On 3/28/2013 3:49 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Robert Benjamin <benjie1 at cox.net> wrote: >>> On 3/28/2013 1:29 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Robert Benjamin <benjie1 at cox.net> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> Things never work very well for me before having coffee either, but >>>>>> that's probably not the real solution. So when you established that > It's always a problem, if there's too much blood in your caffeine > stream.... <g> > <snip> >>>> No, if yum update worked we know the network is OK. What happens if >>>> run 'init 3' (should shut down the partly-working X session), and then >>>> 'startx' which will start a new one under your existing login? >>>> >>> init 3 it did shutdown the partly working X session. Several line >>> flashed on screen and 2 had FAILED at end of line. Too fast to readtwhat >>> it said. >>> startx Fatal server error: >>> Server is already active for display 0 >>> If the server is no longer running, remove /tmp/ >>> .X0-lock and start again. >>> I did yum remove /tmp/ .X0-lock. It removed 17 packages and >>> then I did startx (again) Got the same re: remove /tmp/ .X0-lock. One >>> other line I saw Unable to connect to X server was present in output of >>> startx. >> That should have just been an 'rm /tmp/.X0-lock' (a file, not >> packages). Not sure how much damage has been done at this point. If >> you know the package names, try to 'yum install' them back again. >> And rm the file, and try startx again. > Ok, first, as Les said, NO! Just rm the file. Now, to reinstall what got > yum removed, look at /var/log/yum.log, and it's the last bunch of stuff, > nicely timestamped, so you won't accidentally go too far. > > Then, take a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and you'll be able to see, at > the bottom, what it was trying to tell you. > > Note: if you haven't figured it out yet, all the system-related logs are > in /var/log/. > > Note 2: find a copy of Fraesch's Essential Systems Administration, > published by O'Reilly. I know the last update was '03; doesn't matter. > Read chapter 1 and *esp* chapter 2, "The Unix Way", which will give you a > really, really clear picture of how the whole thing hangs together, and > the rationale behind why the filesystem is the way it is. > > Finally, I've seen so many issues over the years, that at home, I run at > runlevel 3, and have startx in my .bashrc. Doing it that way, if you have > problems, when you hit <ctl><alt><bkspc>, you're back at your command > line, and you can look to see what was wrong with X. If you do want to > stay at runlevel 5, work it out this way, and once you've got it fixed, > you can do so. Thought it was not a good idea to use yum remove .... but had to try. In my head I could see you asking me to try it and I should have TRIED something, not just sit here. Well, hopefully I can put those packages back as you said, tomorrow. Will look for Fraesch book. Thanks for the suggestion. Not sure if I'm at runlevel 5 .It's at whatever it was set at during the install. Never changed any settings unless told to. In the one login I only installed FF, TB, Calc Gimp etc from the Applications menu .Entered email addys and bookmarks and logged out thinking I'd be OK to get back in again. HA! > mark > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >