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https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=MATE&diff=26929
MATE
2024-07-07T11:15:08Z
<p>TechnologyTim: /* Install MATE Desktop */ Fixing a typo.</p>
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<div><br />
= Prerequisites =<br />
<br />
* [[Installation|Install]] Alpine Linux<br />
* [[Setting_up_a_new_user#Creating_a_new_user|Create a user account]]<br />
* [[Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository|Enable the Community repository]]<br />
* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base|Install Xorg]]<br />
* [[D-Bus#Installation|Install and configure D-Bus]] with X11 add-ons<br />
<br />
<br><br />
<br />
= Install MATE Desktop =<br />
Installing basic packages, the MATE desktop and LightDM<br />
{{Cmd|<nowiki># setup-desktop mate</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
<br><br />
<br />
If you are running your Alpine installation from RAM, save the changes:<br />
{{Cmd|# lbu ci}}<br />
<br />
<br><br />
<br />
Try starting dbus and lxdm. This will start the display manager and should allow you to login.<br />
{{Cmd|# rc-service lxdm start}}<br />
<br />
If it worked, enable the services to start on reboot<br />
{{Cmd|# rc-update add lxdm}}<br />
<br />
<br><br />
<br />
= Misc =<br />
<br />
=== TrueType fonts ===<br />
{{Todo|The directions below need improvement because they don't work well: They pull in many non-font packages.}}<br />
Add all available TrueType Fonts:<br />
{{Cmd|<nowiki>$ ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- &#124; grep -v '\-doc')<br />
# apk add $ttfs</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
=== Disabling standby and screensaver ===<br />
Check the current configuration using xset:<br />
<br />
{{Cmd|# apk add xset<br />
$ xset q}}<br />
<br />
<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 />
<br />
<br />
<br />
To disable those timers issue the command:<br />
{{Cmd|$ xset dpms 0 0 0}}<br />
<br />
Santiy check:<br />
<br />
{{Cmd|$ xset q &#124; grep Standby<br />
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0}}<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MATE MATE - Archwiki]<br />
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MATE MATE - Gentoo Wiki]<br />
* [https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/MATE MATE - postmarketOS Wiki]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Desktop]]<br />
[[Category:Desktop Environments]]</div>
TechnologyTim
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=MATE&diff=26928
MATE
2024-07-07T11:11:50Z
<p>TechnologyTim: Replacing manual package install with setup-desktop command</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
= Prerequisites =<br />
<br />
* [[Installation|Install]] Alpine Linux<br />
* [[Setting_up_a_new_user#Creating_a_new_user|Create a user account]]<br />
* [[Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository|Enable the Community repository]]<br />
* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base|Install Xorg]]<br />
* [[D-Bus#Installation|Install and configure D-Bus]] with X11 add-ons<br />
<br />
<br><br />
<br />
= Install MATE Desktop =<br />
Installing the basic packages, the MATE desktop and LightDM<br />
{{Cmd|<nowiki># setup-desktop mate</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
<br><br />
<br />
If you are running your Alpine installation from RAM, save the changes:<br />
{{Cmd|# lbu ci}}<br />
<br />
<br><br />
<br />
Try starting dbus and lxdm. This will start the display manager and should allow you to login.<br />
{{Cmd|# rc-service lxdm start}}<br />
<br />
If it worked, enable the services to start on reboot<br />
{{Cmd|# rc-update add lxdm}}<br />
<br />
<br><br />
<br />
= Misc =<br />
<br />
=== TrueType fonts ===<br />
{{Todo|The directions below need improvement because they don't work well: They pull in many non-font packages.}}<br />
Add all available TrueType Fonts:<br />
{{Cmd|<nowiki>$ ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- &#124; grep -v '\-doc')<br />
# apk add $ttfs</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
=== Disabling standby and screensaver ===<br />
Check the current configuration using xset:<br />
<br />
{{Cmd|# apk add xset<br />
$ xset q}}<br />
<br />
<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 />
<br />
<br />
<br />
To disable those timers issue the command:<br />
{{Cmd|$ xset dpms 0 0 0}}<br />
<br />
Santiy check:<br />
<br />
{{Cmd|$ xset q &#124; grep Standby<br />
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0}}<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MATE MATE - Archwiki]<br />
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MATE MATE - Gentoo Wiki]<br />
* [https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/MATE MATE - postmarketOS Wiki]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Desktop]]<br />
[[Category:Desktop Environments]]</div>
TechnologyTim