Thank you Malcolm.
I'm runn 64bit but I'll bet I can find something close that might work.
Joe
On 07/18/2012 02:11 AM, Malcolm MacCallum wrote:
I downloaded (using Firefox under Windows XP)
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.7-29.el6.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-server-common-1.7.7-29.el6.i686.rpm
from the 6.1 i386 os filestore,
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.1/i386/os/Packages/
I then ran rpm with (if I recall well)
rpm --oldpackage -i <rpm file>
(maybe also with --replacefiles)
on each of them and all was well again. I'm not saying this is the
best or even a good way to fix things!
Malcolm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Areeda" <newsre...@areeda.com>
To: "Malcolm MacCallum" <m.a.h.maccal...@qmul.ac.uk>
Cc: scientific-linux-us...@fnal.gov
Sent: Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 3:09:20 AM
Subject: Re: X11 server won't start after yum upgrade
Malcolm,
Which rpm's worked for you?
I have sshd running so I've been able to survive but none of the
suggestions so far let me log in from the console on my VM.
thanks
Joe
On 07/17/2012 01:41 AM, Malcolm MacCallum wrote:
I have solved my problem by downloading the relevant rpm files to my
Windows partition and running rpm with suitable arguments, so I am now
back to a fully functioning SL with Gnome etc. But it would still have
been nice to have instructions that worked 'out of the box'.
