https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:49:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1477/i3-and-nvidia-driver-force-xinerama-dont-work/After installing nvidia binary driver: Name : nvidia Version : 313.26-2 URL : http://www.nvidia.com/ Licenses : custom Groups : None Provides : None Depends On : linux>=3.8 linux<3.9 nvidia-utils=313.26 i3 dont starts (I see only cursor and wallpaper). .xinitrc: exec i3 --force-xinerama -V >> ~/.i3/i3log 2>&1 .i3log: 03/24/2013 05:06:51 AM - i3 4.5.1 (2013-03-18, branch "tags/4.5.1") starting 03/24/2013 05:06:51 AM - Parsing configfile /home/sp/.i3/config deciding for version 4 due to this line: # i3 config file (v4) 03/24/2013 05:06:51 AM - [libi3] libi3/font.c Using X font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 03/24/2013 05:06:51 AM - Used number 1 for workspace with name 1 03/24/2013 05:06:51 AM - auto-starting ~/.scr/start 03/24/2013 05:06:51 AM - startup id = i3/~|.scr|start/1282-0-archbang_TIME0 03/24/2013 05:06:51 AM - executing: ~/.scr/start 03/24/2013 05:06:51 AM - Starting bar process: i3bar --bar_id=bar-rqmgqz --socket="/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.1282" 03/24/2013 05:06:51 AM - executing: i3bar --bar_id=bar-rqmgqz --socket="/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.1282" 03/24/2013 05:06:51 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:07:29 AM - startup id = i3/lxterminal/1282-1-archbang_TIME1142212 03/24/2013 05:07:29 AM - executing: lxterminal 03/24/2013 05:07:29 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:07:30 AM - startup id = i3/lxterminal/1282-2-archbang_TIME1142524 03/24/2013 05:07:30 AM - executing: lxterminal 03/24/2013 05:07:30 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:07:30 AM - startup id = i3/dmenu_run/1282-3-archbang_TIME1142868 03/24/2013 05:07:30 AM - executing: dmenu_run 03/24/2013 05:07:30 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:07:51 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:08:05 AM - startup id = i3/dmenu_run/1282-4-archbang_TIME1177436 03/24/2013 05:08:05 AM - executing: dmenu_run 03/24/2013 05:08:05 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:08:05 AM - startup id = i3/lxterminal/1282-5-archbang_TIME1177676 03/24/2013 05:08:05 AM - executing: lxterminal 03/24/2013 05:08:05 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:08:29 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:08:30 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:08:30 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0.0" after 174 requests (174 known processed) with 0 events remaining. 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - ERROR: Using Xinerama instead of RandR. This option should be avoided at all cost because it does not refresh the list of screens, so you cannot configure displays at runtime. Please check if your driver really does not support RandR and disable this option as soon as you can. 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - i3 4.5.1 (2013-03-18, branch "tags/4.5.1") starting 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - Parsing configfile /home/sp/.i3/config deciding for version 4 due to this line: # i3 config file (v4) 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - [libi3] libi3/font.c Using X font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - Used number 1 for workspace with name 1 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - auto-starting ~/.scr/start 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - startup id = i3/~|.scr|start/1421-0-archbang_TIME0 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - executing: ~/.scr/start 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - Starting bar process: i3bar --bar_id=bar-gqrjqc --socket="/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.1421" 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - executing: i3bar --bar_id=bar-gqrjqc --socket="/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.1421" 03/24/2013 05:09:19 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0.0" after 169 requests (169 known processed) with 0 events remaining. 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - ERROR: Using Xinerama instead of RandR. This option should be avoided at all cost because it does not refresh the list of screens, so you cannot configure displays at runtime. Please check if your driver really does not support RandR and disable this option as soon as you can. 