Robert Benjamin wrote:
On 3/26/2013 1:23 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Robert Benjamin wrote:
Newbie here. Need help with a thread that has about 25 posts. Noreplies in a few days. The thread is in software support for centos 6 and the subject of the thread is Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install. Have had limited success in getting a login screen but once I logout, I can't get back in again. It was mentioned in the thread that the problem is likely in Network Configuration. I have no GUI (gnome) no
mouse, no
terminal, and keyboard use only with Ctl+Alt+F2. Can login as root but have no luck getting the GUI to appear or to get a user login screen. Thanks in advance for your help.
I think you need to take another entry-level course in English, in writing....
Sounds like several problems, from what I can tell from the contorted para, above. First, you appear to have a problem with X. Does the correct driver *work*?
Questions for this: what video card? Video card is what camewith Dell Inspiron PC. do you have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (not
subdirectory) How would I find a file from that black F2 screen?
Am I wrong, or do you not understand that the "black F@ screen" is a normal, standard shell window?
if so, what driver is it showing?
Driver? Where can I find the driver you refer to?
In the file that I mentioned, above.
Next: you can't log back in (as you?), but can as root. Questions for this: what's in /var/log/secure after you've tried? Ctl_Alt+F2 from gnome screen (screenshot posted in thread) gives me a login prompt on a text screen I assume. Can login as root there. Once I rebooted from there with Clt+Alt+ Del and got a GUI and logged in. When I closed it I was unable to log back in except with the Ctl+Alt+F2 keys and this gets me back to a black screen with a login prompt and just the keyboard works.
That's a console window. And if you can log in as root, you can look at anything, including the files I've mentioned.
Or /var/log/messages? what's in your username entry in /etc/password for shell?
Have no way to find out what's in /var/log/messages or in username entry in /etc/password for shell.
What do you mean, you have no way to find out? Can't you log in as root?
The only things I can enter are on the black screen where I log in as root. Then have to write down the output, go to win7 and use email to reply to you and then back to Centos if needed.
I can't even get a terminal screen to use for anything.
I think you need to stop, and go read an introduction to Linux, since you seem to be telling me you have no idea what I'm talking about when I tell you what files to look at, nor how to look at them, nor how to save output. In fact, *if* I understand correctly, you seem to be telling me that you don't have any idea how to use a command line.
As a friend said once, "yo mama dresses you funny, and you need a mouse to delete files"
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