Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-07-25 Thread Ted Miller
Have inconsistency in getting it to let me login. Yesterday no luck. At '$ runlevel' got 53 so it must have been at runlevel 3. startx no help, back to blue screen. Today, just started it first time and it booted right to GUI login screen. All is OK that has been set up like

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-04-02 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 04/01/2013 06:20 PM, Robert Benjamin wrote: On 4/1/2013 2:07 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/31/2013 12:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: WELL, I don't know what to say. I just put the HD in

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-04-02 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Have inconsistency in getting it to let me login. Yesterday no luck. At '$ runlevel' got 53 so it must have been at runlevel 3. startx no help, back to blue screen. Today, just started it first time and it

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-04-01 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/31/2013 12:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-04-01 Thread m . roth
Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/31/2013 12:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-04-01 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 4/1/2013 2:07 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/31/2013 12:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-04-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:07 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: As I may have said, everyone I know in computers has a number of books from this publisher - he specializes in not only finding people who really, really know their subject, but CAN ALSO COMMUNICATE WHAT THEY KNOW (as opposed to, say,

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-04-01 Thread Bill Maltby (C4B)
On Sat, 2013-03-30 at 13:44 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: snip Yes, installs that include X and a desktop will default to runlevel 5. Before trying 'startx' , do 'init 3' as root. That should shut down the existing

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-04-01 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:07 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: As I may have said, everyone I know in computers has a number of books from this publisher - he specializes in not only finding people who really, really know their subject, but CAN ALSO COMMUNICATE WHAT THEY KNOW

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-04-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:46 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I don't' know anything about this book or publisher, but you really Les, you don't know O'Reilly? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. Almost every programmer I know, and every admin, had somewhere between one O'Reilly book and a full

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-31 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 03/30/2013 05:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Question: if it starts at runlevel 3 can I log in on a GUI or is it in text mode. If the latter is the case, I assume I can log in as user and I should get a GUI so I can use

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-31 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-31 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 03/31/2013 12:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-30 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/29/2013 4:09 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/29/2013 3:31 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: looked in /var/log/yum.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log permission denied chmod a+x OK got list of time stamped

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: basesystem, system-config-kdump, dracut-kernel, kexec-tools, dracut, nautilus-sendto, file-roller, totem-nautilus, evince, xinetd, gnome-user-share, brasero-nautilus, gnome-disk-utility, nautilus-open-terminal,

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-30 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/30/2013 12:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: basesystem, system-config-kdump, dracut-kernel, kexec-tools, dracut, nautilus-sendto, file-roller, totem-nautilus, evince, xinetd, gnome-user-share, brasero-nautilus,

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: On 3/30/2013 12:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: basesystem, system-config-kdump, dracut-kernel, kexec-tools, dracut, nautilus-sendto, file-roller,

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: So when I put the HD back in the PC it will boot up and I can wait and see if it allows me to log in (HA!) If not, then Ctl+Alt+F2 and login as root and try startx and see what it does. I didn't change inittab ever

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-30 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/30/2013 2:44 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: So when I put the HD back in the PC it will boot up and I can wait and see if it allows me to log in (HA!) If not, then Ctl+Alt+F2 and login as root and try startx and see

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Question: if it starts at runlevel 3 can I log in on a GUI or is it in text mode. If the latter is the case, I assume I can log in as user and I should get a GUI so I can use FF, TB etc. Right? And then eventually I

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-29 Thread Darr247
On Thursday, 28 March 2013 @19:31 zulu, m.r...@5-cent.us spake thusly: Anyone know what the current replacement is for switchdesk? I don't think that would help, since (if I recall correctly,) its picklists don't appear along the bottom until you click 'in' the logon dialog.

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-29 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/28/2013 4:25 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Thought it was not a good idea to use yum remove but had to try. In my head I could see you asking me to try it and I should have TRIED something, not just sit here.

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-29 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/29/2013 7:41 AM, Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/28/2013 4:25 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Thought it was not a good idea to use yum remove but had to try. In my head I could see you asking me to try it and I

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: looked in /var/log/yum.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log permission denied chmod a+x OK got list of time stamped and at bottom I tried yum install one of the items there. Got 'no package name '. You need to do most of this as

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-29 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/29/2013 3:31 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: looked in /var/log/yum.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log permission denied chmod a+x OK got list of time stamped and at bottom I tried yum install one of the items there. Got 'no

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-29 Thread m . roth
Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/29/2013 3:31 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: looked in /var/log/yum.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log permission denied chmod a+x OK got list of time stamped and at bottom I tried yum install one of the

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Your are looking for /tmp/.X0-lock. Another convention is that files starting with a . are 'hidden' in the sense that ls will omit them unless you use the -a option. so just what should appear after I type rm

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/27/2013 5:22 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread m . roth
Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/27/2013 5:22 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/28/2013 9:38 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/27/2013 5:22 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Did you mean ping nytimes.com ? tcpdump -A port 50 output is tcpdump:

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/28/2013 10:13 AM, Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/28/2013 9:38 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/27/2013 5:22 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Did you mean ping nytimes.com ?

