12-05-2013
Sorry, have not been able to ssh into the box so the pic was best I could do.
I was able to install Debian and things are working great. From what little I was able to find re this server (that is like 100 years old in an IT sense) it has some kind of driver conflict per this gentleman:
Quote:
linux centOS enterprise 6.3 64bit*installed on a hp proliant dl360*
Published on Jan 30, 2013
suse linux 12.2 fail no video driver
ubuntu 12.10 fail no grub fatal error
slackware? no idea what the problem was
linux mint 14.1 no video driver
debian 6.0 works but logging into root is a pain in the ass.
centos 6.3 works great with extra features like firewall etc smooth fast.
...
per:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa7-FmN9ZfA
I get the feeling that this dino of a server doesn't play well with Scientific Linux. I didn't try centos, but Debian is working great.
Thanks for trying, I've moved on since the box is now up and I am able to start using it to do some analytic research. Thanks!!!
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
startx
STARTX(1) General Commands Manual STARTX(1)
NAME
startx - initialize an X session
SYNOPSIS
startx [ [ client ] options ... ] [ -- [ server ] [ display ] options ... ]
DESCRIPTION
The startx script is a front end to xinit(1) that provides a somewhat nicer user interface for running a single session of the X Window
System. It is often run with no arguments.
Arguments immediately following the startx command are used to start a client in the same manner as xinit(1). The special argument '--'
marks the end of client arguments and the beginning of server options. It may be convenient to specify server options with startx to
change on a per-session basis the default color depth, the server's notion of the number of dots-per-inch the display device presents, or
take advantage of a different server layout, as permitted by the Xorg(1) server and specified in the xorg.conf(5) configuration. Some
examples of specifying server arguments follow; consult the manual page for your X server to determine which arguments are legal.
startx -- -depth 16
startx -- -dpi 100
startx -- -layout Multihead
To determine the client to run, startx first looks for a file called .xinitrc in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses
the file xinitrc in the xinit library directory. If command line client options are given, they override this behavior and revert to the
xinit(1) behavior. To determine the server to run, startx first looks for a file called .xserverrc in the user's home directory. If that
is not found, it uses the file xserverrc in the xinit library directory. If command line server options are given, they override this
behavior and revert to the xinit(1) behavior. Users rarely need to provide a .xserverrc file. See the xinit(1) manual page for more
details on the arguments.
The system-wide xinitrc and xserverrc files are found in the /etc/X11/xinit directory.
The .xinitrc is typically a shell script which starts many clients according to the user's preference. When this shell script exits,
startx kills the server and performs any other session shutdown needed. Most of the clients started by .xinitrc should be run in the back-
ground. The last client should run in the foreground; when it exits, the session will exit. People often choose a session manager, window
manager, or xterm as the ''magic'' client.
EXAMPLE
Below is a sample .xinitrc that starts several applications and leaves the window manager running as the ''last'' application. Assuming
that the window manager has been configured properly, the user then chooses the ''Exit'' menu item to shut down X.
xrdb -load $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid gray &
xbiff -geometry -430+5 &
oclock -geometry 75x75-0-0 &
xload -geometry -80-0 &
xterm -geometry +0+60 -ls &
xterm -geometry +0-100 &
xconsole -geometry -0+0 -fn 5x7 &
exec twm
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
DISPLAY This variable gets set to the name of the display to which clients should connect. Note that this gets set, not
read.
XAUTHORITY This variable, if not already defined, gets set to $(HOME)/.Xauthority. This is to prevent the X server, if not
given the -auth argument, from automatically setting up insecure host-based authentication for the local host.
See the Xserver(1) and Xsecurity(7) manual pages for more information on X client/server authentication.
FILES
$(HOME)/.xinitrc Client to run. Typically a shell script which runs many programs in the background.
$(HOME)/.xserverrc Server to run. The default is X.
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc Client to run if the user has no .xinitrc file.
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc Server to run if the user has no .xserverrc file.
SEE ALSO
xinit(1), X(7), Xserver(1), Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5)
X Version 11 xinit 1.3.2 STARTX(1)