I installed CentOS 7 from the DVD iso file: CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1503-01.iso Yum update was used (with no update issues) to install and update many packages. The installer is significantly different from CentOS 6 where one can basicallychoose to "install everything" if one has the patience to check all productsand all software options within those categories. During the CentOS 7 install,the "Development Workstation" was selected with all options checked.
The new gnome Desktop menu bar still has Applications and Places, but the Systemmenu is gone. I even tried installing the minimal CentOS 7 system and then addingthe gnome, but that yielded the same result, still no System menu item on the bar.
One interesting fact is that the RH admin guide actually refers to the System menu and other items on the menu bar but some of them are actually absent. Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Desktop_Migration_and_Administration_Guide-en-US.pdf
Can anyone provide assistance in getting the system menu back in gnome. Thanks
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Date: Friday, June 05, 2015 02:36:53 PM +0000 From: Chris Olson chris_e_olson@yahoo.com
I installed CentOS 7 from the DVD iso file: CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1503-01.iso Yum update was used (with no update issues) to install and update many packages. The installer is significantly different from CentOS 6 where one can basicallychoose to "install everything" if one has the patience to check all productsand all software options within those categories. During the CentOS 7 install,the "Development Workstation" was selected with all options checked.
The new gnome Desktop menu bar still has Applications and Places, but the Systemmenu is gone. I even tried installing the minimal CentOS 7 system and then addingthe gnome, but that yielded the same result, still no System menu item on the bar.
One interesting fact is that the RH admin guide actually refers to the System menu and other items on the menu bar but some of them are actually absent. Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Desktop_Migration_and_Administration_Gu ide-en-US.pdf
Can anyone provide assistance in getting the system menu back in gnome. Thanks
Personally, I found that installing/switching to MATE (available from the EPEL repository) was the easiest solution for my many Gnome-3 annoyances. You'll get the system menu pulldown, and many other things you are used to from Gnome-2, back.
- Richard
On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 02:56:04PM +0000, Richard wrote:
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Date: Friday, June 05, 2015 02:36:53 PM +0000 From: Chris Olson chris_e_olson@yahoo.com
I installed CentOS 7 from the DVD iso file: CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1503-01.iso Yum update was used (with no update issues) to install and update many packages. The installer is significantly different from CentOS 6 where one can basicallychoose to "install everything" if one has the patience to check all productsand all software options within those categories. During the CentOS 7 install,the "Development Workstation" was selected with all options checked.
The new gnome Desktop menu bar still has Applications and Places, but the Systemmenu is gone. I even tried installing the minimal CentOS 7 system and then addingthe gnome, but that yielded the same result, still no System menu item on the bar.
One interesting fact is that the RH admin guide actually refers to the System menu and other items on the menu bar but some of them are actually absent. Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Desktop_Migration_and_Administration_Gu ide-en-US.pdf
Can anyone provide assistance in getting the system menu back in gnome. Thanks
Personally, I found that installing/switching to MATE (available from the EPEL repository) was the easiest solution for my many Gnome-3 annoyances. You'll get the system menu pulldown, and many other things you are used to from Gnome-2, back.
- Richard
I agree with this, I use the MATE desktop and like it just fine. HOWEVER, please make sure you install the epel repo first, since MATE is not part of Centos.
I downloaded the DVD iso of CentOS 7. When I rebooted all I get is a command line. How can I install Mate on my CentOS install? This one is not going to be a server so a GUI would be a big help.
Mikeal Hughes, N9GI GROL, Comptia A+, Comptia Network+, MOS Mikeal Hughes & Associates EngineerHughes@comcast.net mailto:EngineerHughes@comcast.net Cell: 815-546-1867
On Jun 5, 2015, at 12:10 PM, Fred Smith <fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us mailto:fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 02:56:04PM +0000, Richard wrote:
------------ Original Message ------------
Date: Friday, June 05, 2015 02:36:53 PM +0000 From: Chris Olson <chris_e_olson@yahoo.com mailto:chris_e_olson@yahoo.com>
I installed CentOS 7 from the DVD iso file: CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1503-01.iso Yum update was used (with no update issues) to install and update many packages. The installer is significantly different from CentOS 6 where one can basicallychoose to "install everything" if one has the patience to check all productsand all software options within those categories. During the CentOS 7 install,the "Development Workstation" was selected with all options checked.
The new gnome Desktop menu bar still has Applications and Places, but the Systemmenu is gone. I even tried installing the minimal CentOS 7 system and then addingthe gnome, but that yielded the same result, still no System menu item on the bar.
One interesting fact is that the RH admin guide actually refers to the System menu and other items on the menu bar but some of them are actually absent. Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Desktop_Migration_and_Administration_Gu ide-en-US.pdf
Can anyone provide assistance in getting the system menu back in gnome. Thanks
Personally, I found that installing/switching to MATE (available from the EPEL repository) was the easiest solution for my many Gnome-3 annoyances. You'll get the system menu pulldown, and many other things you are used to from Gnome-2, back.
- Richard
I agree with this, I use the MATE desktop and like it just fine. HOWEVER, please make sure you install the epel repo first, since MATE is not part of Centos.
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