howto change centos7 install to better condition

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dime
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howto change centos7 install to better condition

Post by dime » 2018/02/24 12:12:10

Hi all,

On my Centos7 desktop computer with crt-monitor iiyama hm903dt,
after booting from harddrive, selecting 'gnome classic' before
giving the user password, i get the following desktop (screenshot1).
screenshot1
screenshot1
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When i run on that in a terminal 'uname -a' i get:
" Linux localhost.localdomain 3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 25 20:13:58 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux "
(I believe, i updated Centos7 on jan 25).

There seems no way to change settings for the desktop (smaller icons, another theme), the monitor cannot be changed to a better resultion as 1280x?? despite its better factory specs.

My problem: i do not like the desktop and the resolution.

When i boot the same machine from an actual " centos 7 -x86_64 live gnome 1708 " dvd, the default desktop that comes up is much better, and icon-size is good now.
I get the following desktop (screenshot2 and 3).
screenshot2
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screenshot3
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From this result i take my hardware-centos7 combination is capable to give a
satisfying desktop.

My question:
how can i get the desktop style the live-dvd produces in my harddisk install of centos7, without a new install of the entire centos7 os?

Thank you for your kind help.
dime

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Re: howto change centos7 install to better condition

Post by TrevorH » 2018/02/24 13:51:08

Looks like you've created a bunch of directories in your /home/$user/Desktop directory to me. If you do that then they get displayed on the desktop...
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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Re: howto change centos7 install to better condition

Post by lightman47 » 2018/02/24 21:12:12

Also looks similar to the 'enlarged icon' situation I faced after the 7.3-7.4 update, in this case, to the 'Places' directory. I read of and applied a one-line fix but don't remember now where I learned of it.

EDIT - found what fixed my situation:

https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=13768

dime
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Re: howto change centos7 install to better condition

Post by dime » 2018/02/25 08:52:27

I applied the line as shown in the bug-tracker as root in a terminal.
Centos did send me an answer:
" process:2192 dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY ".

Cannot solve this on my own :-(

To the first answer:
the directories in screenshot 1 are folders containing files grouped to a topic each (of use to me).
I doubt i would get a desktop as screenshot 2 instead of mine (as in screenshot 1) when i move all those folders to my $user/home directory....
For sure it would declutter my Desktop, but that was not my problem ;-)

Thank you,
dime

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