New to Linux (centos) - need to find out if I have GUI

[lin123]

I am absolutely new to Linux... trying to set up a telephony server...so installed Trixbox that includes Centos distribution. Now I need to figure out how to start a GUI.
- How do I find out if I have a GUI - GNOME or KDE
- If I do, how do I run it?
- If not, how do I download and install it and then run

- How do I find out if I have web browser like Firefox
- If I do, how do I run it?
- If not, how do I download and install it and then run

I am connected to a network and to the Internet..I can ping the outside world like Google.

Help!

[Dapper Dan]

CentOS comes with Gnome so that should be there IF it is installed. From the command line as su:

gdm

If it comes up, sign in as regular user. If it doesn't come up, try:

startx

If you don't get a little "X" followed by some sort of window manager or desktop environment, there should be errors. Post those errors here please.


EDIT: I'm not familiar with this distro, but looking at these screenshots, it could be that it has Xwindows and a minimal window manager so you can work from Firefox. Startx should get you something... when it comes up, run the command:

firefox

[lin123]

I tried typing in
#gdm ...got error
-bash: gdm: command not found

#startx
-bash: gdm: command not found

#firefox
-bash: gdm: command not found

[Dapper Dan]

Hmmm. I Unless someone here has any other ideas for you, I think you're going to have to ask the folks at Trixbox for help. Maybe they have a forum or something. Sorry I couldn't help.

[carlosponti]

cd over to /etc and see if X11 folder is there if not it means you installed CentOS without a gui. and someone can help you install it. if its there log in as root and try startx.