On Mar 8, 2015 1:50 PM, "Morgan Read" mstuff@read.org.nz wrote:
Hello Folks
I know there's many questions about 'no graphical environment on server',
but I've install gnome and enabled it.
After booting the display hangs following: [ OK ] Started GNOME Display Manager And, perhaps a few following such as starting virtualisation demon,
waiting for plymouth to quit
Following a server install I ran the following successfully: # yum groupinstall gnome --skip-broken # systemctl set-default graphical.target
This this is what systemctl says: ]# systemctl status -l gdm.service ● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled) Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Sun 2015-03-08 17:51:35
GMT; 1min 29s ago
Process: 1613 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gdm (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 1613 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Mar 08 17:51:35 frontserver.lan systemd[1]: gdm.service: main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 08 17:51:35 frontserver.lan systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered
failed state.
Mar 08 17:51:35 frontserver.lan systemd[1]: gdm.service failed. Mar 08 17:51:35 frontserver.lan systemd[1]: start request repeated too
quickly for gdm.service
Mar 08 17:51:35 frontserver.lan systemd[1]: Failed to start GNOME Display
Manager.
Mar 08 17:51:35 frontserver.lan systemd[1]: Unit gdm.service entered
failed state.
Mar 08 17:51:35 frontserver.lan systemd[1]: gdm.service failed.
Any pointers would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks. Morgan -- Morgan Read
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Hi Morgan,
I'm asking out of personal curiosity, so please don't take this as a criticism. If you wanted a GNOME desktop, why did you install Fedora Server instead of Fedora Workstation?
--Pete