[SOLVED] Firefox (apparently) executes but doesn't appear in a window

SecondComing · 2021-01-07 09:29:56

My graphical environment is xmonad. When I try executing firefox, it shows successfully starting…

[1] 608

but I don't get a window with firefox. Doing `pgrep firefox' confirms

[1]+ Exit 127 firefox &> /dev/null

So I'm not sure why the window isn't appearing, as I've done this the same way countless times. Anyone have a clue?

Last edited by SecondComing (2021-01-07 18:01:19)

V1del · 2021-01-07 11:36:06

How up to date is your system and when did you last recompile xmonad and do you see any errors in journal/your xmonad logs. Is this just firefox or are other windows affected as well?

Last edited by V1del (2021-01-07 11:36:29)

SecondComing · 2021-01-07 13:26:37

This is a fresh new Arch install so everything is up to date. I recompiled xmonad literally hours ago. No other windows are affected, I can run blender and dosbox just fine.

CarbonChauvinist · 2021-01-07 17:43:41

What does

$ type firefox
$ which firefox

return?

This seems strange to me...

SecondComing wrote:

[1]+ Exit 127 firefox &> /dev/null

Are you starting the application in background and redirecting output to /dev/null? Am I misinterpreting this output?

How are you "starting firefox" exactly?

SecondComing · 2021-01-07 17:59:59

What in the actual hell. Okay turns out firefox wasn't installed. I swore I had it included in my Arch install scripts but nope. Solved.

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#1 2021-01-07 09:29:56

[SOLVED] Firefox (apparently) executes but doesn't appear in a window

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