On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 06:27:45PM +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2018-12-19, Fred Smith > <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote: > > [...] > > > Result: Boots to GDM just fine, but Mate is a black screen. Switching > > to Gnome, works fine, but I can't stand Gnome. Not knowing what else > > to try I restored the dd backup. > > This is a known issue, and was mentioned on this list recently. The > problem is that Mate in EPEL needs to be updated to work with CentOS > 7.6. Perhaps keep an eye on changes to the EPEL repo before attempting > the upgrade again. Thanks, Liam, for the info. Since it IS working on the netbook I'm hoping that means that whatever needed updating has been updated. So, I compared the versions on my desktop with those on the netbook, and find that mate_dictionary, mate-disk-usage-analyzer, mate-screenshot, mate-search-tool, mate-system-log, mate-system-monitor, mate-utilsk, mate-utils-common all had a minor version bump. Some from 1.16.1-1 to 1.16.1-2, one from 1.16.0-1 to 1.16.0-2. I know there are other packages that do not contain "mate" in their names, but I don't know which they are. So, do you (or anyone else) happen to know which Mate packages are/were in need of update? thanks again, in advance. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------