Please ... any info on how to proceed???
After I made sure it had the correct sha256sum, and after I burned it to DVD, and and dd'd the DVD back to a temp file and again checked the sha256sum of the temp file, all was OK. Same sha256sum.
So, I rebooted the machine and it booted up from the DVD. I got a message that it was not using VNC, Then after that immediately an error came out saying something about xbi...something not working. Machine did not proceed any further. I rebooted agian and agian, same error.
The machine is a Dell Latitude E6500, Dual Core 2.8GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HD.
Any info on this?
On my phone, I have an image of the screen when the error is belched out. I have to yet be able to extract it out of the phone. Since I have no OS to run on my machine, I am using the live Knoppix, which has no sense to mount the storage of the android phone; so the I am unable to attach it, nor a way to upload it to a free upload site.
See my second reply to your earlier message.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 7:47 PM, JD jd1008@gmail.com wrote:
Please ... any info on how to proceed???
After I made sure it had the correct sha256sum, and after I burned it to DVD, and and dd'd the DVD back to a temp file and again checked the sha256sum of the temp file, all was OK. Same sha256sum.
So, I rebooted the machine and it booted up from the DVD. I got a message that it was not using VNC, Then after that immediately an error came out saying something about xbi...something not working. Machine did not proceed any further. I rebooted agian and agian, same error.
The machine is a Dell Latitude E6500, Dual Core 2.8GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HD.
Any info on this?
On my phone, I have an image of the screen when the error is belched out. I have to yet be able to extract it out of the phone. Since I have no OS to run on my machine, I am using the live Knoppix, which has no sense to mount the storage of the android phone; so the I am unable to attach it, nor a way to upload it to a free upload site. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I did see your post.
So, even though the sha256sum was perfect on the iso file and on the DVD, it failed to install. I then used a usb flash drive and booted the flash drive to do the install. It also failed. The screen image I took with my camera can be viewed at https://www.sendspace.com/file/4828ej
The questions I have are: why VNC ??? VNC is a horribly insecure protocol. Why would I want someone from outside viewing my installation? Why is the X server looking for display :1 ?? I only have one display screen on the laptop, so the display is :0
This is a horribly broken ISO spin.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Francis Gerund ranrund@gmail.com wrote:
See my second reply to your earlier message.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 7:47 PM, JD jd1008@gmail.com wrote:
Please ... any info on how to proceed???
After I made sure it had the correct sha256sum, and after I burned it to DVD, and and dd'd the DVD back to a temp file and again checked the sha256sum of the temp file, all was OK. Same sha256sum.
So, I rebooted the machine and it booted up from the DVD. I got a message that it was not using VNC, Then after that immediately an error came out saying something about xbi...something not working. Machine did not proceed any further. I rebooted agian and agian, same error.
The machine is a Dell Latitude E6500, Dual Core 2.8GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HD.
Any info on this?
On my phone, I have an image of the screen when the error is belched out. I have to yet be able to extract it out of the phone. Since I have no OS to run on my machine, I am using the live Knoppix, which has no sense to mount the storage of the android phone; so the I am unable to attach it, nor a way to upload it to a free upload site. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 09:16:07AM -0700, JD wrote:
I did see your post.
So, even though the sha256sum was perfect on the iso file and on the DVD, it failed to install. I then used a usb flash drive and booted the flash drive to do the install. It also failed. The screen image I took with my camera can be viewed at https://www.sendspace.com/file/4828ej
The questions I have are: why VNC ??? VNC is a horribly insecure protocol. Why would I want someone from outside viewing my installation? Why is the X server looking for display :1 ?? I only have one display screen on the laptop, so the display is :0
This is a horribly broken ISO spin.
I don't recall seeing that you mentioned WHICH iso you downloaded...
The reference to VNC looks to me as if it is kind of a last-ditch fallback.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Francis Gerund ranrund@gmail.com wrote:
See my second reply to your earlier message.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 7:47 PM, JD jd1008@gmail.com wrote:
Please ... any info on how to proceed???
After I made sure it had the correct sha256sum, and after I burned it to DVD, and and dd'd the DVD back to a temp file and again checked the sha256sum of the temp file, all was OK. Same sha256sum.
