MATE
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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:
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:
videodrivers=$(apk search --quiet --exact xf86-video* | grep -v -- '-doc$') setup-xorg-base $videodrivers
Now let us install a bunch of needed packages what includes all MATE Desktop packages avaliable in our Edge repository:
apk add desktop-file-utils gtk-engines consolekit gtk-murrine-engine caja caja-extensions marco dbus lxdm udev hicolor-icon-theme sudo mate_pkgs=$(apk search mate -q | grep -v '\-dev' | grep -v '\-lang' | grep -v '\-doc') apk add $mate_pkgs
In the next step we add some services to start up with the operating system:
rc-update add lxdm rc-update add dbus rc-update add udev
If you do not have a user other than root, it is time to do so. I am going to create a user called "monitor":
adduser -h /home/monitor -g "Monitor User" monitor
We will start D-Bus before other services in order to fix D-Bus configuration file (replace the hard coded 'system_bus_socket' path): Starting D-Bus:
rc-service dbus start
Fixing the D-Bus configuration file:
dbus_sock_path=$(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
apk del mate-screensaver ln -s /usr/etc/xdg/menus/ /etc/xdg/menus apk add mate-screensaver
Adding avaliables True Type Fonts:
ttfs=$(apk search -q ttf- | grep -v '\-doc') apk add $ttfs
If you are running your Alpine from RAM, save the changes:
lbu ci
And finally, let us start the lxdm service and log in to our MATE Desktop
rc-service udev start rc-service lxdm start
Misc
Disabling standby and screensaver
First of all check the actual configuration using xset:
localhost:~$ 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?
localhost:~$ xset dpms 0 0 0
If you wanna check the timers again:
localhost:~$ xset q ... cut ... Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On localhost:~$