Johnny, I have this new keyboard with a poorly positioned Del key, and I deleted your message in such a way that it seems to be gone. So I went to the archive and pulled it up there. yum group install Xfce "X Window System" Helped. It added 6 packages plus 21 dependencies: Installing for group install "X Window System": plymouth-system-theme armv7hl 0.8.9-0.31.20140113.el7.centos base 31 k spice-vdagent armv7hl 0.14.0-15.el7 base 66 k xorg-x11-drivers armv7hl 7.7-6.el7 base 8.3 k xorg-x11-server-Xorg armv7hl 1.19.5-5.el7 base 1.2 M xorg-x11-utils armv7hl 7.5-22.el7 base 107 k xvattr armv7hl 1.3-27.el7 base 22 k But I am now at the situation where the login fails and I end up right back at the login page. I looked at the message log and see the following: Oct 17 20:17:27 ct-c7 dbus[572]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.locale1' Oct 17 20:17:27 ct-c7 journal: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Failed to execute child process “ibus-daemon” (No such file or directory) Oct 17 20:17:28 ct-c7 systemd: Started Locale Service. Oct 17 20:17:29 ct-c7 journal: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/slider.js 38]: reference to undefined property "CallyActor" Oct 17 20:17:30 ct-c7 dbus[572]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.GeoClue2' unit='geoclue.service' Oct 17 20:17:30 ct-c7 systemd: Starting Location Lookup Service... Oct 17 20:17:30 ct-c7 journal: Failed to connect to avahi service: Daemon not running Oct 17 20:17:30 ct-c7 dbus[572]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.GeoClue2' Oct 17 20:17:30 ct-c7 systemd: Started Location Lookup Service. Oct 17 20:17:31 ct-c7 journal: No permission to trigger offline updates: Polkit.Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update is not registered Oct 17 20:17:32 ct-c7 spice-vdagent[1473]: Cannot access vdagent virtio channel /dev/virtio-ports/com.redhat.spice.0 Oct 17 20:17:33 ct-c7 gnome-session: gnome-session-binary[1383]: WARNING: App 'spice-vdagent.desktop' exited with code 1 Oct 17 20:17:33 ct-c7 gnome-session-binary[1383]: WARNING: App 'spice-vdagent.desktop' exited with code 1 Oct 17 20:17:34 ct-c7 journal: Failed to get current display configuration state: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist Oct 17 20:17:36 ct-c7 gnome-session-binary: Entering running state Oct 17 20:17:39 ct-c7 journal: Failed to load background 'file:///usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-lock.jpg': Error opening file /usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-lock.jpg: No such file or directory Oct 17 20:17:40 ct-c7 dbus[572]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' Oct 17 20:17:40 ct-c7 systemd: Starting Hostname Service... Oct 17 20:17:40 ct-c7 dbus[572]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' Oct 17 20:17:40 ct-c7 systemd: Started Hostname Service. Oct 17 20:17:42 ct-c7 journal: Some code accessed the property 'AuthList' on the module 'authList'. That property was defined with 'let' or 'const' inside the module. This was previously supported, but is not correct according to the ES6 standard. Any symbols to be exported from a module must be defined with 'var'. The property access will work as previously for the time being, but please fix your code anyway. Oct 17 20:17:43 ct-c7 systemd: Created slice User Slice of root. Oct 17 20:17:43 ct-c7 systemd: Starting User Slice of root. Oct 17 20:17:43 ct-c7 systemd-logind: New session 2 of user root. Oct 17 20:17:43 ct-c7 systemd: Started Session 2 of user root. Oct 17 20:17:43 ct-c7 systemd: Starting Session 2 of user root. Oct 17 20:17:43 ct-c7 dbus[572]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.GeoClue2' unit='geoclue.service' Oct 17 20:17:43 ct-c7 systemd: Starting Location Lookup Service... Oct 17 20:17:43 ct-c7 journal: Failed to connect to avahi service: Daemon not running Oct 17 20:17:43 ct-c7 dbus[572]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.GeoClue2' Oct 17 20:17:43 ct-c7 systemd: Started Location Lookup Service. Oct 17 20:17:44 ct-c7 journal: Error looking up permission: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore was not provided by any .service files Oct 17 20:17:45 ct-c7 org.gnome.Shell.desktop: Window manager warning: "XF86RFKill" is not a valid accelerator Oct 17 20:17:45 ct-c7 journal: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output Oct 17 20:17:47 ct-c7 journal: unable to get EDID for xrandr-default: unable to get EDID for output Oct 17 20:17:48 ct-c7 journal: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js 29]: reference to undefined property "MetaWindowX11" Oct 17 20:17:56 ct-c7 journal: JS ERROR: TypeError: item is undefined#012NMConnectionDevice<._activeConnectionChanged at resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:398:13#012wrapper at resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22 Oct 17 20:19:00 ct-c7 systemd-logind: Removed session 1. Oct 17 20:19:00 ct-c7 systemd: Removed slice User Slice of rgm. Oct 17 20:19:00 ct-c7 systemd: Stopping User Slice of rgm. this looks like what I had when I did the 'manual install' and then installed the group gnome and then I could get into Xfce. So there is some critical module I am still missing. but getting close! On 10/17/18 4:31 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > 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? > > > _______________________________________________ > Arm-dev mailing list > Arm-dev at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev