[SOLVED] dont know how to boot | Arch Linux Community | Page 2

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 1:37 AM

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What's in your .xinitrc?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:37 AM

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keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:37 AM

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stoic axle What's in your `.xinitrc`?

exec qtile

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:37 AM

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oh

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:37 AM

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somethinf along the lines of that

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:37 AM

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then there's probably stuff in some qtile config

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:38 AM

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ok i can edit it here

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its exec qtile

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:38 AM

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run these two commands:

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$ cp /usr/share/doc/qtile_dir/default_config.py ~/.config/qtile/config.py```

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:40 AM

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says rheres no such file or directorh for the second command

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:41 AM

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so, typing ls /usr/share/doc/qtile_dir fails?

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ohohohoh

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 1:41 AM

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It's /usr/share/doc/qtile/default_config.py

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:41 AM

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change qtile_dir to qtile

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yeah

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yeah

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(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:42 AM

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ok that worked

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now wht

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xstart?

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:42 AM

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okay

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so in a termianl

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you want to type killal qtile

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and then startx

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:42 AM

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killal or killall

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ok it said no process found for qtile

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:44 AM

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killall xorg?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:44 AM

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nope

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it says only consol users are allowed to run the x server now

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 1:45 AM

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~~Try pkill xorg-server~~

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wait, no pkill Xorg

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:46 AM

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thanks, @stoic axle

blazing mantleBOT Jun 20, 2023, 1:46 AM

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keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:53 AM

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i keep getting the white squares

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:56 AM

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those are xter

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xterm

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now you have to configure everything

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so qtile, probably a statusbar

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terminal emulator

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program launcher

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web browser

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maybe install discord as well?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:58 AM

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dang

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:58 AM

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still a lot of work

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:58 AM

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storm parrot now you have to configure everything

i wonder how i do that

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:58 AM

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it's an incrimental process, really

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:58 AM

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ill start with a browser

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:58 AM

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okay

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 1:58 AM

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i wanna do uhh librewolf

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 1:58 AM

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cool

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okay

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type pacman -Ss <packagename> to search for packages

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:00 AM

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when i did librewolf i got nothing

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:01 AM

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oh

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it's in the aur

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you need to install an aur helper

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:01 AM

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ok

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:01 AM

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.w aur helper

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is that the command

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hold on

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_helpers

AUR helpers

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you should probably install yay

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:03 AM

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it doesnt let me get yay

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:03 AM

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yeah

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:03 AM

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it shows ruby-yard

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:03 AM

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you need to type git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay && cd yay && makepkg -si

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:03 AM

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which is irrelevant

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:03 AM

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if you don't have git, install it

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:04 AM

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yay itself is in the AUR, so you must get it from the AUR the normal way, and then you can use it as a way to get AUR packages in a easier way

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:04 AM

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yes

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:05 AM

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couldnt make the directory builddir

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:06 AM

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What directory are you in currently?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:07 AM

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ok i did it without the aur helper

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its making me choose some stuff

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lets see if it works

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:07 AM

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what stuff?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:08 AM

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uhh fonts and like adobe packaging

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i chose default

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:08 AM

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yeah that's fine

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:08 AM

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now its downloading

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:08 AM

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sometimes you will need to choose something besides the default for that sort of stuff, but not always

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:08 AM

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when its done it should open right

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:08 AM

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you'll have to run it

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:08 AM

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ok

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:09 AM

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also, I think I know why qtile isn't starting, you're supposed to start it with qtile start, not exec qtile

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:09 AM

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most likely

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ill try it

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:09 AM

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oh

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:09 AM

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wait so the white boxes.. arent qtile

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:09 AM

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that makes sense

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I read that on a whim

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@keen pewter no, they were instances of xterm

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:09 AM

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i thought it would start like that and make it look cute or somethjng

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lmfao

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waiting for librewolf to install still

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:12 AM

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wait

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:13 AM

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you need to install librewolf-bin