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - i3 4.5.1 (2013-03-18, branch "tags/4.5.1") starting 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - Parsing configfile /home/sp/.i3/config deciding for version 4 due to this line: # i3 config file (v4) 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - [libi3] libi3/font.c Using X font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - Used number 1 for workspace with name 1 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - auto-starting ~/.scr/start 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - startup id = i3/~|.scr|start/1441-0-archbang_TIME0 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - executing: ~/.scr/start 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - Starting bar process: i3bar --bar_id=bar-irtcxt --socket="/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.1441" 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - executing: i3bar --bar_id=bar-irtcxt --socket="/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.1441" 03/24/2013 05:09:34 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:09:36 AM - startup id = i3/lxterminal/1441-1-archbang_TIME1269340 03/24/2013 05:09:36 AM - executing: lxterminal 03/24/2013 05:09:36 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:09:38 AM - startup id = i3/lxterminal/1441-2-archbang_TIME1270692 03/24/2013 05:09:38 AM - executing: lxterminal 03/24/2013 05:09:38 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:10:34 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:10:36 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 05:10:38 AM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0.0" after 172 requests (171 known processed) with 0 events remaining. 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - ERROR: Using Xinerama instead of RandR. This option should be avoided at all cost because it does not refresh the list of screens, so you cannot configure displays at runtime. Please check if your driver really does not support RandR and disable this option as soon as you can. 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - i3 4.5.1 (2013-03-18, branch "tags/4.5.1") starting 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - Parsing configfile /home/sp/.i3/config deciding for version 4 due to this line: # i3 config file (v4) 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - [libi3] libi3/font.c Using X font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - Used number 1 for workspace with name 1 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - auto-starting ~/.scr/start 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - startup id = i3/~|.scr|start/521-0-archbang_TIME0 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - executing: ~/.scr/start 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - Starting bar process: i3bar --bar_id=bar-dfrozs --socket="/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.521" 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - executing: i3bar --bar_id=bar-dfrozs --socket="/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.521" 03/24/2013 07:09:05 PM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 07:09:09 PM - startup id = i3/lxterminal/521-1-archbang_TIME282759 03/24/2013 07:09:09 PM - executing: lxterminal 03/24/2013 07:09:09 PM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 07:09:10 PM - startup id = i3/lxterminal/521-2-archbang_TIME284087 03/24/2013 07:09:10 PM - executing: lxterminal 03/24/2013 07:09:10 PM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 07:09:10 PM - startup id = i3/lxterminal/521-3-archbang_TIME284359 03/24/2013 07:09:10 PM - executing: lxterminal 03/24/2013 07:09:10 PM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 07:09:11 PM - startup id = i3/lxterminal/521-4-archbang_TIME284583 03/24/2013 07:09:11 PM - executing: lxterminal 03/24/2013 07:09:11 PM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event 03/24/2013 07:09:12 PM - startup id = i3/lxterminal/521-5-archbang_TIME285895 03/24/2013 07:09:12 PM - executing: lxterminal 03/24/2013 07:09:12 PM - Not a managed window, ignoring UnmapNotify event XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0.0" after 174 requests (174 known processed) with 0 events remaining. i3 successfully stars without nvidia driver with this config. Adding force_xinerama yes to config did nothing. nvidia-settings: [http://imgur.com/NCVDukA.png](http://imgur.com/NCVDukA.png) xorg log: [http://pastebin.com/HTCSaWUN]( http://pastebin.com/HTCSaWUN) Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:36:30 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1477/i3-and-nvidia-driver-force-xinerama-dont-work/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1477/i3-and-nvidia-driver-force-xinerama-dont-work/?comment=2785#comment-2785The log has no indication of anything going wrong. Also, the FAQ is not a place to report bugs. Please open a bug at http://bugs.i3wm.org/ if the problem persists.Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:49:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1477/i3-and-nvidia-driver-force-xinerama-dont-work/?comment=2785#comment-2785https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1477/i3-and-nvidia-driver-force-xinerama-dont-work/?answer=2784#post-id-2784Maybe it is overkill but I put in .xinitrc and the config file and it seems to work fine. Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:17:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1477/i3-and-nvidia-driver-force-xinerama-dont-work/?answer=2784#post-id-2784