Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-09-14 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 8:27 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 06:50:05PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Would sysctl set-default text.target display the dm on startup? > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/systemd#Targets > > There isn't a "text.target" as far as I'm aware. mu

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-09-14 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 06:50:05PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Would sysctl set-default text.target display the dm on startup? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/systemd#Targets There isn't a "text.target" as far as I'm aware. multi-user.target will skip the DM if one is installed. graphica

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-09-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:32:58 > From: Greg Wooledge > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment > Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:33:17 + (UTC) > Resent

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/29/2020 07:38 PM, David wrote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 22:16, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm looking for something that aims to answer "What can update-alternatives do for me today?". IOW the manpage gives fine details but no sense of perspective. Have a read of this page [1] about half-way

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread David
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 22:16, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm looking for something that aims to answer "What can > update-alternatives do for me today?". IOW the manpage gives fine > details but no sense of perspective. Have a read of this page [1] about half-way down under the heading: "DEBIAN SPE

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 28 iun 20, 08:21:29, Richard Owlett wrote: > The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. > Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the installation > of "recommended" packages. > > Therefore I did an install without *ANY* desktop environment. >

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 29 Jun, 2020 at 10:21:18 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/29/2020 09:12 AM, davidson wrote: [...] > > Have you reviewed any notes regarding what it did for you yesterday? > > Yesterday's problems stemmed from installing mate-desktop-environment rather > than task-mate-desktop ;{ Who

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread Brian
On Mon 29 Jun 2020 at 10:21:18 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/29/2020 09:12 AM, davidson wrote: [...] > > Have you reviewed any notes regarding what it did for you yesterday? > > Yesterday's problems stemmed from installing mate-desktop-environment rather > than task-mate-desktop ;{ > >

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
Do any utilities exist to help users intelligently edit ~/.xsession files like fleacollar.sh for setting up mutt? On Mon, 29 Jun 2020, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:39:04 > From: Greg Wooledge > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Installing/launchi

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/29/2020 09:29 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 29 Jun 2020 at 08:52:24 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/29/2020 07:26 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 07:15:56AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote: Hello, If you want the desktop environmen

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/29/2020 09:12 AM, davidson wrote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote: Hello, If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically check that systemd is configured to run in graphical environment   $> systemctl set-default graphic

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread Brian
On Mon 29 Jun 2020 at 08:52:24 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/29/2020 07:26 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 07:15:56AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > If you want the desktop environment to be

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread davidson
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote: Hello, If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically check that systemd is configured to run in graphical environment $> systemctl set-default graphical.target If this is already setup, and

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/29/2020 07:26 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 07:15:56AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote: Hello, If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically check that systemd is configured to run in graphical environment $>

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-29 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 08:39:04AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 04:44:46PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > If I run a gui, I prefer to be logged in before that gui starts up. > > Probably systemctl disable lightdm as root then editing startx such that > > the last line runs

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 04:44:46PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > If I run a gui, I prefer to be logged in before that gui starts up. > Probably systemctl disable lightdm as root then editing startx such that > the last line runs mate gets something like this done. That's rather heavy-handed. star

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-29 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 08:32:58AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > Do not put startx in /etc/profile. Seconded. Thanks for spotting that. Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 04:36:56PM +0200, echo test wrote: > Hello, > > If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically check that > systemd is configured to run in graphical environment > > $> systemctl set-default graphical.target > > If this is already setup, and you can laun

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 07:15:56AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote: > >Hello, > > > >If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically check that > >systemd is configured to run in graphical environment > > > > $> systemctl set-default graphical

update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote: Hello, If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically check that systemd is configured to run in graphical environment $> systemctl set-default graphical.target If this is already setup, and you can launch your DE with startx, check a

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/28/2020 06:33 PM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: ... What is the forgotten command to automatically launch the desktop at boot? i use lightdm and edit the config file to have the auto login happen. it just works (most of the time as i'm running testing here or there sometim

[SOLVED] Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/28/2020 10:15 AM, David Wright wrote: On Sun 28 Jun 2020 at 08:21:29 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the installation of "recommended" packages. Therefore I did

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: ... > What is the forgotten command to automatically launch the desktop at boot? i use lightdm and edit the config file to have the auto login happen. it just works (most of the time as i'm running testing here or there sometimes a glitch does happen and i have to either

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
bian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment > Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 19:54:15 + (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Sun 28 Jun 2020 at 11:02:53 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 06/28/

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread Brian
On Sun 28 Jun 2020 at 11:02:53 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/28/2020 10:15 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 28 Jun 2020 at 08:21:29 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > > > The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. > > > Unfortunately the Debian installer does no

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread Brian
On Sun 28 Jun 2020 at 08:21:29 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. Mmm. > Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the installation > of "recommended" packages. This is not correct. The installer allows a determ

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/28/2020 10:15 AM, David Wright wrote: On Sun 28 Jun 2020 at 08:21:29 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the installation of "recommended" packages. Therefore I did

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread David Wright
On Sun 28 Jun 2020 at 08:21:29 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. > Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the > installation of "recommended" packages. > > Therefore I did an install without *ANY* desktop env

Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread echo test
Hello, If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically check that systemd is configured to run in graphical environment $> systemctl set-default graphical.target If this is already setup, and you can launch your DE with startx, check also that mate is the default DE with update-

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/28/2020 08:39 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 08:21:29 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the installation of "recommended" packages. Therefore I did

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 08:21:29 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. > Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the > installation of "recommended" packages. > > Therefore I did an install without *ANY* desktop envir

Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread Richard Owlett
The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the installation of "recommended" packages. Therefore I did an install without *ANY* desktop environment. [Used DVD1 of Debian 8.6, latest for which I had a physical