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RoYalGamr

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Registered: 2023-10-21

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[SOLVED] Only Wallpaper , no Dwm , Dmenu ,st

I am new to Arch linux , I was trying to install  linux-zen kernel , but when boot to that kernel (infact every kernel) it giving me login screen , i login then i saw only wallpaper , no dwm , dmenu , st and not able to see mouse cursor.  I am not able to run any commands , not getting any shortcuts to kill dwm or xorg server . I runned basic shortcuts super+shift+q , ctrl+alt+del/backspace .  keyboard is working because ctrl+alt+F12 result in change in tty.

Last edited by RoYalGamr (2023-12-20 17:21:42)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Only Wallpaper , no Dwm , Dmenu ,st

Are you using the proprietary nvidia driver? If so you need to install nvidia-dkms + the kernel headers you like to have it for, i.e. linux-zen-headers.

RoYalGamr

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Registered: 2023-10-21

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED] Only Wallpaper , no Dwm , Dmenu ,st

no i am using xf86-video-intel drivers and mesa ,  i changed my tty and logined then runned startx , its working fine but , when i reboot and general login , automatic startx leads to same problem , now i have a terminal

Last edited by RoYalGamr (2023-12-20 17:15:42)

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Only Wallpaper , no Dwm , Dmenu ,st

Remove xf86-video-intel and retry.

RoYalGamr

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Registered: 2023-10-21

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED] Only Wallpaper , no Dwm , Dmenu ,st

Now i realized what i have done wrong
it was this in my .xinitrc

dunst

and i didnt made it background process

dunst &

how stupid was that
Thanks for support

Last edited by RoYalGamr (2023-12-20 17:24:13)