ok guys, i am running a dell poweredge 2600 in which i just now did a fresh install of Centos 5.5 KDE. The install went perfectly with no hiccups or errors. I reboot the server and centos dose its normal checking everything and giving a Green"OK" or Red"Error" and everything seems to be fine. I then get to a black screen with a X mouse cursor, i can move the cursor freely and i can turn the Num Lock key on and off and i can do a Ctrl+Alt+F5 and then reboot with a Ctrl+Alt+Del smoothly, but i just cant get the centos to boot up all the way into the GUI.

Do you guys have any suggestions??

Greetingz!

For starters, I'd make sure you're able to get to a console session (Ctrl+Alt+F1, you should see a login prompt).
Second; I'd suggest booting from the install CD and doing the "Media Check" (just to make sure the ISO you burned is completly readable).
Third; Login to a console session as root, then do the following;

init 3 (this should take down the GUI)
cd /etc/X11
cp -p xorg.conf xorg.conf.bakup (makes a quick backup of your X Windows configuration)
Xorg --configure (tries to auto-detect good X Windows settings for you)

Or you can take a gander at the CentOS5 X Windows Configuration Guide

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Execute below command and reboot server.

yum groupinstall "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment"

Hi,
Install gnome from command line

yum install "X Window System"
yum install "GNOME Desktop Environment"

Thank You