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DZZc0rd

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[SOLVED] Cutefish DE doesn't work fully

Hi, I want to use Cutefish DE for Arch Linux and tried to install that OS with Archinstall, but I have a problem, Cutefish is literally unusable. No dock, no windows, only bg and cursor.

Architecture: x86_64-EFI.

Last edited by DZZc0rd (2023-11-24 16:22:59)

Zod

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Re: [SOLVED] Cutefish DE doesn't work fully

Arch Linux defines simplicity as without unnecessary additions or modifications. It ships software as released by the original developers (upstream) with minimal distribution-specific (downstream) changes: patches not accepted by upstream are avoided, and Arch's downstream patches consist almost entirely of backported bug fixes that are obsoleted by the project's next release.

In a similar fashion, Arch ships the configuration files provided by upstream with changes limited to distribution-specific issues like adjusting the system file paths. It does not add automation features such as enabling a service simply because the package was installed. Packages are only split when compelling advantages exist, such as to save disk space in particularly bad cases of waste. GUI configuration utilities are not officially provided, encouraging users to perform most system configuration from the shell and a text editor.

Read this...

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cutefish

DZZc0rd

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Re: [SOLVED] Cutefish DE doesn't work fully

Arch Linux defines simplicity as without unnecessary additions or modifications. It ships software as released by the original developers (upstream) with minimal distribution-specific (downstream) changes: patches not accepted by upstream are avoided, and Arch's downstream patches consist almost entirely of backported bug fixes that are obsoleted by the project's next release.

In a similar fashion, Arch ships the configuration files provided by upstream with changes limited to distribution-specific issues like adjusting the system file paths. It does not add automation features such as enabling a service simply because the package was installed. Packages are only split when compelling advantages exist, such as to save disk space in particularly bad cases of waste. GUI configuration utilities are not officially provided, encouraging users to perform most system configuration from the shell and a text editor.

Read this...

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cutefish

So, there is nothing to do with that problem?

jl2

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Re: [SOLVED] Cutefish DE doesn't work fully

Do you have https://archlinux.org/packages/?sort=&q … =&flagged= installed?
you can also install the cutefish group.

Last edited by jl2 (2023-11-24 14:56:53)

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DZZc0rd

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Re: [SOLVED] Cutefish DE doesn't work fully

Yeah, I tried to reinstall it too

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Cutefish DE doesn't work fully

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sudo journalctl -b

after attempting to start cutefish.

FWIW it reads like cutefish technically hard requires kwin, so try installing that if you don't have it.

Last edited by V1del (2023-11-24 15:29:38)

DZZc0rd

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Re: [SOLVED] Cutefish DE doesn't work fully

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sudo journalctl -b

after attempting to start cutefish.

FWIW it reads like cutefish technically hard requires kwin, so try installing that if you don't have it.

Unfortunatly, I can't open the terminal. I'll try again

Last edited by DZZc0rd (2023-11-24 15:40:47)

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Cutefish DE doesn't work fully

you can switch to a tty even from a "disfunct" session with Ctrl+Alt+F2 etc. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services

DZZc0rd

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Re: [SOLVED] Cutefish DE doesn't work fully

you can switch to a tty even from a "disfunct" session with Ctrl+Alt+F2 etc. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services

Nah, that doesn't work too

DZZc0rd

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Re: [SOLVED] Cutefish DE doesn't work fully

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sudo journalctl -b

after attempting to start cutefish.

FWIW it reads like cutefish technically hard requires kwin, so try installing that if you don't have it.

I installed kwin in arch-chroot environment and that worked! Thank you