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 >> your network and DNS was working, Gnome was working too? Can you log >> in on a virtual character-mode terminal session (control-alt-F2) and >> try the ifconfig and dig commands again? If everything appears to >> work there, I'd try a 'yum update' just on general principles. > Sure. Will do dig and ifconfig again. Did yum update this morning, > 23 packets updated .Worked fine. You need the output from dig and > ifconfig again? 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? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com