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KRTac

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 99

[Solved] Can't start xmonad from GDM

I can't seem to get xmonad-darcs to work with GDM. I copied the xmonad.hs from the wiki. After I login to xmonad, GDM disappears (the background stays the same) and nothing happens. Mod-shift-return doesn't start a terminal and the cursor isn't displayed. Has anyone had the same experience?

Last edited by KRTac (2010-03-17 19:37:04)

sw2wolf

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From: China

Registered: 2009-06-08

Posts: 99

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Re: [Solved] Can't start xmonad from GDM

If you have compiled your xmonad.hs, maybe it has been running normally!

You can test it by modifying your xmonad.hs as below to see if roxterm starts, then:
%xmonad --recompile
%xmonad --restart

myStartupHook :: X ()
myStartupHook = do {
    spawn "roxterm";
    --spawn "lxpanel";
}

xmonad $ defaultConfig
            { borderWidth        = 1
.......
            , startupHook      = myStartupHook
.......
            }

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e^(π⋅i) + 1 = 0

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: [Solved] Can't start xmonad from GDM

do you start it from /usr/share/xsessions ?

also, when this problem occurs, switch to tty1 and see what this returns

ps aux | grep xmonad

KRTac

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 99

Re: [Solved] Can't start xmonad from GDM

OK, false alarm. It works fine. The terminal opens fine. Thanks.