[Solved] labwc config doesnt apply/load | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 6:40 PM

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labwc ~/.config/labwc/autostart and rc.xml doesnt load.

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 6:41 PM

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@indigo void link your config please

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is this for a backend for a de ie xfce?

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 6:41 PM

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Sec. Im not on my main machine, I'll post in 2m

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Lemme login on disc pc app

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 6:47 PM

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onyx marten is this for a backend for a de ie xfce?

~/.config/labwc/autostart
swaybg -i ~/Downloads/Documents/stray.png >/dev/null 2>&1 &

~/.config/labwc/rc.xml

<libinput>
    <device category="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad">
      <tap>yes</tap>
      <disableWhileTyping>no</disableWhileTyping>
    </device>
</libinput>
</labwc_config>

For the rc.xml Im not sure if its loading the modification I did in /etc/libinput/local-overrides.quirks or if my rc.xml works, but I suspect labwc to not load rc.xml either

(Im on XFCE, I had issues with a game using X11, somehow Wayland with labwc fixes the issue)

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@onyx marten

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swaybg -i ~/Downloads/Documents/stray.png >/dev/null 2>&1 works in terminal and if I...

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(sec installing flameshot lol printscreen dont work)

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(Flameshot cant detect the DE so a crappy picture will have to do)

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Entity: line 1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found
swaybg -i ~/Downloads/Documents/stray.png >/dev/null 2>&1 &
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00:00:00.000 [../labwc/src/config/rcxml.c:1396] error parsing config file```

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here's the verbose

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@onyx marten

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as you can see on the picture the background can load I just dont get why the autostart doesnt work when booting

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 6:59 PM

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@indigo void https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=18013

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:01 PM

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I dont get it. XFCE seems to be working as well as labwc right now.

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:07 PM

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onyx marten <@241014647946346496> https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=18013

This is just more confusing to be honest I have no idea what they're on about in that forum post and when I run XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config/labwc startxfce4 --wayland it just starts an unconfigured xfce session inside my session

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:08 PM

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startxfce4 --wayland -c or -C /path/to/config

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:08 PM

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onyx marten startxfce4 --wayland -c or -C /path/to/config

pass it the config

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:11 PM

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Do I put this in autostart or something Im all lost here

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:12 PM

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indigo void Do I put this in autostart or something Im all lost here

no

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:17 PM

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I just want the autostart labwc config in ~/.config/labwc/ to load when I get into the session

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afaik both xfce and labwc are loading fine after login

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:17 PM

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onyx marten startxfce4 --wayland -c or -C /path/to/config

@indigo void this does what you want

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:17 PM

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but I dont get it

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where do I put this?

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:18 PM

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@indigo void in your .desktop file for xfce-wayland

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:19 PM

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its called xfce-wayland.desktop?

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:20 PM

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indigo void its called xfce-wayland.desktop?

cd /usr/share/wayland-sessions

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ls

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:21 PM

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okay I see the exec line

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:22 PM

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change that to startxfce4 --wayland -c or -C /path/to/config

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:22 PM

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hmm its complaining about being read only sec...

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:22 PM

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@indigo void chmod it

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:26 PM

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okay finally let me write

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I'll try relogging see if that changes

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And I cant login anymore rip

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I simply added the -c

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Trying with full path see if that changes

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Eh nope still locked out

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:33 PM

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@indigo void link the .desktop file please

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:33 PM

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Reverting the changes let me login.

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Sec gonna fire up discord

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📎 xfce-wayland.desktop

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:35 PM

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indigo void

as a .txt please

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:36 PM

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📎 message.txt

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doesnt seem to be showing the whole file

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its too big

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:36 PM

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@indigo void press the expand button

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also link the one you had before

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:37 PM

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even expanding it doesnt show all the lines

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:37 PM

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it does

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:37 PM

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beside all the region things in all possible language this is the llines you prob want to see

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Icon=
Type=Application
DesktopNames=XFCE

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all I did was

Icon=
Type=Application
DesktopNames=XFCE

then tried

Icon=
Type=Application
DesktopNames=XFCE

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:39 PM

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indigo void all I did was ```Exec=startxfce4 --wayland -c Icon= Type=Application DesktopName...

Exec= ~/.config/labwc/rc.xml

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:41 PM

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will it load autostart file too? and Im basically removing startxfce4 --wayland correct?

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:43 PM

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startxfce4 --wayland -C ~/.config/labwc/rc.xml

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:43 PM

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Pretty sure if I just point to rc.xml it wont load

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oh ok

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thats what I thought

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Still locking me out

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:44 PM

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indigo void Still locking me out

try -c

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:44 PM

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With the full path.

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:45 PM

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startxfce4 --wayland -c ~/.config/labwc/rc.xml

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:47 PM

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Nope still not letting me in

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:51 PM

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@indigo void photo of the error please

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:51 PM

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Theres no error

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I simply cannot start back the session screen flashed black and reloads greeter.

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:52 PM

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with -c or -C ?

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:52 PM

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Both

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Tried both capitalization

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:53 PM

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@indigo void https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=17970

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https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=17977

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:55 PM

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Uhm they simply suggesting switching to wayfire in both posts

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 7:56 PM

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indigo void Uhm they simply suggesting switching to wayfire in both posts

put "session = xfce4-session" to [autostart] section

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 7:59 PM

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Then retry the previous fix we tried ig

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Nope

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Even by poiting directly to autostart

onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 8:01 PM

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indigo void Even by poiting directly to autostart

login via labwc instead of xfce4

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 8:02 PM

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It only loads the bg

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But it lets me login

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So I guess the start xfce4 line isnt working but the bg one does?

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I have a labwc.desktop file too

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onyx marten Apr 25, 2025, 8:06 PM

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@indigo void try making it with the gui https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/labwc-tweaks-git

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 8:06 PM

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I think every autostart lines need to end with &

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Ive read that earlier

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 8:22 PM

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If I do this xfce and labwc launches and I can see labwc loading autostart (wallpaper shows up) a second after when xfce4 starts the wallpaper disapears picardfacepalm

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And well... half my desktop startmenu is gone.

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I wonder if I can just feh bg on that desktop exec scritp

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Or swaybg wtv

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And call it a day.

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Honestly running labwc just by necessity otherwise I heard KDE would fix my game freezing bug too.

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But its so bloated and ressource hungry

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I'll try and make a custom .desktop file to autostart swaybg and the mousepad was fixed in xinput marking this as "closed" I'll make a new thread if I cant figure out how to autostart swaybg through other means than labwc

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@onyx marten thanks for trying I guess. Honestly not worth inversting more time for labwc, maybe I'll even give Plasma another chance.

fading burrowBOT Apr 25, 2025, 8:40 PM

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indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 8:53 PM

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[Closed] labwc config doesnt apply/load

indigo void Apr 25, 2025, 9:54 PM

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[Solved] as per > https://discord.com/channels/399812551963049995/1365431786053828749

#[Solved] labwc config doesnt apply/load