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Okay, just got it working. For a fresh "Raspbian Jessie lite" I installed:

sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xinit pciutils xinput xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable upower

Now, I suspect just xserver-xorg, an server-xorg-video-* package, and xinit are necessary for minimal startx installation, but the above seems more logical for a typical setup. You may need to tweak packages as necessary.

For fun be sure to grab chromium-browser too. Then you can try Chromium in kiosk mode:

startx /usr/bin/chromium-browser http://www.google.com/ --window-size=1920,1080 --start-fullscreen --kiosk --

The --window-size=1920,1080 --start-fullscreen options force a resize of the browser to the resolution specified (provided the actual dimensions don't exceed 1920x1080).

Have fun!

This is what I did for a basic "no DE (desktop environment)" setup. There are probably better posts out there for specfic DEs. But this post seems to be about simple Xorg setup and being able to run it on the command-line using startx. For my tests, I used a fresh "Raspbian Jessie lite". The packages I installed:

sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xinit pciutils xinput xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable

Now, xserver-xorg, an server-xorg-video-* package, and xinit are the only packages necessary for minimal startx installation, howeve the other packages are reasonable for a kiosk setup using real applications. As always, you may need to tweak packages as necessary.

For fun be sure to grab chromium-browser too. Then you can try Chromium in kiosk mode:

startx /usr/bin/chromium-browser http://www.google.com/ --window-size=1920,1080 --start-fullscreen --kiosk --

The --window-size=1920,1080 --start-fullscreen options force a resize of the browser to the resolution specified (provided the actual dimensions don't exceed 1920x1080).

Have fun!

Okay, just got it working. For a fresh "Raspbian Jessie lite" I installed:

sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xinit pciutils xinput xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable upower

Now, I suspect just xserver-xorg, an server-xorg-video-* package, and xinit are necessary for minimal startx installation, but the above seems more logical for a typical setup. You may need to tweak packages as necessary.

For fun be sure to grab chromium-browser too. Then you can try Chromium in kiosk mode:

startx /usr/bin/chromium-browser http://www.google.com/ --window-size=10000,10000 --start-fullscreen --kiosk --

The --window-size=10000,10000 --start-fullscreen options force a resize of the browser to the current resolution (provided it's smaller than 10000x10000). I had the resize problem when fiddling with the final resolution of the display and this seemed to do the trick.

Have fun!

Okay, just got it working. For a fresh "Raspbian Jessie lite" I installed:

sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xinit pciutils xinput xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable upower

Now, I suspect just xserver-xorg, an server-xorg-video-* package, and xinit are necessary for minimal startx installation, but the above seems more logical for a typical setup. You may need to tweak packages as necessary.

For fun be sure to grab chromium-browser too. Then you can try Chromium in kiosk mode:

startx /usr/bin/chromium-browser http://www.google.com/ --window-size=1920,1080 --start-fullscreen --kiosk --

The --window-size=1920,1080 --start-fullscreen options force a resize of the browser to the resolution specified (provided the actual dimensions don't exceed 1920x1080).

Have fun!

Okay, just got it working. For a fresh "Raspbian Jessie lite" I installed, at least:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg lightdm pciutils xinput xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable upower xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xinit

Now, I suspect just xserver-xorg, xinit, and an server-xorg-video-* package(s) are necessary for minimal startx installation, but the above seems more logical for a typical setup. Later, I intend to roll back to a cleaner version to confirm these thoughts. When I change my documentation, I'll update my findings. You may need to tweak packages as necessary.

For fun be sure to grab chromium-browser too. Then you can try Chromium in kiosk mode:

startx /usr/bin/chromium-browser http://www.google.com/ --window-size=10000,10000 --start-fullscreen --kiosk --

The --window-size=10000,10000 --start-fullscreen options force a resize of the browser to the current resolution (provided it's smaller than 10000x10000). I had the resize problem when fiddling with the final resolution of the display.

Have fun!

Okay, just got it working. For a fresh "Raspbian Jessie lite" I installed:

sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xinit pciutils xinput xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable upower

Now, I suspect just xserver-xorg, an server-xorg-video-* package, and xinit are necessary for minimal startx installation, but the above seems more logical for a typical setup. You may need to tweak packages as necessary.

For fun be sure to grab chromium-browser too. Then you can try Chromium in kiosk mode:

startx /usr/bin/chromium-browser http://www.google.com/ --window-size=10000,10000 --start-fullscreen --kiosk --

The --window-size=10000,10000 --start-fullscreen options force a resize of the browser to the current resolution (provided it's smaller than 10000x10000). I had the resize problem when fiddling with the final resolution of the display and this seemed to do the trick.

Have fun!