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I have already solved my problem, but am posting the solution as I expect others will likely encounter the same issue.
The recent update to xmobar in [community] (0.9-4 to 0.9.1-1) silently introduces configuration file syntax changes, it would appear. After updating, xmobar would fail to start for me, with a generally useless error message:
xmobar: /home/user/.xmobarrc: configuration file contains errors!
Helpful, right?
Anyhow, after much Googling to no avail, I stumbled across http://code.haskell.org/xmobar/xmobar.config-sample, which worked flawlessly on my machine. It turns out, it is now necessary to specify "lowerOnStart = True" in .xmobarrc or it will fail with the above error message.
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Thanks pointone!
I struggled with the same error myself and, being unable to fix it, had to downgrade to the previous version.
Just did pacman -Syu now and it works like a charm!
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I have already solved my problem, but am posting the solution as I expect others will likely encounter the same issue.
The recent update to xmobar in [community] (0.9-4 to 0.9.1-1) silently introduces configuration file syntax changes, it would appear. After updating, xmobar would fail to start for me, with a generally useless error message:
xmobar: /home/user/.xmobarrc: configuration file contains errors!
Helpful, right?
Anyhow, after much Googling to no avail, I stumbled across http://code.haskell.org/xmobar/xmobar.config-sample, which worked flawlessly on my machine. It turns out, it is now necessary to specify "lowerOnStart = True" in .xmobarrc or it will fail with the above error message.
NOTE: it seems that lowerOnStart option HAS TO be RIGHT after "position=".
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Thanks. I was wondering what was up. Adding the line "lowerOnStart = True" worked for me too.
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Brilliant. Worked like a charm. Thanks for the link.
Wondered why it didnt start after logging in and what the error was. Got a slight windows feeling with that error message
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