I could boot up to the screen saying 'Scientific Linux 6' and then get a shell
(by CTRL-ALT-F2) and log in. Thus I got to runlevel 3 with no network connection.
My problem was how to then get to a state where I could run yum with remote
repos.

I have solved my problem by downloading the relevant rpm files to my
Windows partition and running rpm with suitable arguments, so I am now
back to a fully functioning SL with Gnome etc. But it would still have
been nice to have instructions that worked 'out of the box'.

Malcolm

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From: "zxq9" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, 16 July, 2012 10:50:39 PM
Subject: Re: X11 server won't start after yum upgrade

On 07/17/2012 05:38 AM, Malcolm MacCallum wrote:
> The advice about yum downgrade or yum upgrade only works if you already can recall
> how to get reconnected to your router when the X window tools for that are not
> available. So can somebody post a set of instructions that really work from the
> state with no X windows and no network connection, please? (I can still read email
> by booting into Windows.....)

Can you explain your situation a little further? Are you connecting to 
your system remotely? Or are you able to boot to runlevel 3 just fine, 
but you have no network connection? Is SL in a VM that you can't reach?