Re: [CentOS] Gnome desktop trouble

2012-03-20 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 03/20/2012 04:31 PM, Jack Bailey wrote: > On 03/20/12 14:11, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> On 20.03.2012 17:09, ken wrote: >>> On 03/20/2012 02:21 PM Jack Bailey wrote: >> >>> Also you may want to try invoking startx from runlevel 5. >> That doesn't make sense to me - runlevel 5, AFAIK, *is* X run

Re: [CentOS] Gnome desktop trouble

2012-03-20 Thread Jack Bailey
On 03/20/12 14:11, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > On 20.03.2012 17:09, ken wrote: >> On 03/20/2012 02:21 PM Jack Bailey wrote: > >> Also you may want to try invoking startx from runlevel 5. > That doesn't make sense to me - runlevel 5, AFAIK, *is* X running. Right. I am running at run level 3 so I ca

Re: [CentOS] Gnome desktop trouble

2012-03-20 Thread m . roth
On 20.03.2012 17:09, ken wrote: > On 03/20/2012 02:21 PM Jack Bailey wrote: > Also you may want to try invoking startx from runlevel 5. That doesn't make sense to me - runlevel 5, AFAIK, *is* X running. mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@cento

Re: [CentOS] Gnome desktop trouble

2012-03-20 Thread ken
On 03/20/2012 02:21 PM Jack Bailey wrote: > Hello, > > I have several CentOS 6.2 hosts (2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64) that lock up > when attempting to use the Gnome desktop from the console. I can always > log in, but then all I get is the blue root window, the round initial > mouse pointer, and

Re: [CentOS] Gnome desktop trouble

2012-03-20 Thread m . roth
On 20.03.2012 16:21, Jack Bailey wrote: > On 03/20/12 12:19, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> On 20.03.2012 15:11, Jack Bailey wrote: >>> On 03/20/12 11:59, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: My first reaction would be to look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if there is one - the few that don't might have so

Re: [CentOS] Gnome desktop trouble

2012-03-20 Thread Jack Bailey
On 03/20/12 12:19, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > On 20.03.2012 15:11, Jack Bailey wrote: >> On 03/20/12 11:59, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> >>> My first reaction would be to look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if there >>> is >>> one - the few that don't might have some odd differences from >>> generic. >>> Sh

Re: [CentOS] Gnome desktop trouble

2012-03-20 Thread m . roth
On 20.03.2012 15:11, Jack Bailey wrote: > On 03/20/12 11:59, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> >> My first reaction would be to look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if there >> is >> one - the few that don't might have some odd differences from >> generic. >> Should I assume that the ones that hang are USB mice

Re: [CentOS] Gnome desktop trouble

2012-03-20 Thread Jack Bailey
On 03/20/12 11:59, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > My first reaction would be to look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if there is > one - the few that don't might have some odd differences from generic. > Should I assume that the ones that hang are USB mice& keyboards? How > old are the ones that hang? Thank

Re: [CentOS] Gnome desktop trouble

2012-03-20 Thread m . roth
On 20.03.2012 14:21, Jack Bailey wrote: > Hello, > > I have several CentOS 6.2 hosts (2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64) that lock > up > when attempting to use the Gnome desktop from the console. I can > always > log in, but then all I get is the blue root window, the round initial > mouse pointer, and

Re: [CentOS] Gnome desktop trouble

2012-03-20 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:21:19 -0700 Jack Bailey wrote: > Has anyone seen this before and/or know how to troubleshoot it? Does it work if you set up a new user and log in as the new user? If not, have you made any changes in /etc/skel? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvill