Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-03-07 Thread Martin Cigorraga
As for alternative terminals, rxvt-unicode-256color (actual name of the package) is a nice starting point (you can customize it via ~/.Xdefaults). Another good alternative and more close to what I think you are used to is lxterminal, the terminal emulator from Xfce. Then you have Konsole (KDE's ter

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-03-06 Thread Tim
On Fri, 2015-02-27 at 10:17 -1000, Jim Lewis wrote: > Well, I'm still trying to figure out how I can run a command to get a > command line from the command line when I don't have a command line. > Yes, I spent all night coming up with that :). ;-\ With some desktops ALT+F2 pops up a dialog box t

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore (SOLVED)

2015-03-01 Thread Jim Lewis
> >> On Thu, 2015-02-26 at 15:03 -1000, Jim Lewis wrote: >> >>> Can you point me to where one of these other terminals is? The only >>> reason I can still use one or make more is because there were some >>> already opened before I ran the update. >> >> Often, one can type "term" in a command line,

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-02-27 Thread Jim Lewis
> On Thu, 2015-02-26 at 15:03 -1000, Jim Lewis wrote: > >> Can you point me to where one of these other terminals is? The only >> reason I can still use one or make more is because there were some >> already opened before I ran the update. > > Often, one can type "term" in a command line, and get

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-02-27 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2015-02-26 at 15:03 -1000, Jim Lewis wrote: > I have been running Fedora 14 since it came out and have never > installed an update (well, okay, I manually installed the Shellshock > patch and do run my own custom kernel). I'm still waiting for an > intrusion or something to go wrong. I am b

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-02-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/27/15 11:09, Jim Lewis wrote: >> On 02/27/15 09:03, Jim Lewis wrote: >>> Since I fully expect to have no terminals when I finally reboot I have >>> opened Bug 1196472 for this issue. They have already begun to look at >>> the problem. >> FWIW, at times I've experienced "weird" things after

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-02-26 Thread Jim Lewis
> On 02/27/15 09:03, Jim Lewis wrote: >> Since I fully expect to have no terminals when I finally reboot I have >> opened Bug 1196472 for this issue. They have already begun to look at >> the problem. > > FWIW, at times I've experienced "weird" things after updates. The latest > one was segfaul

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-02-26 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/27/15 09:03, Jim Lewis wrote: > Since I fully expect to have no terminals when I finally reboot I have > opened Bug 1196472 for this issue. They have already begun to look at > the problem. FWIW, at times I've experienced "weird" things after updates. The latest one was segfaults in ibus

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-02-26 Thread Jim Lewis
> Tim: >>> I can't say that I have that experience, it's very rare that an update >>> breaks something on my system. Sounds like you have something wrong >>> with your system, more than Fedora in general. > > Jim Lewis: >> What does "very rare" mean? So it has happened to you on occasion? > > Way

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-02-26 Thread Tim
Tim: >> I can't say that I have that experience, it's very rare that an update >> breaks something on my system. Sounds like you have something wrong >> with your system, more than Fedora in general. Jim Lewis: > What does "very rare" mean? So it has happened to you on occasion? Way back on Fedo

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-02-25 Thread Jim Lewis
> On Mon, 2015-02-23 at 12:49 -1000, Jim Lewis wrote: >> I ran "yum update" on my Fedora 20 system a few days ago. I normally >> don't do this as something always breaks and in this case it was the >> Mate-Terminal. > > I can't say that I have that experience, it's very rare that an update > break

Re: Fedora 20: After running yum update the Mate Terminal doesn't start anymore

2015-02-25 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2015-02-23 at 12:49 -1000, Jim Lewis wrote: > I ran "yum update" on my Fedora 20 system a few days ago. I normally > don't do this as something always breaks and in this case it was the > Mate-Terminal. I can't say that I have that experience, it's very rare that an update breaks something