[SOLVED]Cannot get panel script to load(bspwm)

instantepiphany · 2013-09-04 03:29:14

Hi all, I am new to arch linux and just started using bspwm, have used xmonad for a few months or so. I am trying to base my desktop on windelicato's config (which is incredible imo and you can see it at his github) but am having trouble using the scripts from it. In particular, I don't get the panel that I can see in his screenshot. I will post all relevant files that I know of, tell me if I have missed some!

~/.xinitrc

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi
udisksvm &
#udiskie &
#exec openbox-session 

#/usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11 &
#razercfg -r 1:3 &
xset m 0 0 &
#dhcpcd net1 &
#~/.conky/loadconky.sh &
#steam &
#compton --config ~/.config/compton.conf -cGb &
#(sleep 2s && tint2) 
xrandr --output DFP17 --output DFP18 --right-of DFP17 &
#setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp &
bash ~/.fehbg & 
#stalonetray &
#redshiftgui &
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr &
mpd ~/.mpd/mpd.conf &
autocutsel -fork &
autocutsel -selection PRIMARY -fork &
#bash ~/.xmonad/workspaces/master
#stalonetray -i 20 -geometry 1x1+1390+0 --sticky --skip-taskbar --no-shrink &
#exec ~/.cabal/bin/xmonad
#sxhkd -c ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc &
#exec bspwm



DEFAULT_SESSION=xmonad
case $2 in
xmonad)
stalonetray &
compton --config ~/.config/compton.conf -cGb &
exec xmonad
;;


openbox)
exec openbox-session
;;


bspwm|*)
sxhkd &
[ -e "$PANEL_FIFO" ] && rm "$PANEL_FIFO"
mkfifo "$PANEL_FIFO"
exec bspwm -c /home/jordan/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc -s "$PANEL_FIFO" -p W
;;
esac

~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc

#! /bin/sh


FIRST_DESK_MAIN=i
REMAINING_DESKS_MAIN="ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x"
FIRST_DESK_SECONDARY=I
REMAINING_DESKS_SECONDARY="II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X"




#if [[ -z `xrandr | grep " connected" | grep 'VGA'` ]]; then
#    echo "No monitor connected"
#    bspc desktop Desktop01 -n $FIRST_DESK_MAIN
#    bspc monitor -a $REMAINING_DESKS_MAIN
#    bspc monitor -p 14 0 0 0
#else
    bspc desktop Desktop01 -n $FIRST_DESK_MAIN
    bspc monitor -a $REMAINING_DESKS_MAIN
    bspc monitor -p 14 0 0 0


    bspc monitor -f next
    bspc desktop Desktop02 -n $FIRST_DESK_SECONDARY
    bspc monitor -a $REMAINING_DESKS_SECONDARY
    bspc monitor -p 0 0 0 0
#fi

bspc config split_ratio         0.52
bspc config border_width        2
bspc config window_gap          4
bspc config borderless_monocle  true
bspc config gapless_monocle     true
bspc config focus_follows_pointer true
bspc config auto_alternate true
bspc config focused_border_color #646a6d
bspc config normal_border_color #322d29


bspc rule -a Thunar --floating
bspc rule -a Skype --floating
bspc rule -a Transmission --floating
bspc rule -a feh --floating
bspc rule -a Gimp -d Eight --floating


panel &
/home/jordan/.xmonad/status_bar "#d6c3b6" "#181512" "-*-nu-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" &

~/scripts/panel (added to path in ~/.profile)

#! /bin/sh

flavor=${1:-bar}

bspc control --put-status
xtitle -sf 'T%s' > "$PANEL_FIFO" &
clock -sf 'S%a %H:%M' > "$PANEL_FIFO" &

case "$flavor" in
    bar)
        cat "$PANEL_FIFO" | /home/jordan/scripts/panel_bar | bar
        ;;
    dzen2)
        PANEL_HEIGHT=24
        FONT_FAMILY='DejaVu Sans'
        FONT_SIZE=11
        cat "$PANEL_FIFO" | panel_dzen2 -f "$FONT_FAMILY" -s "$FONT_SIZE" | dzen2 -h $PANEL_HEIGHT -dock -ta l -title-name panel -fn "${FONT_FAMILY}:pixelsize=${FONT_SIZE}" -fg "$COLOR_FOREGROUND" -bg "$COLOR_BACKGROUND"
        ;;
esac

