Installed RHEL 7.0 but don't get a GUI

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Hi all,

I've recently downloaded the binary DVD for RHEL 7.0 and installed in onto my desktop. The install ran, but when the computer boots I only see a terminal interface (it looks like it is within the Kernal?). How to I get access to a GUI desktop?

Thank you!

=Brandon

What I see for network settings: (I don't mess with it.)

What I see after booting for the first time:

What I see when I type in ls -l /etc/systemd/system/default.target:

bw
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Akemi Yagi's picture Guru 2404 points
19 March 2015 11:45 PM

During the installation, at the Software Selection step, which one did you choose? Did you pick up the one that provides the GUI (for example, "Server with GUI")?

bw Community Member 60 points
20 March 2015 3:23 PM

Thank you for replying! =)

Out of the three options I have within Software Selection:
GNOME Desktop
KDE Plasma Workspaces
Development and Creative Workstation

I chose GNOME Desktop, but I've also tried the third option with the same result.

ir. Jan Gerrit Kootstra's picture Guru 6222 points
20 March 2015 3:36 PM

can you attach a screenshot?

bw Community Member 60 points
20 March 2015 3:49 PM

I just uploaded it. Can you see it?

ir. Jan Gerrit Kootstra's picture Guru 6222 points
20 March 2015 4:07 PM

I do not see it.

bw Community Member 60 points
20 March 2015 4:11 PM

Kind of wonky, but it's there now!

ir. Jan Gerrit Kootstra's picture Guru 6222 points
20 March 2015 4:14 PM

Did you setup networking?
xorg-x11 needs networking to communicate. Even though this networking could be done via local-loop

ir. Jan Gerrit Kootstra's picture Guru 6222 points
20 March 2015 4:17 PM

I would like to see a screenshot of the final window once did finished the first reboot, that shows that x11 desktop fails to start

Akemi Yagi's picture Guru 2404 points
20 March 2015 4:28 PM

What is the output from:

ls -l /etc/systemd/system/default.target

bw Community Member 60 points
20 March 2015 5:06 PM

I added a pictures for what I see for Network settings, right after rebooting, and what I get when I add the line from Akemi Yagi. I haven't messed with the Network Settings as I was hoping to connect after I had a GUI to work with. I am not very familiar with the terminal interface yet. I didn't see anything regarding x11, but I think it is safe to say that XServer isn't running, so that my graphics cards aren't running.
I hope this helps!

Thank you!!

ir. Jan Gerrit Kootstra's picture Guru 6222 points
20 March 2015 5:13 PM

Brandon,

It really shows that do know how to get the information too us. Great.

What happens is, noveau the standard driver/installer does not recognize the chipset of your graphics card. So the XServer setup fails.
The default.target is set to multiuser.target, so now you run in terminal mode.

Please check at the hardware certification section of access.redhat.com to look for know issues with your desktop versus RHEL 7.

Kind regards,

Jan Gerrit Kootstra

bw Community Member 60 points
20 March 2015 6:24 PM

Thank you very much! I will definitely try that. =)

Akemi Yagi's picture Guru 2404 points
21 March 2015 1:12 AM

According to this article, this seems to be a known issue. The bugzilla is internal, so the progress cannot be seen.

bw Community Member 60 points
23 March 2015 3:27 PM

Thank you! That is really helpful to know! I wonder how Dell installed everything the first time to get it to work...?

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