On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 01:06:14PM -0800, Alice Wonder wrote: > On 12/21/18 12:44 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >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. > > > > Not sure, MATE is working just fine for me, versions range from > 1.16.0 to 1.16.3 > > yum list |grep "mate" |grep -v "@epel" |grep -v "devel" > mate-menus-preferences-category-menu.x86_64 > classmate.noarch 1.3.1-2.el7 epel > classmate-javadoc.noarch 1.3.1-2.el7 epel > f22-backgrounds-mate.noarch 21.91.0-1.el7 epel > mate-common.noarch 1.16.0-1.el7 epel > mate-netspeed.x86_64 1.12.0-1.el7 epel > mate-sensors-applet.x86_64 1.16.1-1.el7 epel > mate-themes-extras.noarch 3.14.7-1.el7 epel > php-league-climate.noarch 3.2.4-1.el7 epel > workrave-mate.x86_64 1.10.16-1.el7 epel > xmonad-mate.x86_64 0.11-12.el7 epel > > Some of those obviously are not mate packages, but those are the > only mate packages I do NOT have installed and it is working, so if > mate is not working I wonder if the issue is something other than > the packages. Good question, Alice. I guess I need to go back to trying the upgrade again on my new-to-me-but-still-pretty-old laptop, where it failed a week or so ago. If that works I'll be slightly less paranoid about trying it on my main desktop box, which I definitely do NOT want to screw up. Or maybe plug in a 1tb usb drive and install on it and see what happens. Fred -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 ----------------------------- The Boulder Pledge -----------------------------