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not librewolf

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that compiles it onto your system

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:13 AM

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librewolf will take hours, because it will compile the browser

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like they said, you want librewolf-bin, which instead downloads and installs a precompiled binary

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:13 AM

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press ctrl+c

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and then yay -S librewolf-bin

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:14 AM

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crap

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:14 AM

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it's fine

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a mistake we've all made

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:15 AM

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thank you for the catch

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lol

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it says one or more pgp signstures could not be verified

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i am gonna do qtitles first actually

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before i do this

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:16 AM

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ok

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:16 AM

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what was the name@of the config again so i can edit it

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:16 AM

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for qtile?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:16 AM

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ye

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:16 AM

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it should be at ~/.config/qtile/config.py

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:16 AM

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hmm

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wait

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nevemind

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:18 AM

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stoic axle it should be at `~/.config/qtile/config.py`

so i edit the permissions right

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:18 AM

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what?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:18 AM

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it says that only console users can start

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:18 AM

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type whoami

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what does it say

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:19 AM

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whoami not found

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oh u mean

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:19 AM

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what

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:19 AM

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in the terminal

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mb

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says im 9dlc

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:19 AM

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okay

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:19 AM

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Does that error happen when you run startx?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:19 AM

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yea

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:20 AM

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What does your .xinitrc say right now?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:20 AM

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qtile start rn

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does the same with the other version

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:21 AM

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Does exec qtile start work?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:23 AM

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lets see

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nope

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it says

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only console users are allowed to run the x server

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:24 AM

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urm

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type exitt

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what happens

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:25 AM

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wait, are you in a TTY right now? (not in xorg)

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:25 AM

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im out of the white squares

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in the main terminal@now

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:26 AM

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now try running startx

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:26 AM

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now im back at the white squares

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i think its a permission issue

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:27 AM

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what is a permission issue

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:28 AM

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like

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:28 AM

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sorry, what is the permission issue

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:28 AM

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its not letting me@in cuz im not console

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:28 AM

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okay

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in the white squares

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type killall Xorg

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you should be back to the regular white-on-black screen right

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:29 AM

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yep

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:29 AM

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okay

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then type startx

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:29 AM

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it goes to white squares

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everytime i do startx it does the white squares

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its strange

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:30 AM

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well yeah

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that's what you have configured

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because it's xterm

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the application

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xterm

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:30 AM

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ah

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:30 AM

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so you have to edit the qtile config file

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then restart the xorg environment with killall Xorg

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and startx

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and see if it works

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:31 AM

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what do i edit in the qtile config file

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:32 AM

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I don't think qtile should be starting xterm automatically by default

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that just looks like the default startx

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:32 AM

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looks like i do everything here

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:32 AM

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startx doesn't have a default

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:32 AM

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the keys and stuff

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:32 AM

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it's in .xinitrc

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:32 AM

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storm parrot startx doesn't have a default

there's a system-wide config

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Just to confirm, if you do cat ~/.xinitrc, does it have anything else besides exec qtile start

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Make sure you are typing out the name right

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:33 AM

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nothing else

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just exec qtile start

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:34 AM

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hmm

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:34 AM

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i think the white squares are qtile

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and u gotta like

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customize them

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im not sure

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:35 AM

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that is xterm, and qtile shouldn't be starting instances of xterm by default

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:35 AM

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oh

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strange

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oh what

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WHA

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:36 AM

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what

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:36 AM

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i put qtile start and it did that

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:37 AM

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okay

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type sudo pacman -S htop

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into one of the windows

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then type htop

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then press f2

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and then enable "tree view"

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once you've done all that, let me know

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:39 AM

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ok

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i did everything besides for the f2 part

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shows some stats

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ok did tree vidw

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view

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:41 AM

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press escape

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and then type / and then xterm

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and take a picture of things above and below xterm

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:42 AM

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this is cool

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its like a visual of my directories

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wow

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:43 AM

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xterm is being started by xinit?

