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prex

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Registered: 2021-04-25

Posts: 2

bspwmrc doesnt load

Hello i just installed Arch Linux with lightdm and Bspwm. i do have following problem: If i do any changes to the ".config/bspwm/bspwmrc" file e.g. increase the border, nothing happens if i do start the file manually it works, but if i reboot everything is reset to default. The sxhkdrc file does work but changes does only apply after reboot not sure if thats the default behavior.

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 892

Re: bspwmrc doesnt load

everything in bspwm is just a command, so if you want to make a change on the fly just run the specific command, for example border size:

bspc config border_width         1

just run that command in your terminal and the border will instantly be "1", or change the "1" to "10" and the border will be "10" etc etc, same goes for every command in your bspwmrc.

as for resetting after reboot, that shouldnt happen, if you modify the file and save it how is it reverting to default after reboot ? have you set permissions correctly on the config files ? are the changes actually written to the file after you close it ? have a check

as for sxhkd the default command to reload config is:

# make sxhkd reload its configuration files:
super + Escape
	pkill -USR1 -x sxhkd

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 77,523

Re: bspwmrc doesnt load

if i do start the file manually it works, but if i reboot everything is reset to default

Sounds more like either the file isn't auto-executed or the changes get undone by something else later on?

Since bspwmrc is a script (ensure it's set executable) you could have something like "date >> /tmp/bspwmrc.debug" to check whether and when it got executed.

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