diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 23d9d0f..32059dd 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ use POSIX qw(uname strftime ttyname);
 
 ## INXI INFO ##
 my $self_name='inxi';
-my $self_version='3.0.03';
-my $self_date='2018-04-12';
+my $self_version='3.0.04';
+my $self_date='2018-04-14';
 my $self_patch='00';
 ## END INXI INFO ##
 
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ my ($b_sysctl_disk,$b_update,$b_weather) = (1,1,1);
 ## System
 my ($bsd_type,$language,$os) = ('','','');
 my ($cpu_sleep,$dl_timeout,$limit,$ps_count,$usb_level) = (0.35,4,10,5,0);
-my @paths = qw(/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin);
-$ENV{'PATH'} = 'sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin';
+my @paths = qw(/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin);
 my $sensors_cpu_nu = 0;
 
 ## Tools
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ sub main {
 	#my $ob_start = StartClient->new();
 	#$ob_start->get_client_data();
 	StartClient::get_client_data();
-	#print_line("path: $ENV{'PATH'}");
 	# print_line( Dumper \%client);
 	get_options();
 	set_debugger(); # right after so it's set
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ sub main {
 
 sub initialize {
 	set_os();
-	# set_path();
+	set_path();
 	set_user_paths();
 	set_basics();
 	system_files('set');
@@ -375,23 +373,21 @@ sub set_os {
 		}
 	}
 }
-# not used, leaving for now in case something unaccounted happens.
-# this data is now hard set top of program
+# This data is hard set top of program but due to a specific project's
+# foolish idea that ignoring the FSH totally is somehow a positive step
+# forwards for free software, we also have to padd the results with PATH.
 sub set_path {
-	my $added_paths = '';
 	# Extra path variable to make execute failures less likely, merged below
-	my @path = split ':', $ENV{'PATH'};
-	#print "PATH=$ENV{'PATH'}\n";
+	my (@path);
+	@path = split /:/, $ENV{'PATH'} if $ENV{'PATH'};
+	# print "paths: @paths\nPATH: $ENV{'PATH'}\n";
 	# Create a difference of $PATH and $extra_paths and add that to $PATH:
-	foreach (@paths) {
-		if ( ! grep (/$_/, @path) ){
-			$added_paths .= ":$_";
-			# print "$added_paths\n";
+	foreach my $id (@path) {
+		if ( !(grep { /^$id$/ } @paths) && $id !~ /(game)/ ){
+			push @paths, $id;
 		}
 	}
-	$ENV{'PATH'} .= $added_paths;
-	# print "PATH=$ENV{'PATH'}\n";
-	##/bin/sh -c 'echo "PATH in subshell=\"$PATH\""'
+	# print "paths: @paths\n";
 }
 
 sub set_sep {
@@ -1042,6 +1038,7 @@ sub begin_logging {
 	$data .= "$now\n";
 	$data .= "Elapsed since start: $t3\n";
 	$data .= "n: $self_name v: $self_version p: $self_patch d: $self_date\n";
+	$data .= '@paths:' . joiner(\@paths, '::', 'unset') . "\n";
 	$data .= $line2;
 	
