symlink persist follow-up

[Keith]

On 9/29/23 10:49 AM, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
> Friday, September 29, 2023  at 9:37, Keith wrote:
> Re: symlink persist follow-up (at least in part)
> 
>> On 9/27/23 12:10 AM, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
>>> Tuesday, September 26, 2023  at 17:10, Keith wrote:
>>> Re: symlink persist follow-up (at least in part)
> 
>>> is it still gnome on Unity? (also see my other post re Mate files in Unity?)
>>
>> Unity still uses a lot of gnome technology under the hood
> 
> I thought that, or the other way round (historically)
> 
>> I don't know what's going on with Mate packages being installed, though.
>> I'd check /var/log/apt/history.log* for clues.
> 
> If it didn't get cleared I will next time I fire her up, it has made me more
> carful of using after "full-uprade -y" without looking at "--upgradable"

I never use "-y", and frequently use "-s" (simulate). If I did use the 
"-y" option, I would always use it with "-s" because I want to see 
what's going to change before the system is actually updated. If there 
is nothing unexpected shown in the output, then I remove "-s" and 
proceed with the package action.

> 
> the mate stuff took over, I had an (albeit crippled) mate desktop that was just
> a little more use than the bare wallpaper if my unity desktop, Ctrl+Alt+T did
> nothing, Ctrl+Alt+F2 did give a terminal, I tried all the (old chestnut) cures
> for missing dock/launcher and panel, none got me back to a working system
> 
> checking all the unity desktop files showed all up to date
> 
> I hoped that wisdom of the group would offer a way out...
> 
> in the end I concluded that I may need to wipe and start a fresh, so a radical
> approach was worth a try, I did a
> 
> sudo apt remove  --purge *mate*
> sudo apt remove  --purge plymou*
> 
> rebooted no real change still had a awful apple green (mate) blank screen
> 
> then tried
> 
> sudo apt reinstall ubuntu-unity-desktop
> 
> failed a few times due to reduced network, reboot into recovery, add network
> support and try again
> 
> after a long download I had unity back, a few reboots, now only one on the
> logon screen, later upgrades have been small and correct AFAICT
> 
> I'll add that to my (growing) list of "cures" most never worked though
> 
> I'm sure I will see the symtoms again even if not caused by the same thing
> 
> I cant have been the only one who ran that upgrade and got mate added? maybe
> they are still trying to get back up and running
>   
>>>> I'm a wee surprised the mounted 22.04 volume didn't show up in nautilus.
>>>> On my machine the root / and win10 ntfs volumes do appear in the "Other
>>>> locations" section, but not on the dock. Neither of them has x-gvfs
>>>> options listed in their /etc/fstab entries, though. Ah well.
> 
> are they in media\user\drive or mnt\drive?

/ is mounted on, well, /. The win10 ntfs volume mounts /mnt/win10
> 
>> You can add "x-gvfs-show" as a mount option on the 22.04 volume line in
>> the 23.10 /etc/fstab to have the volume show up in nautilus and
>> presumably as a volume icon on the dock.
> 
> I did that once I got back a useable system, and it did show in both places
> 

-- 
Keith