: ilInitialisation::initClientIniFile called without CLIENT_ID.
I start searching net for above error and do not get any useful information.After some time I press back button and accidentally reached
Quote:
[URL]
and see some sort of screen that asks for a client ID. How can I get rid of this error
Quote:
Fatal Error: ilInitialisation::initClientIniFile called without CLIENT_ID.
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Mar 11, 2011
I have installed ubuntu-desktop and can log in fine. Whenever I start Synaptic, etc and am prompted for my password I am told it is incorrect. I reinstalled ubuntu server and tried the same thing with xubuntu-desktop and I experience the same thing.
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Jun 16, 2010
I am trying to install "GNOME Desktop Environment" on my server. i used the following command: yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment" I got it from this tutorial: [URL].. Now when i started the installation on my centOS 5 server. i got the following error please see this image: [URL].. Now i wanted to know how can i fix that issue.
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Jan 25, 2011
I installed today's boat load of updates. During the installation a Microsoft agree to the EULA screen came up from the referenced package. Screw that I said and did not agree. The update installations seemed to run with no problems. This evening I found that the fonts used by an application which I run under wine (Forte Agent news reader) had gone to crap. All very light and hard to read.
I manually installed the offending package and agreed to the EULA. It downloaded and installed a bunch of fonts. The wine environment seems to be OK.So then I restored my OS from a recent g4l snap shot. I installed all updates except for 4 related to ttf fonts. Again the wine environment seems OK.Why is Canonical providing something which requires a Microsoft EULA I wonder?
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Dec 12, 2010
Ubuntu @ Powerbook G4 400mhz
What's about:
I'm trying to install Ubuntu (or lubuntu) to this old Powerbook [URL] with 400mhz PPC CPU. I got it instslled and can use the terminal, but can't get the xserver running! The problem is the display is verey sensitiv with correct resulution and frequency, if it is not OK, it will not show enything (well, some colors like northern lights but nothing else ) I can login using the keyboard and hear the logon sound of gnome. but of cause i cant see anything I got no external monitor for testing.
Now the big question: how can i setup the grafic card in the actuel version of ubuntu? here i found some info, but it's not working anymore with 10.10 [URL]
here i found the following datas for the screen:
resolution: 1152x768horizontal
31-46 vertikal
50-70
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Apr 6, 2010
I recently did a fresh install of Windows 7 on my laptop, then shrunk my partition and set aside some free space for Ubuntu. When I went to install Ubuntu, however, it told me that no operating systems had been detected on the system. I ignored this message and just installed Ubuntu on the free space, but when the installation was finished, GRUB failed to recognize Windows 7 as well and would only boot into Ubuntu.
After several attempts at getting GRUB to see W7, I eventually gave up and used my W7 CD to reinstall the Windows bootloader which, naturally, didn't detect Ubuntu and would only allow me to boot Windows.
I've tried messing around with my Windows partition a bit, but no matter what configuration I use, I can't seem to get the Karmic installer to see it. I've resorted to using WUBI for now, but I'd really like to have Ubuntu on its own partition in case something goes wrong with Windows; plus, I'd love to be able to use ext4 and GRUB. Anybody know how I can get around this issue?
I've used the same install CD on several other machines with Windows 7 and it recognized them just fine. It's only this one computer that's having the issue.
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Sep 18, 2010
I loaded ATI graphics driver, and it stopped Karmic from booting.I boot from Hardy GRUB, and added only the main entry for Karmic, not the recovery menu entry, so...I need to somehow reconfigure Karmic X to NOT load ATI driver, but VESA driver.edit:How do I find the Karmic GRUB? If I can point Hardy GRUB -> Karmic GRUB, then I can do Karmic recovery mode, to reconfigure Karmic X...
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Mar 28, 2011
It was in getting things set up, but I would like to go back to a ChUI-only environment.
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Jun 6, 2010
I installed Gnome desktop environment recently then ;I' ve lost KDE desktop effects settings. I just can see Compiz Configirator. I cant configure effects independently. There is same settings in gnome and kde. And also I cant change windows appearence.
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Jul 20, 2011
a server at work has been accessed through the desktop environment as root. I know this is a risk and since I have never done it before I was wondering if there are any files created by the desktop that could compromise the system and how could I clean it up.
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Jan 27, 2010
I am a total noob with regards Linux so will undoubtedly frequent this board asking some lame questions in the coming weeks. At present I am trying to setup a LAMP Server on an old desktop machine I have lying about, however there is not going to be a keyboard, monitor or mouse attached beyond the installation process. My question simply is am I best installing the server or desktop version of Ubuntu for this requirement?
