Startx returns to command line with no errors

[cpeceo]

We've installed 7 using "minimal" package then added the standard packages needed for a basic Gnome desktop, same as we've done on dozens of 6.x servers. On 7, when we execute startx, screen goes black momentarily then returns to character mode. Xorg.log doesn't seem to report any errors. When returned to character mode, screen shows list of "initiallizing built-in..." commands, then "Loading Extensions GLX", then "Waiting for X server to shutdown", "successful", "Closing log file", but doesn't seem to indicate any problems. I've done the Xorg --configure to produce a different config file, but it behaves the same. Any ideas?

[TrevorH]

On a working system (under vbox)I have this lot installed:

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[root@centos7 ~]# rpm -qa xorg-x11\* | sort
xorg-x11-drv-dummy-0.3.6-15.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-evdev-2.8.2-5.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.4.3-15.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.21.15-13.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-modesetting-0.8.0-13.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.10-5.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.1.1-9.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.1-10.el7_0.1.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-v4l-0.2.0-35.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-vesa-2.3.2-14.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse-13.0.0-10.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-13.0.1-7.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-void-1.4.0-23.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.23.0-6.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-fonts-Type1-7.5-9.el7.noarch
xorg-x11-font-utils-7.5-18.1.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-common-1.15.0-7.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.7-4.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-7.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-13.1.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.7-6.1.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-xinit-1.3.2-13.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-xkb-utils-7.7-9.1.el7.x86_64

[cpeceo]

Thanks Trevor. We're pretty close:

xorg-x11-drivers-7.7-6.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-ati-7.2.0-9.20140113git3213df1.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-dummy-0.3.6-15.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-evdev-2.8.2-5.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.4.3-15.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.21.15-13.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-modesetting-0.8.0-13.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.10-5.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.1.1-9.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.1-10.el7_0.1.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-v4l-0.2.0-35.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-vesa-2.3.2-14.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse-13.0.0-10.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-13.0.1-7.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-void-1.4.0-23.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.23.0-6.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-glamor-0.5.1-4.20140115gitfb4d046c.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-common-1.15.0-7.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.7-4.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-7.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-13.1.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.7-6.1.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-xinit-1.3.2-13.el7.x86_64
xorg-x11-xkb-utils-7.7-9.1.el7.x86_64

See anything suspicious? My IBM servers have ati/radeon drivers which seem to have been troublesome over some linux releases, but I don't see any errors in my xorg log. I wonder about the "glamor" package. I saw a posting somewhere that said it was a problem, but when I removed it and 2 dependencies, 7 behaved very strangely and would not even boot up. No clue why removing an xorg package would have so much effect, but I didn't pay attention to what the 2 dependencies were, just let yum remove them. I had to reinstall.

My xorg.0.log is attached if you have a chance to look at it. Maybe I'm missing something. BTW, I've removed the server from the Belkin KVM but got same results, just a shorter log file. Could it be SELinux and/or trying startx as root? Appreciate your help.