Are there .conf files for the desktop?....what about logs?....something's got to be amiss somewhere....and Linux always complains when it is.....in logs. Just wondering out loud... On Mon, May 4, 2020, 9:51 PM Robert G (Doc) Savage via CentOS < centos at centos.org> wrote: > I need some C8 troubleshooting help with MATE. > > I'm building a ZFS storage server with a SuperMicro H11SSL motherboard, > EPYC 7232 CPU, and 32 GB ECC SDRAM. I installed CentOS 8.1.1911 from > the iso as soon as it was released. I'm using the on-board ASPEED VGA > video. I installed MATE v1.22 from > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/stenstorp/MATE/. The following > packages are installed: > > libmateweather-data-1.24.0-2.el8.noarch > libmatemixer-1.24.0-1.el8.x86_64 > mate-desktop-libs-1.24.0-3.el8.x86_64 > mate-terminal-1.24.0-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-themes-3.22.21-1.el8.noarch > mate-panel-libs-1.22.2-1.el8.x86_64 > mate-desktop-1.24.0-3.el8.x86_64 > mate-settings-daemon-1.22.1-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-polkit-1.24.0-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-notification-daemon-1.22.1-1.el8.x86_64 > mate-media-1.24.0-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-power-manager-1.22.2-1.el8.x86_64 > mate-system-log-1.22.2-2.el8.x86_64 > libmateweather-1.24.0-2.el8.x86_64 > libmatekbd-1.24.0-1.el8.x86_64 > mate-utils-common-1.22.2-2.el8.noarch > mate-disk-usage-analyzer-1.22.2-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-user-guide-1.24.0-1.el8.noarch > mate-menus-preferences-category-menu-1.24.0-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-dictionary-1.22.2-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-menus-1.24.0-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-session-manager-1.24.0-1.el8.x86_64 > mate-backgrounds-1.24.0-1.el8.noarch > mate-search-tool-1.22.2-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-panel-1.22.2-1.el8.x86_64 > mate-system-monitor-1.24.0-1.el8.x86_64 > mate-applets-1.24.0-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-control-center-1.22.2-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-icon-theme-1.24.0-1.el8.noarch > mate-control-center-filesystem-1.22.2-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-menus-libs-1.24.0-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-user-admin-1.5.1-3.el8.x86_64 > mate-calc-1.24.0-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-screenshot-1.22.2-2.el8.x86_64 > mate-screensaver-1.24.0-2.el8.x86_64 > > About two weeks ago following a reset, after a normal login an > incomplete MATE desktop appeared. The background is black. There is no > visible mouse, although there is some ghostly pixel movement in the top > toolbar when what should be the mouse cursor floats over each of those > toolbar icons. I can hit Enter and start whatever app the ghost cursor > is over, and the mouse works only within that app's window. > > I'm a long-time user of MATE ever since GNOME3 was released, but until > now I've never had any problems with it. I have no idea where to start > troubleshooting. I've looked in journalctl, systemctl, and dmesg, but > found nothing obvious. There's nothing in the MATE wiki to help. > > I'm open to any suggestions where to start looking. > > --Doc Savage > Fairview Heights, IL > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >