Bug#357188: (minimal X task)

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

> Well, check the tasksel bug reports. I wonder whether there is already
> such a suggestion or not (I bet there is one....I just can't check
> right now).
> 
> Anyway, "aptitude install x-window-system" or something similar should
> do the trick.
> 
> The problem, as often in tasksel, is getting the picture of "what is
> actually commonly accepted to be included in a minimal X system task",
> ie making choices. This is something that Debian is not always very
> good at (making decisions...).


The servers that I maintain are headless. No X-window display server
is installed, but the packages xbase-clients and xterm are.
The file /etc/ssh/sshd_config has the line
 X11Forwarding yes

>From my workstation, which has a X display server, I do
  ssh -X hls xterm
to get a X-terminal on hls (Head Less Server)


HtH
Geert Stappers