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madderhatter

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Registered: 2023-04-24

Posts: 49

startx does not ... start [SOLVED]

Back with another newbie issue here. My main problem is that startx doesn't start my qtile desktop. My secondary issue is how in the world do you copy and paste console output say from my virtual machine to here?

So I'm in Virtualbox

I installed xorg-server, xorg-xinit, qtile, xf86-video-fbdev, picom

Copied the xinitrc config file to my home directory. Edited the end of it:

picom &
exec qtile

I restarted the virtual machine 3D acceleration disabled. Logged into my user. Then I ran startx. It's starts for a second and then kicks me back to the console.
I'd copy and paste the console output if someone could tell me how to copy from my virtual machine and paste to the forum here. I have vim for a text editor. Thank you in advanced for any help.

Last edited by madderhatter (2023-04-28 23:31:11)

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polarrr

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Registered: 2004-09-12

Posts: 111

Re: startx does not ... start [SOLVED]

Did you try what Arch Wiki Qtile says about how to start?

madderhatter

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Registered: 2023-04-24

Posts: 49

Re: startx does not ... start [SOLVED]

Did you try what Arch Wiki Qtile says about how to start?

I tried qtile start from the Arch Wiki. That doesn't do anything. But from what I've seen I've configured my .xinitrc file to exec qtile. I should be able to startx which reads from the .xinitrc file and then starts qtile.

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Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,727

Re: startx does not ... start [SOLVED]

"start" is a command line option for qtile. 'exec qtile' is missing that option.

madderhatter

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Registered: 2023-04-24

Posts: 49

Re: startx does not ... start [SOLVED]

"start" is a command line option for qtile. 'exec qtile' is missing that option.

So I edited exec qtile to start qtile and it gave me this:

/home/madderhatter/.xinitrc: line 52: start: command not found xinit: connection to X server lost

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Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,727

Re: startx does not ... start [SOLVED]

Please go re-read the wiki page. Nobody said to use start qtile. Ever.

madderhatter

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Registered: 2023-04-24

Posts: 49

Re: startx does not ... start [SOLVED]

Please go re-read the wiki page. Nobody said to use start qtile. Ever.

Yeah dyslexia is a pain sometimes. Got it sorted out thanks.

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