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Gnome installation issue

Using centos 6.2

i have installed gnome using

Code:

yum groupinstall windows-desktop desktop-platform x11 fonts

everything for the install went fine... but when i type the startx to get it running the screen blanks flashes goes a pale blue as if gnome were starting, but then closes itself leaving me with a message of

Code:

waiting for x server shutdown

i tried creating a tmp file of what happened to gather more info using :

Code:

startx ¬ /tmp/startxlg

but nothing is created so this is all i got atm? anyone seen this before?

I sovled this issue by additonally installing the desktop environment group

Code:

yum groupinstall desktop environment