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restart gnome for root from command line?
I access console via vnc... but it is stuck logging out... how could I restart gnome for root from command line? (RedHat 6.1)
/etc/init.d/gnome restart
Did you try:
startx
startx
Restart GNOME:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
Start GNOME:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
Stop GNOME:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
Start GNOME:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
Stop GNOME:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
Just a word, your should never be logging in as root to the GUI. Huge security risk.
ASKER
@farzanj; I can't run startx from the VNC because I can't even get to a command prompt... I just have empty background
@everyone;
I think I may have been wrong... I assumed it was using gnome because if have /root/.gvfs
but I have no gnome or gdm in /etc/init.d.... any idea what else i might use or how to restart?
@everyone;
I think I may have been wrong... I assumed it was using gnome because if have /root/.gvfs
but I have no gnome or gdm in /etc/init.d.... any idea what else i might use or how to restart?
If you can't get a display on VNC, try to ssh to the server instead. I usually run ssh to a text terminal, even if I start up a VNC. Sometimes the GUI connection just gets bogged down and you can always fall back on the plain text interface.
/etc/init.d/gdm is ubuntu. Redhat uses /etc/init.d/xfs for the X font server. It should be the same syntax
/etc/init.d/gdm is ubuntu. Redhat uses /etc/init.d/xfs for the X font server. It should be the same syntax
/etc/init.d/xfs restart
/etc/init.d/xfs stop
/etc/init.d/xfs start
I can't believe that Redhat's come full circle and reused the version number. I remember running the old Redhat 6 back in 1999 - 2003. I still have an old shrink wrapped copy from that era. For a moment, I was thinking why anyone would run such an old copy, until I realized it meant the modern Redhat Enterprise 6.1. I don't generally pay to run Redhat and use centos or ubuntu instead so I was fully confused for a short time.
You can usually restart X by pressing CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE on the keyboard... if memory serves correctly.
ASKER
Thanks! No xfs either though...
[root@oaccati init.d]# ll
total 608
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1288 Oct 26 2011 abrt-ccpp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1628 Oct 26 2011 abrtd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1642 Oct 26 2011 abrt-oops
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1725 Dec 2 2009 acpid
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2158 Feb 10 2012 acronis_agent
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2305 May 22 12:51 acronis_mms
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2223 May 22 12:51 acronis_rsm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 628 May 22 12:51 acronis_schedule
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2062 Jan 19 2012 atd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3378 Mar 14 11:00 auditd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3715 Feb 6 2012 autofs
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 2540 Apr 3 2011 avahi-daemon
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 710 Jun 30 2010 bluetooth
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2092 Nov 1 2011 certmonger
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5470 Jul 26 2011 cgconfig
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3592 Jul 26 2011 cgred
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 11042 Jul 20 2010 cpuspeed
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 2793 Mar 4 2011 crond
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2988 Mar 19 11:22 cups
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 37935 Dec 9 2011 dataeng
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1353 May 22 12:52 dkms_autoinstaller
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7579 Mar 2 19:39 dsm_om_connsvc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8007 Mar 2 19:39 dsm_om_shrsvc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14000 Oct 19 2009 dsm_sa_ipmi
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1358 Apr 27 2011 edac
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2785 Jul 14 2011 firstboot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18171 Oct 7 2011 functions
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1801 Apr 1 2011 haldaemon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5629 Oct 7 2011 halt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3371 Feb 7 2012 httpd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 97050 Jan 13 2012 instsvcdrv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8727 Feb 3 2012 ip6tables
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14075 May 28 2010 ipmi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2056 Nov 24 2011 ipmievd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5036 Apr 30 09:17 ipsec
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8630 Feb 3 2012 iptables
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1873 May 2 14:57 irqbalance
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4535 Feb 19 2011 iscsi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3990 Aug 15 2011 iscsid
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15277 Apr 12 02:06 kdump
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 652 Oct 7 2011 killall
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2293 Jul 27 2011 logmein-hamachi
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2489 Oct 19 2011 lvm2-monitor
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2034 Jul 18 2011 mcelogd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2571 Apr 9 2010 mdmonitor
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2200 Jul 27 2011 messagebus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2980 Oct 7 2011 netconsole
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5485 Oct 7 2011 netfs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6502 Oct 7 2011 network
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6226 Oct 21 2011 nfs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3526 Oct 21 2011 nfslock
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1746 Apr 25 13:58 nmb
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1923 Oct 22 2009 ntpd
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1866 Oct 22 2009 ntpdate
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 2261 Feb 24 2011 oddjobd
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3812 Jan 11 2011 openwsmand
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1866 Sep 1 2011 portreserve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3852 May 12 2011 postfix
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1556 Apr 19 2010 psacct
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 2034 Feb 4 2011 quota_nld
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1559 May 19 2009 rdisc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1815 Feb 7 2012 restorecond
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 2898 Mar 19 2010 rhnsd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1703 Apr 24 16:51 rhsmcertd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1808 Dec 2 2011 rngd
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 2073 Aug 16 2010 rpcbind
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2518 Oct 21 2011 rpcgssd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2300 Oct 21 2011 rpcidmapd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2464 Oct 21 2011 rpcsvcgssd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2269 Aug 22 2011 rsyslog
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1698 Feb 7 2012 sandbox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2056 Apr 12 2010 saslauthd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1817 Oct 12 2011 sblim-sfcb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 647 Oct 7 2011 single
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3002 Aug 2 2011 smartd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2697 Apr 25 13:58 smb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2162 Nov 15 2011 snmpd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1738 Nov 15 2011 snmptrapd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2472 Oct 29 2011 spice-vdagentd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4582 Jan 18 2012 sshd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2647 Jan 17 2012 sssd
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1267 Mar 31 2011 sysstat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2296 Sep 23 2011 udev-post
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3126 Nov 9 2011 vncserver
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2824 May 11 18:51 vsftpd
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1598 Feb 3 2011 watchdog
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1314 Jan 21 2012 webmin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3555 Sep 21 2011 xinetd
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 4799 Jun 24 2010 ypbind
I dont think that xfs needs to be running for x to start now, it used to but I believe it changed in 6 (maybe 5, cant remember exactly).
However, it sounds more like vnc needs to be restarted....
Try; service vnc restart
However, it sounds more like vnc needs to be restarted....
Try; service vnc restart
ASKER
Thanks! no vnc service so I did
service vncserver restart
restarted OK -- but same issue
service vncserver restart
restarted OK -- but same issue
Can you ssh to it, with just plain ssh?
Once you ssh to it, can you run startx? If this art works, see if you can connect with VNC.
Otherwise, check the firewall.
service iptables stop
Then connect via VNC. If that works, then start iptables again and add a firewall rule to open a port for VNC,
service iptables start
Once you ssh to it, can you run startx? If this art works, see if you can connect with VNC.
Otherwise, check the firewall.
service iptables stop
Then connect via VNC. If that works, then start iptables again and add a firewall rule to open a port for VNC,
service iptables start
ASKER
I have SSH access. I tried this... Its not that VNC wont connect though... it does connect -- but I get empty desktop... (I tried to logout but it never actually logged out... just left it with a blank desktop, and even when I go back in with new VNC connection, same thing)
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thanks!
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thanks!