[SOLVED] i3 won't load properly

kelpso · 2018-04-10 12:00:29

I just installed Arch, dual booting with Windows 10 on an Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Black Edition, and managed to get all the way to installing X, which works fine when I run it, but then when I install i3 I get a peculiar result. All of the graphical parts have been turned into coloured underscores with flicks and most of the screen is black aside from a window outline on the desktop (complete with coloured underscore title bar) and a mangled Start button looking thing in the bottom left. Am I missing a dependency, is it my graphics drivers, or is it just me?

Last edited by kelpso (2018-04-11 00:34:50)

seth · 2018-04-10 14:30:00

pacman -Qs ttf

kelpso · 2018-04-10 19:17:53

seth wrote:

pacman -Qs ttf

Nothing happens when I run that, does that mean I don't have any fonts installed?

seth · 2018-04-10 19:24:12

Yup, pick one:
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sor … =&flagged=

You should probably ensure it includes a monospace variant.

kelpso · 2018-04-10 19:52:23

It worked! I've never had a font issue before on Linux so this had me completely stumped. Thank you very much!

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#1 2018-04-10 12:00:29

[SOLVED] i3 won't load properly

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