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Registered: 2017-03-30

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After logining in using the greeter i3 does not load

Hello, linux n00b here! I've been using ubuntu for a while now and i bought a second hard drive to install arch.

I've installed the display drivers and with this command I installed display server, my display manager, and my windows manager.

pacman -S xorg-xserver xorg-xinit xorg-xserver-utils xterm lightdm lightdm-kde-greeter i3 
echo "exec i3" >> ~/.xinitrc

Then i rebooted. The greeter comes up fine, I log in but then nothing. If I press ctrl+alt+f2 and log in again and then type "startx" i3 loads properly. I was wondering if you guys could help me fix this issue

Thank you

drcouzelis

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From: Connecticut, USA

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Re: After logining in using the greeter i3 does not load

The "~/.xinitrc" file is used by the "startx" command, which is why i3 loads properly when using the "startx" command.

Have you read Arch wiki page for LightDM?

I just looked at it briefly. It looks like LightDM does NOT use "~/.xinitrc" by default, and you will need to also install "xinit-xsession".

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: After logining in using the greeter i3 does not load

Simply echoing "exec i3" to an empty .xinitrc will result in a broken session. Please read the wiki, this is all extensively documented there in the relevant pages.

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