~/.xmonad/status_bar

#!/bin/bash
foreground=$1
background=$2
font=$3

	conky -qc /home/jordan/.xmonad/.conky_dzen | dzen2 -x '500' -w '1420' -h '14' -ta 'r' -fg $foreground -bg $background -y '0' -fn $font

~/scripts/panel_bar

#! /bin/sh
#
# Example panel for LemonBoy's bar

while read -r line ; do
    case $line in
        S*)
            sys_infos="\\r\\f5${line#?}\\fr"
            ;;
        T*)
            title="\\c${line#?}"
            ;;
        W*)
            wm_infos=""
            IFS=':'
            set -- ${line#?}
            while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
                item=$1
                name=${item#?}
                case $item in
                    u*)
                        # urgent desktop
                        wm_infos="$wm_infos\\  f3  ${name}\\fr\\br"
                        ;;
                    [DU]*)
                        # active desktop
                        wm_infos="$wm_infos\\u9\\f1  ${name}  \\fr\\br\\ur"
                        ;;
                    d*)
                        # inactive but occupied desktop
                        wm_infos="$wm_infos\\f2  ${name}  \\fr"
                        ;;
                    E*)
                        # inactive desktop
                        wm_infos="$wm_infos\\f0  ${name}  \\fr"
                        ;;
#                    L*)
#                        # layout
#                        layout=$(printf "%s" "${name}" | sed 's/\(.\).*/\U\1/')
#                        wm_infos="$wm_infos \\b4\\f0$layout\\br\\fr"
#                        ;;
                esac
                shift
            done
            ;;
    esac
    printf "%s\n" "$wm_infos $title $sys_infos"
done

~/scripts/panel_dzen2

#! /bin/sh
#
# Example panel for dzen2

font_family='sans-serif'
font_size=11

. panel_colors

adaptive_centering=0
screen_width=$(sres -W)
NORMIFS=$IFS
FIELDIFS=':'
PADDING='  '

while getopts 'af:s:' opt ; do
    case "$opt" in
        a)
            adaptive_centering=1
            ;;
        f)
            font_family=$OPTARG
            ;;
        s)
            font_size=$OPTARG
            ;;
    esac
done

shift $((OPTIND - 1))

