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Bunbohue

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Registered: 2014-10-10

Posts: 1

BSPWM Panel Script Not Loading

Hi all, so I tried switching from i3 to bspwm. However, like everyone else my panel bar isn't showing up even when I run "panel &"  (a script added to my path from ~/.config/bspwm/panel, shown below) from bspwmrc.  I've tried  linc186's solution attempt and instantepiphany's solution  but to not avail. If I run "panel &" in a terminal it works without any errors. Here are my relevant files:

~/.xinitrc

#!/bin/sh
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi

xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/local/ 
xset -b
/usr/local/bin/wallpaper.sh &
syndaemon -i .8 -K -R &
dropboxd &
#exec i3
sxhkd &
exec bspwm

~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc

#! /bin/sh

bspc config border_width        2
bspc config window_gap         30

bspc config split_ratio         0.52
bspc config borderless_monocle  true
bspc config gapless_monocle     true
bspc config focus_by_distance   true

bspc monitor -d 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

panel &

~/.config/bspwm/panel/panel

if [ $(pgrep -cx panel) -gt 1 ] ; then
	printf "%s\n" "The panel is already running." >&2
	exit 1
fi

trap 'trap - TERM; kill 0' INT TERM QUIT EXIT

[ -e "$PANEL_FIFO" ] && rm "$PANEL_FIFO"
mkfifo "$PANEL_FIFO"

bspc config top_padding $PANEL_HEIGHT
bspc control --subscribe > "$PANEL_FIFO" &
xtitle -sf 'T%s' > "$PANEL_FIFO" &
clock -sf 'S%a %H:%M' > "$PANEL_FIFO" &

. panel_colors

cat "$PANEL_FIFO" | panel_bar | bar -g x$PANEL_HEIGHT -f "$PANEL_FONT_FAMILY" -F "$COLOR_FOREGROUND" -B "$COLOR_BACKGROUND" &

wait

All scripts paths have been added to my ~/.bashrc and echoing $PANEL_FIFO does return "/tmp/panel-fifo". The weirdest thing is that if I put something like "urxvt &" at the top of ~/.config/bspwm/panel/panel it opens up a terminal when I run it in another terminal. The panel shows and everything is pretty cool. However, it doesn't open a terminal or show the panel when "panel &" is executed from my bspwmrc upon startup. It's like my the panel script isn't even being run.

Please any help would be fantastic!

EDIT: I've tried substituting different panels/notification things in for "panel &" in my bspwmrc too. Like using "bar &",  "dzen2 &", and "xfce4-panel &". All are ignored (not executed) except for xfce4-panel. Not sure if this is relevant but I hope this gives you guys more info

Last edited by Bunbohue (2014-10-11 22:27:57)