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what

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and it's not a visual of your directories, i'

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it's running processes

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I officially don't know

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you're going to have to read some documentation

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:43 AM

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uh oh

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:43 AM

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it seems to be using the system-wide xinitrc, instead of the one in their home directory

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can you show me ls -a

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:44 AM

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oh

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that makes sense

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:44 AM

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storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:44 AM

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I haven't used startx in forever

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:45 AM

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also the time is wrong lol

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:46 AM

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keen pewter

there's something being cut off

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:46 AM

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is there a .xinitrc

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:47 AM

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yes

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:47 AM

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stoic axle there's something being cut off

xauthority and xinitric

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:48 AM

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is the i in xinitr_i_c?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:48 AM

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ges

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yes

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:48 AM

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that's the problem

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:48 AM

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you need to rename it

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:48 AM

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it has to be .xinitrc

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:48 AM

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``mv .xinitric .xinitrc

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:48 AM

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mv .xinitric .xinitrc should rename it

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Then do pkill Xorg, and run startx again

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:49 AM

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YES

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NEW PROBLEM

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black screen

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thats a well known one

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:50 AM

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is there a bar at the bottom?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:51 AM

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storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:51 AM

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yes

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:51 AM

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i think we’re close

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:52 AM

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great

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now you need to make some keybindings

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:52 AM

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ok how do i get out of the black screen tho

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:52 AM

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mm

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fair point

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press ctrl+alt+f2

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log in as 9dlc and your password

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:52 AM

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k

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:53 AM

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and type pkill Xorg

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:53 AM

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and then

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:53 AM

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ctrl+alt+f1

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:53 AM

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ohoayu

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:53 AM

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they could have just launched xterm?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:53 AM

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the screen is still black

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so ill look it up

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:54 AM

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why wouldn't it be black?

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that's normal

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:54 AM

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@stoic axle how?

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:54 AM

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Windows Key + Enter should launch a terminal

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:55 AM

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on default config?

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huh

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:55 AM

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yep

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it did

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:55 AM

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okay

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now you want to change your qtile configuration file

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:55 AM

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i can launch three terminals!! this is awesome

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ok

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:55 AM

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Qtile#:~:text=The default configuration includes the,Ctrl%2Bq to quit Qtile.

Qtile

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:55 AM

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now its the fun part

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:55 AM

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here's a guide

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have fun!

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 2:56 AM

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so now i just configure some stuffs

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 2:56 AM

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yup

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I would suggest installing a program like rofi

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and binding it to windowskey+d or something

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so you can use it as a program launcher

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 2:57 AM

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you'll also probably want a terminal besides xterm, as it's pretty basic

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kitty is typically a good choice

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 3:04 AM

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ok how do i uhh get kitty

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 3:04 AM

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sudo pacman -S kitty

stoic axle Jun 20, 2023, 3:04 AM

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anyway, I feel as though the original issue has been solved here, so

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 3:04 AM

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ok downloafed

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keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 3:05 AM

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stoic axle anyway, I feel as though the original issue has been solved here, so

we are done!!! LETS GO!!

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thank you so very very much tor all the help and walkthroughing cuz honestly i wouldve been clueless

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[SOLVED] dont know how to boot

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 3:08 AM

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yeah

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no problem

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have fun

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 3:08 AM

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i will

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gonna have to learn some things but you know

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btw @storm parrot how do i activate kitty

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 3:11 AM

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what do you mean activate?

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like

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add a keybind to?

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 3:11 AM

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configure it

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idk

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switch from xterm to kitty

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 3:12 AM

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you need to bind win+enter to execute kitty

keen pewter Jun 20, 2023, 3:12 AM

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ok

storm parrot Jun 20, 2023, 3:12 AM

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Qtile#Keys < see here

Qtile

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this goes in your qtile conf file

toxic needle Jun 22, 2023, 5:47 PM

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Is this a entire fucking tutorial how to setup arch or something

#[SOLVED] dont know how to boot