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status bar not showing up

asked 2013-03-30 14:50:22 +0000

sohaeb gravatar image

updated 2013-03-31 16:16:01 +0000

I installed i3wm with Ubuntu 12.10 But the status bar is not showing up. I used the 1st option(Generate the config files) but nothing happened so I deleted the config files and run config-wizard-config command then I chose the 2nd option but still I can't see the status bar. I dual boot another Ubuntu 12.10 and I installed i3 there and the status bar showed up. How can I solve this problem ?

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THis is what I have when pressing tab after i3 in the terminal :

suhaib@suhaib:~$ i3
i3                       i3-sensible-editor
i3-config-wizard         i3-sensible-pager
i3-dump-log              i3-sensible-terminal
i3-input                 i386
i3-migrate-config-to-v4  i3bar
i3-msg                   i3lock
i3-nagbar                i3status
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Can you pastebin your config and i3status config (if available)? What is the i3 version?

bruno.braga gravatar imagebruno.braga ( 2013-04-03 00:01:36 +0000 )edit
sohaeb gravatar imagesohaeb ( 2013-04-11 16:55:43 +0000 )edit

hum... looks good at first look... can you execute i3status from command line? I have some more stuff in my bar config : http://pastebin.com/7p41CKWf

bruno.braga gravatar imagebruno.braga ( 2013-04-12 14:51:12 +0000 )edit

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answered 2013-03-31 11:23:31 +0000

I'm not sure, but I think that on Ubuntu instead of i3wm you have to install the meta-package i3 to get the additional programs like i3-status.

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I can see i3status and i3bar, check out my edited post

sohaeb gravatar imagesohaeb ( 2013-03-31 16:16:49 +0000 )edit

What happens when you run i3status?

bruno.braga gravatar imagebruno.braga ( 2013-04-03 00:01:02 +0000 )edit

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