while read -r line ; do
    case $line in
        S*)
            # system informations
            sys_infos="^fg($COLOR_STATUS_FG)^bg($COLOR_STATUS_BG)^ca(1, bspc control --toggle-visibility)${PADDING}${line#?}${PADDING}^ca()^fg()^bg()${PADDING}"
            ;;
        T*)
            # focused window title
            title="^fg($COLOR_TITLE_FG)^bg($COLOR_TITLE_BG)^ca(1, bspc window -t floating)^ca(2, bspc window -t locked)^ca(3, bspc window -c)${PADDING}${line#?}${PADDING}^ca()^ca()^ca()"
            ;;
        W*)
            # window manager informations
            wm_infos="$PADDING"
            IFS=$FIELDIFS
            set -- ${line#?}
            while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
                item=$1
                case $item in
                    [DdEUu]*)
                        # desktops
                        name=${item#?}
                        case $item in
                            u*)
                                # urgent (inactive) desktop
                                FG=$COLOR_URGENT_FG
                                BG=$COLOR_URGENT_BG
                                ;;
                            [DU]*)
                                # active desktop
                                FG=$COLOR_ACTIVE_FG
                                BG=$COLOR_ACTIVE_BG
                                ;;
                            d*)
                                # inactive desktop
                                FG=$COLOR_INACTIVE_FG
                                BG=$COLOR_INACTIVE_BG
                                ;;
                            E*)
                                # empty desktop
                                FG=$COLOR_EMPTY_FG
                                BG=$COLOR_EMPTY_BG
                                ;;
                        esac
                        wm_infos="${wm_infos}^fg(${FG})^bg(${BG})^ca(1, bspc desktop -f ${name})^ca(2, bspc window -d ${name})^ca(3, bspc window -d ${name} -f)${PADDING}${name}${PADDING}^ca()^ca()^ca()"
                        ;;
                    L*)
                        # layout
                        layout=$(printf "%s" "${item#?}" | sed 's/^\(.\).*/\U\1/')
                        wm_infos="${wm_infos}^fg()^bg()${PADDING}${PADDING}^fg($COLOR_LAYOUT_FG)^bg($COLOR_LAYOUT_BG)^ca(1, bspc desktop -l next)^ca(2, bspc desktop -B)${PADDING}$layout${PADDING}^ca()^ca()"
                        ;;
                esac
                shift
            done
            IFS=$NORMIFS
            ;;
    esac
    set -- $(printf '%s\0%s\0%s' "$wm_infos" "$title" "$sys_infos" | sed 's/\^[a-z]\+([^)]*)//g' | xargs -0 txtw -f "$font_family" -s "$font_size")
    left_width=$1
    center_width=$2
    right_width=$3
    left_indent=0
    right_indent=$((screen_width - right_width))
    available_center=$((screen_width - (left_width + right_width)))
    if [ $available_center -lt $center_width ] ; then
        center_indent=$((left_indent + left_width))
    else
        if [ $adaptive_centering -eq 1 ] ; then
            center_indent=$((left_width + (available_center - center_width) / 2))
        else
            center_indent=$(( (screen_width - center_width) / 2 ))
        fi
    fi
    printf "%s\n" "^pa($center_indent)$title^pa($left_indent)$wm_infos^pa($right_indent)$sys_infos"
done

~/.bashrc

#
# ~/.bashrc
#

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return

alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias dir='dir --color=auto'
alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'

pathdirs=(
    ~/scripts
)
for dir in $pathdirs; do
    if [ -d $dir ]; then
        path+=$dir
    fi
done

export EDITOR="vim"

PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'

export LANGUAGE="en_AU:en_GB:en"
alias n4="go-mtpfs /media/nexus"
alias n4dc="sudo umount /media/nexus"

Last edited by instantepiphany (2013-09-05 01:43:25)

Mindstormscreator · 2013-09-04 03:57:31

Did you install Lemonboy's bar?
Personally I would try to take this configuration step by step and not just enable everything all at once. Like, try to get at least a basic bar first, and then apply some of windelicato's config on top of yours. That way, you can understand what is going on instead of copying and pasting tons of configs and expecting them all to work.

instantepiphany · 2013-09-04 05:04:56

Yes, I have LemonBoy's bar installed, cloned it from his git and then compiled and installed it. I did actually do that, what you see in the screenshot(on windelicato's github) is a bar instance and a dzen2 instance. The music, time and other status info on the top right of the lefthand monitor in the screenshot being the dzen2 instance. I have that working, I just can't get the middle/left side to work, which displayes the desktops available (i-x on first monitor, I-X on second) and the selected window title.

I am thinking this may be something to do with panel_fifo, as I have never used it before and don't really understand it all that well. Doing "echo $PANEL_FIFO" just outputs an empty line in urxvt, but doing "cat /tmp/panel-fifo" outputs a list of windows that i have selected recently.

