minimal CD --> startx

[Murat D. Kadirov]

On 15.09.2012 17:27, Thufir wrote:
> I'm planning a clean install of 12.04 from the minimal CD (yes, this is
> the disc I want to use).  I want to just install enough of a system to run
> "startx" from the terminal, but explicitly want nothing more.
>
> Has startx been deprecated with:
>
> sudo service gdm start
>
>
> Also, which package(s) do I need to install just for the simplest
> X Windows system?

apt-get install xinit xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg 
xserver-xorg-input-kbd

Replace xserver-xorg-video-intel with video driver for your video card.

Here is what I was using for installing my system from scratch with very 
tuning packages selection.
Add 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' and 'APT::Install-Suggests "0";' to 
/etc/apt/apt.conf. I am using fluxbox.

apt-get install fluxbox xdm xinit xserver-xorg-video-intel 
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg xterm xfonts-terminus mutt mc 
p7zip-full mplayer lynx wpasupplicant ttf-ubuntu-font-family 
light-themes lxappearance unrar unzip evince-gtk firefox 
ubuntu-restricted-extras ttf-mscorefonts-installer flashplugin-installer 
libreoffice-writer libreoffice-impress libreoffice-calc libreoffice-gtk 
pidgin thunderbird vim newsbeuter network-manager network-manager-gnome 
mobile-broadband-provider-info notification-daemon 
xserver-xorg-input-kbd xcompmgr transset volumeicon network-manager 
network-manager-gnome libpam-ck-connector network-manager-pptp 
modemmanager usb-modeswitch brosero virtualbox



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