On 9/11/2016 10:04 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 9/11/2016 9:14 AM, Brian wrote:
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"apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core" does not
install marco,
xorg, xterm, nor lightdm. My brute force diagnostic procedure
was to install
each of them in the order listed with a reboot in between to
see if
everything worked. It did not. After installing each of the
1st three I was
left at the command line. After installing lightdm I was
presented with a
blank screen.
mate-desktop-environment-core depends on marco. There is something
seriously wrong if it was not installed.
Huumm I see another test install in my future as it is listed as
such in the packages file for the DVD I installed from.
Something is definitely *FLAKY* at least.
I just did another test install on another partition.
This time I only had to install xorg, xterm, and lightdm after
installing mate-desktop-environment-core.
This time it even has the same visual appearance as the full Mate
install on the same machine.
As Debian 8.6 is due soon, I'll wait until then and copy the
DVD's to a flash drive and do an install from them. In the
meantime I'll create an appropriate preseed.cfg to aid repeatably
to my trials.