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= | = Prerequisites = | ||
* [[Installation|Install]] Alpine Linux | |||
* [[Setting_up_a_new_user#Creating_a_new_user|Create a user account]] | |||
* [[Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository|Enable the Community repository]] | |||
* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base|Install Xorg]] | |||
* [[D-Bus#Installation|Install and configure D-Bus]] with X11 add-ons | |||
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= Install MATE Desktop = | |||
{{Cmd|<nowiki># apk add mate-desktop-environment lxdm adwaita-icon-theme faenza-icon-theme | |||
{{Cmd| | # gvfs_pkgs=$(apk search gvfs -q | grep -v '\-dev' | grep -v '\-lang' | grep -v '\-doc') | ||
# apk add $gvfs_pkgs</nowiki>}} | |||
If you are running your Alpine installation from RAM, save the changes: | |||
{{Cmd|# lbu ci}} | |||
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Try starting dbus and lxdm. This will start the display manager and should allow you to login. | |||
{{Cmd|# rc-service lxdm start}} | |||
If it worked, enable the services to start on reboot | |||
{{Cmd|# rc-update add lxdm}} | |||
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= Misc = | |||
{{Cmd| | |||
=== TrueType fonts === | |||
{{Todo|The directions below need improvement because they don't work well: They pull in many non-font packages.}} | |||
Add all available TrueType Fonts: | |||
{{Cmd|<nowiki>$ ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- | grep -v '\-doc') | |||
# apk add $ttfs</nowiki>}} | |||
=== Disabling standby and screensaver === | |||
Check the current configuration using xset: | |||
{{Cmd|# apk add xset | |||
$ xset q}} | |||
{{cat|xset q| | |||
Keyboard Control: | |||
auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000000 | |||
XKB indicators: | |||
00: Caps Lock: off 01: Num Lock: off 02: Scroll Lock: off | |||
03: Compose: off 04: Kana: off 05: Sleep: off | |||
06: Suspend: off 07: Mute: off 08: Misc: off | |||
09: Mail: off 10: Charging: off 11: Shift Lock: off | |||
12: Group 2: off 13: Mouse Keys: off | |||
auto repeat delay: 500 repeat rate: 20 | |||
auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf | |||
fadfffefffedffff | |||
9fffffffffffffff | |||
fff7ffffffffffff | |||
bell percent: 0 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100 | |||
Pointer Control: | |||
acceleration: 2/1 threshold: 4 | |||
Screen Saver: | |||
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes | |||
timeout: 600 cycle: 0 | |||
Colors: | |||
default colormap: 0x22 BlackPixel: 0x0 WhitePixel: 0xffffff | |||
Font Path: | |||
/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 | |||
DPMS (Energy Star): | |||
Standby: 600 Suspend: 0 Off: 900 | |||
DPMS is Enabled | |||
Monitor is On | |||
}} | |||
To disable those timers issue the command: | |||
{{Cmd|$ xset dpms 0 0 0}} | |||
Santiy check: | |||
{{Cmd|$ xset q | grep Standby | |||
Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0}} | |||
== See also == | |||
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MATE MATE - Archwiki] | |||
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MATE MATE - Gentoo Wiki] | |||
* [https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/MATE MATE - postmarketOS Wiki] | |||
[[Category:Desktop]] | |||
[[Category:Desktop Environments]] |
Latest revision as of 04:14, 9 January 2024
Prerequisites
- Install Alpine Linux
- Create a user account
- Enable the Community repository
- Install Xorg
- Install and configure D-Bus with X11 add-ons
Install MATE Desktop
# apk add mate-desktop-environment lxdm adwaita-icon-theme faenza-icon-theme # gvfs_pkgs=$(apk search gvfs -q | grep -v '\-dev' | grep -v '\-lang' | grep -v '\-doc') # apk add $gvfs_pkgs
If you are running your Alpine installation from RAM, save the changes:
# lbu ci
Try starting dbus and lxdm. This will start the display manager and should allow you to login.
# rc-service lxdm start
If it worked, enable the services to start on reboot
# rc-update add lxdm
Misc
TrueType fonts
Add all available TrueType Fonts:
$ ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- | grep -v '\-doc') # apk add $ttfs
Disabling standby and screensaver
Check the current configuration using xset:
# apk add xset $ xset q
Contents of xset q
To disable those timers issue the command:
$ xset dpms 0 0 0
Santiy check:
$ xset q | grep Standby Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0