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Just a thought. Would it help if I did yum install KDE, and then yum remove gnome? Reason is that I see on the different fora some pro/cons with Gnome and KDE. Since Gnome won't let me back in is it worth a try?

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/28/2013 11:37 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Just a thought. Would it help if I did yum install KDE, and then yum remove gnome? Reason is that I see on the different fora some pro/cons with Gnome and KDE. Since

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
Robert Benjamin wrote: Just a thought. Would it help if I did yum install KDE, and then yum remove gnome? Reason is that I see on the different fora some pro/cons with Gnome and KDE. Since Gnome won't let me back in is it worth a try?Bob you can always install KDE and

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/28/2013 12:40 PM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: Just a thought. Would it help if I did yum install KDE, and then yum remove gnome? Reason is that I see on the different fora some pro/cons with Gnome and KDE. Since Gnome won't let me back in is it worth a

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: I thought you said you had Gnome to a point where you could log in. If you get that far I'd stick with it because it is the default desktop and there will be more people with similar configurations to help sort out any

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/28/2013 1:04 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: I thought you said you had Gnome to a point where you could log in. If you get that far I'd stick with it because it is the default desktop and there will be more people with

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/28/2013 1:29 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: On 3/28/2013 1:29 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Things never work very well for me before having coffee either, but that's probably not the real solution.

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread m . roth
Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/28/2013 10:13 AM, Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/28/2013 9:38 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/27/2013 5:22 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: snip

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: On 3/28/2013 1:29 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Things never work very well for me before having coffee either, but that's probably

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:49 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Finally, I've seen so many issues over the years, that at home, I run at runlevel 3, and have startx in my .bashrc. Doing it that way, if you have problems, when you hit ctlaltbkspc, you're back at your command line, and you can look

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/28/2013 3:49 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: On 3/28/2013 1:29 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Things never work very well for me

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Thought it was not a good idea to use yum remove but had to try. In my head I could see you asking me to try it and I should have TRIED something, not just sit here. Well, hopefully I can put those packages back

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
On 26 Mar 2013, at 23:34, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: What, I *shouldn't* tell him what he's doing wrong? Just try to do his job for him, and let him come back, again and again, without ever actually learning something? This is a list not personal email. Just ignore it if it upsets you and let

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/26/2013 5:29 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 03/26/2013 03:25 PM, Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/26/2013 3:14 PM, Benjamin Donnachie wrote: On 26 March 2013 18:58, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Had you, for example, searched to find out a) how to look at a file, b) looked at the files I suggested

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: See this FAQ entry: http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS6#head-b67e85d98f0e9f1b599358105c551632c6ff7c90 Had read this FAQ many times and clicked Configure Networking and selected system eth0 and connect automatically.

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/27/2013 8:39 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: See this FAQ entry: http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS6#head-b67e85d98f0e9f1b599358105c551632c6ff7c90 Had read this FAQ many times and clicked Configure Networking and

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread James B. Byrne
On Tue, March 26, 2013 16:08, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I dunno - I don't think I was telling him to learn latin; rather, that he should increase his vocabulary beyond, oh, I read, years back, that the *average* American's *average* vocabulary was about 500 words... and that Koko the gorilla

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: If you can log in and use an editor in character mode you can fix it. The change needed in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 will be obvious once you get that far. But, it might be easier to reinstall if you

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/27/2013 1:04 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: If you can log in and use an editor in character mode you can fix it. The change needed in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 will be obvious once you get that far.

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread m . roth
Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/27/2013 1:04 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: If you can log in and use an editor in character mode you can fix it. The change needed in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 will snip won't

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: The reason I think this is the problem is the post where you said you could log in after a very long delay. About the only thing that can cause a very long delay is the system waiting for DNS responses on what it thinks

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/27/2013 1:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: The reason I think this is the problem is the post where you said you could log in after a very long delay. About the only thing that can cause a very long delay is the system

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: The reason I think this is the problem is the post where you said you could log in after a very long delay. About the only thing that can cause a very long delay is the system waiting for DNS responses on what it thinks

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread m . roth
Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/27/2013 1:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: The reason I think this is the problem is the post where you said you could log in after a very long delay. About the only thing that can cause a very

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/27/2013 3:30 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/27/2013 1:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: The reason I think this is the problem is the post where you said you could log in after a very long delay.

