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Old 12-18-2020, 08:48 AM   #1
beschmid12
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FC22 Update To Mate Panel And Mate-desktop Prevents Logout


I am currently running FC22 on my laptop, have for years. I have frequently gotten messages saying that
mate-panel crashed. The other day I decided to see if there was an update for it, and went ahead and updated
mate-panel and mate-desktop. Now, none of the logout buttons work. The only way to log out is to get the PID
of mate-session and kill it. I'm looking for a way to fix this issue. Any ideas?
 
Old 12-19-2020, 04:01 AM   #2
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The other day I decided to see if there was an update for it, and went ahead and updated mate-panel and mate-desktop.
Excuse me? FC22 is Fedora 22, right? Its support ended in July 2016, and it doesn't get any updates since then. From where have you gotten those Mate updates?
 
Old 12-19-2020, 08:15 AM   #3
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Idea: Upgrade to F33. If you need a list of the installed rpms
Code:
~$ rpm -qa --qf '%{name}\n' | sort >> my_rpm_list
 
Old 12-19-2020, 08:32 AM   #4
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It is Fedora 22. THe list of active repos is:

repo id repo name status
adobe-linux-x86_64 Adobe Systems Incorporated 3
*fedora Fedora 22 - x86_64 44,762
google-chrome google-chrome 3
ozonos Repository for Ozon OS 61
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 22 - Free 500
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 22 - Free - Updates 172
rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 22 - Nonfree 178
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 22 - Nonfree - Updates 72
*updates Fedora 22 - x86_64 - Updates

I would prefer not to update to Fedora 33. I have a lot of tools installed on this machine and I am actively using it in consulting work that I have going on. I suppose
worst case I can pull the installation DVD out and put back the original versions.
 
Old 12-19-2020, 10:50 AM   #5
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Then maybe CentOS 7? It's based on Fedora 19 and supported until 2024. To compare, this is what I get on a CentOS 7 system:
Code:
repo id                          repo name                             status
base/7/x86_64                    CentOS-7 - Base                        10043+29
centos-kernel/7/x86_64           CentOS LTS Kernels for x86_64                 0
centos-sclo-rh/x86_64            CentOS-7 - SCLo rh                      7130+15
centos-sclo-sclo/x86_64          CentOS-7 - SCLo sclo                      815+1
centos-virt-xen-48/7/x86_64      CentOS-7 - xen                            0+461
centos-virt-xen-epel/x86_64      Extra Packages from EPEL for Xen - x8   0+13491
centosplus/7/x86_64              CentOS-7 - Plus                            37+8
cr/7/x86_64                      CentOS-7 - cr                                 0
elrepo/x86_64                    ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux    120+10
elrepo-extras/x86_64             ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux      0+18
elrepo-kernel/x86_64             ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux     19+18
epel/x86_64                      Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 13229+262
extras/7/x86_64                  CentOS-7 - Extras                         447+1
fasttrack/7/x86_64               CentOS-7 - fasttrack                       0+44
gf/x86_64                        Ghettoforge packages that won't overw     44+42
gf-plus/x86_64                   Ghettoforge packages that will overwr     45+87
ius/x86_64                       IUS for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64       575+9
local/7/x86_64                   CentOS-7 - local packages for x86_64      22+13
nux-dextop/x86_64                Nux.Ro RPMs for general desktop use    2171+553
psychotic/7/x86_64               Psychotic Ninja Enterprise Linux Repo     62+69
psychotic-plus/7/x86_64          Psychotic Ninja Enterprise Linux Repo      7+61
remi/x86_64                      Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise  4726+1746
remi-glpi91/x86_64               Remi's GLPI 9.1 RPM repository for En      11+4
remi-glpi92                      Remi's GLPI 9.2 RPM repository for En      14+4
remi-glpi93                      Remi's GLPI 9.3 RPM repository for En      15+4
remi-glpi94                      Remi's GLPI 9.4 RPM repository for En      14+3
remi-modular                     Remi's Modular repository for Enterpr   44+1896
remi-php54                       Remi's PHP 5.4 RPM repository for Ent     0+408
remi-php55/x86_64                Remi's PHP 5.5 RPM repository for Ent     0+440
remi-php56/x86_64                Remi's PHP 5.6 RPM repository for Ent       444
remi-php70/x86_64                Remi's PHP 7.0 RPM repository for Ent     4+426
remi-php71/x86_64                Remi's PHP 7.1 RPM repository for Ent    11+432
remi-php72/x86_64                Remi's PHP 7.2 RPM repository for Ent     0+421
remi-php73/x86_64                Remi's PHP 7.3 RPM repository for Ent       388
remi-php74                       Remi's PHP 7.4 RPM repository for Ent     2+369
remi-php80                       Remi's PHP 8.0 RPM repository for Ent     1+262
remi-safe/x86_64                 Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enterp  3831+212
rpmforge/x86_64                  RHEL 7 - RPMforge.net - dag             121+124
rpmforge-buildtools/x86_64       RHEL 7 - RPMforge.net - buildtools            1
rpmforge-extras/x86_64           RHEL 7 - RPMforge.net - extras             0+10
rpmfusion-free-updates/x86_64    RPM Fusion for EL 7 - Free - Updates     82+164
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates/x86_64 RPM Fusion for EL 7 - Nonfree - Updat     70+22
updates/7/x86_64                 CentOS-7 - Updates                       1133+8
webtatic/x86_64                  Webtatic Repository EL7 - x86_64          788+1
Sure, CentOS 7 base+extras+epel still amount to only slightly over half the number of packages that you get from fedora, but third-party repos can somewhat alleviate the need.

I'm still curious as to where do you get the updates from and how do you get them.
 
Old 12-19-2020, 11:05 AM   #6
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The F22 archives are still online but I agree the mix of extra repositories is probably the cause of your problem.

There is a yum undo which might work. Does the history option show the latest update?
yum history

You really need to backup all of your work first thing just in case things go bad.

As suggested updating to the new version is recommended. Hopefully the applications you are running will still work.

Last edited by michaelk; 12-19-2020 at 11:10 AM.
 
Old 12-19-2020, 11:35 AM   #7
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DNF still works with the repositories I listed. Unfortunatly, when I try to undo the update, it complains that
the libraries it wants to go back to are not available. So downgrading the files is not possible. I really don't
want to try upgrading to a newer OS. In the first place my internet connection consists of something akin to
a tin can at the end of a string, so it can take a couple weeks to pull an iso down. In the second place, I really
can't afford the time right now to do the update and fix issues that are a result of it. I wasn't aware that
support for 22 had stopped so long ago. I guess one option is to install 33 on an external drive, get everything
running as time permits, and when the kinks are worked out, move it over to the main drive. It's a dual boot
system that has a windoze side. I recall having to play games with the UEFI garbage to get 22 installed.
 
Old 12-19-2020, 11:44 AM   #8
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Fedora typically has a short life cycle i.e. releases are about every 6 months with the current version supported for about 13 months.
 
Old 12-20-2020, 10:59 AM   #9
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DNF still works with the repositories I listed. Unfortunatly, when I try to undo the update, it complains that
the libraries it wants to go back to are not available.
One way around libraries not available is to navigate to the repository directly (check out the appropriate repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d for the URL) to see if what you need is still somewhere in the system - perhaps in the actual distro repo and not in the updates repo.
 
  


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