MATE: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:56, 7 December 2018

Setup Xorg

Use Alpine's setup script:

# setup-xorg-base

Add any additional video drivers necessary:

# apk add xf86-video-ati

Add additional input drivers (if necessary)

# apk add xf86-input-synaptics

Enable Community Repository

Mate is available in the Community repository. Uncomment http://<url>/alpine/<version>/community in /etc/apk/repositories. For example:

Contents of /etc/apk/repositories

# /etc/apk/repositories

#/media/sdb/apks
http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/alpine/v3.8/main
http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/alpine/v3.8/community
#http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/alpine/v3.8/testing

Install MATE Desktop

Add extra necessary packages. The following command will add all components of the MATE Desktop except for the *-dev, *-lang, and *-doc packages. If you would like man pages added, omit | grep -v '\-doc'

{{{1}}}

Create a regular user:

# adduser -h /home/<user> -g "Full User Name" <user>

# apk del mate-screensaver

ln -s /usr/etc/xdg/menus/ /etc/xdg/menus
apk add mate-screensaver

Add all available True Type Fonts:

{{{1}}}

If you are running your Alpine from RAM, save the changes:

# lbu ci

Enable services to start on reboot

# rc-update add lxdm

rc-update add dbus
rc-update add udev

And finally, start the dbus, udev, and lxdm. This will start the display manager and allow you to login.

# rc-service dbus start

rc-service udev start
rc-service lxdm start

Misc

Disabling standby and screensaver

Check the current configuration using xset:

$ sudo apk add xset $ xset q

Contents of 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:

$ xset dpms 0 0 0

Santiy check:

$ xset q | grep Standby Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0

@@ Line 33: / Line 33: @@
 {{Cmd|# apk add desktop-file-utils gtk-engines consolekit gtk-murrine-engine caja caja-extensions marco dbus lxdm udev hicolor-icon-theme sudo
-  # mate_pkgs=$(apk search mate -q | grep -v '\-dev' | grep -v '\-lang' | grep -v '\-doc')
+  # mate_pkgs=$(apk search mate -q &#124; grep -v '\-dev' &#124; grep -v '\-lang' &#124; grep -v '\-doc')
   # apk add $mate_pkgs}}
@@ Line 60: / Line 60: @@
 Add all available True Type Fonts:
-<pre>
+{{Cmd|
-$ ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- | grep -v '\-doc')
+$ ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- &#124; grep -v '\-doc')
 # apk add $ttfs
-</pre>
+}}
 If you are running your Alpine from RAM, save the changes:
@@ Line 69: / Line 69: @@
 Enable services to start on reboot
-<pre># rc-update add lxdm
+{{Cmd|# rc-update add lxdm
 # rc-update add dbus
-# rc-update add udev</pre>
+# rc-update add udev}}
 And finally, start the dbus, udev, and lxdm. This will start the display manager and allow you to login.
-<pre># rc-service dbus start
+{{Cmd|# rc-service dbus start
 # rc-service udev start
-# rc-service lxdm start</pre>
+# rc-service lxdm start}}
 <!--It just so happens that the preceding sequence of steps makes an apparently broken Xfce4 install work properly as well.-->