Some questions about dwm

burk · 2007-07-30 20:25:10

Hey

I'm new to this forum, but I've been using arch for some time now. Recently I installed xfce with beryl, but I found it a bit over the top, so I installed dwm aswell. I've done some configuration in config.h, but my problem is, where do I put it? There are three files, one in the dir with PKGBUILD, one in src/ and one in src/dwm-4.3/. I've tried changing all of them but I always seem to end up with some error, often this one:

==> Validating source files with md5sums
    dwm-4.3.tar.gz ... Passed
    config.h ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

My second question is how can I put messages on the status bar? Like "mpd now playing" and the cpu temp (I know where to find it).

burk

Last edited by burk (2007-07-30 20:29:03)

Gilneas · 2007-07-30 20:42:11

I'm not familiar with the aur package, but it doesn't look like you can use your own config.h with it.
You could remove the md5sum line, but if you want to make frequent changes to the config.h, you're going to want to just put the sources in one directory, edit the config.mk (probably let it install to your user directory so you don't need root) and run make and make install.

Info about the status bar is in the man page.

burk · 2007-07-30 20:48:19

Thanks, I removed the last md5sum and now it works. It worked a while ago, but I guess someone changed it. I think I'm going to keep installing it through makepkg since I hope I'll settle with a config soon.

Should've checked the man page about the status bar

detox332 · 2007-07-30 21:07:08

just for your own knowledge for later use, you can always run makepkg -g to update the md5sum when you change something
~matt

Gilneas · 2007-07-31 12:20:59

burk wrote:

I hope I'll settle with a config soon.

Until a new version comes out

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Some questions about dwm

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