Arch LInux Arm Mate Desktop

[cavve1]

Hello everyone , I have installed on my Pi 2 Arch Linux ARM , I was able to install the LXDE desktop , but I can not install the MATE . Can someone please help me? in particular I can not get it started with startx

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[sdjf]

Both LXDE and MATE are desktop environments, my understanding is you can only have one of them.

In some cases, you can also run a window manager alongside of a desktop environment, such as OPENBOX window manager can be run with LXDE.

You should be able to run MATE if you uninstall LXDE, the problem you are likely running into is your configuration files are set to run LXDE when you start X, and fixing those is what needs doing.

Have you seen the ArchLinux Wiki page about MATE? It should run if you follow those instructions AFTER uninstalling LXDE.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MATE

[cavve1]

I faithfully followed the guidance you've posted. I do not have 2 desktop installed simultaneously. after installing LXDE I formatted to install MATE. I get an error and stops me xinit startup

[fruitoftheloom]

I faithfully followed the guidance you've posted. I do not have 2 desktop installed simultaneously. after installing LXDE I formatted to install MATE. I get an error and stops me xinit startup

xinit /usr/bin/[name of software launcher]

Did you install

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pacman -S xf86-video-fbdev xorg-xinit

plusall the various MATE packages required ?
http://archlinuxarm.org/packages

[cavve1]

I 've installed xinit xorg. the command line tells me that I'm disconnected from the server

[cavve1]

These are the command lines that I used for the intallation

pacman -Syu

pacman -Syy mate

pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils

pacman -S mesa xf86-video-fbdev xf86-video-vesa

nano ~/.xinitrc

exec mate-session

starx

[sdjf]

Those last three lines are a bit confusing.

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 nano ~/.xinitrc
 exec mate-session
 starx 

Are the last two lines the contents of your xinitrc, or are they the commands you entered after editing your xinitrc?

Also, you have "starx" which is not the command, it should be "startx"

Also, I don't think you want to start your mate-session until after X has started.

What is the "not connected to the server" thing you mentioned about? Is your Pi part of a network? What triggered that message, and can you paste the exact message about the server?

[cavve1]

exec mate-session is the content of the xinit file. I save with ctrl-x then Y.

Starx is a mistake . I know that the correct word is Startx. I use startx in terminal after closing the xinit page.

now I can not take a picture of the screen of error but in the afternoon I'll try to do it

thanks for the fast, accurate and courteous responses received until now.

[cavve1]

The error is:

Fatal error server (EE) no screens found (EE) please consult the X.org foundation support....

[sdjf]

Are you saying that LXDE, in this same installation of Arch, can find your monitor, and that MATE cannot?

What are you using as a monitor? Is it using the standard HDMI port on your Pi?

Do you have an xorg configuration file in /etc?

If LXDE found the same monitor that MATE cannot find, in the same installation, then I am not sure what could be going on.

I appreciate your pasting or typing output, I would not be able to view images if you did screen capture images as I use a text browser!

Oh, the xorg archlinux wiki page is the following, if it might help you. BUt when I set up my xorg conf file, I looked all around the web for examples, to get a better understanding of what was needed.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg