YUM Update Killed GUI

[John Burton]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> got the latest updates from the RedHat Fedora repository, and the install,
> via YUM stalled at 23 of 33 updates. So, I closed the cli and rebooted, and
> the system rebooted all the way until it got to the 1st
> GUI/username/password input(if you can call a blank window getting to). I
> hadn't done any back-ups at this stage(actually, had just studied how to
> make back-ups with TAR just last night). Anyway, I booted with the recovery
> CD, and did another YUM Update, but, it said there was nothing to update.
> What has happened here..? A lot of the updates were I think Xorg stuff/fints
> etc. Can I get back from this, or, is it another install(ouch)..? Cheers.
> 
> P.S. I'm not too sure what info to post for this. Can I get YUM to print
> what it installed etc..? Let me know if you need something to assist in
> evaluating this mess. Cheers, again.
> 
> 
Mark,

Couple of quick questions. Which window manager were you using (gnome, 
kde?). What display/session manager (gdm, xdm, kdm?) I encountered a 
similar problem with upgrading. What happened is that fedora defaults to 
gnome window manager. I prefer kde. install went fine, but when I 
upgraded/updated & rebooted, I suddenly had a blank screen. Apparently 
the desktop settings in /etc/sysconfig/desktop got messed up and the 
system couldn't find the default (gnome). I edited 
/etc/sysconfig/desktop to the following:

DESKTOP="KDE"
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"

after reboot, everything worked fine.

John
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