topic title: Mate desktop
Posts: 6
sdibaja
Joined: 12 Jul 2015
#1
new user here, trying to get the Mate Desktop installed.
I thought it was supposed to be in the metapackages but I am not seeing it. (I did enable non-free sources)
also tried to install with synaptic but MATE Desktop Environment (meta package) shows"broken"
(first I used synaptic to enable all repos for Jessie and updated all packages)

do I need to get a new repo enabled?
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
In order to install mate on antiX-15, you need to allow libsystemd0 to get installed since mate-session-manager depends on it.
To allow systemd, you need to edit/remove etc/apt/preferences.d/00systemd
If you do this, you *might* be ok, and hopefully, you still use sysvinit rather than systemd.
anticapitalista
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#3
It works (at least running frugal install)

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inxi -Fxx
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 4.0.5-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.9.2)
           Desktop: MATE 1.8.1 (Gtk 3.14.5-1) dm: slim
           Distro: antiX-15-V_386-full Killah P 30 June 2015
Machine:   System: ASUSTeK product: T12Eg v: 1.0 Chassis: type: 10 v: 1.0
           Mobo: ERGOUK T12Eg model: 1.0 v: BSN12345678901234567
           Bios: American Megatrends v: 203 date: 01/31/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo T7500 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 8778
           clock speeds: min/max: 800/2201 MHz 1: 1200 MHz 2: 2200 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a02
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x800@59.91hz
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A
Audio:     Card Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:284b
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.0.5-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
           driver: iwl3945 v: in-tree:s bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4222
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:1c:bf:ca:7c:58
           Card-2: Realtek RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: c800
           bus-ID: 06:07.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8167
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: 00:1f:c6:d6:69:c3
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 280.1GB (24.6% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: FUJITSU_MHZ2120B size: 120.0GB serial: K60GT8526FU4
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Basics_Portable size: 160.0GB serial: 5MA9QPSN
Partition: ID-1: /home size: 976M used: 663M (73%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/loop1
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 185 Uptime: 6:10 Memory: 230.3/2012.0MB
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301 running in mate-terminal) inxi: 2.2.25
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sdibaja
Joined: 12 Jul 2015
#4
thanks @anticapitalista that worked...
I first renamed 00systemd to 00systemd.backup (using another OS), then I booted antiX,
then I installed mate-desktop-environment and changed to Mate desktop
then I renamed 00systemd.backup to 00systemd
then I rebooted again.
now I am able to install all the extras I am accustomed to.
==========
$ inxi -Fxx
System: Host: antix1.sag Kernel: 4.0.5-antix.2-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.9.2)
Desktop: MATE 1.8.1 (Gtk 3.14.5-1) dm: slim Distro: antiX-15-V_x64-full Killah P 30 June 2015
Machine: System: LENOVO product: 6459CTO v: ThinkPad T61 Chassis: type: 10
Mobo: LENOVO model: 6459CTO Bios: LENOVO v: 7LETB7WW (2.17 ) date: 04/25/2008
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo T7700 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9581
clock speeds: min/max: 800/2401 MHz 1: 800 MHz 2: 1200 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G86M [Quadro NVS 140M] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0429
Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1680x1050@59.98hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV86 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:284b
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.0.5-antix.2-amd64-smp
Network: Card-1: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection
driver: e1000e v: 2.3.2-k port: 1840 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1049
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:1c:25:20:82:37
Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
driver: iwl3945 v: in-tree:s bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4227
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:1c:bf:68:5a:f5
Drives: HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (5.8% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HTS54503 size: 320.1GB serial: 090929PB5C06QDK113PT
Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.1G used: 3.0G (35%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
ID-2: /home size: 16G used: 4.7G (33%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda15
ID-3: swap-1 size: 10.90GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda10
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0C mobo: 47.0C gpu: 61.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 3022
Info: Processes: 163 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 267.6/3890.2MB
Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301 running in mate-terminal) inxi: 2.2.25
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Goer
Joined: 29 Jul 2015
#5
Hi guys. Just installed Antix15 although an"MX15 - Jessie" would have been preferable.
I like MX. I have a separate /home so I can install MX15 when it appears.
My puter is Toshiba P850, i7, 8Gb RAM, 1Tb HDD.
You could say that Antix15 is overkill for it, as I dare not blink in case i miss something, that is how fast it is! __{{emoticon}}__
So, plenty of opportunity to install the nice KDE. Yo?
But first time I tried with a complete KDE install it went bad and I had to reinstall Antix15 afresh.
I did consider Debian Jessie+KDE, but easy of install was something else, as I am spoiled by the ease of Antix/MX install.
Mmm....any thoughts/advices?
Thnx in advance. Cheers.