On 10/27/2013 07:03 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: > Absent other ideas, I might try re-installing CentOS or re-installing X. > I have a pretty good idea how to do the former, > but the latter might be harder despite, in principle, being less intrusive. > > My understand is that unistalling X will > normally take all its dependents will it. > That means That I will have to re-install said dependents, > possibly listing each one separately. > My thought is to /usr/bin/script yum's output into a file. > I'd use the file to produce another yum commmand to reinstall X's dependents. > Does that seem like a good plan? > > To reinstall CentOS, I would back up things that needed backing up. > I would use yum to list all installed packages. > I would use my grub menu to select the same > stanza that I used to do a net-install of CentOS. > It might be nice to use a kickstart file, but I do not know how. > > After the install, > I would restore the directory that listed all my repositories. > This is a step I am not sure about. > I have a vague recollection that that is not sufficient. > What else would I need to do? > I would use the yum listing to install everything I have now. > Does this seem like a good plan? Way too much work. Why not yum reinstall <package names> That will ensure that all package contents are correctly installed......??