Update for UbuntuMATE 16.04.6 broke the GUI

[Bret Busby]

On 25/08/2019, Paul Smith <paul at mad-scientist.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 2019-08-25 at 22:03 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On both of the two broken systems; 16.04.6 and 18.04.3,
>> sudo adduser
>> returns
>>
>> "
>> adduser: Only one or two names allowed.
>> "
>>
>> then, it returns to the prompt.
>
> adduser, like virtual all POSIX CLI commands, is not interactive: it's
> not going to ask you questions.  Instead you have to provide all the
> information it needs on the command line.
>
> You can use "man adduser", or Google, to figure out what arguments to
> give to the "adduser" command.
>
> However, simpler by far is to use the graphical system configuration
> tool to add users.
>
> On Ubuntu, you can bring up Settings, go to the Details tab, and select
> Users.  You need to Unlock (button at the top) to get admin privileges
> before you can add new users.
>

Ah, given that the primary problem (the subject of the thread), is
that the GUI is broken, and no panel is present or working, the
suggestion is a bit like "If your car does not start, and can not be
moved, start it and drive it to a service station for assistance"

>> Both (and, all of my Ubuntu) systems are UbuntuMATE.
>
> For administration questions on UbuntuMATE you should be asking on
> forums or mailing lists specifically for UbuntuMATE.  The entire reason
> for the existence of UbuntuMATE is to provide a different desktop
> environment than vanilla Ubuntu, so while most of the applications you
> run will work the same, almost all the desktop administration tools
> will work differently... and we can't help you with that here.
>

1. No mailing list is available for UbuntuMATE.

2. My observations, over the years, show that this mailing list
provides assistance for any of the variants of Ubuntu Linux. Of
course, I accept correction, if I am wrong ("Mone me si erro").

-- 
Bret Busby
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West Australia
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