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_confused_piplup_

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Registered: 2024-01-26

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Not managing to start i3

Hello, it's not my first time installing Arch linux, but it is my first time trying i3. Overall, I am still not such an expert with linux. I followed some instructions, but I didn't manage to start i3. I get this issue after the command

startx

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Last edited by WorMzy (2024-01-26 15:00:15)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,096

Re: Not managing to start i3

NEVER use sudo startx .

Also don't post huge pictures. If a picture is the only way to convey information, post a link to the picture or use a thumbnail.

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … s_and_code

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2024-01-26 11:54:49)

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 76,036

Re: Not managing to start i3

Since you're trying to run twm and xterm (assuming the head above the sudo-madness is w/o sudo), see the last link below.
In general and particular.

I followed some instructions

Translation: some idiot on youtube?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/I3

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,642

Re: Not managing to start i3

_confused_piplup_, Welcome to the forums.

I saw your report.  To mark a thread solved, edit the first post in the thread and change the thread title by prepending [SOLVED] to the title

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