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*Installed OS: Fedora 23 | *Installed OS: Fedora 23 | ||
| − | Althea is (going to be) Kenneth's primary desktop computer. | + | Althea is (no longer <strike>going to be</strike>) Kenneth's primary desktop computer. |
==Troubleshooting Steps== | ==Troubleshooting Steps== | ||
| + | '''Edit: see final solution below.''' | ||
| + | |||
During the time of this writing, althea's graphical desktop does not work. Here are the steps I've taken so far: | During the time of this writing, althea's graphical desktop does not work. Here are the steps I've taken so far: | ||
| − | + | * Installed Fedora Workstation. | |
dnf -y group install "Fedora Workstation" | dnf -y group install "Fedora Workstation" | ||
Let's get the defaults up and running before configuring it further. | Let's get the defaults up and running before configuring it further. | ||
| − | + | * Changed default target from multi-user back to graphical. | |
systemctl set-default graphical.target | systemctl set-default graphical.target | ||
| − | + | * Restarted the machine. | |
shutdown -r now | shutdown -r now | ||
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*tried chmodding home to 711, no good. Tried 755, still nope. | *tried chmodding home to 711, no good. Tried 755, still nope. | ||
*verified that /home/kchan is default directory in /etc/passwd | *verified that /home/kchan is default directory in /etc/passwd | ||
| + | *After reboot, I get the splash screen, and then a bunch of text. The last line says "started gnome display manager". Let's see if gdm is up and running: | ||
| + | systemctl status gdm | ||
| + | Says active. Tried startx again, to no avail. Maybe upgrade/update? And then restart. | ||
| + | dnf upgrade | ||
| + | Tried reinstalling gnome-shell | ||
| + | Disabled selinux by editing /etc/sysconfig/selinux and set to permissive | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Rebooted, still not working. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Trying again== | ||
| + | *downloaded the xfce fedora 23 iso from ftp.ucsb.edu, and am trying to install it | ||
| + | *successfully installed, although kickstart options and root needs to be changed | ||
| + | *successfully installed without using kickstart, got error "kickstart not supported with live install" | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Final Solution: 2/8/2016== | ||
| + | We were able to get Althea up and running. We reinstalled it with kickstart, and it loaded into single user mode with no graphical interface. We group installed basic-desktop-environment and enabled autofs.service. From there, we were able to log in to a GUI with openbox, and installed gdm and xfce desktop. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:31, 7 October 2016
Progress on Althea
Basic Information
- Hostname: althea
- Address: althea.eri.ucsb.edu
- MAC: 78:2b:cb:a7:bd:75
- IP: 128.111.101.143
- Installed OS: Fedora 23
Althea is (no longer going to be) Kenneth's primary desktop computer.
Troubleshooting Steps
Edit: see final solution below.
During the time of this writing, althea's graphical desktop does not work. Here are the steps I've taken so far:
- Installed Fedora Workstation.
dnf -y group install "Fedora Workstation"
Let's get the defaults up and running before configuring it further.
- Changed default target from multi-user back to graphical.
systemctl set-default graphical.target
- Restarted the machine.
shutdown -r now
... still not working as of 10:53am Friday 2/6
- Started booting up, no gui in sight.
- tried manually starting it up with startx by logging into tty2. Got this error message:
-- kchan: /home/kchan: change directory failed: Permission denied Logging in with home = "/".
- tried chmodding home to 711, no good. Tried 755, still nope.
- verified that /home/kchan is default directory in /etc/passwd
- After reboot, I get the splash screen, and then a bunch of text. The last line says "started gnome display manager". Let's see if gdm is up and running:
systemctl status gdm
Says active. Tried startx again, to no avail. Maybe upgrade/update? And then restart.
dnf upgrade
Tried reinstalling gnome-shell Disabled selinux by editing /etc/sysconfig/selinux and set to permissive
- Rebooted, still not working.
Trying again
- downloaded the xfce fedora 23 iso from ftp.ucsb.edu, and am trying to install it
- successfully installed, although kickstart options and root needs to be changed
- successfully installed without using kickstart, got error "kickstart not supported with live install"
Final Solution: 2/8/2016
We were able to get Althea up and running. We reinstalled it with kickstart, and it loaded into single user mode with no graphical interface. We group installed basic-desktop-environment and enabled autofs.service. From there, we were able to log in to a GUI with openbox, and installed gdm and xfce desktop.
