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jeffk
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 Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:41 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Awesome WM: any rc.lua hangs with blank screen |
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I'd like to begin using x11-wm/awesome-3.2.1-r3. The default config works per steps at http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Awesome#Installation. I have removed the xsetroot line from .xinitrc, to debug the following problem:
| Code: | ~/.xinitrc:
#!/usr/bin/bash
xsetroot -solid black &
exec /usr/local/bin/awesome |
When I add any minimal ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua file, the startup hangs, input is ignored, and the screen background is black.
The rc.lua can be any of the samples found on the web, or blank, or just a comment line, same effect. I've tried chmod a+rwx on the file, so it's not a question of access.
Thanks for any ideas.
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farhaven
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Awesome should send some output to stderr. Empty configurations lead to the "problem" described, as no tags are defined, no wiboxes are set up and no hooks are registered, which leads to new clients just appearing at (0,0). |
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jeffk
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, the problem was that if a file ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua is present, the default configuration is not read first. I was expecting my configuration file to be new and override values only, but the whole rc.lua must be built up from scratch. Easy enough to copy the default rc.lua and start customizing. Thanks. |
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