On 03/31/2013 12:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Robert Benjamin <benjie1 at cox.net> wrote: >> WELL, I don't know what to say. I just put the HD in the PC turned >> it on and was waiting for the blue screen so I could login as root and >> type 'init 3'. BUT, guess what happened. A tiny clock appeared at the >> top left followed by a log in screen and here I am. Happened very >> quickly. A few seconds. Now, do I dare log out and try to get back or >> just wait for a reply from you. Yesterday I never did init 3 either. >> Maybe it is the Easter Bunny. I don't know. I'm a bit apprehensive about >> shutting off and trying again. What's your opinion? > That's the way it is supposed to work, and since no one recognized the > previous symptoms my best guess is that it was some sort of hardware > issue. Maybe swapping the drive left a bad connection to the disk or > network. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Saga continues. re-booted from GUI and it went to blue screen. Shut down and returned in about 2 hours and turned it on and it worked again. So I guess from what you say this is the way it will be. Unless I shut down from GUI vs. rebooting. BTW, System/Network Connections shows empty box. System/Network Proxy shows box with Location:Default and tick in 'Direct internet connection. Everything else is greyed out. Thanks. Bob