[CentOS] No GUI with CentOS-7.2

Earl A Ramirez
Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:29:25 -0000

Hello Timothy,

On 5 January 2016 at 07:55, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote:

> When I re-booted my HP MicroServer into CentOS-7.2
> I was given a text console.
> When I run "startx" I get the response on screen [edited]:
> ====================> [tim at alfred ~]$ startx
> xauth:  file /home/tim/.serverauth.21307 does not exist
> X.Org X Server 1.17.2
> Release Date: 2015-06-16
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System:  2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64
> ...
> Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.17.2-10.el7
> ...
> xinit: connection to X server lost
> waiting for X server to shut down (II) Server terminated successfully (0).
> Closing log file.
> ====================>
> No error is given in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
> It seems to find an appropriate ATI Radeon driver,
> but it has the warnings
>  (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
>  (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
>  (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
> Also it ends with what look like a problem with the USB mouse:
>  (II) config/udev: Adding input device PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE
> (/dev/input/mouse0)
>  (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
>  (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
>  (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event5)
>  (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
>  (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
>  (II) evdev: PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: Close
>  (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
>  (II) evdev: HID 04f3:0103: Close
>  (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
>  (II) evdev: HID 04f3:0103: Close
>  (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
>  (II) evdev: Power Button: Close
>  (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
>  (II) evdev: Power Button: Close
>  (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
>  (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
>
> Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.
>
> Nb This is a remote machine, and I have not actually seen the screen
> for several months, so this probably has nothing to do with CentOS-7.2.
>
> --
> Timothy Murphy
> gayleard /at/ eircom.net
> School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin
>
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What is your is your default target of the server, systemctl get-default?

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Kind Regards
Earl Ramirez