14.04 and Mate [solved]

[R Kimber]

On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:23:20 +0100
R Kimber wrote:

> I'm having problems getting Mate to work with 14.04.
> 
> It was installed and working when I upgraded to 14.04 and the Mate 1.6
> files were still installed after the upgrade but Mate didn't appear as an
> option at the login screen. I then updated to Mate 1.8, but that hasn't
> made any difference.

OK.  I found the solution.  Although most of the obvious files were
installed. for some reason a few crucial ones were not, including the mate
session manager. Why that sould have happened I find a bit of a puzzle.

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber