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Alcatraz

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Registered: 2015-02-08

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[SOLVED]Issue with i3wm

Hello.

Few days ago I did my first install of Arch linux and played a bit with DEs, wms and similar.
I decided to stick with i3wm so I did fresh install and installed i3 on it.
However, after I do "startx" and i3 starts, if I do mod+enter terminal starts but I get weird looking mouse courses for a minute or so.
mod+d won't even start, all it does is change mouse icon as in previous case.
I googled that mouse coursor shape is waiting mode (at least I think so, it looks like circle with lines at all 4 sides) and found following command to fix the issue:
bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run

However, I get message that bindsym command is not found.
What I could possibly be doing wrong here from the previous time I installed this?

Last edited by Alcatraz (2015-02-08 14:51:57)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED]Issue with i3wm

You need to put the `bindsym` command in your i3 config file.
http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#configuring

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Alcatraz

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Re: [SOLVED]Issue with i3wm

You need to put the `bindsym` command in your i3 config file.
http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#configuring

in i3 config file I have line that says:
"bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run"

which implies it whould be working but I still just get that clock mouse pointer.
I tried reinstalling i3, it didn't help either.
Could it be that I am missing some packages? If so, how can I check that?

Last edited by Alcatraz (2015-02-08 14:03:30)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED]Issue with i3wm

in i3 config file I have line that says:
"bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run"

Change that line to:

bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run

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Alcatraz

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Re: [SOLVED]Issue with i3wm

Update:
doing "pacman -S dmenu" fixed the things but I really can't remember installing dmenu separately last time I did this.
I thought it comes with the package.
If noone has anything to do, I'll go ahead and lock this.