> This is a known issue:
>https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=58168
>I would recommend filing a bug with Red Hat to have them fix it.
I am going to see if I can find someone in the organization with a Red Hat account to open the bug. In the meantime, I came up with a workaround. I wanted to see if I could role the updates back to CentOS 6.7 since the system was 6.7 until I applied the updates. The alternative is to load the system from scratch, so what is there to loose. The result seems to be working so I will document what I did.
# First I rebooted and specified to use the original kernel
# Then mount the place where I unloaded the original DVD ISOs
mount -t nfs phxbkup2:/iso/centos6.7x64 /media/CentOS
# Tried to sync from this location, but it did not work,
yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c6-media --releasever=6.7 distribution-synchronization
# There were a number of conflicts that prevented the yum to run.
# The troublesome packages did not look like they would prevent booting, so I got rid of them
yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c6-media --releasever=6.7 erase python-libipa_hbac-1.13.3-22.el6_8.4.x86_64 mesa-libxatracker-11.0.7-4.el6.x86_64 xorg-x11-drivers-7.3-13.4.el6.x86_64 mesa-libxatracker-11.0.7-4.el6.x86_64
yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c6-media --releasever=6.7 erase xcb-util xcb-util-renderutil
# Tried the distro sync again and it went through.
yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c6-media --releasever=6.7 distribution-synchronization
# Tried to put back the problem packages, especially since one contained the driver I needed. The drivers went in.
# The xcb-util xcb-util-renderutil got reinstalled as part of the distro sync
yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c6-media --releasever=6.7 install xorg-x11-drivers
# The other packages were not part of the media, so they got left out.
yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c6-media --releasever=6.7 install python-libipa_hbac mesa-libxatracker mesa-libxatracker
# Finally, I disabled the CentOS-Base repos and enabled the CentOS-Vault 6.7 repos (Same3 as from the Base) and ran "yum update" to get to the latest set from 6.7. The xorg and x11dirvers were not updated. Rebooted and I have a desktop.
This is not the first time distribution-synchronization has pulled my butt out of the fire.
Thank you for the suggestions which eventually helped me narrow down the problem.
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