A Look at Fedora 18

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:22:23 +1030, Tim wrote:

> Is there anybody using F17 with mate that can see if they have the same
> packages that I listed before?  Is something extra needed before you get
> a choice?
> 
> 
> 
> [tim at localhost ~]$ rpm -qa \*mate\*
> mate-conf-1.4.0-21.fc17.x86_64
> mate-corba-1.4.0-9.fc17.x86_64
> mate-desktop-1.5.5-1.fc17.x86_64
> mate-desktop-libs-1.5.5-1.fc17.x86_64

I'd say you need to install the mate-session-manager package:

$ repoquery --whatprovides /usr/share/xsessions/\*.desktop|wc -l
70

$ repoquery --whatprovides /usr/share/xsessions/\*.desktop|grep mate
mate-session-manager-0:1.5.0-1.fc18.x86_64
mate-session-manager-0:1.5.0-2.fc18.x86_64

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Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) - Linux 3.7.2-201.fc18.x86_64
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