On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 12:40:44PM -0700, sith wrote: > Hi, I'm running Debian 10 with cinnamon installed. I would like to install > qtile to run along side cinnamon. The first issue I have is when I try to > run qtile from lightdm, it just gives an error that it can't run the > command 'qtile'. > > [Desktop Entry] > Name=Qtile > Comment=Qtile Session > Exec=qtile > Type=Application > Keywords=wm;tiling
You did not mention how you installed Qtile, but since LightDM can't find it, it's not in the PATH that LightDM is using. You could try to use absolute path. > However, I did manage to run qtile from a tty by running 'xinit qtile'. > Everything was working as expected. I made a few simple changes to my > config file, and when restarting qtile it says something like 'config err' > in the left corner, and reverts to the default config. I tried running it > with the python command to check for syntax errors like the Arch wiki > reccomended, but it gave no output. I just can't seem to find the root of > the problem. I'd be happy if you could help. In your config you have layout.floating(**layout_theme), Floating need to be written with capital F. -- Kai Stian Olstad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/20200419203926.evwjgupp42tk2svv%40olstad.com.
