sowm not launching?

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sowm not launching?

IbrahimFadel opened this issue 5 years ago · 14 comments

Hi, this is sort of a stupid question, but i can't get sowm to launch properly.

I cloned the repo, copied the config, ran make then sudo make install

Finally, i added exec sowm to the end of my .xinitrc

When i reboot, i have a black screen, and nothing launches. Anything i may have missed?
Here's my full .xinitrc:

  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi

[ -f ~/.Xresources ] && xrdb ~/.Xresources

exec sowm

Any idea where i've gone wrong? Thanks

Answer 1 · 2020-01-30T06:56:45.000Z

Sounds like it's working to me. sowm does nothing at startup.

Answer 2 · 2020-01-30T13:45:52.000Z

Yeah, maybe it's because i'm using lightdm? Does xinitrc not matter to lightdm?

Answer 3 · 2020-01-30T13:53:57.000Z

I don't think it does. NOTE: sowm doesn't track windows launched before it has opened.

Answer 4 · 2020-01-30T14:06:31.000Z

Sorry, i think i misunderstood your first comment. I don't think my x server is actually launching with sowm. I can press alt+f2 and login through command line

Answer 5 · 2020-01-30T14:09:22.000Z

Try launching it through startx.

Answer 6 · 2020-01-30T14:40:09.000Z

I'm away from my computer right now, but i'll try when i'm home

Answer 7 · 2020-01-31T14:54:23.000Z

Any updates?

Answer 8 · 2020-01-31T21:08:01.000Z

startx launches sowm properly (i have a black screen with a cursor). However, i have to first press alt+f2 then sign in through command line then run startx. Is there a reason it's not working properly?

Answer 9 · 2020-02-01T00:16:11.000Z

I assume you use DE. Not sure since I have not used any DE before, but most of DE lunches some default WM in boot so it is expected for you to start X from other session. Here's my suggestion, try to boot from runlevel 3(booting without Gui at bootup) and start X session from there. ( This is the cleanest and safe way )
Options 2 is you could try to configure DE setting to start sowm with DE.

Answer 10 · 2020-02-01T03:02:16.000Z

Alright, i've temporarily disabled my DE, and i can just run startx after login. But one tiny quick question. What is the default Mod key? I can't bring up a terminal/dmenu or anything

Answer 11 · 2020-02-01T06:35:53.000Z

Mod4mask is Super key( or windows key)

Answer 12 · 2020-02-01T16:16:02.000Z

Ok thanks so much

Answer 13 · 2020-02-01T16:54:18.000Z

@IbrahimFadel My pleasure!
In my opinion, DE is often heavy and goes against the principle of sowm: having simple, clean, and light workspace. Many people who follows the minimalistic principles, including me, only use WM.

Answer 14 · 2020-02-01T18:06:31.000Z

That makes sense. I'm currently just trying a bunch of different setups, trying to find what's right for me.