red hat user interface urgent

[Waldher, Travis R]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens at vitalstream.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 11:21 AM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: red hat user interface urgent
> 
> On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 10:05 -0700, som sahi wrote:
> > Hi I am using red hat linux 4 upgarde 2.
> > Please let me know whether it is command based only or it has user
> > interface also.
> > And if it has user interface how to use it or find it
> > My support team saying no user interface.it is command based only.
> 
> Your support team had better do some reading.  What they said is
> patently false.  Read on...
> 

It is possible that his support team is either not installing the X
interface on the machines, or if he has access to the server itself they
aren't allowing X to start on the console.

We don't run "X" on our server consoles for reliability reasons.  We've
had XWindows up and die on it's own in the past, in the process causing
the machine to not boot.  (At least I couldn't find any admins to claim
that they changed any X related files) The simple response was, after
fixing the server, just bring up our servers in runtime level 3.
Afterall, who needs a GUI on a server console?

Just saying that what they said, while patently false for the operating
system, may be accurate for how they configured their environment.

Travis