If you’ve got a RedHat box, with X11 set up, and you’re moving the box to a new location (like I did yesterday), with new IP addresses, and you want to use the GUI tools (like redhat-config-network) to set the new network settings, you might be disappointed to find that typing startx to start up X11 won’t work — the machine just sits there doing nothing.
The root of this appears to be that missing, or incorrect network settings (and/or DNS settings) give the X startup process problems.
The solution?
Just turn off your Ethernet interfaces temporarily:
ifdown eth0
Then you can startx as normal, set up your network, and then either activate the interfaces with GUI tools, or, from the command line:
ifup eth0
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Thanks for the tip.
Thanks for the tip.
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