When putting in the first command that you gave
>(1) Set MATE's window manager to i3
$ dconf write /org/mate/desktop/session/required-components/windowmanager
"'i3'"
dconf gave back an error, however, I had messed around with dconf before and
I knew that there was a gui version. I opened dconf editor and went to the
same directory but it had changed the window manager to i3. So I continued to
change the other settings from the gui application as it was already open.
i3 is working great and all the media keys too, thank you. Very helpful
responses as always Chaosmonk!
