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Eng.amr.fouad
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 Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:14 am Post subject: i3 cant open display problem [ solved ] |
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hey guys , im new noob , im amr from egypt
i just new to gentoo thing and i did install gentoo from minimal iso and i installed xorg and its working fine with xterm
no windows manager installed so i installed i3wm but when i try the command
i3 it gives me i3: cant open display
so i need a little help to troubleshoot this ?
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schorsch_76
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:38 am Post subject: |
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Edit your ~/.xinitrc. add the following for i3
If it doesnt exist yet, create it.
and relogin (Slim or startx whetever you used to start x)
Good luck and welcome to gentoo 
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Eng.amr.fouad
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| schorsch_76 wrote: | Edit your ~/.xinitrc. add the following for i3
If it doesnt exist yet, create it.
and relogin (Slim or startx whetever you used to start x)
Good luck and welcome to gentoo |
thank you very much for your reply , im gonna try it and give you the feed back
i appreciate your help
loving gentoo already ...+ learning alot + a chance to know helpful guys like you
thanks 
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Eng.amr.fouad
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| schorsch_76 wrote: | Edit your ~/.xinitrc. add the following for i3
If it doesnt exist yet, create it.
and relogin (Slim or startx whetever you used to start x)
Good luck and welcome to gentoo |
thank you its working like charm
thank you schorsch
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