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Can't launch i3wm with startx [closed]

asked 2013-08-27 11:10:33 +0000

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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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Closed for the following reason not a real question by Michael
close date 2013-09-09 05:12:05.738958

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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.

Michael gravatar imageMichael ( 2013-09-09 05:11:59 +0000 )edit

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answered 2013-09-07 11:21:30 +0000

tinh gravatar image

updated 2013-09-07 11:21:42 +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.

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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.

Michael gravatar imageMichael ( 2013-09-09 05:10:34 +0000 )edit

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