
see the below error ~]# startx xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.22588 X.Org X Server 1.10.6 Release Date: X Hi Stephen, i have tried the above steps, everything installed but i couldn't not able to do startx. Option #1 is an easy one-line fix and probably preferred, as it allows you to update or reinstall GNOME-related packages without always using the additional "-exclude" parameters or worrying about accidentally removing the WALinuxAgent package. exclude=NetworkManager -exclude=NetworkManager-gnome

# yum groupinstall basic-desktop desktop-platform x11 fonts \

NetworkManager package, which as has been discussed in other documentation should not be installed on Azure VMs and conflicts with our WALinuxAgent package. Unfortunately, installing the GNOME desktop packages also requires the Many users want to install a desktop environment such as GNOME on CentOS VMs running on Azure, which they can then connect to using remote display utilities such as VNC or FreeNX.
