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Can't launch i3wm with startx

Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:10:33 +0000

Hi, Since few days, a very strange problem occurs : i3 can't be launched without GDM 3 days ago, SLiM stop launching i3. I have try to launch i3 with a simple startx with my .xinitrc : #!/bin/sh exec i3 -V > ~/.i3/i3.log 2>&1 But it's not working. Here my i3.log : $ cat .i3/i3.log 27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: You are running a development version of i3, so coredumps were automatically enabled (ulimit -c unlimited). 27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: Your current working directory is "/home/hedy". 27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: Your core_pattern is: |/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %p %u %g %s %t %e 27/08/2013 13:00:58 - i3 4.6-43-g28fafcb (2013-08-22, branch "makepkg") starting 27/08/2013 13:00:58 - Parsing configfile /home/hedy/.i3/config deciding for version 4 due to this line: # i3 config file (v4) 27/08/2013 13:00:58 - [libi3] libi3/font.c Using Pango font DejaVu Sans Mono, size 11 Here my i3 config file : # This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1). # It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like. # # Should you change your keyboard layout somewhen, delete # this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1). # # i3 config file (v4) # set $mod Mod4 # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font # is used in the bar {} block below. ISO 10646 = Unicode #font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 # The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and # clear in small sizes. However, if you need a lot of unicode glyphs or # right-to-left text rendering, you should instead use pango for rendering and # chose an xft font, such as: font xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 11px #font xft:cure 8 #font pango: Tamsyn 10px #font pango:terminus 10px #font pango:droid sans 12px #font pango:Inconsolata 13px # Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position floating_modifier $mod # focus follows mouse focus_follows_mouse no # Focus wrapping force_focus_wrapping yes # Automatic back-and-forth when switching to the current workspace workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes # start a terminal #bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal bindsym $mod+Return exec --no-startup-id xfce4-terminal # popup_during_fullscreen popup_during_fullscreen leave_fullscreen # kill focused window bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill #bindsym Alt+F4 kill # start dmenu (a program launcher) #bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run -fn "-xos4-terminus-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1" -nb "#1d1f21" -nf "#c5c8c6" -sb "#373b41" -sf "#c5c8c6" # change focus bindsym Mod5+Shift+Tab focus left #bindsym $mod+k focus down #bindsym $mod+l focus up bindsym Mod5+Tab focus right # alternatively, you can use the cursor keys: bindsym $mod+Left focus left bindsym $mod+Down focus down bindsym $mod+Up focus up bindsym $mod+Right focus right # move focused window bindsym $mod+Shift+j move left bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down bindsym $mod+Shift+l move up bindsym $mod+Shift+m move right # alternatively, you can use the cursor keys: bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left bindsym $mod+Shift+Down move down bindsym $mod+Shift+Up move up bindsym $mod+Shift+Right move right # split in horizontal orientation bindsym $mod+h split h # split in vertical orientation bindsym $mod+v split v # enter fullscreen mode for the focused container bindsym $mod+f fullscreen # change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split) bindsym $mod+s layout stacking bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed bindsym $mod+e layout default bindsym $mod+x layout toggle all # toggle tiling / floating bindsym $mod+Tab floating toggle # change focus between tiling / floating windows bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle # focus the parent container bindsym $mod+a focus parent # focus the child container #bindcode $mod+d focus child # Make the currently focused