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arseneLupin11

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Registered: 2022-06-10

Posts: 1

Qtile not starting correctly with config.py

Hello, newbie here trying to work with qtile,

qtile for me was working fine for me till last night, but suddenly it stopped working on new session. The last thing I remember doing was installing thunar, and pavucontrol.

I tried running 'qtile start' manually and it gives me the following error

2022-06-10 11:05:34,348 libqtile core.py:__init__():L103  not starting; existing window manager LG3D
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/qtile", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('qtile==0.21.0', 'console_scripts', 'qtile')())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/scripts/main.py", line 66, in main
    options.func(options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/scripts/start.py", line 90, in start
    q = make_qtile(options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/scripts/start.py", line 51, in make_qtile
    kore = libqtile.backend.get_core(options.backend)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/backend/__init__.py", line 15, in get_core
    return importlib.import_module(f"libqtile.backend.{backend}.core").Core(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/backend/x11/core.py", line 104, in __init__
    raise ExistingWMException(existing_wmname)
libqtile.backend.x11.core.ExistingWMException: LG3D

if i look at the error log, it looks like this

2022-06-10 10:39:44,381 ERROR libqtile core.py:__init__():L103 not starting; existing window manager LG3D
2022-06-10 10:40:51,512 ERROR libqtile core.py:__init__():L103 not starting; existing window manager LG3D
2022-06-10 10:56:01,789 ERROR libqtile hook.py:fire():L391 Error in hook screen_change
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/hook.py", line 389, in fire
    i(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/core/manager.py", line 361, in cmd_reconfigure_screens
    self._process_screens()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/core/manager.py", line 342, in _process_screens
    scr._configure(self, i, x, y, w, h, grp, reconfigure_gaps=reconfigure_gaps)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/config.py", line 303, in _configure
    self.set_group(group)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/config.py", line 362, in set_group
    g1 = self.group
AttributeError: 'Screen' object has no attribute 'group'
2022-06-10 10:56:03,300 ERROR libqtile hook.py:fire():L391 Error in hook screen_change
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/hook.py", line 389, in fire
    i(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/core/manager.py", line 361, in cmd_reconfigure_screens
    self._process_screens()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/core/manager.py", line 342, in _process_screens
    scr._configure(self, i, x, y, w, h, grp, reconfigure_gaps=reconfigure_gaps)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/config.py", line 303, in _configure
    self.set_group(group)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libqtile/config.py", line 362, in set_group
    g1 = self.group
AttributeError: 'Screen' object has no attribute 'group'
2022-06-10 11:00:43,209 ERROR libqtile core.py:__init__():L103 not starting; existing window manager LG3D
2022-06-10 11:05:34,348 ERROR libqtile core.py:__init__():L103 not starting; existing window manager LG3D

any suggestions on what to do next?

thank you in advance!