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Subject: Re: [xmonad] Xmonad + KDE4: a possible bug?
From: Hans Chen <hanswchen () gmail ! com>
Date: 2014-02-15 18:38:59
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Actually, it should probably be
export KDEWM=/usr/bin/xmonad
if you want to run xmonad within KDE Workspace.
Cheers,
Hans
On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 12:51 PM, scolfield <kscolfield@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've recently installed the newest KDE4 version on my Gentoo and I
>> configured Xmonad according to
>> http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_KDE. There is
>> an strange behaviour. Actually, the xmonad doens't run when KDE starts and
>> any error is reported. KDE starts normally but the window tilling feature
>> of Xmonad doesn't.
>>
>
> Our KDE support is a little out of date, but this should work.
>
>
>> My .xinitrc contains a single line with "exec startkde" command. And,
>> my /etc/conf.d/xdm file contains "DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm". Moreover, i
>> created and edited set_window_manager.sh file with "export KDEWM=/usr/bin"
>> in ~/.kde4/env
>>
>
> `export KDEWM=/usr/bin` tells KDE to try to run *the directory /usr/bin*
> as a window manager, which won't do anything --- it will catch an "Is a
> directory" error and fail to start any window manager. You need to point it
> to the actual window manager, not a directory; and it would be within its
> rights (although I don't think it does) to assume, given that it's a
> directory, that you meant /usr/bin/kdewm instead of guessing that you meant
> something else.
>
> --
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Actually, it should probably be<br><br>export KDEWM=/usr/bin/xmonad<br><br>if you \
want to run xmonad within KDE Workspace.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Hans<br><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Brandon Allbery <span \
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">allbery.b@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div class="">On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 12:51 PM, scolfield <span \
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kscolfield@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">kscolfield@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div \
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I've recently \
installed the newest KDE4 version on my Gentoo and I configured Xmonad according to \
<a href="http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_KDE" \
target="_blank">http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_KDE</a>. \
There is an strange behaviour. Actually, the xmonad doens't run when KDE starts \
and any error is reported. KDE starts normally but the window tilling feature of \
Xmonad doesn't. <br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Our KDE support is a little out of \
date, but this should work.</div><div class=""><div> </div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">My .xinitrc \
contains a single line with "<font face="courier new, monospace">exec \
startkde</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">" command. And, my \
</font><font face="courier new, monospace">/etc/conf.d/xdm</font><font face="arial, \
helvetica, sans-serif"> file contains "DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm". Moreover, i \
created and edited </font><font face="courier new, \
monospace">set_window_manager.sh</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> \
file with "</font><font face="courier new, monospace">export \
KDEWM=/usr/bin</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">" in </font><font \
face="courier new, monospace">~/.kde4/env</font><font face="arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif"> </font></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>`export KDEWM=/usr/bin` tells KDE to try \
to run *the directory /usr/bin* as a window manager, which won't do anything --- \
it will catch an "Is a directory" error and fail to start any window \
manager. You need to point it to the actual window manager, not a directory; and it \
would be within its rights (although I don't think it does) to assume, given that \
it's a directory, that you meant /usr/bin/kdewm instead of guessing that you \
meant something else.</div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div><br></div></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- \
<br><div dir="ltr"><div>brandon s allbery kf8nh sine \
nomine associates</div><div><a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">allbery.b@gmail.com</a> <a \
href="mailto:ballbery@sinenomine.net" \
target="_blank">ballbery@sinenomine.net</a></div>
<div>unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad <a \
href="http://sinenomine.net" target="_blank">http://sinenomine.net</a></div></div> \
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