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#1 2009-05-07 19:06:37

droid
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Registered: 2007-01-21
Posts: 19

cannot start WM

I installed Xorg and awesome, but cant seem to get awesome started. If I try exec awesome I get an error "cannot open display", startX opens the basic X and If I try and start awesome from there I get an "another WM is already running". I dont seem to have a ~/.xinitrc file. so I created one with "exec awesome" in and when i now use startx the screen goes blank.

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#2 2009-05-07 19:13:47

Mr Green
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From: U.K.
Registered: 2003-12-21
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Re: cannot start WM

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Awesome

Assume you have followed wiki, if you have maybe some awesome user will jump in


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#3 2009-05-07 21:43:02

KlavKalashj
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Registered: 2008-10-09
Posts: 376

Re: cannot start WM

Just edit your .xinitrc, add "exec awesome" to _the bottom_. Then just startx.

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