super n00b questions regarding i3 install
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super n00b questions regarding i3 install
so megusta i3 and in an attempt to ween me off of MATE, gui stuff in general, i smeared 3some onto my HDD. after being happy with the liveCD in general.
install went smooth, but contrary to the README nothing appears on the tray, no clipit, redshit nm-app anything.
this i can live without.
wifi network goes OK after i run CENI. and sticks. cool.
also no i3 status bar? seems to run according to htop, but nothing displayed, could i get conky to do the service? np either way.
this isn't a compliant as such, just i'm such a super noob, i have no handle on this.
not even sure if it's a support question, didn't expect anything till i read the README.
i will look at the i3 website.
install went smooth, but contrary to the README nothing appears on the tray, no clipit, redshit nm-app anything.
this i can live without.
wifi network goes OK after i run CENI. and sticks. cool.
also no i3 status bar? seems to run according to htop, but nothing displayed, could i get conky to do the service? np either way.
this isn't a compliant as such, just i'm such a super noob, i have no handle on this.
not even sure if it's a support question, didn't expect anything till i read the README.
i will look at the i3 website.
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
Do you need the config from the live user? It is essentially the default i3 with an autostart. I don't have i3 on this box right now, but I can install it on the quick or you boot into the live session and check it.
i3bar does quite definitely run, it is started by i3. How about checking the resolution (xrandr/arandr/grandr) maybe it is off the visible area of the screen?
i3bar does quite definitely run, it is started by i3. How about checking the resolution (xrandr/arandr/grandr) maybe it is off the visible area of the screen?
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
thanks for getting back, no worries.
just confused (shock)
to clarify, there is essentially no difference between the live session and the install, as far as i can see thats all thats confusing me. 8)
as you say it i3bar does run, just not outputting what i might have expected.
i can see the workspace switcher, thats on the same 'line' is it not?
i will chuck some scrots up once i boot back into it. maybe explain myself better.
totally no rush.
just confused (shock)
to clarify, there is essentially no difference between the live session and the install, as far as i can see thats all thats confusing me. 8)
as you say it i3bar does run, just not outputting what i might have expected.
i can see the workspace switcher, thats on the same 'line' is it not?
i will chuck some scrots up once i boot back into it. maybe explain myself better.
totally no rush.
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
here is a live session on a netbook, right lower corner the clipit/volume/nm/redshift
left lower corner workspace 1
cant really say anything atm
cat .i3/conf
the last 4 lines are the autostarts, maybe add a sleep there
Edit: tried it on another laptop, no problems there too. Can you post a scrot with htop running?
left lower corner workspace 1
cant really say anything atm
cat .i3/conf
the last 4 lines are the autostarts, maybe add a sleep there
Edit: tried it on another laptop, no problems there too. Can you post a scrot with htop running?
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
(edit) this does not solve your tray problem, but since you asked about conky...
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic. ... 14#p200514
also see the i3 online docs (they are very good): http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic. ... 14#p200514
if you need help with a simple one-line conky, there's one in the scrotwm review: http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic. ... 92#p1999922ManyDogs wrote:To put conky on the status bar, use this code with a simple one-line conky:
bar {
status_command conky
}
also see the i3 online docs (they are very good): http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
^ That's nice and good but there should be i3's tray running, it's the i3 default and it does - but why not at wux?
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
Don't know. I'm downloading threesome right now, will take a look later.
I posted that because he asked about conky.
I posted that because he asked about conky.
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
Thanks. (It was more a rhetorical question ;) )
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
I just booted the live version, and my status bar looks the same. Give me a minute to troubleshoot some stuff.
(edit) I'm sure bacon will have more to say about this, but until he gets back, at least on my machine the i3 config file does not have the startup lines he's talking about. You can add them yourself:
Start leafpad, and open ~/.i3/config. Add these lines to the end:
and whatever else you want to run at startup. Save the file, and log out/back in.
(edit) I'm sure bacon will have more to say about this, but until he gets back, at least on my machine the i3 config file does not have the startup lines he's talking about. You can add them yourself:
Start leafpad, and open ~/.i3/config. Add these lines to the end:
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exec clipit
exec volumeicon
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
the 1 + 4 lines, for completeness sake, are:
thanks Pidsley
I don't know what happened - have I uploaded the wrong file? linked it to the wrong directory? I'll upload this thing again some day, wux you didn't miss much just these lines, everything else is vanilla.
Thanks everyone.
(I see this as a personal failure. The directory had two versions of the file - with and without the modification, and I uploaded the wrong one via wput. Gnah! )
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for_window [class="Xmessage" instance="xmessage"] floating enable
exec --no-startup-id nm-applet
exec volumeicon
exec clipit
exec gtk-redshift -l 50:50 -t 5700:5900
I don't know what happened - have I uploaded the wrong file? linked it to the wrong directory? I'll upload this thing again some day, wux you didn't miss much just these lines, everything else is vanilla.
Thanks everyone.
(I see this as a personal failure. The directory had two versions of the file - with and without the modification, and I uploaded the wrong one via wput. Gnah! )
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
Gnah! haha :) you are allowed your 'failures' Jules, you got a whole battery of wins on your side already.
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
^ agreed, i would have removed them pesky icons anyway 8)
i was more wondering about the statusbar.
but i will see if conky can be used.
thanks
i was more wondering about the statusbar.
but i will see if conky can be used.
thanks
Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
I was just about to write a how-to for that :) Or you can do it...
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
This happened to me before. You may need to install i3status
Once installed you should be able to just
and it should show. If not try a reboot. If you want to change it up, it is it
Check out our wiki for a quick i3 guide for some i3 tweakage
http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php?title=I3wm
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sudo apt-get install i3status
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MOD+SHIFT+r
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/etc/i3status.conf
http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php?title=I3wm
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Re: super n00b questions regarding i3 install
thanks dkeg. ended up using conky, but might retry i3status. seeing as i installed it.