On 3/28/2013 9:38 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Robert Benjamin wrote: >> On 3/27/2013 5:22 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>> Les Mikesell wrote: >>>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Robert Benjamin <benjie1 at cox.net> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> Did you mean ping nytimes.com ? >>>>> tcpdump -A port 50 output is tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, >>>>> use -v or -w for all protocol decode listening on eth0, link-type >>>>> EN10MB (Ethernet), capturing size 65535 bytes, and a blinking cursor > which I >>>>> left for 20 min and re-started, tried with -v got listening on eth0, >>>>> type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes. re-started and meant >>>>> to use -w but forgot and just typed tcpdump. That gave tons of output >>>>> which I can't fathom and let it go for 30 minutes. Re-started one >>>>> more time and pinged nytimes.com That returned screenful of data > packets >>>>> all ok. Then shutdown til tomorrow. >>>> I think he meant port 53 instead of 50 to catch the DNS exchange - >>>> which now sounds like it is working anyway. When you start, does >>>> gnome eventually work normally now?. I'd do a 'yum update' on >>>> general principles if you at least have the network running. >>>> >>> Thanks, Les, that was what I meant. I've been snowed under all week, and >>> more so today: it's not one thing after another, it's three things all >>> at the same time.... >>> >> tcpdump with port 53 was no different than with port 50. >> Waited an hour after startup and still had that same blue >> screen. Is that the gnome desktop screen? So no it doesn't eventually >> work. An hour is eventually right? :-) >> yum update installed 23 packages successfully. >> Should I re-instal again? It will be the 3rd time. > Mmmm, another nasty thought.... I just went, and found your original post, > where you said you'd done an install using minimal. I'm, well, let us say > underwhelmed by "minimal" - I have to add stuff on a headless server to > get online. I corrected that minimal install by starting over from a DVD with a full install and ticking the Gnome GUI. It did once after the long wait let me log in to Centos 6.4 with gnome and I could use it, instead of win 7 for browsing, email etc. What's your goal here - is it to have a working desktop environment? If so, and you have not done so yet, there's an option for desktop; I'd install that, though you can always choose that, then check "customize now", and add or subtract things. Goal is to use Centos 6.4 with gnome as my OS and not win 7. Yes, I'd like a working desktop environment with FF and TB and other programs, Libre Office, Gimp etc Did the customize now on last time I re-installed. Now I'm still trying to get online. I had things set up on the desktop the last time it let me log in and I want to get back there in a reasonable time frame. Just like to use Centos as I can win 7 or Ubuntu or mint 14. It just doesn't want me to log back it anymore. :-( > > With minimal... I'd have to sit at your keyboard and figure out what's > missing. > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >