[CentOS] Non-Gnome desktop
Liam O'Toole
liam.p.otoole at gmail.com
Mon Nov 10 20:00:39 UTC 2014
On 2014-11-10, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> wrote:
> So,
>
> 1. I installed a minimal CentOS-7.
> 2. I then installed epel-release.
> 3. I then installed etckeeper from epel.
> 4. I then ran yum update -y.
> 5. I then rebooted (kernel update).
> 6. I then ran "yum groups install "X Window System"
> 7. I then ran "yum groups "MATE Desktop"
> 8. I then ran startx.
Can you confirm line 7 above? It might be a typo.
>
> Result: Graphical destop wallpaper appears, spinning disc in center for 2-3
> seconds then this:
>
> X.Org X Server 1.15.0
> Release Date: 2013-12-27
--- SNIP ---
> So, what is going one? 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?
>
Try including the session manager in the startx invocation, e.g.,
startx /usr/bin/mate-session
(Or whaterever the MATE session manager is called. I'm guessing the
above by analogy with gnome-session.)
--
Liam
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