On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:35:05 -0500 James B. Byrne wrote: > Does this Desktop work for anyone else without gnome3 > installed? What am I leaving out? Am I suppose run some sort of X > configuration program? I've done this a few times now, and it's worked every time: Install the Centos 7 Live CD. Install epel-release Install Mate Desktop Remove the parts of gnome that I don't use and that don't seem to be required. No choice of desktop is presented by gdm when I log in; the default and only selection is Mate. This are the portions of gnome I still have installed, because I use them, because something that I use appears to require them, or because I haven't gotten around to removing it. $ rpm -qa | grep gnome gnome-devel-docs-3.8.1-2.el7.noarch gnome-icon-theme-legacy-3.8.2-3.el7.noarch gnome-menus-3.8.1-4.el7.x86_64 libobasis4.3-gnome-integration-4.3.3.2-2.x86_64 gnome-schedule-2.2.2-1.el7.centos.noarch libgnome-2.32.1-9.el7.x86_64 libgnome-devel-2.32.1-9.el7.x86_64 gnome-color-manager-3.8.2-6.el7.x86_64 libgnome-keyring-3.8.0-3.el7.x86_64 libgnomeui-2.24.5-8.el7.x86_64 libgnome-keyring-devel-3.8.0-3.el7.x86_64 gnome-python2-gnomevfs-2.28.1-14.el7.x86_64 gnome-settings-daemon-3.8.6.1-9.el7_0.1.x86_64 gnome-desktop3-3.8.4-4.el7.x86_64 gnome-video-effects-0.4.0-6.el7.noarch gnome-documents-3.8.5-10.el7.x86_64 gnome-dictionary-3.8.0-4.el7.x86_64 gnome-bluetooth-3.8.2.1-3.el7.x86_64 gnome-shell-3.8.4-32.el7_0.x86_64 gnome-keyring-3.8.2-8.el7.x86_64 libgnomekbd-3.6.0-4.el7.x86_64 libgnomeui-devel-2.24.5-8.el7.x86_64 gnome-session-3.8.4-11.el7.x86_64 libgnomecanvas-devel-2.30.3-8.el7.x86_64 gnome-games-3.4.2-2.el7.nux.x86_64 gnome-themes-standard-3.8.4-3.el7.x86_64 gnome-online-accounts-3.8.5-9.el7_0.1.x86_64 gnome-font-viewer-3.8.0-3.el7.x86_64 gnome-icon-theme-3.8.2-3.el7.noarch gnome-python2-2.28.1-14.el7.x86_64 gnome-keyring-pam-3.8.2-8.el7.x86_64 gnome-python2-gconf-2.28.1-14.el7.x86_64 gnome-user-docs-3.8.2-4.el7.noarch gnome-icon-theme-symbolic-3.8.2.2-2.el7.noarch gnome-bluetooth-libs-3.8.2.1-3.el7.x86_64 gnome-clocks-3.8.2-8.el7.x86_64 gnome-terminal-3.8.4-8.el7.x86_64 gnome-python2-canvas-2.28.1-14.el7.x86_64 gnome-vfs2-devel-2.24.4-14.el7.x86_64 gnome-python2-bonobo-2.28.1-14.el7.x86_64 gnome-disk-utility-3.8.2-5.el7.x86_64 gnome-python2-gnome-2.28.1-14.el7.x86_64 gnome-chess-3.10.2-1.el7.centos.x86_64 gnome-calculator-3.8.2-4.el7.x86_64 gnome-vfs2-2.24.4-14.el7.x86_64 libgnomecanvas-2.30.3-8.el7.x86_64 -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com