The Mate Desktop Installed On FreeBSD13. Unix Like Operating System Not Linux
Installing the Mate' DE on FreeBSD
Updating the System
sudo freebsd-update fetch install and/or sudo pkg upgrade
Installing Mate Desktop Environment
sign in as user, then sign in as su -
pkg install nano bash xorg mate slim slim-themes drm-kmod
edit/nano /etc/fstab add the following:
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
save & exit
edit/nano /etc/rc.conf add the following:
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
slim_enable="YES"
kld_list="i915kms" =---https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?q...
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/ho...
Other GPU's Amdgpu: kld_list-"amdgpu"
radeon: kld_list="radeonkms
edit/nano .xinitrc add the following:
exec mate-sesssion save & exit
ls should reveal .xinitrc
cp .xinitrc /home/username/.xinitrc
chown dennis:dennis /home/username/.xinitrc
chmod +x .xinitrc
edit/nano /boot/loader.conf At Top add the following:
kern.vty=vt save & exit
optional: in /boot/loader.conf: autoboot_delay="5"
Optional: add sudo pkg install sudo
either visudo OR:
edit/nano/ /usr/local/etc/sudoers and add user to sudo/wheel group
Reboot Machine
To add user to group(s): groups are located in: /etc/group
sudo pw groupmod (group name) -m (user name)
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