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#1 2015-03-05 21:40:15
- Sushiant
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[Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
Hello everyone and I hope you all are fine.
Today, I have removed mate de by this commad:
# pacman -Rscn mate mate-extra from my arch in Virtualbox and install Awesome, but it does not work when I run
exec awesome any help?
Regards
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#2 2015-03-05 21:45:16
- nullified
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
What error do you get when you try to run awesome?
"We may say most aptly, that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves." - Ada Lovelace
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#3 2015-03-05 21:47:31
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
nothig, just black shell screen. and also I fall back to login:
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#4 2015-03-05 21:49:59
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
Also I tried
# pacman -Syu but nothing changes ..
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#5 2015-03-05 21:51:13
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
Do you have "exec awesome" in ~/.xinitrc and run "startx"?
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#6 2015-03-05 21:51:26
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
exec awesomewon't work. I'm going to guess you've been using a display manager with Mate? Do you want to continue doing so or do you want to start X yourself?
See here for all the answers: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Aw … un_awesome
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#7 2015-03-05 21:53:17
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
Do you have "exec awesome" in ~/.xinitrc and run "startx"?
yes I have. I followed the instruction step by step from wiki ..
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#8 2015-03-05 21:55:01
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
Hmmm. You said earlier that you run
exec awesomeI took that literally. Try to say exactly what commands you run. Is there anything in your logs?
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#9 2015-03-05 21:56:07
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
exec awesomewon't work. I'm going to guess you've been using a display manager with Mate? Do you want to continue doing so or do you want to start X yourself?
See here for all the answers: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Aw … un_awesome
No, I want to start Awesome. Yes maybe I had a display manager with Mate, but I am not sure. OK, I will check the link.
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#10 2015-03-05 22:01:34
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
can you help me how to file information in my logs?
What I did, login as root , and then run
exec awesome before I also added
exec awesome in ~/.xinitrc.
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#11 2015-03-05 22:04:15
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
lucke wrote:Do you have "exec awesome" in ~/.xinitrc and run "startx"?
yes I have. I followed the instruction step by step from wiki ..
Thank You.
Solved, I didn't run "startx".
Awesome works now.
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#12 2015-03-05 22:05:14
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
Thank You all,
Solved by running "startx" after installing Awesome.
Regards 
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#13 2015-03-05 22:07:48
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
Read this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc
Sometimes you have to follow a link or two for the rest of the information that you'll need. Notice the wiki does not say to issue that command (exec awesome) after adding it to you ~/.xinitrc
And, why are you logging in as root? I suggest you spend some time reading through those pages.
Last edited by nullified (2015-03-05 22:10:34)
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#14 2015-03-05 22:11:22
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Re: [Solved] Awesome WM does not work after removing mate DE
OK, thank you nullified for everything. I am reading that.
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