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#1 2009-06-04 11:12:04

Nepherte
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[SOLVED]Can't start xmonad

I can't seem to launch xmonad by itself. I tried adding exec xmonad to .xinitrc, creating a gdm session file..both methods don't work. I used the default xmonad.hs config file for testing. I don't get any errors either, not from X, not from xmonad.errors. I can however replace metacity with xmonad in gnome.

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#2 2009-06-04 13:03:01

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Re: [SOLVED]Can't start xmonad

How do you know it doesn't start? What actually happens?

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#3 2009-06-04 13:09:31

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Re: [SOLVED]Can't start xmonad

Well, it seems to load but I end up with a black screen (which might be normal cause I haven't a wallpaper yet).  I can't use any keys to start a terminal or do any other action.

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#4 2009-06-04 13:17:06

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Re: [SOLVED]Can't start xmonad

Nepherte wrote:

Well, it seems to load but I end up with a black screen (which might be normal cause I haven't a wallpaper yet).  I can't use any keys to start a terminal or do any other action.

alt+shift+enter

That should pop up an xterm...if it does, you're running Xmonad...ain't it a beauty ?
Like a car with a silent engine (you can hardly tell it's running) big_smile

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#5 2009-06-04 13:20:04

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Re: [SOLVED]Can't start xmonad

moljac024 wrote:
Nepherte wrote:

Well, it seems to load but I end up with a black screen (which might be normal cause I haven't a wallpaper yet).  I can't use any keys to start a terminal or do any other action.

alt+shift+enter

That should pop up an xterm...if it does, you're running Xmonad...ain't it a beauty ?
Like a car with a silent engine (you can hardly tell it's running) big_smile

Hehe yea I already know it's a beauty. The problem is that alt+shift+enter doesn't pop up a terminal wink I've used XMonad before, so using it is no problem...getting it to start properly is.

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#6 2009-06-04 13:26:44

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Re: [SOLVED]Can't start xmonad

Check your keyboard and mouse setup. Sure that they ar working in the first place?


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#7 2009-06-04 13:28:00

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Re: [SOLVED]Can't start xmonad

The keyboard works in gnome and in the virtual terminals, so I presume it should work in xmonad as well.

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#8 2009-06-04 13:33:02

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Re: [SOLVED]Can't start xmonad

Hmm, it seems to work now. Not sure what I did (probably nothing tongue), but the terminals now launch and I see the mouse.

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