(Solved) Xmonad not starting up

otacon · 2009-09-19 11:02:26

So I was following the xmonad wiki here until I hit a snag

when I startx I get an error

[otacon@remcycle ~]$ startx
xauth: creating new authority file /home/otacon/.serverauth.2448

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It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
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X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1)
Release Date: 2009-5-8
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux remcycle 2.6.30-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jul 4 02:24:43 CEST 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 25 June 2009 08:33:07PM

Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Sep 19 05:56:33 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
/home/otacon/.xmonad/xmonad-x86_64-linux: executeFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)

What am I suppose to do? I saw another post through the search that was having the same problem but was never resolved.

Last edited by otacon (2009-09-20 05:11:49)

combuster · 2009-09-19 11:13:55

pacman -S xmonad

pacman -S xmonad-contrib

You have to reinstall xmonad, that worked for me...

otacon · 2009-09-19 11:56:15

Targets (2): xmonad-0.8.1-1.3 xmonad-contrib-0.8.1-1.3

Total Download Size: 0.00 MB
Total Installed Size: 18.23 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
checking package integrity...
(2/2) checking for file conflicts [###########################################] 100%
Writing new package config file... done.
(1/2) upgrading xmonad [###########################################] 100%
Reading package info from stdin ... done.
Writing new package config file... done.
ghc-pkg: cannot find package xmonad-contrib-0.8.1
error: command failed to execute correctly
(2/2) upgrading xmonad-contrib [###########################################] 100%
Reading package info from stdin ... done.
xmonad-contrib-0.8.1: dependency utf8-string-0.3.5 doesn't exist (use --force to override)
error: command failed to execute correctly

there is the problem.....
Maybe it is just a mirror.....
be right back

Mr.Elendig · 2009-09-19 12:04:58

mkdir ~/.xmonad
xmonad --recompile
startx

otacon · 2009-09-19 12:08:24

I already tried that here is what comes up

[otacon@remcycle ~]$ mkdir ~/.xmonad
[otacon@remcycle ~]$ xmonad --recompile
Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: /home/otacon/.xmonad/xmonad.hs

on the commandline:
Warning: -no-recomp is deprecated: Use -fforce-recomp instead

<no location info>: can't find file: xmonad.hs

Please check the file for errors.

[otacon@remcycle ~]$ Error: Can't open display:

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tried to do what it said with no luck

[otacon@remcycle ~]$ xmonad -fforce-recomp
xmonad: user error (unrecognized flags)

Last edited by otacon (2009-09-19 12:10:22)

combuster · 2009-09-19 12:19:46

Well, reinstaling xmonad worked for me. You just have to do it one by one not both at once, reinstall xmonad-contrib then xmonad (or vice versa, I think that I did it in that orded and there were no error outputs) and try again just to startx (if you configured xinitrc propperly).

otacon · 2009-09-19 12:20:03

I have changed mirror a couple of times and it has not helped. I wonder if it is just me or maybe an error in the package held in the repositories.

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I tried to install them separately but they are dependencies so they install at the same time anyway.

Last edited by otacon (2009-09-19 12:24:25)

jac · 2009-09-19 12:48:50

About the "xmonad-contrib-0.8.1: dependency utf8-string-0.3.5 doesn't exist (use --force to override)" problem, the last time I reinstalled xmonad I had to install haskell-utf8-string from extra separately.

otacon · 2009-09-19 13:00:06

ok I installed haskell-utf8-string from extra.

Then I installed xmonad-contrib with no problems, but I am still getting errors when trying to startx

Lexion · 2009-09-19 13:03:58

After installing utf8-string, did you recompile xmonad? Don't worry about the "can't open display" error it gives.

otacon · 2009-09-19 13:55:16

I still get this
[otacon@remcycle ~]$ sudo xmonad --recompile
Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: /home/otacon/.xmonad/xmonad.hs

on the commandline:
Warning: -no-recomp is deprecated: Use -fforce-recomp instead

xmonad.hs:1:1: lexical error at character 'x'

Please check the file for errors.

[otacon@remcycle ~]$ Error: Can't open display:

and I can not start xmonad either

jac · 2009-09-19 14:17:34

What is your xmonad.hs? Mine doesn't start with an 'x'. Also, should you have sudo before the --recompile command? I've never needed to recompile that way...

Knute · 2009-09-19 14:23:48

When you do the command xmonad --recompile it actually tells haskell to recompile your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file.

From the posts, it would appear that you do not have one.

The error message at the top is saying that it can't find the file... which appears to be on a 64bit system, btw.

So, what you need to do, is make a ~/.xmonad/xmoand.hs file.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure if there has to be anything in it or not. It appears that it needs to at least exist though.

otacon · 2009-09-19 14:28:02

I made it up since it was asking for it but this is what i get when i delete it.

[otacon@remcycle .xmonad]$ xmonad --recompile
Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: /home/otacon/.xmonad/xmonad.hs

on the commandline:
Warning: -no-recomp is deprecated: Use -fforce-recomp instead

<no location info>: can't find file: xmonad.hs

Please check the file for errors.

Error: Can't open display:

otacon · 2009-09-19 14:31:39

Knute wrote:

When you do the command xmonad --recompile it actually tells haskell to recompile your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file.
From the posts, it would appear that you do not have one.
The error message at the top is saying that it can't find the file... which appears to be on a 64bit system, btw.
So, what you need to do, is make a ~/.xmonad/xmoand.hs file.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure if there has to be anything in it or not. It appears that it needs to at least exist though.

Unfortunately, I already tried that and still get the message and some as posted 2 posts ago.

Thank you guys for you help. I am completely at a lose.

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I read on the wiki that xmonad did not have to have the xmonad.hs.

The "default config" for xmonad is quite usuable and it is achieved by simply running without an xmonad.hs entirely.

- xmonad wiki

Last edited by otacon (2009-09-19 14:33:52)

brisbin33 · 2009-09-19 16:38:28

yes, i wrote that wiki entry, i installed / used xmonad for a while before creating an xmonad.hs (~/.xmonad was created automagically). has something changed? is it required to create one now?

if you want to try, this xmonad.hs would give you a completely vanilla xmonad:

import XMonad

main = do
  xmonad $ defaultConfig

tho i still think its not required and something else is going on. i'm going to test w/o an ~/.xmonad right now and report back.

EDIT: verified. mv ~/.xmonad ~/.xmonad.bak && xmonad

started up _just fine_ with default settings. stop spreading the FUD!

what's your xinitrc look like? it should simply have "xmonad" (no quotes) as the last line. rm -r whatever ~/.xmonad you have now and try again.

Last edited by brisbin33 (2009-09-19 16:42:30)

otacon · 2009-09-20 05:10:19

ok so um it works now.
I have no idea why. The only thing I can think of is that I turned my computer off this morning and then on tonight and perfection. The nice black screen popped up. I press Mod+Shift+Return and xterm/terminal came up.

Sorry I have no idea what happened. One of your messages helped me but I can not give credit to you. So I Thank everyone who posted a suggestion and give all of you credit for my new ability to not only run Xorg, but to run a glorious WM along with it. Thank you and Goodnight.

Last edited by otacon (2009-09-20 05:11:08)

spoik · 2009-10-04 02:15:53

I just had the same problem as otacon. I installed Xmonad on a brand new system. He's doing no fud spreading, xmonad does not give you a config after installation. I had to create one using the vanilla one that brisbin33(thank you) provided.

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