 	print $fh_l $data;
@@ -1511,6 +1508,7 @@ sub system_data {
 	# @(#)MIRBSD KSH R56 2018/03/09: ksh and mksh
 	'ksh-version' => $ENV{'KSH_VERSION'},
 	'manpath' => $ENV{'MANPATH'},
+	'path' => $ENV{'PATH'},
 	'xdg-config-home' => $ENV{'XDG_CONFIG_HOME'},
 	'xdg-config-dirs' => $ENV{'XDG_CONFIG_DIRS'},
 	'xdg-data-home' => $ENV{'XDG_DATA_HOME'},
@@ -2930,7 +2928,8 @@ sub program_values {
 	'kded4' => ['^KDE Development Platform:',4,'--version','KDE',0,1],
 	# command: lxqt-about
 	'lxqt' => ['^lxqt-about',2,'--version','LXQT',0,1],
-	'mate' => ['^MATE[[:space:]]DESKTOP',-1,'--version','MATE',0,1],
+	'mate-about' => ['^MATE[[:space:]]DESKTOP',-1,'--version','MATE',0,1],
+	'mate-session' => ['^mate-session',-1,'--version','MATE',0,1],
 	'openbox' => ['^openboxt',2,'--version','Openbox',0,1],
 	'pekwm' => ['^pekwm',3,'--version','pekwm',0,1],
 	'plasmashell' => ['^plasmashell',2,'--version','KDE Plasma',0,1],
@@ -6024,6 +6023,7 @@ sub data_cpuinfo {
 	eval $start if $b_log;
 	my ($file,$type)=  @_;
 	my ($arch,@ids,@line,$b_first,$b_proc_int,$starter);
+	# use --arm flag when testing arm cpus
 	# $file = "$ENV{'HOME'}/bin/scripts/inxi/data/cpu/arm/arm-4-core-pinebook-1.txt";
 	# $file = "$ENV{'HOME'}/bin/scripts/inxi/data/cpu/arm/arm-4-core-pinebook-1.txt";
 	# $file = "$ENV{'HOME'}/bin/scripts/inxi/data/cpu/arm/armv6-single-core-1.txt";
@@ -6041,6 +6041,7 @@ sub data_cpuinfo {
 	# $file = "$ENV{'HOME'}/bin/scripts/inxi/data/cpu/intel/4-core-xeon-fake-dual-die-zyanya.txt";
 	# $file = "$ENV{'HOME'}/bin/scripts/inxi/data/cpu/intel/2-core-i5-fake-dual-die-hek.txt";
 	# $file = "$ENV{'HOME'}/bin/scripts/inxi/data/cpu/intel/2-1-core-xeon-vm-vs2017.txt";
+	# $file = "$ENV{'HOME'}/bin/scripts/inxi/data/cpu/intel/4-1-core-xeon-vps-frodo1.txt";
 	my %speeds = set_cpu_speeds_sys();
 	my @cpuinfo = main::reader($file);
 	my @phys_cpus = (0);# start with 1 always
@@ -6397,9 +6398,14 @@ sub cpu_properties {
 	#my @dies = $phys[0][0];
 	my $ref = $cpu{'ids'};
 	my @phys = @$ref;
-	my $phyical_count = scalar @phys;
+	my $phyical_count = 0;
+	#my $phyical_count = scalar @phys;
 	my @processors;
 	my ($speed,$speed_key);
+	# handle case where cpu reports say, phys id 0, 2, 4, 6 [yes, seen it]
+	foreach (@phys) {
+		$phyical_count++ if $_;
+	}
 	$phyical_count ||= 1; # assume 1 if no id found, as with ARM
 	# count unique processors ##
 	# note, this fails for intel cpus at times
@@ -6415,6 +6421,7 @@ sub cpu_properties {
 	my @cores;
 	
