https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:27:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3037/unknown-output-format-i3bar/Hi guys, I have been searching for a while but I could not find anything. When I add *output_format = "i3bar"* to the conf file nothing will show up on the bar. I tried the "i3status" command in the terminal and it is returning an error: "Unknown output format: "i3bar". I just found py3status and wanted to try it out, but I can't get it to work. Hoping you can help and thanks in advance...Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:36:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3037/unknown-output-format-i3bar/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3037/unknown-output-format-i3bar/?answer=3492#post-id-3492I am having the same issue, my i3-wm and i3status are up to date though. Any suggestions?Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:27:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3037/unknown-output-format-i3bar/?answer=3492#post-id-3492https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3037/unknown-output-format-i3bar/?answer=3041#post-id-3041As discussed with you, I guess your problem is now solved and was caused by an old version of i3 & i3status. Enjoy !Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:42:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3037/unknown-output-format-i3bar/?answer=3041#post-id-3041https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3037/unknown-output-format-i3bar/?answer=3040#post-id-3040Okay I've got a bit further. My (L)ubuntu repo's were not updated or whatever the problem was. So I had an old version all that time. Now it's actually outputting colors in the bar. Can't seem to output custom scripts though...Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:30:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3037/unknown-output-format-i3bar/?answer=3040#post-id-3040