window a scratchpad bindsym $mod+Shift+equal move scratchpad # Show the first scratchpad window bindsym $mod+equal scratchpad show # custom variables for workspaces set $ws1 1·www set $ws2 2·mail set $ws3 3·im set $ws4 4·dev set $ws5 5·zik set $ws6 6·taf set $ws7 7·visuel set $ws8 8·divers set $ws9 9·compta set $ws0 term # switch to workspace (AZERTY) bindsym $mod+ampersand workspace $ws1 bindsym $mod+eacute workspace $ws2 bindsym $mod+quotedbl workspace $ws3 bindsym $mod+apostrophe workspace $ws4 bindsym $mod+parenleft workspace $ws5 bindsym $mod+minus workspace $ws6 bindsym $mod+egrave workspace $ws7 bindsym $mod+underscore workspace $ws8 bindsym $mod+ccedilla workspace $ws9 bindsym $mod+agrave workspace $ws0 # switch to workspace (BEPO) bindsym $mod+F1 workspace $ws1 bindsym $mod+F2 workspace $ws2 bindsym $mod+F3 workspace $ws3 bindsym $mod+F4 workspace $ws4 bindsym $mod+F5 workspace $ws5 bindsym $mod+F6 workspace $ws6 bindsym $mod+F7 workspace $ws7 bindsym $mod+F8 workspace $ws8 bindsym $mod+F9 workspace $ws9 bindsym $mod+F10 workspace $ws0 # move focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+ampersand move container to workspace $ws1 bindsym $mod+Shift+eacute move container to workspace $ws2 bindsym $mod+Shift+quotedbl move container to workspace $ws3 bindsym $mod+Shift+apostrophe move container to workspace $ws4 bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace $ws5 bindsym $mod+Shift+minus move container to workspace $ws6 bindsym $mod+Shift+egrave move container to workspace $ws7 bindsym $mod+Shift+underscore move container to workspace $ws8 bindsym $mod+Shift+ccedilla move container to workspace $ws9 bindsym $mod+Shift+agrave move container to workspace $ws0 # move focused container to workspace (BEPO) bindsym $mod+Shift+F1 move container to workspace $ws1 bindsym $mod+Shift+F2 move container to workspace $ws2 bindsym $mod+Shift+F3 move container to workspace $ws3 bindsym $mod+Shift+F4 move container to workspace $ws4 bindsym $mod+Shift+F5 move container to workspace $ws5 bindsym $mod+Shift+F6 move container to workspace $ws6 bindsym $mod+Shift+F7 move container to workspace $ws7 bindsym $mod+Shift+F8 move container to workspace $ws8 bindsym $mod+Shift+F9 move container to workspace $ws9 bindsym $mod+Shift+F10 move container to workspace $ws0 # reload the configuration file bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload # restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3) bindsym $mod+Shift+r restart # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session) bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'Vous avez pressé le raccourci de fermeture de session. Voulez-vous vraiment quitter i3 ?' -b 'Oui' 'i3-msg Annuler'" # resize window (you can also use the mouse for that) mode "resize" { # These bindings trigger as soon as you enter the resize mode # Pressing left will shrink the window’s width. # Pressing right will grow the window’s width. # Pressing up will shrink the window’s height. # Pressing down will grow the window’s height. bindsym j resize shrink width 5 px or 5 ppt bindsym k resize grow height 5 px or 5 ppt bindsym l resize shrink height 5 px or 5 ppt bindsym m resize grow width 5 px or 5 ppt # same bindings, but for the arrow keys bindsym Left resize shrink width 5 px or 5 ppt bindsym Down resize grow height 5 px or 5 ppt bindsym Up resize shrink height 5 px or 5 ppt bindsym Right resize grow width 5 px or 5 ppt # back to normal: Enter or Escape bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } bindsym $mod+r mode "resize" # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status # finds out, if available) bar { #status_command i3status status_command $HOME/.scripts/conky-i3bar position bottom #mode hide workspace_buttons yes #font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 font xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 11px #font pango:Inconsolata 13px #font pango:tamsynmod 12px #font pango:Terminus 12px #font -xos4-terminus-*-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 colors { #background #000000 #statusline #ffffff #focused_workspace #ffffff #285577 #active_workspace #ffffff #333333 #inactive_workspace #888888 #222222 #urgent_workspace #ffffff #900000 background #1d1f21 statusline #c5c8c6 # colorclass border backgr. text focused_workspace #373b41 #58456D #c5c8c6 active_workspace #373b41 #3A274F #c5c8c6 inactive_workspace #282a2e #282a2e #c5c8c6 urgent_workspace #cc6666 #cc6666 #c5c8c6 } } # class border backgr. text indicator client.focused #373b41 #624E7A #c5c8c6 #A1FF69 client.focused_inactive #282a2e #282a2e #c5c8c6 #282a2e client.unfocused #282a2e #282a2e #c5c8c6 #282a2e client.urgent #cc6666 #cc6666 #c5c8c6 #900000 client.background #1d1f21 # Ne pas afficher les 2 bords verticaux d'un pixel #hide_edge_borders vertical ############################### ## MODE SYSTEM POUR QUITTER I3 ############################### set $mode_system System (l) lock, (e) logout, (s) suspend, (h) hibernate, (r) reboot, (Shift+s) shutdown mode "$mode_system" { bindsym l exec --no-startup-id i3exit lock, mode "default" bindsym e exec --no-startup-id i3exit logout, mode "default" bindsym s exec --no-startup-id i3exit suspend, mode "default" bindsym h exec --no-startup-id i3exit hibernate, mode "default" bindsym r exec --no-startup-id i3exit reboot, mode "default" bindsym Shift+s exec --no-startup-id i3exit shutdown, mode "default" # back to normal: Enter or Escape bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } bindsym $mod+Pause mode "$mode_system" ########################## ## PROGRAMMES AU DEMARRAGE ########################## exec /usr/bin/nitrogen --restore exec --no-startup-id volti exec --no-startup-id gnome-sound-applet exec --no-startup-id nm-applet exec --no-startup-id clipit exec --no-startup-id batti exec --no-startup-id psi-plus exec --no-startup-id liferea exec --no-startup-id thunderbird exec --no-startup-id firefox #exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace term; exec gnome-terminal; workspace www' exec --no-startup-id 'sleep 20 && hotot-gtk3' exec --no-startup-id xrandr --dpi 109 #################### ## RACCOURCIS UTILES #################### # Applications bindsym $mod+n exec /usr/bin/nemo --no-desktop bindsym $mod+b exec /usr/bin/firefox bindsym $mod+t exec /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal #bindsym $mod+c exec /usr/bin/galculator bindsym $mod+c exec /usr/bin/pantheon-calculator bindsym $mod+m exec /home/hedy/bin/ememo bindsym $mod+p exec /usr/bin/subl # Contrôle du volume bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec amixer set Master 5%+ bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec amixer set Master 5%- bindsym XF86AudioMute exec amixer set Master toggle bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec audacious -r bindsym XF86AudioNext exec audacious -f bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec audacious -t # Captures d'écrans bindsym Print exec xfce4-screenshooter -f # Quickswitch bindsym $mod+q exec /usr/bin/quickswitch.py # Déplacer Firefox dans le workspace courant #bindsym $mod+F1 [class="Firefox"] move workspace current # Touches spécifiques au TypeMatrix bindsym XF86Eject exec eject -T bindsym XF86PowerOff exec systemctl poweroff bindsym XF86Sleep exec systemctl suspend bindsym XF86Calculator exec pantheon-calculator bindsym XF86Mail exec /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal bindsym XF86HomePage exec filezilla ############################ ## SPÉCIFICITÉS DES FENÊTRES ############################ for_window [title="Shaarli by Spheerys - Mozilla Firefox"] floating enable for_window [title="galculator"] floating enable for_window [title="Calculator"] floating enable ########################### ## DÉPLACEMENT DES FENÊTRES ########################### # www assign [class="Liferea"] → $ws1 assign [class="Hotot-gtk3"] → $ws1 # mail assign [class="Thunderbird"] → $ws2 # im assign [class="psi"] → $ws3 assign [class="Skype"] → $ws3 # dev assign [class="Filezilla"] → $ws4 assign [class="Chromium"] → $ws4 assign [class="Opera"] → $ws4 # zik assign [class="Audacious"] → $ws5 # taf assign [class="Inkscape"] → $ws6 # visuel assign [class="Gimp"] → $ws7 # divers assign [class="PokerTH"] → $ws8 # The IPC interface allows programs like an external workspace bar # (i3-wsbar) or i3-msg (can be used to "remote-control" i3) to work. ipc-socket ~/.i3/ipc.sock With LXDM, XDM, Qingy, the result is the same. Only GDM can launch my i3 session (but I don't want to use GDM). What's append ?

