Another possible approach. I know you're trying to convert, but the key is to get the full list of packages.
So you might start with a different guest, with GNOME-from-the-start, and then grab a list of the packages, then grab the same list of packages from your starting machine, and compare. On the machine you're trying to convert, add all the packages that aren't already there. You may still have some differences with configuration, but that might get you to the point of a functional GNOME. On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 2:46 PM Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > > Follow up from the western front... > > Tilghman's suggestion of getting <whatever> to work before removing KDE > was good advice. Gnome came out to the same broken end either way; an > admittedly small sample size. I have been able to replace KDE with XFCE > - mostly. The xrdp config is still messed up, which isn't saying much... > > Just wondering, has anybody seen or done anything with guacamole from > apache <https://guacamole.apache.org/>?? Seems an alternative to xrdp. > > Now, if we could just make GUI a true client/server system where the > presentation work is done on the desktop side. > > Howard > > On 7/1/20 6:08 PM, Howard White wrote: > > Many thanks for the rebound, Brian. > > > > Really didn't notice which of the ?dm programs was there before I > > started but I definitely see gdm there after the Gnome install. > > > > And before anybody gets too concerned, I'm working on a copy of a > > copy... I may delete this copy and gen it again to retrace my steps > > more carefully. That yum erase kde-runtime went as apparently cleanly > > as it did is a good start. I need to spend more time on the system post > > erase, pre groupinstall to take better stock of what is there. > > > > Howard > > > > On 7/1/20 5:06 PM, Brian H. Ward wrote: > >> Did removing KDE get rid of sddm but now gdm/gdm3 is not there to take > >> its place? Been a while since I've messed w/ RHEL/CentOS, but some > >> distros keep the xdm (login manager) out of the desktop metapackages > >> so they don't collide (if you want a machine capable or running either > >> KDE or GNOME). > >> > >> Just my $0.02 (aka "guess") > >> > >> --- bhw > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 5:37 PM Jack Coats <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Condolences from the retired cheap seats... If you must rebuild it > >> sounds like multiple virtual machines or at least some kind of > >> containers. But I have been out of the fray so long, don't take > >> anything I say at face value, ... > >> > >> Take care ol friends. > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 4:11 PM Howard White <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > > >> > Dealing with servers (virtual guests) upon which KDE was > >> installed as > >> > the GUI. I'm going through an exercise to try to remove KDE and > >> replace > >> > it, reluctantly, with GNOME. > >> > > >> > yum erase kde-runtime seems to have done that deed nicely. > >> > > >> > First attempt yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop" got all manner of > >> > conflicts between libvirt-libs and the existing (old) > >> libvirt-client > >> > > >> > yum upgrade libvirt_client > >> > > >> > yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop" got passed that > >> > > >> > Did I mention that I'm working remotely, trying to balance between > >> > PuTTY, RDP and vshpere (oh yeah, it's ESXi 5.1)? > >> > > >> > I did get to the boot screen on the guest console to accept the > >> license > >> > and finish the configuration. I am able to connect to "some > >> part of" > >> > gnome via RDP but I don't have an "Activity" or "Applications" > >> widget in > >> > the top left corner. Gnome Classic?? No obvious way to log out > >> of that > >> > session. > >> > > >> > Now on reboot, the console goes through the boot sequence, > >> displays the > >> > CentOS 7 GUI login splash but not the actual login process. Am > >> not able > >> > to get to (what I know as session manager) select which Gnome > >> or ???? > >> > > >> > I am able to ssh into the system no problems. I am also able to > >> connect > >> > via RDP but it's not useable. > >> > > >> > WhaddidIdo this time? > >> > > >> > Howard > >> > > >> > -- > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > >> Google Groups "NLUG" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > >> > > >> > --- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > >> Google Groups "NLUG" group. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > >> send an email to [email protected] > >> <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]>. > >> > To view this discussion on the web visit > >> > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/35eeb634-dc53-ef20-1adf-e6e2783160ec%40vcch.com. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- ><> ... Jack > >> > >> If you are not paying for something, you are not a consumer, you are > >> the product. - Chamath Palihapitiya > >> > >> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. 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