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At power-up, the greeter window provides for each of my 4 login ID's these desktops: Gnome, Gnome Classic, Ubuntu, Ubuntu w/ Wayland, MATE, Budgie, KDE/Plasma, and a few others.

Something about the MATE desktop is broken to the extent all I get is a background image and a moving mouse cursor.

No clicking or keystrokes (shy of ctrl-alt-F1, which brings up a console login) do anything.

What is the suggested way to repair MATE? Thx.

lemoana
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  • You've not provided your OS/release details; not been very specific with details. I'm a lover of multi-desktop boxes (or *bloated* systems) but I ensure I install everything I usually install the whole *flavor* desktop as installing less than has in my experience meant the results are release specific (*and you've not provided yours*). What exactly you have installed (*given what you've provided*) to me matters, as beyond 3 desktops which you appear to have, issues can be expected which vary on what is installed + the order it was installed; which you didn't specify. – guiverc Mar 10 '23 at 11:43
  • Sorry, it's Ubuntu 20.04... First installed desktop was Gnome, then MATE, then KDE/Plasma, then Budgie, and finally XFCE4. – gandsnut Mar 10 '23 at 15:11
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    Does this answer your question? [Installing several different flavours of Ubuntu 20.04](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1295149/installing-several-different-flavours-of-ubuntu-20-04) – guiverc Mar 10 '23 at 21:25
  • @guiverc: Unfortunately that link is focused on installing. Which I have done w/o problem. The OP topic is about repairing a particular desktop that appears broken. Would you know of troubleshooting steps or suggestions in that area? – gandsnut Mar 11 '23 at 03:33
  • In my opinion that link describes your problem; in you have Ubuntu Desktop; added Kubuntu DE Ubuntu Budgie DE & finally Xubuntu DE (*though your question also mentions Ubuntu-MATE desktop too*). Fixing the issues I mentioned is very specific & likely relates (*in my experience*) to interactions of the *flavor* desktops & your settings. If you had Ubuntu Desktop & added Ubuntu MATE alone you'd have no issues with setup as its interaction between many you have, and only those with all those *flavors* installed (*and in the order you used*) are likely to experience issues you have & provide clues – guiverc Mar 11 '23 at 04:29
  • I also said to be specific on details; to install KDE Plasma did you install `kubuntu-desktop` or something else? ie. specifics. When multi-desktop setups are installed (esp. if >3) specific details really matter, and that can include the icons/themes/etc used on each (as they all ~interact with GTK/Qt themes directly or indirectly due to the multitude of apps we'll have installed). You can influence one DE's looks/behavior by making changes in others (*one of reasons why multi-desktop installs aren't great for newbies; so all DEs must be setup in ways that won't be problems with others*). – guiverc Mar 11 '23 at 04:33
  • I think I used kubuntu-desktop (as the label for a package) to install KDE/Plasma. I'm OK with less DE's. The impetus behind having multiple DE's, was to chase an elusive problem that had arisen with a critical application I need to run, 'MuseScore'. Just last night I found the Budgie DE seems to allow MuseScore to run w/o problem. Which is curious & surprising to me. I'd be OK with simply de-installing MATE (if that's possible). I get reluctant with removing -whatever- when Synaptic warns it has to remove what sounds like packages I need, as dependent on removal of XX or YY. – gandsnut Mar 11 '23 at 11:31

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