From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Dec 3 17:41:56 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92160132DBDA for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 17:41:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.17.24]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A14E68C23A for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 17:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.193.252.129]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue109 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1MOiLp-1grBqY0PCJ-00QAAQ; Mon, 03 Dec 2018 18:41:53 +0100 Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 18:41:53 +0100 From: Polytropon To: B J Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Fresh Installation Of FreeBSD 11.2--Mate Not Working Properly Message-Id: <20181203184153.b37810d9.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20181202231414.bc873ae8.freebsd@edvax.de> <3b1f0a32-175e-2535-ce70-ac8935cf85eb@yandex.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:aD5yKpsmevomsESyiCsX57K7NTlCmOmsyL7Geyj/6C5soyRn4CR pKtIWh7LvbWbaR41vR2Mk/C/6GZ+sLcWFhIt+5HRTmBjdbj4+V6a6Q9IliZDBr5q2pHtEkP bKRNPQKy32QiZydHZEOts9YcWNK0nHcUSRjKv42MSB7SkRcmV8A0TwRHIlq6LXUmm3KKXgS u5Z1ZO2r4+/51wDoOek6A== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:HuqiQWMG6oQ=:nG1pKqu0xuhQqzxED1R+yR Tdflph5OoRxJtD7KYKDz5MlwRKyajwnSx6HHKSfTW7NVtWJsE0RdoUNw8smDvldo534Yt+NLr Kp4vjUZZMETEBtvG/f1vt1/z0VERhd9x5oXWLR4kjR8VOTfgk7T3ocq4Di464IIkknklLC6FY mO65n9gT45I8/wt8ti+7ykreTVdCRLiohieiUrMHaFrSFr5aRONocTAE7WnHJkjd7QbMxzt6y JOraUQO1aTwsRmFBfcZAIYL23c0s+O68d4XhYkJmCHn1Nf5oOGbEHqY+tXPoxI94zqDo/08IP qlCV9uZJgCNO/7HIkOuIyKK92Wc083n8qrqc1NxAx1irbYYMEcWaQmfFhVivkbztIoY05vYBO BSehmfRqy9IAcvyTuR3WzEjsbsPYfWoEGPoxy1WUUaXUOfCVZSDDvUE4Ksv0wR7ykJyGmZnWA P54RbZmig0hynO/GHuumVPAVlOBZhrJ4EsDdRwgRYwqROL9CXfk8OoKE7r2wCD9hl6+LxJyc/ a24rES0Bqr3XrUtQ/YQNrw3+43VK/LNXH6zKAKq9WeO8p7fbgA+pd8Q77NqoNdMKfBtPJcCQi n3iUS7jxb7f429ayqijcCeNphagZJht1bzrlX0TC1gkcbdraaxKu5C3zArd63VvVcIeusZ9zn egDQ2Q4azOh6Lm0I4+G4bCtcrpXAQI/TGggrte4xWyjx2SdrgpwWeb7eONIbB6Yx8pYJHVtsf fwamDgkG/SKXY4BADFtgGt2ClpLgqlC/4aVaXR7fHmbFupOD/RttOCisJCc= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: A14E68C23A X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.49 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: mx00.schlund.de]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.90)[-0.901,0]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[129.252.193.92.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.10]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:212.227.0.0/16, country:DE]; IP_SCORE(-0.07)[ipnet: 212.227.0.0/16(-0.41), asn: 8560(0.07), country: DE(-0.01)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.95)[-0.950,0]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.95)[-0.953,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[24.17.227.212.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:41:56 -0000 On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 02:42:19 +0000, B J wrote: > I just installed Xcfe and it appears to be running properly. It looks > like I might have to consider looking at replacing that machine with > something newer. For better diagnostics, use the following entry in ~/.xinitrc: exec xterm Then use "startx", and run "mate-session" from within the terminal. You should be able to see _why_ MATE isn't starting properly, while Xfce does. AS I said in a previous message, the age of the system probably is not the reason for MATE not working. Maybe something has changed in its configuration, so maybe renaming MATE's settings subtree to .old and starting with no configuration at all will work. Incompatibility of older settings sometimes leads to software not starting after an upgrade (e. g., CUPS). So this is something you could try. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...