starting x seems to have problems with my gnome session

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I have a brand new out the box 6.2 preinstalled from dell.  I went through minimal setup getting an ip but no hostname.  I started X expecting to see gnome and a graphical network setup.  But no gnome., not under Applications->System Tools or System->Preferences or System->Administration.  I remember it was in a pull down list (it's been 3 years since I did anything linux). Below is what I see on my tty when I startx.  What do I need to do to get gnome to run?  I'd like to setup my hostname with a tool rather than editing files.  That's a pretty simple thing now but later I might want to change something that has more impact...

 

xauth:  creating new authority file /home/patty/.serverauth.6964

X.Org X Server 1.10.4
Release Date: 2011-08-19
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: x86-004 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5
Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 9 08:03:13 EST 2011 x86_64
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup_ID_21696-LogVol1 rd_NO_LUKS  KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ksdevice=link rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup_ID_21696/LogVol0 rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup_ID_21696/LogVol1 rd_NO_MD rhgb quiet SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd_NO_DM
Build Date: 20 October 2011  12:03:36PM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.10.4-6.el6
Current version of pixman: 0.18.4
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    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Nov  1 09:26:07 2012
(==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines)
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such device
(EE) MGA(0): Static buffer allocation failed, not initializing the DRI
(EE) MGA(0): Need at least 15360 kB video memory at this resolution, bit depth
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadOn: line 120 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadOff: line 121 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadOn: line 120 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadOff: line 121 of inet
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-HqPzQ7/socket
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-HqPzQ7/socket.ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=7073

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:7125): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `_PolkitError'

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:7125): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
Failed to play sound: File or data not found
Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension
Initializing nautilus-gdu extension
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
Window manager warning: Received a _NET_WM_MOVERESIZE message for 0x120022b (DATA); these messages lack timestamps and therefore suck.
/usr/sbin/subscription-manager-gui:29: DeprecationWarning: The dbus_bindings module is not public API and will go away soon.

Most uses of dbus_bindings are applications catching the exception
dbus.dbus_bindings.DBusException. You should use dbus.DBusException
instead (this is compatible with all dbus-python versions since 0.40.2).

If you need additional public API, please contact the maintainers via
<dbus@lists.freedesktop.org>.

  import dbus.dbus_bindings

(subscription-manager-gui:7518): libglade-WARNING **: Unexpected element <property> inside <widget>.
 

JH

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