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moevot
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 Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:04 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] getting start x to look at .xinitrc |
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Hey guys,
I can't seem to get startx to use .xinitrc instead of the standard file in /etc/X11 which automatically will open up twm and xterm. I'm trying to run i3-gaps by the way. Could somebody post their working .xinitrc so I could see how it is formatted?
Much appreciated, lads.
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moevot
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Btw,
If I edit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc where I comment out the if statement that make twm and xterm run while adding startx will launch i3 successfully. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Strange a .xinitrc file in your home directory should be work, see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/I3#Starting_i3
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moevot
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya that's what I thought. So the i3 gentoo wiki just says to add to the ~/.xinitrc file but that file did not exist until I created it so what else do I need to add to that file? Does it need to have a shebang or something like that? |
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fedeliallalinea
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| moevot wrote: | | the ~/.xinitrc file but that file did not exist until I created it so what else do I need to add to that file? Does it need to have a shebang or something like that? |
No, you must only put "exec i3"
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moevot
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| Ok so i have the file /home/USER/.xinitrc that only says "exec i3". X11 works fine when i have twm and xterm installed so i know that is not the problem. But X11 still gives me a black screen when trying to use i3. I am getting a 'nonfatal' error that says i have an unusually high key code 372 but that should not be a problem. What else should I try? |
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what does "ls -l ~/.xinitrc" return
what does "cat ~/.xinitrc" return
As Jaglover says anything in ~/.xsessions-errors
and do you have a config file for i3? Something to tell it to start a program, like xterm, etc.
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moevot
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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~/.xsessions-errors
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The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
>Warning: Unsupported high keycode 372 for name <I372> ignored
> X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.
> This warning only shows for the first high keycode.
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the Xserver
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 60: twm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 64: exec: xterm: not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 62: xterm : command not found
xinit: connection to X server lost
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moevot
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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ls -l ~/.xinitrc
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cat ~/.xinitrc
where would I find the config file for i3? |
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moevot
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| WOOOOOOOW. I rm the root created file and exited su. made a new .xinitrc and it freaking worked. Thank you so much. |
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