#Install startx install
#Install startx plus

#Install startx install

sudo apt-get install -y raspberrypi-ui-mods rpi-chromium-mods sudo reboot. Interesting in learning Linux Administration? Check out this administration Bootcamp course. to login as root Installation Instructions / 1 install a KDE Developer Debian in VMWare Workstation 11 fully automated Its not a grub. This will get you a really stripped down PIXEL installation Tested on Jessi and Stretch. I hope the above helps you to boot CentOS in graphical desktop mode. yum groups install 'KDE Plasma Workspaces' If you are not a GNOME fan then Alternatively, you may install the KDE environment with the below command.

Restart the CentOS, and it should be booted in GNOME GUI mode.

Open a terminal and execute the following command.

But when try to run startx command, it fails with following error: xinit: connection to X server lost waiting for X server to shut down (EE) Server terminated successfully.

#Install startx plus

The server is running RHEL7, installed as a minimal server, only the core and 'X window system' package group plus xterm are installed.

So you need to preserve the settings to start in graphical mode every time you boot the OS. Can't start the X server using the startx command, while the basic xinit command works. When you reboot your CentOS, you will see the command prompt again. You need to go through accepting a license, creating a user, configuring language, keyboard type to set up for the first time, and finally, you will have the CentOS desktop. It will take a few minutes to install the packages needed for GNOME and once done use вЂњstartxвЂќ command. sudo apt-get install -no-install-recommends xserver-xorg. LetвЂ™s install GNOME Desktop with the following command. The essential step is to install the Xorg Display Server. If you are in the same situation then here is how you can install the necessary package to boot in GUI (Graphical User Interface) mode. It looks like Desktop Environment was not installed for some reason. If you're going to need network access to download or install more tools, perhaps. Lately, I installed CentOS 7 in VMWare, and it was all good until it booted in CLI (Command Line Interface) mode. And typing startx will load a fast and light GUI desktop.