Revision as of 18:05, 2 January 2022

Prerequisites

Install AlpineLinux
Create a user account (optional but recommended)
Enable the Community repository
Install Xorg

Install MATE Desktop

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If you are running your Alpine 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 dbus start

rc-service lxdm start

If it worked, enable the services to start on reboot

# rc-update add dbus

rc-update add lxdm

Misc

True type fonts

Add all available True Type Fonts:

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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

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 * [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base|Install Xorg]]
+<br>
 = Install MATE Desktop =
-<!-- 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? --~~~~
+{{Cmd|# apk add mate-desktop-environment dbus dbus-x11 lxdm adwaita-icon-theme faenza-icon-theme sudo
-The next commands are used to install all available video drivers and setup Xorg server:
-videodrivers=$(apk search --quiet --exact xf86-video* | grep -v -- '\-doc$')
-setup-xorg-base $videodrivers
--->
-<!-- This is obsolete: There is a meta package mate-desktop-environment
-Add extra necessary packages. The following command will add all components of the MATE Desktop except for the {{Pkg|*-dev}}, {{Pkg|*-lang}}, and {{Pkg|*-doc}} packages. If you would like man pages added, omit {{Path|&#124; grep -v '\-doc'}}
-{{Cmd|<nowiki># apk add desktop-file-utils gtk-engines consolekit gtk-murrine-engine caja caja-extensions marco dbus dbus-x11 lxdm udev hicolor-icon-theme sudo
-# mate_pkgs=$(apk search mate -q &#124; grep -v '\-dev' &#124; grep -v '\-lang' &#124; grep -v '\-doc')
-# apk add $mate_pkgs</nowiki>
-}}
--->
-{{Cmd|<nowiki># apk add mate-desktop-environment dbus dbus-x11 lxdm adwaita-icon-theme faenza-icon-theme sudo
 # gvfs_pkgs=$(apk search gvfs -q &#124; grep -v '\-dev' &#124; grep -v '\-lang' &#124; grep -v '\-doc')
-# apk add $gvfs_pkgs</nowiki>
+# apk add $gvfs_pkgs}}
-}}
-<!--
-We will start D-Bus before other services in order to fix D-Bus configuration file (replace the hard coded 'system_bus_socket' path):
-Starting D-Bus:
-{{Cmd|# rc-service dbus start}}
-EDIT: No longer necessary as of at least 3.8
-Fixing the  D-Bus configuration file:
-<pre>
-dbus_sock_path=$(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|<nowiki># apk del mate-screensaver
-# ln -s /usr/etc/xdg/menus/ /etc/xdg/menus
-# apk add mate-screensaver</nowiki>}}
-* What is going on here??
@@ Line 60: / Line 19: @@
 {{Cmd|# lbu ci}}
+<br>
 Try, starting dbus and lxdm. This will start the display manager and should allow you to login.
-{{Cmd|<nowiki># rc-service dbus start
+{{Cmd|# rc-service dbus start
-# rc-service lxdm start</nowiki>}}
+# rc-service lxdm start}}
 If it worked, enable the services to start on reboot
-{{Cmd|<nowiki># rc-update add dbus
+{{Cmd|# rc-update add dbus
-# rc-update add lxdm</nowiki>}}
+# rc-update add lxdm}}
-<!--It just so happens that the preceding sequence of steps makes an apparently broken Xfce4 install work properly as well.-->
+<br>
 = Misc =
@@ Line 78: / Line 36: @@
 Add all available True Type Fonts:
-{{Cmd|<nowiki>$ ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- &#124; grep -v '\-doc')
+{{Cmd|$ ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- &#124; grep -v '\-doc')
-# apk add $ttfs</nowiki>
+# apk add $ttfs}}
-}}
 === Disabling standby and screensaver ===