Is there a writeup somewhere detailing how one installs a non-gnome desktop? I have installed both KDE and Mate and both fail with the same error. (EE) no screens found.
I am a bit bewildered that neither the official KDE from centos nor the semi-official mate from epel pull in as part of their install the Xserver. I am also bothered by the fact that installing a desktop other than gnome 3 does not in fact provide one that can be started from the command line.
I am not trying anything complicated here. I just want to install a working desktop that is not gnome. Is this possible on CentOS7?
Op 07-11-14 om 21:13 schreef James B. Byrne:
Is there a writeup somewhere detailing how one installs a non-gnome desktop? I have installed both KDE and Mate and both fail with the same error. (EE) no screens found.
I am a bit bewildered that neither the official KDE from centos nor the semi-official mate from epel pull in as part of their install the Xserver. I am also bothered by the fact that installing a desktop other than gnome 3 does not in fact provide one that can be started from the command line.
I am not trying anything complicated here. I just want to install a working desktop that is not gnome. Is this possible on CentOS7?
Hello James,
the Mate website
http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download
provides instructions for Centos7.
Greetings, Johan
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Johan Vermeulen jvermeulen@cawdekempen.be wrote:
Op 07-11-14 om 21:13 schreef James B. Byrne:
Is there a writeup somewhere detailing how one installs a non-gnome desktop? I have installed both KDE and Mate and both fail with the same error. (EE) no screens found.
I am a bit bewildered that neither the official KDE from centos nor the semi-official mate from epel pull in as part of their install the Xserver.
There is never any reason to assume that the display (needing the Xserver) is on the same machine as the desktop or application being displayed. X has always worked just fine over networks.
I am also bothered by the fact that installing a desktop other than gnome 3 does not in fact provide one that can be started from the command line.
I am not trying anything complicated here. I just want to install a working desktop that is not gnome. Is this possible on CentOS7?
Hello James,
the Mate website
http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download
provides instructions for Centos7.
yum install epel-release yum groupinstall 'MATE Desktop'
I haven't tried that on a machine that does not also have the gnome desktop installed, though. But both KDE and MATE should be alternatives you can choose at login if you have all of them installed.
KDE runs fine over here on CentOS 7. No problems whatsoever and it is on older hardware as well.
Looks lovely!
-George On 11/07/2014 03:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Johan Vermeulen jvermeulen@cawdekempen.be wrote:
Op 07-11-14 om 21:13 schreef James B. Byrne:
Is there a writeup somewhere detailing how one installs a non-gnome desktop? I have installed both KDE and Mate and both fail with the same error. (EE) no screens found.
I am a bit bewildered that neither the official KDE from centos nor the semi-official mate from epel pull in as part of their install the Xserver.
There is never any reason to assume that the display (needing the Xserver) is on the same machine as the desktop or application being displayed. X has always worked just fine over networks.
I am also bothered by the fact that installing a desktop other than gnome 3 does not in fact provide one that can be started from the command line.
I am not trying anything complicated here. I just want to install a working desktop that is not gnome. Is this possible on CentOS7?
Hello James,
the Mate website
http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download
provides instructions for Centos7.
yum install epel-release yum groupinstall 'MATE Desktop'
I haven't tried that on a machine that does not also have the gnome desktop installed, though. But both KDE and MATE should be alternatives you can choose at login if you have all of them installed.
On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 15:13:20 -0500 James B. Byrne wrote:
I am not trying anything complicated here. I just want to install a working desktop that is not gnome. Is this possible on CentOS7?
I installed the live cd, then set up the epel repo and installed mate from there.
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