[OT, Partly]epel Question (Mate Problem)
OK, here on the general CentOS list, I have one more thing to add to the above:
I was chatting on the epel list about it, didn’t get a lot of help (no reflection on those there) but smooge said he might have time to look into it next week.
Also, someone else from the CentOS list sent private email that he had had the same problem and thought it might be a caja problem, but had not gone any further than that.
So, I opened a terminal and started caja. Voila! not only did a caja window open, but the desktop icons appeared, and the right-click menu. however when I closed the terminal it all went away. :(
so I did ALT-F2 and typed in “caja”, hit enter, and there’s the full desktop again. and this time it stayed.
from these symptoms I don’t think I can tell if it’s a caja problem, or an issue with whoever starts up caja after login (something in systemd ???)
4 thoughts on - [OT, Partly]epel Question (Mate Problem)
Something wrong with systemd? Say it ain’t so. . .
There is a workaround for this problem:
Use ALT-F2 to open a prompt, type in “caja” (without the quotes) and voila, the desktop icons appear, and a right-click context menu too, aas well as an instance of caja. close the caja and the desktop remains.
This isn’t the way it should work, but it is at least usable.
Hi,
I don’t think that is a problem related to systemd, its mate-session job to start the necessary stuff. I worked around this by adding caja to the Startup Applications. I imagine it could be done relatively easy to add a script or something to enable that globally.
HTH
Lucian
yes, that works. thanks for the hint.
I had actually had fleeting thoughts in that neighborhood, but didn’t actually try it becauase I was more interested in finding someone to whom to report it who was in a position to find and correct the problem.
The reason I’m messing with C7 at all is to see if I can find reportable problems.
thanks, again, for the hint!