edit /etc/inittab and change id:3:initdefault: to id:5:initdefault: * Jeff >>> todd at aristesoftware.com 8/15/2005 3:28:18 PM >>> Many thanks! Currently I am downloading the "GNOME Desktop Environment", so once that is done, I'll try your suggestion. By the way, I have forgotten where/how to modify the boot process so that it brings up GNOME instead of the text mode. Todd Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: >On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:15 -0700, Todd Cary wrote: > > >>Is "man yum" the best way to "learn" about the suggestions? Or is >>there another source? >> >> > >There's a couple. Here's one: > >http://fedora.ivazquez.net/content/view/26/30/ > > > >>Since I have the rpm's on CD's, is there a way to set up a list as >>suggested, but use the local rpm's? >> >> > >Copy the packages to a local dir and run yum-arch (C3) or createrepo >(C4) on the dir. Then modify /etc/yum.conf (C3) >or /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo (C4) to point to the dir. Note that yum >*does* recognize the file: protocol (e.g., file:///some/path) so you >don't need a web or FTP server. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523