MATE

2016-06-01T21:00:52Z

Nomad: Let xfce users know that this sequence of steps helps make that environment work too.

== Install MATE Desktop ==

For while MATE Desktop packages are in Edge, then we'll need to add its repository to our list. To do so, issue the following command:
{{Cmd|echo http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main >> /etc/apk/repositories
apk update}}

The next commands are used to install all avaliable video drivers and setup Xorg server:
<pre>
videodrivers=$(apk search --quiet --exact xf86-video* | grep -v -- '\-doc$')
setup-xorg-base $videodrivers
</pre>
Now let us install a bunch of needed packages what includes all MATE Desktop packages avaliable in our Edge repository:

<pre>
apk add desktop-file-utils gtk-engines consolekit gtk-murrine-engine caja caja-extensions marco dbus lxdm udev hicolor-icon-theme sudo
mate_pkgs=$(apk search mate -q | grep -v '\-dev' | grep -v '\-lang' | grep -v '\-doc')
apk add $mate_pkgs
</pre>

In the next step we add some services to start up with the operating system:
{{Cmd|rc-update add lxdm
rc-update add dbus
rc-update add udev}}

If you do not have a user other than root, it is time to do so. I am going to create a user called "monitor":
{{Cmd|adduser -h /home/monitor -g "Monitor User" monitor}}

We will start D-Bus before other services in order to fix D-Bus configuration file (replace the hard coded 'system_bus_socket' path):
Starting D-Bus:
{{Cmd|rc-service dbus start}}

Fixing the D-Bus configuration file:
<pre>
dbus_sock_path=$(find / -name system_bus_socket)
dbus_sock_path=$(echo $dbus_sock_path | sed 's/\//\\&/g')
sed -i 's/\/var\/run\/dbus\/system_bus_socket/'$dbus_sock_path'/' /etc/dbus-1/system.conf
</pre>

{{Cmd|apk del mate-screensaver
ln -s /usr/etc/xdg/menus/ /etc/xdg/menus
apk add mate-screensaver}}

Adding avaliables True Type Fonts:
<pre>
ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- | grep -v '\-doc')
apk add $ttfs
</pre>

If you are running your Alpine from RAM, save the changes:
{{Cmd|lbu ci}}

And finally, let us start the lxdm service and log in to our MATE Desktop
{{Cmd|rc-service udev start
rc-service lxdm start}}

It just so happens that the preceding sequence of steps makes an apparently broken Xfce4 install work properly as well.

=== Misc ===
==== Disabling standby and screensaver ====
First of all check the actual configuration using xset:

{{Cmd|localhost:~$ sudo apk add xset
localhost:~$ xset q
... cut ...
Standby: 600 Suspend: 600 Off: 600
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
localhost:~$
}}

To disable those timers issue the command?
{{Cmd|localhost:~$ xset dpms 0 0 0}}

If you wanna check the timers again:

{{Cmd|localhost:~$ xset q
... cut ...
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
localhost:~$
}}

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