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ido

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Registered: 2007-09-15

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[SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

Whenever I start-up xmonad, or press moq+q in-order to reload my xmonad configuration file (~/.xmoand/xmoad.hs) I get an error: http://pastebin.ca/863289 (~/.xmonad/xmonad.error)

Here's my ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs: http://pastebin.ca/863291

It's important to notice that xmonad does work and I can do whatever I want except for reloading my configuration file.

Thanks in advance, Ido.

Last edited by ido (2008-01-19 20:01:07)

Gilneas

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 320

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

That's odd, it's supposed to be installed.
The xmonad package in community puts it here:
/usr/lib/ghc-6.8.1/site-local/xmonad-0.5/XMonad/StackSet.hi

How did you install xmonad?

ido

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Registered: 2007-09-15

Posts: 28

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

I installed xmonad via

pacman -S xmonad

Here's where StackSet is:

ido@brisbane ~]$ slocate StackSet
/usr/lib/ghc-6.8.1/site-local/xmonad-0.5/XMonad/StackSet.hi

It's important to mention that dynamically loading the configuration file did work before I updated the entire system via

pacman -Syu

Thanks in advance, Ido.

chimeric

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 254

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

It's important to mention that dynamically loading the configuration file did work before I updated the entire system via

pacman -Syu

Thanks in advance, Ido.

Hi, just like to notice that I just did a pacman -Syu today too and noticed that it installed a newer version of ghc, maybe this is somehow related to your issue.

ido

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Registered: 2007-09-15

Posts: 28

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

Well, the new ghc probably broke xmonad. We'll have to wait and see if anyone else has this problem.

Ido.

ido

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Registered: 2007-09-15

Posts: 28

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

Solved:

Remove the ghc package:

pacman -R --recursive --nosave ghc

Remove xmonad:

pacman -R --recursive --nosave xmonad

Install the downgraded ghc package:

pacman -U ghc-6.8.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz

Install xmoand:

pacman -S xmonad

I really don't know if the new ghc package is the problem, but I decided to downgrade it anyway.

I would like to thank everyone for all the help, Ido.

meqif

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-12-16

Posts: 60

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

I really don't know if the new ghc package is the problem, but I decided to downgrade it anyway.

The new GHC package caused this problem indeed, because everything has to be recompiled.

GHC 6.8.2 is checking for StackSet.hi in /usr/lib/ghc-6.8.2/site-local/xmonad-0.5/XMonad/StackSet.hi, but there's nothing there, since the file is at /usr/lib/ghc-6.8.1/site-local/xmonad-0.5/XMonad/StackSet.hi.  Just recompile xmonad and related packages, that'll put everything in the right places

Last edited by meqif (2008-01-19 22:32:38)

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hamlet

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Registered: 2007-11-25

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

What do you mean when you say "recompile" ?

Because when I reinstall i get this

pacman -S xmonad xmonad-contrib
warning: xmonad-0.5-6 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xmonad-contrib-0.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets: xmonad-0.5-6  xmonad-contrib-0.5-1  

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   8.91 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
checking package integrity...
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                   [#########################################################################] 100%
ghc-pkg: cannot find package xmonad-0.5
(1/2) upgrading xmonad                              [#########################################################################] 100%
ghc-pkg: dependency base-3.0.0.0 doesn't exist (use --force to override)
Reading package info from stdin ... done.
ghc-pkg: cannot find package xmonad-contrib-0.5
(2/2) upgrading xmonad-contrib                      [#########################################################################] 100%
Reading package info from stdin ... done.
ghc-pkg: dependency base-3.0.0.0 doesn't exist (use --force to override)

And I don't know enough of ghc to know what it means...

I've noticed that the versions seems to be a bit melted :

ghc -v
Glasgow Haskell Compiler, Version 6.8.2, for Haskell 98, stage 2 booted by GHC version 6.8.1
Using package config file: /usr/lib/ghc-6.8.2/package.conf
wired-in package base mapped to base-3.0.1.0
wired-in package rts mapped to rts-1.0
wired-in package haskell98 mapped to haskell98-1.0.1.0
wired-in package template-haskell mapped to template-haskell-2.2.0.0
wired-in package ndp not found.
Hsc static flags: -static
*** Deleting temp files:
Deleting: 
*** Deleting temp dirs:
Deleting: 
ghc-6.8.2: no input files
Usage: For basic information, try the `--help' option.

And a last question :
Can I safely remove the /usr/lib/ghc-6.8.1/ directory ?

Thanks

hk2717

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From: China

Registered: 2007-09-13

Posts: 217

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

The 'xmonad', 'xmonad-contrib' and 'haskell-x11' packages in the extra repository requires ghc 6.8.1, but the 'ghc' package in the repository is upgraded to 6.8.2. That is why you got errors while you install xmonad-contrib.

To resolve this issue, you can either downgrade your ghc to 6.8.1, or recompile xmonad, xmonad-contrib and haskell-x11 by yourself. I.E. install them from AUR.

hamlet

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Registered: 2007-11-25

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

And can I wait for an update of the xmonad (and co) package ?
Do you think it will take long ?

hk2717

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From: China

Registered: 2007-09-13

Posts: 217

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

If you do not want to downgrade or recompile, I think you could wait until the xmonad packages are updated. According to my own experience, xmonad works with the default settings in such a circumstance but  you cannot customize the settings.

I guess the xmonad package may be updated soon, as this problem is discussed several times in the forum, but it all depends on the package maintainer of course.

Don-DiZzLe

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-03-31

Posts: 233

Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xmonad

I've recompiled xmonad-darcs and installed it to work with ghc 6.8.2, but when I try to recompile xmonad-contrib-darcs, I get the following error:

makepkg
==> Determining latest darcs revision...
  -> Version found: 20080121
==> Making package: xmonad-contrib-darcs 20080121-1  (Mon Jan 21 18:54:21 CET 2008)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
==> Extracting Sources...
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
==> Retrieving complete sources
Copying patch 85 of 85... done.
Applying patch 84 of 84... done.
Finished getting.
Configuring xmonad-contrib-0.5...
Setup.lhs: At least the following dependencies are missing:
    xmonad ==0.5
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
    Aborting...

Last edited by Don-DiZzLe (2008-01-21 18:01:21)