I have been playing with Desktop 9.04 and found it tough to use headlessly, however understand that Server 9.04 fully supports headless access. Being a newbie I do prefer to use the GUI to make changes and generally play around, so a UI such as GNOME would be essential. Having read about I understand the best way to access remotely is to install SSHServer and VNCServer and then login over SSH and VNC into the box.My remote machine I will use to connect to Ubuntu is a Windoze 7/XP machine.
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Mar 27, 2010
I'm running Karmic Server with GRUB2 on a Dell XPS 420. Everything was running fine until I changed 2 BIOS settings in an attempt to make my Virtual Box guests run faster. I turned on SpeedStep and Virtualization, rebooted, and I was slapped in the face with a grub error 15. I can't, in my wildest dreams, imagine how these two settings could cause a problem for GRUB, but they have. To make matters worse, I've set my server up to use Luks encrypted LVMs on soft-RAID. From what I can gather, it seems my only hope is to reinstall GRUB. So, I've tried to follow the Live CD instructions outlined in the following article (adding the necessary steps to mount my RAID volumes and LVMs). [URL]
If I try mounting the root lvm as 'dev/vg-root' on /mnt and the boot partition as 'dev/md0' on /mnt/boot, when I try to run the command $sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/md0, I get an errors: grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea. grub-setup: error: Embedding is not possible, but this is required when the root device is on a RAID array or LVM volume.
Somewhere in my troubleshooting, I also tried mounting the root lvm as 'dev/mapper/vg-root'. This results in the grub-install error: $sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/md0 Invalid device 'dev/md0'
Obviously, neither case fixes the problem. I've been searching and troubleshooting for several hours this evening, and I must have my system operational by Monday morning. That means if I don't have a solution by pretty early tomorrow morning...I'm screwed. A full rebuild will by my only option.
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Feb 21, 2010
I am playing around with the idea of being able to use a cloud or instance based service to install Ubuntu 9.10 Server. This will enable me to have remote access via SSH command line.So far, I've installed Ubuntu 9.10 Server + Ubuntu Desktop to a virtual machine. I can access this via SSH and locally via the desktop. However, in the real environment the only access I am going to have initially is via SSH.
I would like to be able to connect using Windows Remote Desktop or VNC (whichever is easier and most importantly - most secure) to the machine.. even though the desktop is on there, I need to somehow configure the remote access all from the command line.I've had a read of various forums and have been trawling support forums for days but can't find a working solution for 9.10 Server or that fits my situation above where I will not have any physical access to the desktop or machine to configure remote desktop. It all has to be done via SSH/command line.
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Jan 6, 2010
I am trying to set up a remote server on an old desktop that i have and i am running into problems. I have the packet installed but i can not get it to run. When ever I enter /sbin/service sshd start
I get Generating SSH1 RSA host key:[FAILED] and i can not for the life of me figure it out. Running fedora 12
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Sep 1, 2011
I've used Ubuntu 4 years ago now I'm installing a new version. How do I get the X Window environment setup, instead of Windows environment that I'm seeing ?. I need something like KDE and XTerm.
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Feb 12, 2010
I'm trying to setup a PXE boot environment.Now the diskless machine reads in vmlinuz and initrd.lz from the /tftpboot directory of the dhcp server machine (host name: antilop, runing slackware 11.0).There is a NFS export named /usr/data/ubuntu on antilop (which can be mounted from the client when runing mandriva mcnlive Toronto)When I'm trying to boot with PXE, the kernel and initrd starts, eth0 gets a valid ip address.Then a lot of error messages appear saying: NFS over TCP not available from 192.168.1.48 <- this is antilop, my DHCP server and NFS server too.
Here is the content of the /tftpboot directory:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34 2010-02-11 20:49 boot.txt
-rwxr--r-- 1 tjp users 75564 2009-10-05 16:08 gpxelinux.0*
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 5755032 2009-10-28 00:00 initrd.lz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2592 2010-02-12 12:59 pxelinux.cfg/
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3890400 2009-10-16 00:00 vmlinuz
Here is the contents of my /pxelinux.cfg/default:
default aaaa
label aaaa
kernel vmlinuz
append boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=192.168.1.48:/usr/data/ubuntu initrd=initrd.lz
There is no process listening on tcp port 2049 (on antilop)I asked my friend google but it didn't give a satisfying answer so far.Some said that no nfs-over-tcp exists on slackware, some said nfs clients trying over tcp must fallback to udp.
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Mar 11, 2010
I have setup samba and shared /var/www/html on a shared folder so that i can access the folder directly via my IDE, however i cannor write file in there, is there any better way of doing it ?
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