[SOLVED] i3wm - change shell

dsar · 2014-10-13 14:42:56

I am trying to change my default shell from bash to zsh. I am using i3 window manager
and I have run

 chsh -s /bin/zsh username

so I changed my default shell.
The problem is that when I reboot the system and login, it doe not start i3.
Then if I change again to bash

 chsh -s /bin/bash username

and reboot it works.

Do I have to change something more to make it work properly?
Thanks in advance!

Last edited by dsar (2014-10-13 15:22:11)

Trilby · 2014-10-13 14:47:09

How do you start X/i3? I'm guessing it is started from your bashrc, which isn't read by zsh, right?

dsar · 2014-10-13 14:49:14

Trilby wrote:

How do you start X/i3? I'm guessing it is started from your bashrc, which isn't read by zsh, right?

I run

 exec i3

in the last line of .xinit file

teateawhy · 2014-10-13 15:12:16

How do you run "startx"? If you used .bash_profile to run startx before, you have to use .zprofile now.

dsar · 2014-10-13 15:15:04

teateawhy wrote:

How do you run "startx"? If you used .bash_profile to run startx before, you have to use .zprofile now.

So I need to copy .bash_profile to .zprofile?
And do I have to create .zprofile because it does not exist at the time

Last edited by dsar (2014-10-13 15:16:28)

bstaletic · 2014-10-13 15:19:06

Yes, create .zprofile and startx code is the same for both shells so you can actually do "cp ~/.bash_profile ~/.zprofile".

dsar · 2014-10-13 15:21:33

bstaletic wrote:

Yes, create .zprofile and startx code is the same for both shells so you can actually do "cp ~/.bash_profile ~/.zprofile".

Thanks! That worked!

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