MATE Desktop in FreeBSD

Please find below the steps to get MATE on a FreeBSD,

1. Install the packages pkg install xorg mate
2. Edit /etc/rc.conf for the following

dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
avahi_daemon_enable="YES"
avahi_dnsconfd_enable="YES"
mate-session_enable="YES"

If you wish to start using startx, perform the following steps,

1. Edit ~/.xinitrc

/usr/local/bin/mate-session

2. chmod +x ~/.xinitrc

If you need VNC support, perform the following steps,

1. pkg install tigervnc
2. Add mate-session & in ~/.vnc/xstartup
3. Run vncserver ; provide password, when prompted
4. Run vncserver -list and or tail the log in ~/.vnc/ directory, to confirm the display