MATE
![]() MATE running on Samsung Galaxy S Advance (i9070) | |
In postmarketOS | |
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Package | postmarketos-ui-mate |
Status | Available |
MATE is a desktop environment forked from the maintained code base of GNOME 2. It is installable on postmarketOS.
Status
It works on most devices with a working display, works fine without hardware acceleration.
After the postmarketOS loading splashscreen you will get a black screen for 20-30 seconds before the desktop appears.
This seems due to an issue with marco
(MATE window manager):
mate-session[1377]: WARNING: Application 'marco.desktop' failed to register before timeout
Install MATE Desktop
Run pmbootstrap init
and choose mate
in the interface section.
The Alpine repository already contains all the packages for x86_64, armhf and aarch64 architectures.
Nothing has to be done to enable it.
After installation, the shell will automatically launch upon boot. If it doesn't, have a look at /etc/profile.d/start_mate.sh
script.
For the official MATE instructions, see their website.
Troubleshooting
Check the logs with logread -f | grep x11
Landscape mode
Rotate the screen
You can rotate adding the following configuration file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-fbdev-rotate.conf
Section "Device" Identifier "LCD" Driver "fbdev" Option "Rotate" "CW" EndSection
Rotate the touchscreen
In order to also rotate the touchscreen you need to change the udev rule: /etc/udev/rules.d/90-device-samsung-i9070.rules
And add one of the following line:
# Left - 90 degree clockwise ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="0 -1 1 1 0 0" # 180 degree clockwise ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="-1 0 1 0 -1 1" # Right - 270 degree clockwise ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="0 1 0 -1 0 1" # reflect along y axis ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="-1 0 1 1 0 0"
and reboot udev or the device.