i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:12:35 +0000Cannot open a terminal with i3 on Fedorahttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1378/cannot-open-a-terminal-with-i3-on-fedora/So i just installed Fedora around a week ago and i am very new to using Linux. And today i installed i3 Wm using "yum install i3". After i installed it i tryed to open a terminal using $mod+Enter/Alt+Enter like the Documentation said but it does not open anything.What could the problem be here?Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:11:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1378/cannot-open-a-terminal-with-i3-on-fedora/Answer by Michael for <p>So i just installed Fedora around a week ago and i am very new to using Linux. And today i installed i3 Wm using "yum install i3". After i installed it i tryed to open a terminal using $mod+Enter/Alt+Enter like the Documentation said but it does not open anything.What could the problem be here?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1378/cannot-open-a-terminal-with-i3-on-fedora/?answer=1379#post-id-1379Check the config file (~/.i3/config or /etc/i3/config if you aborted the wizard) for the line binding $mod+Return: grep '+Return' ~/.i3/config bindsym Mod1+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal Then, verify that the terminal emulator which you use in your config is actually installed. In this case, i3-sensible-terminal is a wrapper which tries to start the first one of urxvt, rxvt, terminator, Eterm, aterm, xterm, gnome-terminal, roxterm, xfce4-terminal. So, install e.g. urxvt and retry.Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:25:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1378/cannot-open-a-terminal-with-i3-on-fedora/?answer=1379#post-id-1379Comment by Jungolona for <p>Check the config file (~/.i3/config or /etc/i3/config if you aborted the wizard) for the line binding $mod+Return:</p> <pre><code>grep '+Return' ~/.i3/config bindsym Mod1+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal </code></pre> <p>Then, verify that the terminal emulator which you use in your config is actually installed. In this case, i3-sensible-terminal is a wrapper which tries to start the first one of urxvt, rxvt, terminator, Eterm, aterm, xterm, gnome-terminal, roxterm, xfce4-terminal.</p> <p>So, install e.g. urxvt and retry.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1378/cannot-open-a-terminal-with-i3-on-fedora/?comment=1380#comment-1380I have this.http://i.imgur.com/RcGvf8Q.png Also i installed rxvt,terminator and gnome-terminal.urxvt was not found.Other Mod keys work Mod+shift+left for example.Just not the key to open the terminal.Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:51:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1378/cannot-open-a-terminal-with-i3-on-fedora/?comment=1380#comment-1380Comment by Michael for <p>Check the config file (~/.i3/config or /etc/i3/config if you aborted the wizard) for the line binding $mod+Return:</p> <pre><code>grep '+Return' ~/.i3/config bindsym Mod1+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal </code></pre> <p>Then, verify that the terminal emulator which you use in your config is actually installed. In this case, i3-sensible-terminal is a wrapper which tries to start the first one of urxvt, rxvt, terminator, Eterm, aterm, xterm, gnome-terminal, roxterm, xfce4-terminal.</p> <p>So, install e.g. urxvt and retry.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1378/cannot-open-a-terminal-with-i3-on-fedora/?comment=1385#comment-1385You could try “bindsym Mod1+Return exec gnome-terminal”. If that doesn’t help, see http://i3wm.org/docs/debugging.htmlWed, 13 Mar 2013 10:12:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1378/cannot-open-a-terminal-with-i3-on-fedora/?comment=1385#comment-1385