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/27/2013 3:57 PM, Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/27/2013 3:30 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/27/2013 1:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: The reason I think this is the problem is the post where you

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-27 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Robert Benjamin benj...@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

[CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Robert Benjamin
Newbie here. Need help with a thread that has about 25 posts. No replies in a few days. The thread is in software support for centos 6 and the subject of the thread is Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install. Have had limited success in getting a login screen but once I logout, I can't get

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Newbie here. Need help with a thread that has about 25 posts. No replies in a few days. The thread is in software support for centos 6 and the subject of the thread is Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install. Have had

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread m . roth
Robert Benjamin wrote: Newbie here. Need help with a thread that has about 25 posts. No replies in a few days. The thread is in software support for centos 6 and the subject of the thread is Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install. Have had limited success in getting a login screen but once I

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Robert Benjamin
Post URL for what? Sorry I don't understand. On 3/26/2013 12:13 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Newbie here. Need help with a thread that has about 25 posts. No replies in a few days. The thread is in software support

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Robert Benjamin
https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/index.php?cat=9 Is this what you want? Hope so. On 3/26/2013 12:13 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Robert Benjamin benj...@cox.net wrote: Newbie here. Need help with a thread that has about 25 posts. No replies in a few days.

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/26/2013 1:23 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: Newbie here. Need help with a thread that has about 25 posts. No replies in a few days. The thread is in software support for centos 6 and the subject of the thread is Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install. Have had

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 03/26/2013 01:03 PM, Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/26/2013 1:23 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: Newbie here. Need help with a thread that has about 25 posts. No replies in a few days. The thread is in software support for centos 6 and the subject of the thread is

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread m . roth
Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/26/2013 1:23 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Benjamin wrote: Newbie here. Need help with a thread that has about 25 posts. No replies in a few days. The thread is in software support for centos 6 and the subject of the thread is Centos 6.4 won't reboot on

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
On 26 Mar 2013, at 22:13, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: As a friend said once, yo mama dresses you funny, and you need a mouse to delete files Wow! Hardly a friendly introduction for a newbie to Linux. Attitudes like this ensure users go scurrying back to Windows. As my mother used to say, If

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread m . roth
Benjamin Donnachie wrote: On 26 Mar 2013, at 22:13, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: As a friend said once, yo mama dresses you funny, and you need a mouse to delete files Wow! Hardly a friendly introduction for a newbie to Linux. Attitudes like this ensure users go scurrying back to Windows. As

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
On 26 March 2013 18:58, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Had you, for example, searched to find out a) how to look at a file, b) looked at the files I suggested you look at, or c) showed you'd done ANYTHING other than read my response and go, duh, what's that mean?, I'd have been willing to work with

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread m . roth
Benjamin Donnachie wrote: On 26 March 2013 18:58, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Had you, for example, searched to find out a) how to look at a file, b) looked at the files I suggested you look at, or c) showed you'd done ANYTHING other than read my response and go, duh, what's that mean?, I'd have

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:34 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: What, I *shouldn't* tell him what he's doing wrong? Just try to do his job for him, and let him come back, again and again, without ever actually learning something? Well, yeah. Once he fixes his network so gnome works, why would he

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:34 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: What, I *shouldn't* tell him what he's doing wrong? Just try to do his job for him, and let him come back, again and again, without ever actually learning something? Well, yeah. Once he fixes his network so gnome

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:54 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: What, I *shouldn't* tell him what he's doing wrong? Just try to do his job for him, and let him come back, again and again, without ever actually learning something? Well, yeah. Once he fixes his network so gnome works, why would he

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:54 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: What, I *shouldn't* tell him what he's doing wrong? Just try to do his job for him, and let him come back, again and again, without ever actually learning something? Well, yeah. Once he fixes his network so gnome

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Robert Benjamin
On 3/26/2013 3:14 PM, Benjamin Donnachie wrote: On 26 March 2013 18:58, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Had you, for example, searched to find out a) how to look at a file, b) looked at the files I suggested you look at, or c) showed you'd done ANYTHING other than read my response and go, duh,

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:08 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: If he does. I mean, he kept complaining about the black screen, and appeared to have no idea how to look at the files I know what you mean, of course. But it's sort of like telling someone to learn latin before they can

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 03/26/2013 03:25 PM, Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/26/2013 3:14 PM, Benjamin Donnachie wrote: On 26 March 2013 18:58, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Had you, for example, searched to find out a) how to look at a file, b) looked at the files I suggested you look at, or c) showed you'd done ANYTHING

Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

2013-03-26 Thread Paul Norton
On 26 March 2013 21:29, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: On 03/26/2013 03:25 PM, Robert Benjamin wrote: On 3/26/2013 3:14 PM, Benjamin Donnachie wrote: On 26 March 2013 18:58, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Had you, for example, searched to find out a) how to look at a file, b) looked