Mate with auto start

[adripillo]

Hello, does anyone have any idea of how to set by default the MATE desktop when you type startx?

 

[adripillo]

Hello, anyone has idea of how to set by default Mate desktop when you type

startx

?

This did the job: ~/.xinitrc:

exec mate-session

 

[fonz]

I think it's more customary to do something along these lines:

#!/bin/sh

# Definitions

WM_PATH=/usr/local/bin/mate-session
WM_ARGS=

# Start the window manager and remember its PID.

${WM_PATH} ${WM_ARGS} &
WM_PID=$!

# Launch some stuff
#
# If necessary/desired, do things like setting a background, opening a terminal,
# start helper applications or whatever, if that's not already done by the
# window manager's configuration file.

# Wait for the window manager to die, then exit.

wait ${WM_PID}

exit 0

But then again, if it works, it works.