Comment by Michael for

Hi,

Since few days, a very strange problem occurs : i3 can't be launched without GDM 3 days ago, SLiM stop launching i3. I have try to launch i3 with a simple startx with my .xinitrc :

#!/bin/sh
exec i3 -V > ~/.i3/i3.log 2>&1

But it's not working. Here my i3.log :

    $ cat .i3/i3.log 
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: You are running a development version of i3, so coredumps were automatically enabled (ulimit -c unlimited).
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: Your current working directory is "/home/hedy".
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: Your core_pattern is: |/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %p %u %g %s %t %e
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - i3 4.6-43-g28fafcb (2013-08-22, branch "makepkg") starting
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - Parsing configfile /home/hedy/.i3/config
deciding for version 4 due to this line: # i3 config file (v4)
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - [libi3] libi3/font.c Using Pango font DejaVu Sans Mono, size 11

Here my i3 config file :

 # This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1).
# It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like.
#
# Should you change your keyboard layout somewhen, delete
# this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1).
#

# i3 config file (v4)
#

set $mod Mod4

# Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
# is used in the bar {} block below. ISO 10646 = Unicode
#font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
# The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
# clear in small sizes. However, if you need a lot of unicode glyphs or
# right-to-left text rendering, you should instead use pango for rendering and
# chose an xft font, such as:
font xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 11px
#font xft:cure 8
#font pango: Tamsyn 10px
#font pango:terminus 10px
#font pango:droid sans 12px
#font pango:Inconsolata 13px

# Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
floating_modifier $mod


# focus follows mouse <yes|no>
focus_follows_mouse no

# Focus wrapping
force_focus_wrapping yes

# Automatic back-and-forth when switching to the current workspace
workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes

# start a terminal
#bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal
bindsym $mod+Return exec --no-startup-id xfce4-terminal

# popup_during_fullscreen <ignore|leave_fullscreen>
popup_during_fullscreen leave_fullscreen

# kill focused window
bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill
#bindsym Alt+F4 kill

# start dmenu (a program launcher)
#bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run
bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run  -fn "-xos4-terminus-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1" -nb "#1d1f21" -nf "#c5c8c6" -sb "#373b41" -sf "#c5c8c6"


# change focus
bindsym Mod5+Shift+Tab focus left
#bindsym $mod+k focus down
#bindsym $mod+l focus up
bindsym Mod5+Tab focus right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Left focus left
bindsym $mod+Down focus down
bindsym $mod+Up focus up
bindsym $mod+Right focus right

# move focused window
bindsym $mod+Shift+j move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+l move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+m move right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left ...

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Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:11:59 +0000

The FAQ is not good for bug reports due to its 1-question-many-answers format (which does not allow for a discussion). Please file a bug report at http://bugs.i3wm.org/ or try asking in #i3. You might want to try downgrading to 4.6 and using the default config file to narrow down the problem.

Answer by tinh for

Hi,

Since few days, a very strange problem occurs : i3 can't be launched without GDM 3 days ago, SLiM stop launching i3. I have try to launch i3 with a simple startx with my .xinitrc :

#!/bin/sh
exec i3 -V > ~/.i3/i3.log 2>&1

But it's not working. Here my i3.log :

    $ cat .i3/i3.log 
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: You are running a development version of i3, so coredumps were automatically enabled (ulimit -c unlimited).
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: Your current working directory is "/home/hedy".
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: Your core_pattern is: |/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %p %u %g %s %t %e
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - i3 4.6-43-g28fafcb (2013-08-22, branch "makepkg") starting
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - Parsing configfile /home/hedy/.i3/config
deciding for version 4 due to this line: # i3 config file (v4)
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - [libi3] libi3/font.c Using Pango font DejaVu Sans Mono, size 11

Here my i3 config file :

 # This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1).
# It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like.
#
# Should you change your keyboard layout somewhen, delete
# this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1).
#

# i3 config file (v4)
#

set $mod Mod4

# Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
# is used in the bar {} block below. ISO 10646 = Unicode
#font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
# The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
# clear in small sizes. However, if you need a lot of unicode glyphs or
# right-to-left text rendering, you should instead use pango for rendering and
# chose an xft font, such as:
font xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 11px
#font xft:cure 8
#font pango: Tamsyn 10px
#font pango:terminus 10px
#font pango:droid sans 12px
#font pango:Inconsolata 13px

# Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
floating_modifier $mod


# focus follows mouse <yes|no>
focus_follows_mouse no

# Focus wrapping
force_focus_wrapping yes

# Automatic back-and-forth when switching to the current workspace
workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes

# start a terminal
#bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal
bindsym $mod+Return exec --no-startup-id xfce4-terminal

# popup_during_fullscreen <ignore|leave_fullscreen>
popup_during_fullscreen leave_fullscreen

# kill focused window
bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill
#bindsym Alt+F4 kill

# start dmenu (a program launcher)
#bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run
bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run  -fn "-xos4-terminus-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1" -nb "#1d1f21" -nf "#c5c8c6" -sb "#373b41" -sf "#c5c8c6"


# change focus
bindsym Mod5+Shift+Tab focus left
#bindsym $mod+k focus down
#bindsym $mod+l focus up
bindsym Mod5+Tab focus right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Left focus left
bindsym $mod+Down focus down
bindsym $mod+Up focus up
bindsym $mod+Right focus right

# move focused window
bindsym $mod+Shift+j move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+l move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+m move right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left ...

