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Re: MATE on SL 7
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Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]>
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Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 9 Apr 2016 11:16:34 +1000
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Hi Guys
I installed (yum groupinstall mate-desktop) on SL 7.2 and I can select MATE using the icon next to the "Sign In" button on the password entry screen.
It seems to remember what your last selection was, too.
Cheers
Bill
 
-----Original message-----
> From:S. Tindall <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday 9th April 2016 10:15
> To: SL Users <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: MATE on SL 7
> 
> On 04/06/2016 05:30 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> > It appears that the software package GUI installer, gpk-application,
> > does not have what is needed for an install of MATE
> > under SL.  (One evidently does not need MATE for SL 6 as Gnome 2 is part
> > of the stock SL 6 distribution).  During the base install of SL 7,
> > I always install both whatever Gnome and KDE GUIs are supplied; thus the
> > comment below about X windows is not relevant for my use.
> > I do this on servers as well as workstations so that graphical machine
> > "workload" display and analysis tools are available in addition to the
> > scrolling text tools.  (Sometimes a visualisation provides insight that
> > a table or text does not.)
> ...
> 
> One workaround under SL7.2 is to switch your display manager from gdm to 
> lightdm, which will allow you to select MATE at login (upper right 
> corner). I think lightdm comes with the MATE desktop group. Otherwise, 
> look in epel.
> 
>   # uname -r
>   3.10.0-327.13.1.el7.x86_64
> 
>   # rpm -q system-switch-displaymanager lightdm
> 
>   system-switch-displaymanager-1.3-4.el7.nux.noarch
>   lightdm-1.10.5-6.el7.x86_64
> 
>   # system-switch-displaymanager
>   Please specify one of either GDM, KDM, XDM, WDM or LIGHTDM.
> 
>   # system-switch-displaymanager LIGHTDM
>   Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service to
>    /usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service.
>   Your default graphical display manager has successfully been switched.
> 
>   # reboot
> 
> Alternately, you can systemctl disable gdm, systemctl enable lightdm and 
> reboot.
> 
> Your Mileage May Vary.
> 
> BTW, a while back, MATE was installed locally on a SL7.1 system and it 
> continues to launch MATE under SL7.2 without any problems. Go figure.
> 
> Steve
> 
>

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