From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Dec 2 16:26:07 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 B6CD31326EBE for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2018 16:26:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from va6bmj@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ua1-x935.google.com (mail-ua1-x935.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::935]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1DB0A7436B for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2018 16:26:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from va6bmj@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ua1-x935.google.com with SMTP id t8so3586591uap.0 for ; Sun, 02 Dec 2018 08:26:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=2On3Trk+ePapx8YKw19ntCds7tWNcOgTQlPhQ/aR6dk=; b=n7nVX8Heolnjz3JwhoXX5+SgqQP4lIAuKmaGqN/xLeSF16icLxOBq5DTsWkaWFjzxi PvVA3mp/bQ/qxan+0bAI5bJokstMNM2Jr2mjW9OazsN3kWsMw0aI+pH0uxwtjaZAAYuG m1IeksYBQYAQa6obgVoqf4nrxPIPoycPpcuPaKl4jWcbUHfOazAh9Et9txmmckdfR7Kv +IzO6qhqaq87wdpdp54Nr+bFqRSeitmsu97mtcLgIldTiz/f4cbX79cChMk6wx8dJ0oM QWBE2HHMPumM6OTLqLb2bEnXaKTlaZBfS/i45uh+p4fXxpHh5RUDYt1aduHDqZxvFasm o+cw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=2On3Trk+ePapx8YKw19ntCds7tWNcOgTQlPhQ/aR6dk=; b=e+9JcCdmRBlgPiQ7R4fnXf6QmNyIzJSidCPCHQB91dnmyHtFc6BtyxsLi9PHzpZh1I f3CA+5M7UdgV7ko7nBitBwZRMpBtycw31ZOvCy+q87B4a7cF+t1WqeW6t+C3D06laPg+ NNnC8yn+EsY8UXmK3ijatTf6WnKEC/C+iakQO/7iidloxBW5/9zvm2iiceKTqXPYTU5F EFYXa9FTMzxe+2c7mF3I6q1dAk2EWVdND7gvt97p4lBnXpCAfSrqqdDcKWEy71Qyb5Eu gjV2juOFy5SGaxSkCwsh6/JQsxxxCSxmZY2bGoTBrmWBSyUlWbtfe9b8bQdl+Yy3rDcN O5ag== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWbqRXl7QEkcrOYQHWuT28mWT2Ltf2KcRXksilBVLXWEQlEkSicE J/RlW9RXjAW+w58xnX30x8BsEeo2epSy8o5SZWNODc33 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/Wjdcvqm96neeG9DTytq6FuH4vBkqZ3yrrya4ncprYlp/i9BKZ3KHKNCK3p6bn5AYiafrF7Hjqd4APmsUKMn/M= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:550b:: with SMTP id t11mr6100093uaa.31.1543767965233; Sun, 02 Dec 2018 08:26:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:ab0:57da:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Dec 2018 08:26:04 -0800 (PST) From: B J Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 16:26:04 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Fresh Installation Of FreeBSD 11.2--Mate Not Working Properly To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 1DB0A7436B X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.43 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[5.3.9.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.81)[-0.806,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; IP_SCORE(-0.61)[ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-1.68), asn: 15169(-1.29), country: US(-0.09)] 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: Sun, 02 Dec 2018 16:26:07 -0000 Yesterday, I wanted to upgrade one of my machines to 12.0-RC3 and ended up trashing my system. I tried several times to re-install 11.0 (upgrading to 11.2 afterward) with Mate and Slim and I couldn't get the desktop to work properly. The best I could do is to log on through Slim, even after I made a fresh installation of 11.2 directly. I get the Mate desktop but none of the utilities (such as Mate Terminal) in the menu bar work. I don't know what to do next. I'm wondering if something's not set up properly, but I don't think I missed any of the steps. One possibility is to swap the HD as it's over 10 years old. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you. B. M. Jatzeck