So, I rebooted the machine and it booted up from the DVD. I got a message that it was not using VNC, Then after that immediately an error came out saying something about xbi...something not working. Machine did not proceed any further. I rebooted agian and agian, same error.
The machine is a Dell Latitude E6500, Dual Core 2.8GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HD.
Any info on this?
On my phone, I have an image of the screen when the error is belched out. I have to yet be able to extract it out of the phone. Since I have no OS to run on my machine, I am using the live Knoppix, which has no sense to mount the storage of the android phone; so the I am unable to attach it, nor a way to upload it to a free upload site. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 09:16:07AM -0700, JD wrote:
The screen image I took with my camera can be viewed at https://www.sendspace.com/file/4828ej
The questions I have are: why VNC ??? VNC is a horribly insecure protocol. Why would I want someone from outside viewing my installation? Why is the X server looking for display :1 ?? I only have one display screen on the laptop, so the display is :0
This is a horribly broken ISO spin.
Looked at your image.
It appears the graphical installation failed to start. Did you read the text? Did you try the suggestion? I'll retype it here:
* if the graphical installation fails to start, try again with the inst.text bootoption to start text installation
I suspect that for whatever reason, the graphical installer is failing on your laptop, probably because it doesn't support your video card. Try the text-based installer. Sadly, laptops are so varied its quite often that the video hardware simply isn't supported during install, and needs a 3rd-party driver to even work.
Don't get too excited about the VNC suggestion. Anaconda (the software performing the install) has the option to use VNC for a graphical install if you are installing a headless server. You're just seeing anaconda log a comment that it wouldn't be available since you didn't configure networking in the anaconda boot options. So it's not even trying it. You're just seeing a verbose log entry.
I have not been able to enter the edit screen to edit the boot options and add inst.txt
On 06/09/2015 10:55 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 09:16:07AM -0700, JD wrote:
The screen image I took with my camera can be viewed at https://www.sendspace.com/file/4828ej
The questions I have are: why VNC ??? VNC is a horribly insecure protocol. Why would I want someone from outside viewing my installation? Why is the X server looking for display :1 ?? I only have one display screen on the laptop, so the display is :0
This is a horribly broken ISO spin.
Looked at your image.
It appears the graphical installation failed to start. Did you read the text? Did you try the suggestion? I'll retype it here:
- if the graphical installation fails to start, try again with the inst.text bootoption to start text installation
I suspect that for whatever reason, the graphical installer is failing on your laptop, probably because it doesn't support your video card. Try the text-based installer. Sadly, laptops are so varied its quite often that the video hardware simply isn't supported during install, and needs a 3rd-party driver to even work.
Don't get too excited about the VNC suggestion. Anaconda (the software performing the install) has the option to use VNC for a graphical install if you are installing a headless server. You're just seeing anaconda log a comment that it wouldn't be available since you didn't configure networking in the anaconda boot options. So it's not even trying it. You're just seeing a verbose log entry.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 03:12:43PM -0600, jd1008 wrote:
I have not been able to enter the edit screen to edit the boot options and add inst.txt
It is 'inst.text'. Not 'inst.txt'.
Read this for setting up custom boot options to the installer:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/htm...
On 06/12/2015 09:03 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 03:12:43PM -0600, jd1008 wrote:
I have not been able to enter the edit screen to edit the boot options and add inst.txt
It is 'inst.text'. Not 'inst.txt'.
Read this for setting up custom boot options to the installer:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/htm...
I found a web page that outlines step by step the process to upgrade from 6.x to 7. See http://linuxsysconfig.com/2014/07/upgrade-to-centos-7/
I installed the rpms it provides links for and I will try to upgrade after I have done the necessary backup.
Cheers, JD
On 06/12/2015 09:03 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 03:12:43PM -0600, jd1008 wrote:
I have not been able to enter the edit screen to edit the boot options and add inst.txt
It is 'inst.text'. Not 'inst.txt'.
Read this for setting up custom boot options to the installer:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/htm...
Too dangerous!!! This is why: |inst.text| Forces the installation program to run in text mode instead of graphical mode. The text user interface is limited, for example, *it does not allow you to modify the partition layout* or set up LVM.
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