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Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:21:30 +0000

I'm not expecting my answer would help you a lot but why not try to downgrade to a stable version. It says v4 is a dev version. Also it's a bit strange because v4.6 is actually the latest stable version.

Comment by Michael for
I'm not expecting my answer would help you a lot but why not try to downgrade to a stable version. It says v4 is a dev version. Also it's a bit strange because v4.6 is actually the latest stable version.

Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:10:34 +0000

The author of the post is using 4.6-43-g28fafcb, which is not a released version, but 43 commits after the released version. That’s why it’s a dev version.

Answer by Spheerys for

Hi,

Since few days, a very strange problem occurs : i3 can't be launched without GDM 3 days ago, SLiM stop launching i3. I have try to launch i3 with a simple startx with my .xinitrc :

#!/bin/sh
exec i3 -V > ~/.i3/i3.log 2>&1

But it's not working. Here my i3.log :

    $ cat .i3/i3.log 
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: You are running a development version of i3, so coredumps were automatically enabled (ulimit -c unlimited).
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: Your current working directory is "/home/hedy".
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - CORE DUMPS: Your core_pattern is: |/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %p %u %g %s %t %e
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - i3 4.6-43-g28fafcb (2013-08-22, branch "makepkg") starting
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - Parsing configfile /home/hedy/.i3/config
deciding for version 4 due to this line: # i3 config file (v4)
27/08/2013 13:00:58 - [libi3] libi3/font.c Using Pango font DejaVu Sans Mono, size 11

Here my i3 config file :

 # This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1).
# It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like.
#
# Should you change your keyboard layout somewhen, delete
# this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1).
#

# i3 config file (v4)
#

set $mod Mod4

# Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
# is used in the bar {} block below. ISO 10646 = Unicode
#font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
# The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
# clear in small sizes. However, if you need a lot of unicode glyphs or
# right-to-left text rendering, you should instead use pango for rendering and
# chose an xft font, such as:
font xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 11px
#font xft:cure 8
#font pango: Tamsyn 10px
#font pango:terminus 10px
#font pango:droid sans 12px
#font pango:Inconsolata 13px

# Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
floating_modifier $mod


# focus follows mouse <yes|no>
focus_follows_mouse no

# Focus wrapping
force_focus_wrapping yes

# Automatic back-and-forth when switching to the current workspace
workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes

# start a terminal
#bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal
bindsym $mod+Return exec --no-startup-id xfce4-terminal

# popup_during_fullscreen <ignore|leave_fullscreen>
popup_during_fullscreen leave_fullscreen

# kill focused window
bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill
#bindsym Alt+F4 kill

# start dmenu (a program launcher)
#bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run
bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run  -fn "-xos4-terminus-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1" -nb "#1d1f21" -nf "#c5c8c6" -sb "#373b41" -sf "#c5c8c6"


# change focus
bindsym Mod5+Shift+Tab focus left
#bindsym $mod+k focus down
#bindsym $mod+l focus up
bindsym Mod5+Tab focus right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Left focus left
bindsym $mod+Down focus down
bindsym $mod+Up focus up
bindsym $mod+Right focus right

# move focused window
bindsym $mod+Shift+j move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+l move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+m move right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left ...

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Fri, 06 Sep 2013 11:31:27 +0000

No idea at all ?

Comment by phairland for
No idea at all ?

Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:41:09 +0000

Please don't answer with no answer. Use comments instead and be patient ;-)

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Can't launch i3wm with startx

Comment by Michael for I'm not expecting my answer would help you a lot but why not try to downgrade to a stable version. It says v4 is a dev version. Also it's a bit strange because v4.6 is actually the latest stable version.

Comment by phairland for No idea at all ?

Comment by Michael for
I'm not expecting my answer would help you a lot but why not try to downgrade to a stable version. It says v4 is a dev version. Also it's a bit strange because v4.6 is actually the latest stable version.

Comment by phairland for
No idea at all ?