On Tue, 2020-05-05 at 10:32 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2020 05:30:26 -0400 Eddie O'Connor wrote:
Are there .conf files for the desktop?....what about logs?....something's got to be amiss somewhere....and Linux always complains when it is.....in logs. Just wondering out loud...
What happens if he sets up a new user? Does the desktop work then?
Frank,
For some reason I didn't get Eddie O'Connor's message. If there are .conf files they're hiding pretty well. And as I said, systemctl -ex, journalctl, and dmesg don't show any errors. If you search for "troubleshooting MATE desktop" I think you'll be disappointed in how little help there is. I guess that's to be expected of a desktop that "just works".
Yours is an excellent suggestion. If the new user works, the problem would be a fault in my account's configuration. If not, then it's the MATE system.
So I created a new user "test", reset the machine, and logged into the MATE desktop as the new user. Unfortunately I see the exact same misbehavior.
I'm about ready to run "dnf erase *mate*" and try re-installing MATE from scratch from the GNOME3 desktop. Is that possible without ripping the heart out of C8 by deleting other critical packages?
--Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL