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MATE
2018-12-31T12:40:55Z
<p>Braddeicide: Required for login to work, provides /usr/bin/dbus-launch</p>
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<div>== Setup Xorg == <br />
Use Alpine's setup script:<br />
{{cmd|# setup-xorg-base}}<br />
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Add any additional video drivers necessary:<br />
{{cmd|# apk add xf86-video-ati}}<br />
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Add additional input drivers (if necessary)<br />
{{cmd|# apk add xf86-input-synaptics}}<br />
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== Enable Community Repository ==<br />
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Mate is available in the Community repository. Uncomment {{codeline|http://<url>/alpine/<version>/community}} in {{path|/etc/apk/repositories}}. For example:<br />
{{cat|/etc/apk/repositories|<nowiki># /etc/apk/repositories<br />
<br />
#/media/sdb/apks<br />
http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/alpine/v3.8/main<br />
http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/alpine/v3.8/community<br />
#http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/alpine/v3.8/testing<br />
</nowiki><br />
}}<br />
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== Install MATE Desktop ==<br />
<!-- EDIT: Is it preferred to recommend users to install all available video drivers? Also, is using some bash piping and greping the most clear way to explain how to install these, and would this possibly break in future versions? --~~~~<br />
The next commands are used to install all available video drivers and setup Xorg server:<br />
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videodrivers=$(apk search --quiet --exact xf86-video* | grep -v -- '\-doc$')<br />
setup-xorg-base $videodrivers<br />
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--><br />
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Add extra necessary packages. The following command will add all components of the MATE Desktop except for the {{Pkg|*-dev}}, {{Pkg|*-lang}}, and {{Pkg|*-doc}} packages. If you would like man pages added, omit {{Path|&#124; grep -v '\-doc'}}<br />
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{{Cmd|<nowiki># apk add desktop-file-utils gtk-engines consolekit gtk-murrine-engine caja caja-extensions marco dbus dbus-x11 lxdm udev hicolor-icon-theme sudo<br />
# mate_pkgs=$(apk search mate -q &#124; grep -v '\-dev' &#124; grep -v '\-lang' &#124; grep -v '\-doc')<br />
# apk add $mate_pkgs</nowiki><br />
}}<br />
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Create a regular user:<br />
{{Cmd|# adduser -h /home/<user> -g "Full User Name" <user>}}<br />
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<!--<br />
We will start D-Bus before other services in order to fix D-Bus configuration file (replace the hard coded 'system_bus_socket' path):<br />
Starting D-Bus:<br />
{{Cmd|# rc-service dbus start}}<br />
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EDIT: No longer necessary as of at least 3.8<br />
Fixing the D-Bus configuration file:<br />
<pre><br />
dbus_sock_path=$(find / -name system_bus_socket)<br />
dbus_sock_path=$(echo $dbus_sock_path | sed 's/\//\\&/g')<br />
sed -i 's/\/var\/run\/dbus\/system_bus_socket/'$dbus_sock_path'/' /etc/dbus-1/system.conf<br />
</pre><br />
--> <br />
<!--What is going on here??--><br />
{{Cmd|<nowiki># apk del mate-screensaver<br />
# ln -s /usr/etc/xdg/menus/ /etc/xdg/menus<br />
# apk add mate-screensaver</nowiki>}}<br />
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Add all available True Type Fonts:<br />
{{Cmd|<nowiki>$ ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- &#124; grep -v '\-doc')<br />
# apk add $ttfs</nowiki><br />
}}<br />
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If you are running your Alpine from RAM, save the changes:<br />
{{Cmd|# lbu ci}}<br />
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Enable services to start on reboot<br />
{{Cmd|<nowiki># rc-update add lxdm<br />
# rc-update add dbus<br />
# rc-update add udev</nowiki>}}<br />
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And finally, start the dbus, udev, and lxdm. This will start the display manager and allow you to login.<br />
{{Cmd|<nowiki># rc-service dbus start<br />
# rc-service udev start<br />
# rc-service lxdm start</nowiki>}}<br />
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<!--It just so happens that the preceding sequence of steps makes an apparently broken Xfce4 install work properly as well.--><br />
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== Misc ==<br />
=== Disabling standby and screensaver ===<br />
Check the current configuration using xset:<br />
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{{Cmd|$ sudo apk add xset<br />
$ xset q}}<br />
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<br />
{{cat|xset q|<br />
Keyboard Control:<br />
auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000000<br />
XKB indicators:<br />
00: Caps Lock: off 01: Num Lock: off 02: Scroll Lock: off<br />
03: Compose: off 04: Kana: off 05: Sleep: off<br />
06: Suspend: off 07: Mute: off 08: Misc: off<br />
09: Mail: off 10: Charging: off 11: Shift Lock: off<br />
12: Group 2: off 13: Mouse Keys: off<br />
auto repeat delay: 500 repeat rate: 20<br />
auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf<br />
fadfffefffedffff<br />
9fffffffffffffff<br />
fff7ffffffffffff<br />
bell percent: 0 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100<br />
Pointer Control:<br />
acceleration: 2/1 threshold: 4<br />
Screen Saver:<br />
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes<br />
timeout: 600 cycle: 0<br />
Colors:<br />
default colormap: 0x22 BlackPixel: 0x0 WhitePixel: 0xffffff<br />
Font Path:<br />
/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,built-ins<br />
DPMS (Energy Star):<br />
Standby: 600 Suspend: 0 Off: 900<br />
DPMS is Enabled<br />
Monitor is On<br />
}}<br />
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To disable those timers issue the command:<br />
{{Cmd|$ xset dpms 0 0 0}}<br />
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Santiy check:<br />
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{{Cmd|$ xset q &#124; grep Standby<br />
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0}}<br />
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[[Category:Desktop]]</div>
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