Last edited by instantepiphany (2013-09-04 05:06:19)

Mindstormscreator · 2013-09-04 10:57:04

You need to set PANEL_FIFO in ~/.profile in the same way as your path, like:

PANEL_FIFO="/tmp/panel-fifo"

That way, your fifo can be created properly in .xinitrc

Last edited by Mindstormscreator (2013-09-04 10:57:58)

instantepiphany · 2013-09-04 11:33:36

Panel still doesn't work, once I have added that to ~/.profile should "echo $PANEL_FIFO" produce "/tmp/panel-fifo"?
Running panel still gives the same errors as before:

/home/jordan/scripts/panel: line 6: : No such file or directory
/home/jordan/scripts/panel: line 7: : No such file or directory
cat: : No such file or directory

Mindstormscreator · 2013-09-04 11:38:06

Did you log out and log back in? If so, and it still doesn't work, you may have to set the variable in another location such as /etc/profile or in a separate script in /etc/profile.d

bslackr · 2013-09-04 11:41:28

Did you export the variable? Something like this:

export PANEL_FIFO=/tmp/panel-fifo
[ -e "$PANEL_FIFO" ] && rm "$PANEL_FIFO"
mkfifo "$PANEL_FIFO"
exec bspwm -s "$PANEL_FIFO" -p W

instantepiphany · 2013-09-04 14:03:07

added that line to xinitrc, logged out and in and the bar starts now, and displays this

The uppercase roman numerals should be on my second monitor, which is on the right(not pictured). The bar extends the whole way across both monitors, which it should, but as I said the uppercase numbers should be on the righthand monitor, and the current window title should be in the middle of each monitor(or just the one with an active/selected window, I am not sure which but I know it shouldn't be stretched across both).

Also, if I try to run the dzen2 part of the case instance, I get

[jordan@jordanpc-linux ~]$ panel dzen2
/home/jordan/scripts/panel: line 6: : No such file or directory
/home/jordan/scripts/panel: line 7: : No such file or directory
cat: : No such file or directory
dzen: error, cannot allocate color ''

Making it the default within the file causes bspwm to start without a bar at all. I don't really mind whether I end up using bar or dzen2, as long as one works. I would however appreciate fixing both so I can learn why they aren't working.

Last edited by instantepiphany (2013-09-04 14:07:45)

Mindstormscreator · 2013-09-04 18:29:43

Install sutils from baskerville's github and xtitle to fix the two errors by getting the clock and window title programs.

instantepiphany · 2013-09-05 01:39:30

Thanks, had xtitle installed, I think those errors were related to the fact that I wasn't exporting PANEL_FIFO properly, because if I ran

export PANEL_FIFO=/tmp/panel-fifo
panel bar

the 6 line ran without error but the 7th still did(because I hadn't installed sutils).
Bar starts up now and all is well! Thanks for the help Mindstormscreator and bslackr.

Mindstormscreator · 2013-09-05 01:41:57

Glad you got it working, just remember to mark the title of your original post as (Solved).

Last edited by Mindstormscreator (2013-09-05 01:42:29)

instantepiphany · 2013-09-05 01:42:45

Oh yep, sorry!

Arlefreak · 2014-05-13 15:33:04

instantepiphany wrote:

Thanks, had xtitle installed, I think those errors were related to the fact that I wasn't exporting PANEL_FIFO properly, because if I ran
export PANEL_FIFO=/tmp/panel-fifo
panel bar
the 6 line ran without error but the 7th still did(because I hadn't installed sutils).
Bar starts up now and all is well! Thanks for the help Mindstormscreator and bslackr.

How did you export PANEL_FIFO properly ?

instantepiphany · 2014-05-14 02:35:17

Arlefreak wrote:

instantepiphany wrote:
Thanks, had xtitle installed, I think those errors were related to the fact that I wasn't exporting PANEL_FIFO properly, because if I ran
export PANEL_FIFO=/tmp/panel-fifo
panel bar
the 6 line ran without error but the 7th still did(because I hadn't installed sutils).
Bar starts up now and all is well! Thanks for the help Mindstormscreator and bslackr.
How did you export PANEL_FIFO properly ?

You need

export PANEL_FIFO=/tmp/panel-fifo

in your xinitrc,

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

and

bspc control --subscribe > "$PANEL_FIFO" &

in your panel script. If you still have problems you should probably post your ~/.xinitrc and panel script.

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[SOLVED]Cannot get panel script to load(bspwm)

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