Unable to run WM
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I followed savvyniks tutorial on how to install the WM, but it didnt work:
Expected behavior
I get an error could not resolve keysym XF86Audio
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Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS: Arch Linux (Virtual Box VM)
Additional context
I am an extreme arch newbie, pretty much my third day of arch, so forgive me if im dumb
Are you sure your .xinitrc is okay?
Did you try xmonad - -recompile?
Last but not the least, did you try reinstalling xorg?
my xinitrc file is empty, xomand --recompile works with successs
reinstalling xorg gives the same error
Then put in this line:
exec xmonad
In your ~/.xinitrc and try running startx again.
added the line, same error
Hm, are you sure the path of the file is correct? Just for a double check, what is the output of:
cat ~/.xinitrc
i did the cat command, it says no such file or directory
Okay.
Copy and paste this command.
mv ~/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
Then try the cat command again
Next, try startx.
running the command gives the error
mv cannot stat '/home/ox_admin/xinitrc' : no such file or directory
Okay.
echo “exec xmonad” > ~/.xinitrc
the command gives no output
Try running startx now.
seems to have done something, its a black screen now
oh it worked
thanks!
Great! The issue was your ~/.xinitrc file wasn’t where it was supposed to be. Will be closing now.
instead of the icons there are just black rectangles, what do i do about those?
oh shoot the issue is closed
Could you send a screenshot?
i also cant open the terminal with the shortcut
Did you follow the instructions in the VM folder?
no
i forgot about that
There you go.
Switch to a console, go to where you cloned this repo.
Then:
cp ./VM/picom.conf ~/.config/picom.conf
how do i switch to console?
Next, open your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs in a text editor.
Search for the line spawnOnce “picom —experimental-backends.
Change the line to spawnOnce “picom”
how do i switch to console?
Try Alt+Ctrl+F2
Otherwise reboot, log in as root, and make the necessary changes.
it works! thanks again
Great!