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Mouse can't work on Ubuntu Server (minmal virtual machine mode) in VBox VM. I ran:

sudo aptitude install --without-recommends xserver-xorg-core
sudo aptitude install jwm
startx

output:

-bash: startx: command not found.

Update: OK, xinit was missing.

Update 2: So I ran: 

sudo aptitude --without-recommends install xinit

installation ok, then: 

startx

output:

/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: 3: exec: /usr/bin/X: not found
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error

Update 3: Some package were left out! So I purged all before mentioned and reinstalled all three except no --without-recommends flag this time.
Apparently I can access the simple graphical desktop but with problems. Mouse won't move. Output from tty; can't roll up, it has cancel at this point (or has it ended outputing?)

loading extension GLX
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but has 2 symbols
Ignoring extra symbols
Erros from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

Update 4: Installed guest additions and begins to master the game.

Thanks for your time.

capum
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    You also need `sudo apt-get install xinit` for `/usr/bin/startx`. – yaegashi Aug 04 '15 at 05:33
  • well done, but I would like hit for essential. I read question [link](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/128860/minimal-x-org-xserver-installation-on-debian-wheezy) and realized they are xinits' fork. If I follow it up `xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel`, as my video chipset is intel, would it handle the basic graphic output (in place of xinit)? – capum Aug 06 '15 at 01:50
  • Sorry I cannot get what you want to ask exactly. You might as well [edit your post](http://unix.stackexchange.com/posts/220059/edit) or open a new question to describe details clearly. – yaegashi Aug 06 '15 at 02:17
  • Have you looked for X in /usr/bin/? Also look in /etc/X11/. If you have it in/etc/X11/ you could try to link it in /usr/bin, but I'm not certain if this will work. Or try sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-video-fbdev – Spilt_Blood Aug 13 '15 at 03:39
  • sorry, actually the output is for `startx`. how do I link it ? – capum Aug 13 '15 at 04:10
  • ln -s /path/to/file /path/to/symlink – Spilt_Blood Aug 13 '15 at 06:07
  • There is no X folder in /usr/bin/ *but* has X11 and /etc/X11 also exists. I tried with those packages (input-all and video-fbdev) with no positive results. What should I do? – capum Aug 14 '15 at 01:41
  • sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-core will remove all packages and configs installed by this package group. Try a fresh install of X without the --without-recomends. I'm afraid that you might be missing some vital packages this way. That is all I can give you since I'm not a guru. – Spilt_Blood Aug 14 '15 at 07:05
  • help would be much appreciated. – capum Aug 21 '15 at 03:20

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