pastbear
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Joined: 23 Feb 2025
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 Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:58 pm Post subject: Help Getting River Working with Greetd (tuigreet) on Gentoo |
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Hello everyone,
I'm trying to get the River Wayland compositor running on my Gentoo system, but I'm running into issues. I installed River, but I can't seem to start it properly. Running `river` directly gives me multiple errors. I tried setting the environment variables mentioned in the errors, but that didn’t help either.
I'm using greetd with tuigreet as my login manager.
System Details:
- Init: OpenRC
- Laptop: ThinkPad T450s
What I’ve Tried:
1. Running River directly:
- This results in various errors, depending on how I attempt to start it.
2. Running River with dbus:
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dbus-run-session river
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- This didn’t resolve the issue.
3. Setting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:
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export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u)
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- This didn’t change much.
4. Checking my River init file:
- My configuration is located at ~/.config/river/init
- I edited it, but none of my keybinds work, including exit shortcuts.
5. Attempting to autostart Kitty:
- This briefly launches Kitty, but it immediately closes.
Errors:
- When trying to run River, I get:
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/bin/sh: line 1: /home/pastbear/.config/river/init: cannot execute: required file not found
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- The file does exist, so I’m unsure why this error appears.
- Someone suggested changing the shebang to #!/usr/bin/env bash, but it didn’t help.
- Additionally, I encountered:
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[glfw error 65544]: Failed to create XKB compose table for locale en_US.iso88591
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- I corrected my locale settings, but DBus still complains.
Questions:
1. How do I properly start River with tuigreet?
2. Why aren't my keybindings working, and why can’t I exit River?
3. How can I troubleshoot the init file execution issue?
4. Does anyone have experience running River on OpenRC with greetd?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!  [/code] |
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