[SOLVED] dmenu issue upgrading from wheezy to jessie

[davenull]

hi, i don't know if this is the appropriate section, i'm a dwm and debian user, and i upgraded my debian wheezy to jessie and dwm stops to work...
the most problem is dmenu, when i type ALT+P dmenu doesn't open...

i thought that was an upgrade problem, and i reinstalled debian jessie from netinst ISO.

typically i do a normal ncurses netinstall and at the and of the installer i select only the base system. after that i install all the components that i need (sudo, lshw, alsa-base, alsa-oss, moc, make, gcc, g++, git, git-core, ecc...) and i proceed to install the dwm dependences in this way:

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# apt-get install xorg build-essential libxinerama-dev libx11-dev libxft-dev git git-core suckless-tools gpm

then i download the dwm source typing:

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$ git clone http://git.suckless.org/dwm
$ cd dwm
$ cp config.def.h config.h
$ make
# make clean install

i create this .xinitrc file in the home's user directory:

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xset s off &
xset -dpms &
exec dwm

i add this line to /etc/default/keyboard (usefull to close xorg)

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XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"

and finally i can type startx from user session... ok dwm can run, but i have the same's upgrade problem: dmenu doesn't work!!! :'(

i tried to replace systemd with our beloved sysvinit, but i have the same problem...

if i close xorg i don't find any error... how can i do??? help please... :'( :'( :'(

[GekkoP]

So, is the issue with dwm or dmenu? Because topic title says "dwm", but then you're saying that dmenu is the problem. I'm confused. :)

Is ALT+P bound to dmenu_run?

For instance, this how I setup dmenu in ratpoison:

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definekey top s-p	exec dmenu_run -fn "-*-termsyn-medium-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" -nb "#073642" -nf "#FDF6E3" -sb "#EEE8D5" -sf "#657B83"

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moved to support section

[davenull]

So, is the issue with dwm or dmenu? Because topic title says "dwm", but then you're saying that dmenu is the problem. I'm confused. :)

Is ALT+P bound to dmenu_run?

yes, i was wrong, the real problem is dmenu on dwm... yes the dwm's default command to call dmenu is ALT+P.
i think that is an issue with debian suckless-tools, because if i type SHIFT+ALT+ENTER doesn't open st terminal...

[GekkoP]

What happens if you try running dmenu_run from a terminal?

[GekkoP]

Be aware that in jessie suckless-tools does not include st: https://packages.debian.org/jessie/suckless-tools

[davenull]

i can't open a terminal in dwm with this issue... i can type only the view shortcuts (monocle, tiled and floating)... the same dwm works on debian wheezy... i tried to use the dwm in the jessie repository but i have the same problem...

[GekkoP]

^ Read what I wrote above. In Jessie suckless-tools does not include st.

Try:

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sudo apt-get install stterm

before starting X.

[davenull]

Be aware that in jessie suckless-tools does not include st: https://packages.debian.org/jessie/suckless-tools

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW THANX A LOT!!!! (sorry for the caps lock)
i removed the jessie's suckless-tools and i installed the wheezy's and all work fine!!! :D

THANX THANX THANX!!! :)

you can mark this topic as solved! :)

[GekkoP]

Glad everything's solved.

[davenull]

i suggest to mark as hold the suckless-tools after the downgrade typing:

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# apt-mark hold suckless-tools

[GekkoP]

^ Well, yes, but one can also build st from source just as you did with dwm, I suppose :)

[davenull]

^ Well, yes, but one can also build st from source just as you did with dwm, I suppose :)

i tried to install stterm and i created a symlink to it:

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# apt-get install stterm
# cd /usr/bin
# ln -s /usr/bin/stterm st

but there is the same issue... booooohhh!!! :D
with the wheezy's suckless-tools all work fine!!! :)

[stark]

I know the thread title says [SOLVED] but for future reference, dwm's default config.h's dmenu command is a bit whacky so replace it with the following:

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static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-p", ">", "-fn", font, "-nb", normbgcolor, "-nf", normfgcolor, "-sb", selbgcolor, "-sf", selfgcolor, NULL };

Also please consider using the Super / Windows / MOD4 key as your primary modkey :)
So change this:

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#define MODKEY Mod1Mask

To this:

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#define MODKEY Mod4Mask

[rhowaldt]

on top of all that, davenull: Y U NO MAKE INTROTHREAD!?

[davenull]

on top of all that, davenull: Y U NO MAKE INTROTHREAD!?

i don't understand your question... thanx @stark i will try your suggestion :)

[rhowaldt]

^ introthread. a thread where you introduce yourself to the community. you would make it in the /dev/null subforum. tell a bit about yourself. this is a BBQ, so instead of having some people hang around who we don't really know, it's much nicer to get to know eachother a bit, no?

[davenull]

^ introthread. a thread where you introduce yourself to the community. you would make it in the /dev/null subforum. tell a bit about yourself. this is a BBQ, so instead of having some people hang around who we don't really know, it's much nicer to get to know eachother a bit, no?

oh yes, you're right!!! :) i thought that /dev/null was the forum's recycle bin!!! :D

[rhowaldt]

^ that's /tmp/dumpster :D

however, there is something close to it inside /dev/null, which is another thread in there called /dev/null, which is basically for all the shit you need to say, whatever the fuck it is, that has no other useful place on the forums, and is just random shit you wanna post and that can go down the dumpster after that :)