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 Les Mikesell
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Robert Benjamin 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 booted right to

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 wrote: > WELL, I don't know what to say. I just put the HD

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, 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 shelf of the

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, 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 opp

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 wrote: > > 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 session, but whatev

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, 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, the BAL textb

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 >>> wrote: WELL, I don't know what to say. I just put the HD in the PC turned it on and was waiting for th

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 >> 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 3/31/2013 12:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Robert Benjamin 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

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 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

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 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 followed b

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 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 e

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 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 > need to get ba

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 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

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 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 since thi

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 wrote: > > On 3/30/2013 12:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Robert Benjamin wrote: basesystem, system-config-kdump, dracut-kernel, kexec-tools, dracut, nautilus-sendto, file-roller, totem-nautilus, evince,

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 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-uti

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 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, nautilus, nau

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 >>> wrote: looked in /var/log/yum.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log permission denied chmod a+x OK got list of time stampe

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 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 /tmp/.X0-lo

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 >> 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 i

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 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

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 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 root. Care

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 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

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 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, hopef

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

2013-03-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Robert Benjamin 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 as you sai

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 wrote: >>> On 3/28/2013 1:29 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Robert Benjamin wrote: >> Things never work very well for me before having

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, 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 , you're back at your command > line, and you can look to see what was wrong wi

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 wrote: >> >> On 3/28/2013 1:29 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Robert Benjamin >>> wrote: > Things never work very well for me before having coffee either, but > that's probably not the re

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 >> wrote: >

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 wrote: > > On 3/28/2013 1:29 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Robert Benjamin wrote: Things never work very well for me before having coffee either, but that's probably not the real solution. So when you estab

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 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 wor

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 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 ch

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 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

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 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 other pro

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 >> w

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 11:37 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:25 AM, 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

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 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 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 > wrote: >>> Did you mean ping nytimes.

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 wrote: >> Did you mean ping nytimes.com ? >tcpdump -A port 50 output is tcpdum

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 >>> wrote: > Did you mean ping nytimes.com ? tcpdump -A port 50 output is tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -w for al

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 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

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 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

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 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 cur

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 wrote: >> The reason I think this is the problem is the post where y

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 >>> wrote: > The reason I think this is the problem is the post where you said you > could log in after a very long del

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 >> 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 Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Robert Benjamin 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 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

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 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 is a w

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 >> 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 >>> won't install

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 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 m

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 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 don't kno

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 gorill

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 wrote: >>> See this FAQ entry: >>> >>> http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS6#head-b67e85d98f0e9f1b599358105c551632c6ff7c90 >> Had read this FAQ many times and clicked "Configure Networking" and >> sele

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 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. Botto

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, wrote: >>> Had you, for example, searched to find out a) how to look at a file, b) looked at the files I suggested y

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

2013-03-26 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

2013-03-26 Thread Paul Norton
On 26 March 2013 21:29, 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, wrote: > >> > >>> Had you, for example, searched to find out a) how to look at a file, b) > >>> looked at the files I sug

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, 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 ot

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, 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 understan

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, 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 m

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, 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 g

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, 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, 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 work

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, 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 keep coming b

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, 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

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, 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 you. > You

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 Windo

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, "

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

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 th

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

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 wrote: >> Newbie here. Need help with a thread that has about 25 posts. No >> replies in a few days. The thread

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 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

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

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 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

[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 back