 	foreach my $die_ref ( @phys ){
+		next if ! $die_ref;
 		my @dies = @$die_ref;
 		$core_count = 0;
 		$die_count = scalar @dies;
@@ -9793,7 +9800,7 @@ sub partition_data {
 		}
 	}
 	@partitions_working = grep {!/^rootfs/} @partitions_working if $roots > 1;
-	my $filters = '^(aufs|cgroup|cgroup2|cgmfs|configfs|debugfs|\/dev|dev|\/dev/loop[0-9]*|devfs|devtmpfs|';
+	my $filters = '^(aufs|cgroup.*|cgmfs|configfs|debugfs|\/dev|dev|\/dev/loop[0-9]*|devfs|devtmpfs|';
 	$filters .= 'fdescfs|iso9660|linprocfs|none|procfs|\/run(\/.*)?|run|squashfs|sys|\/sys\/.*|sysfs|';
 	$filters .= 'tmpfs|type|udev|unionfs|vartmp)$';
 	foreach (@partitions_working){
@@ -13813,7 +13820,7 @@ sub get_env_de_data {
 }
 sub get_env_xprop_de_data {
 	eval $start if $b_log;
-	my ($program,@version_data);
+	my ($program,$string,@version_data);
 	# NOTE: Always add to set_prop the search term if you add an item!!
 	set_xprop();
 	# note that cinnamon split from gnome, and and can now be id'ed via xprop,
@@ -13830,9 +13837,18 @@ sub get_env_xprop_de_data {
 		$desktop[0] ||= 'Cinnamon';
 	}
 	elsif ($xdg_desktop eq 'mate' || ( $b_xprop && main::awk(\@xprop,'_marco') )){
-		@data = main::program_values('mate');
-		$desktop[0] = $data[3];
-		$desktop[1] = main::program_version('mate-about',$data[0],$data[1],$data[2],$data[5]);
+		# NOTE: mate-about reported wrong version, 1.18.0 when actual was 1.18.2
+		if ($program = main::check_program('mate-session') ) {
+			$string = 'mate-session';
+		}
+		elsif ($program = main::check_program('mate-about') ) {
+			$string = 'mate-about';
+		}
+		if ($string){
+			@data = main::program_values($string);
+			$desktop[0] = $data[3];
+			$desktop[1] = main::program_version($program,$data[0],$data[1],$data[2],$data[5]);
+		}
 		set_gtk_data() if $extra > 0;
 		$desktop[0] ||= 'MATE';
 	}
@@ -14511,6 +14527,9 @@ sub get_hostname {
 	if ( $ENV{'HOSTNAME'} ){
 		$hostname = $ENV{'HOSTNAME'};
 	}
+	elsif ( !$bsd_type && -f "/proc/sys/kernel/hostname" ){
+		$hostname = (reader('/proc/sys/kernel/hostname'))[0];
+	}
 	# puppy removed this from core modules, sigh
 	# this is faster than subshell of hostname
 	elsif (check_module('Sys::Hostname')){
@@ -14929,14 +14948,22 @@ sub get_shell_data {
 sub get_shell_source {
 	eval $start if $b_log;
 	my (@data);
-	my ($self_parent,$shell_parent) = ('','');
+	my ($msg,$self_parent,$shell_parent) = ('','','');
 	my $ppid = getppid();
 	$self_parent = get_start_parent($ppid);
+	if ($b_log){
+		$msg = ($ppid) ? "self parent: $self_parent ppid: $ppid": "self parent: undefined";
+		log_data('data',$msg);
+	}
 	#print "self parent: $self_parent ppid: $ppid\n";
 	if ($self_parent){
 		$shell_parent = get_shell_parent($self_parent);
 		$client{'su-start'} = $shell_parent if ($shell_parent eq 'su' && !$client{'su-start'});
 		#print "shell parent 1: $shell_parent\n";
+		if ($b_log){
+			$msg = ($shell_parent) ? "shell parent 1: $shell_parent": "shell parent 1: undefined";
+			log_data('data',$msg);
+		}
 		# in case sudo starts inxi, parent is shell (or perl inxi if run by debugger)
 		if ( $shell_parent && ( $shell_parent eq 'su' || 
 		     $shell_parent =~ /^(bash|csh|ksh|lksh|loksh|mksh|pdksh|sh|dash|perl|zsh|tcsh)$/ ) ){
@@ -14945,12 +14972,20 @@ sub get_shell_source {
 			$self_parent = get_start_parent($self_parent);
 			$shell_parent = get_shell_parent($self_parent) if $shell;
 			#print "shell parent 2: $shell_parent\n";
+			if ($b_log){
+				$msg = ($shell_parent) ? "shell parent 2: $shell_parent": "shell parent 2: undefined";
+				log_data('data',$msg);
+			}
 			if (!$shell || 
 			    $shell_parent =~ /^(bash|csh|ksh|lksh|loksh|mksh|pdksh|sh|dash|perl|zsh|tcsh)$/ ){
 				$self_parent = get_start_parent($self_parent);
 				$shell_parent = get_shell_parent($self_parent);
 			}
-			#print "shell parent 2: $shell_parent\n";
+			#print "shell parent 3: $shell_parent\n";
+			if ($b_log){
+				$msg = ($shell_parent) ? "shell parent 3: $shell_parent": "shell parent 3: undefined";
+			log_data('data',$msg);
+			}
 		}
 		# to work around a ps -p or gnome-terminal bug, which returns 
 		# gnome-terminal- trim - off end 
@@ -16257,7 +16292,6 @@ sub generate_system_data {
 		if (scalar @compiler != 2){
 			@compiler = ('N/A', '');
 		}
-		
 		$data{$data_name}[$index]{main::key($num++,'compiler')} = $compiler[0];
 		# if no compiler, obviously no version, so don't waste space showing.
 		if ($compiler[0] ne 'N/A'){
@@ -16267,7 +16301,6 @@ sub generate_system_data {
 	}
 	# note: tty can have the value of 0 but the two tools 
 	# return '' if undefined, so we test for explicit ''
-	
 	if ($b_display){
 		my @desktop_data = DesktopEnvironment::get();
 		$desktop = $desktop_data[0] if $desktop_data[0];
@@ -16281,6 +16314,7 @@ sub generate_system_data {
 		if ($extra > 2 && $desktop_data[4]){
 			$desktop_info = $desktop_data[4];
 		}
+		# don't print the desktop if it's a wm and the same
 		if ($desktop_data[5] && (!$desktop_data[0] || lc($desktop_data[0]) ne lc($desktop_data[5]))){
 			$wm = $desktop_data[5];
 		}
diff --git a/inxi.changelog b/inxi.changelog
index 4e77968..0dd489b 100644
--- a/inxi.changelog
+++ b/inxi.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 3.0.04
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2018-04-14
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version. Fixes several issues.
+
+1. issue #145 - corrects case with vm xeon where phys id skips numbers, creating 
+bad array looping error.
+2. for issue #143, added user PATH to static list of paths, this works around distros
+that have chosen to abandon the FSH standard, sigh... This adds to number of paths that 
+have to be checked, but there was no clean way to handle it otherwise.
+3. For MATE, added new version source, mate-session, because mate-about was reporting 
+a non-matching version number for current MATE.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Sat, 14 Apr 2018 17:52:33 -0700
+
 =====================================================================================
 Version: 3.0.03
 Patch Version: 00