On 10/17/18 9:29 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > On 10/17/18 9:03 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> >> On 10/17/18 9:01 AM, Pablo Sebastián Greco wrote: >>> >>> El 17/10/18 a las 09:58, Robert Moskowitz escribió: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/17/18 8:51 AM, Pablo Sebastián Greco wrote: >>>>> >>>>> El 17/10/18 a las 09:45, Robert Moskowitz escribió: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 10/17/18 5:27 AM, Pablo Sebastián Greco wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Robert, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> El 15/10/18 a las 17:54, Robert Moskowitz escribió: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anyway, I am putting Centos-arm work away and going back to >>>>>>>> Nethserver (which is still Centos-arm) until Pablo is able to >>>>>>>> make the necessary DE group(s). Or someone else much more >>>>>>>> skilled than I. >>>>>>> Yesterday I got the xml from epel, and now the groups are >>>>>>> available in our rebuild. >>>>>>> I didn't automate it yet, so I need to rebuild repodata manually >>>>>>> to add the groups, so they may not be there all the time. >>>>>> >>>>>> I see what you mean. I did a yum clean all on my working image, >>>>>> and there it was! >>>>>> >>>>>> So I wiped the image by laying down the minimal again. Did >>>>>> firstboot and yum update and then tried >>>>>> >>>>>> yum groupinstall xfce >>>>>> >>>>>> And it was not there. >>>>>> >>>>>> Did a yum clean all and yum group list and now no xfce >>>>>> >>>>>> :( >>>>>> >>>>>> So I will check back later >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I'm seeing it ATM >>>> >>>> I think it has not gone to all the mirrors: >>>> >>>> # yum clean metadata >>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror >>>> Cleaning repos: base centos-kernel extras updates >>>> 14 metadata files removed >>>> 8 sqlite files removed >>>> 0 metadata files removed >>>> [root at ct-c7 ~]# yum groups list >>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror >>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile >>>> * base: ftp.osuosl.org >>>> * centos-kernel: ftp.osuosl.org >>>> * extras: ftp.osuosl.org >>>> * updates: ftp.osuosl.org >>>> base | 3.8 >>>> kB 00:00 >>>> centos-kernel | 2.9 >>>> kB 00:00 >>>> extras | 2.9 >>>> kB 00:00 >>>> updates | 2.9 >>>> kB 00:00 >>>> (1/5): base/7/armhfp/group_gz | 155 >>>> kB 00:06 >>>> (2/5): centos-kernel/7/armhfp/primary_db | 49 >>>> kB 00:07 >>>> (3/5): extras/7/armhfp/primary_db | 161 >>>> kB 00:07 >>>> (4/5): updates/7/armhfp/primary_db | 885 >>>> kB 00:08 >>>> (5/5): base/7/armhfp/primary_db | 4.1 >>>> MB 00:08 >>>> Available Environment Groups: >>>> Minimal Install >>>> Compute Node >>>> Infrastructure Server >>>> File and Print Server >>>> Basic Web Server >>>> Virtualization Host >>>> Server with GUI >>>> GNOME Desktop >>>> KDE Plasma Workspaces >>>> Development and Creative Workstation >>>> Available Groups: >>>> Compatibility Libraries >>>> Console Internet Tools >>>> Development Tools >>>> Graphical Administration Tools >>>> Legacy UNIX Compatibility >>>> Scientific Support >>>> Security Tools >>>> Smart Card Support >>>> System Administration Tools >>>> System Management >>>> Done >>>> >>>> How do I force the mirror to what you are using? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> There are no mirrors for epel/armhfp, but either way, I don't see >>> epel in your message ;-) >> >> Oops! > > I added epel and did a 'yum groupinstall xfce'. Poweroff and reboot. > > I see the message: "Starting GNOME Display Manager" and "Started > Login Service". > > I am logged in as root on the serial console, but.. > > The kybd/mous/monitor console is just sitting there, still in text > mode and not responding. > > Can't see anything like a desktop process running. How do I check > what is going on, or what is missing? From the 'yum groupinstall xfce': Installing for group install "Xfce": Thunar armv7hl 1.6.11-1.el7 epel 1.3 M gdm armv7hl 1:3.26.2.1-5.el7 base 474 k openssh-askpass armv7hl 7.4p1-16.el7 base 76 k orage armv7hl 4.12.1-3.el7 epel 1.8 M polkit-gnome armv7hl 0.106-0.1.20170423gita0763a2.el7 epel 78 k thunar-archive-plugin armv7hl 0.3.1-6.el7 epel 67 k thunar-volman armv7hl 0.8.1-2.el7 epel 173 k tumbler armv7hl 0.1.31-2.el7 epel 186 k xfce4-appfinder armv7hl 4.12.0-4.el7 epel 189 k xfce4-panel armv7hl 4.12.1-4.el7 epel 800 k xfce4-power-manager armv7hl 1.6.0-2.el7 epel 756 k xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin armv7hl 0.2.5-2.el7 epel 68 k xfce4-session armv7hl 4.12.1-8.el7 epel 476 k xfce4-session-engines armv7hl 4.12.1-8.el7 epel 312 k xfce4-settings armv7hl 4.12.1-1.el7 epel 657 k xfce4-terminal armv7hl 0.8.7.4-2.el7 epel 571 k xfconf armv7hl 4.12.0-3.el7 epel 192 k xfdesktop armv7hl 4.12.4-3.el7 epel 1.0 M xfwm4 armv7hl 4.12.3-2.el7 epel 604 k followed by many dependencies, but this list does not seem to be enough. I THINK there is suppose to be an invoking of the X11 DE as part of the install?