exec_always not working

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exec_always not working

beckend opened this issue 2 years ago · 1 comments

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Current Behavior

relevant config:

exec_always --no-startup-id touch /tmp/hello
bindsym $mod+Shift+r restart

after restarting:

❯ ls /tmp/hello
lsd: /tmp/hello: No such file or directory (os error 2).

Expected Behavior

file exists.

Reproduction Instructions

Environment

Output of i3 --moreversion 2>&-:

Binary i3 version:  4.21 (2022-09-21) © 2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
Running i3 version: 4.21 (2022-09-21) (pid 9599)
Loaded i3 config:
  /home/admin/.config/i3/config (main) (last modified: Fri 23 Sep 2022 04:49:41 PM CEST, 52 seconds ago)

The i3 binary you just called: /usr/bin/i3
The i3 binary you are running: i3

Config file

# This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1). # It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like. # # Should you change your keyboard layout some time, delete # this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1). #

i3 config file (v4)

Please see https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference!

set $bg-color #2596be
set $inactive-bg-color #333333
set $white #ffffff

client.focused $bg-color $bg-color $white $bg-color
client.unfocused $inactive-bg-color $inactive-bg-color $inactive-text-color $bg-color
for_window [class=".*"] border pixel 0
smart_gaps on
smart_gaps inverse_outer
smart_borders no_gaps

focus_follows_mouse no
workspace 1 output DP-2
workspace 2 output DP-2
workspace 3 output DP-2
workspace 4 output DP-2
workspace 9 output DP-2
workspace 10 output DP-2

workspace 5 output DP-4
workspace 6 output DP-4
workspace 7 output DP-4
workspace 8 output DP-4

set $mod Mod4

Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font

is used in the bar {} block below.

font pango:Fira Code Retina 10

This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left

text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).

#font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8

exec --no-startup-id picom --config ~/.config/picom/picom.conf -b
exec --no-startup-id feh --randomize --bg-fill -r ~/Images/wallpapers/*
exec_always --no-startup-id systemctl --user import-environment
exec --no-startup-id dbus-update-activation-environment --all

Start XDG autostart .desktop files using dex. See also

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Autostart

exec --no-startup-id dex --autostart --environment i3

The combination of xss-lock, nm-applet and pactl is a popular choice, so

they are included here as an example. Modify as you see fit.

xss-lock grabs a logind suspend inhibit lock and will use i3lock to lock the

screen before suspend. Use loginctl lock-session to lock your screen.

exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock --nofork

NetworkManager is the most popular way to manage wireless networks on Linux,

and nm-applet is a desktop environment-independent system tray GUI for it.

exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/pam_kwallet_init
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 1; exec nm-applet'
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 1; exec kdeconnect-indicator'
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 9; exec jamesdsp -t'
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 1; exec firefox'
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 6; exec thunderbird'
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 5;'
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 1;'
exec --no-startup-id ~/bin/autostart-i3.sh

exec_always --no-startup-id ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh

exec_always --no-startup-id touch /tmp/hello

Use pactl to adjust volume in PulseAudio.

set $refresh_i3status killall -SIGUSR1 i3status
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +10% && $refresh_i3status
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -10% && $refresh_i3status
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle && $refresh_i3status
bindsym XF86AudioMicMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle && $refresh_i3status

bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec playerctl play
bindsym XF86AudioPause exec playerctl pause
bindsym XF86AudioNext exec playerctl next
bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec playerctl previous

Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position

floating_modifier $mod

start a terminal

bindsym $mod+Return exec wezterm

kill focused window

bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill

start dmenu (a program launcher)

bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run

A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi:

There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications shipping a

.desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that installed.

bindcode $mod+40 exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop

bindsym $mod+Shift+p exec "krunner --replace"

change focus

bindsym $mod+j focus left
bindsym $mod+k focus down
bindsym $mod+l focus up
bindsym $mod+semicolon focus right

alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:

bindsym $mod+Left focus left
bindsym $mod+Down focus down
bindsym $mod+Up focus up
bindsym $mod+Right focus right

move focused window

bindsym $mod+Shift+j move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+l move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+semicolon move right

alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:

bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+Down move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+Up move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+Right move right

split in horizontal orientation

bindsym $mod+h split h

split in vertical orientation

bindsym $mod+v split v

enter fullscreen mode for the focused container

bindsym $mod+f fullscreen toggle

change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split)

bindsym $mod+s layout stacking
bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed
bindsym $mod+e layout toggle split

toggle tiling / floating

bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle

change focus between tiling / floating windows

bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle

focus the parent container

bindsym $mod+a focus parent

focus the child container

#bindsym $mod+d focus child

Define names for default workspaces for which we configure key bindings later on.

We use variables to avoid repeating the names in multiple places.

set $ws1 "1"
set $ws2 "2"
set $ws3 "3"
set $ws4 "4"
set $ws5 "5"
set $ws6 "6"
set $ws7 "7"
set $ws8 "8"
set $ws9 "9"
set $ws10 "10"

switch to workspace

bindsym $mod+1 workspace number $ws1
bindsym $mod+2 workspace number $ws2
bindsym $mod+3 workspace number $ws3
bindsym $mod+4 workspace number $ws4
bindsym $mod+5 workspace number $ws5
bindsym $mod+6 workspace number $ws6
bindsym $mod+7 workspace number $ws7
bindsym $mod+8 workspace number $ws8
bindsym $mod+9 workspace number $ws9
bindsym $mod+0 workspace number $ws10

move focused container to workspace

bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace number $ws1
bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace number $ws2
bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace number $ws3
bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace number $ws4
bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace number $ws5
bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace number $ws6
bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace number $ws7
bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace number $ws8
bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace number $ws9
bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace number $ws10

reload the configuration file

bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload

restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3)

bindsym $mod+Shift+r restart

exit i3 (logs you out of your X session)

bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.' -B 'Yes, exit i3' 'i3-msg exit'"

resize window (you can also use the mouse for that)

mode "resize" {
# These bindings trigger as soon as you enter the resize mode

    # Pressing left will shrink the window’s width.
    # Pressing right will grow the window’s width.
    # Pressing up will shrink the window’s height.
    # Pressing down will grow the window’s height.
    bindsym j resize shrink width 4 px or 4 ppt
    bindsym k resize grow height 4 px or 4 ppt
    bindsym l resize shrink height 4 px or 4 ppt
    bindsym semicolon resize grow width 4 px or 4 ppt

    # same bindings, but for the arrow keys
    bindsym Left resize shrink width 4 px or 4 ppt
    bindsym Down resize grow height 4 px or 4 ppt
    bindsym Up resize shrink height 4 px or 4 ppt
    bindsym Right resize grow width 4 px or 4 ppt

    # back to normal: Enter or Escape or $mod+r
    bindsym Return mode "default"
    bindsym Escape mode "default"
    bindsym $mod+r mode "default"

}

bindsym $mod+r mode "resize"

Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status

finds out, if available)

bar {
status_command i3status -c ~/.config/i3status/i3status.conf
height 48

colors {
background #000000
statusline #eff0f1
focused_workspace #000000 $bg-color #000000
active_workspace #000000 $bg-color #$bg-color
inactive_workspace #000000 #666666 #ffffff
urgent_workspace #d33682 #d33682 #fdf6e3
}
}

Logfile URL: https://logs.i3wm.org/logs/6303021612924928.bz2

- Linux Distribution & Version: Arch Linux 5.9.10
- Are you using a compositor (e.g., xcompmgr or compton): picom

Answer 1 · 2022-09-23T15:03:15.000Z

sorry it was my bad, reload shortcut did not work, but restart did