On Sat, 26 Oct 2013, 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. Reinstalling everything with xorg in its name did not help. I don't know how to find out what the trouble with X is. > 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? Is there a command that I could use to record the repositories I am using and restore them after the install? > I would use the yum listing to install everything I have now. > Does this seem like a good plan? -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "On Monday, I'm gonna have to tell my kindergarten class, whom I teach not to run with scissors, that my fiance ran me through with a broadsword." -- Lily