diff --git a/KNOWN_ISSUES.TXT b/KNOWN_ISSUES.TXT index c1ac6b4..93e6d48 100644 --- a/KNOWN_ISSUES.TXT +++ b/KNOWN_ISSUES.TXT @@ -1,6 +1,18 @@ The following is a list of known issues with MATE on Slackware: -Fri Mar 22 12:00:49 EDT 2013 +Fri Mar 22 16:45:28 UTC 2013 +Mate-screensaver in /testing doesn't seem to work -- at least, the locking +feature does not seem to work in my testing. I tried it with xscreensaver +disabled and also uninstalled but it never kicked in. More testing is +necessary. + +Fri Mar 22 16:44:59 UTC 2013 Help menus and help buttons do not work -- this is a known issue per a MATE upstream developer and scheduled to be fixed at some point but not in the next release (1.6). + +Fri Mar 22 16:43:36 UTC 2013 +Working to determine whether mate-polkit is necessary. According to upstream, +it is, although it results in duplicative polkit actions when a USB stick is +inserted, for example. Disabling polkit-gnome in the "Startup Applications" +is a workaround until more testing is done. diff --git a/README.TXT b/README.TXT index bae0983..9d9329c 100644 --- a/README.TXT +++ b/README.TXT @@ -26,4 +26,12 @@ SlackBuild will download the source. can use 'xwmconfig' to select the mate session. Or, if you use KDM, just log out and select MATE from the KDM session dialog. -4. Enjoy and let me know of any issues. Thanks! +4. Check the 'startup applications' because there might be some duplicate or +conflicting entries. For example, there will be an entry for polkit-mate and +polkit-gnome, the result of which might be duplicate attempts at polkit +actions when inserting a usb stick, for example. You may want to disable +polkit-gnome and see if polkit-mate works by itself. Also, if you use +mate-power-manager from /extra then you might want to disable the Xfce power +manager if it is listed. + +5. Enjoy and let me know of any issues. Thanks! diff --git a/TODO.TXT b/TODO.TXT index 4f7906a..b6fd2aa 100644 --- a/TODO.TXT +++ b/TODO.TXT @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The following is list of to-do items for MATE on Slackware: -Fri Mar 22 12:03:46 EDT 2013 +Fri Mar 22 16:47:15 UTC 2013 Determine whether mate-polkit is really needed or whether MATE can rely on polkit-gnome which is installed by default in Slackware. This was discussed with upstream MATE developer in IRC who thought that mate-polkit was still