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    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
        Before reporting problems, check https://www.redhat.com/apps/support/
        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
    .

      import dbus.dbus_bindings

    (subscription-manager-gui:7518): libglade-WARNING **: Unexpected element
    inside .
     

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