Re: starting i3 with xenodm

[Normen Wohner]

issue solved had to . ~/.profile from .xsession
obvious in retrospect.
Thanks for all the help

> On 27 Mar 2019, at 18:35, Normen Wohner  wrote:
> 
> New Issue, after install and setup neither dmenu nor the statusbar show up... 
> anybody ever experienced this behavior?
> I played around and I can start both manually.
> 
>> On Mar 27, 2019, at 9:59 AM, Normen Wohner  wrote:
>> 
>> I installed i3 with pkg_add,
>> yet don't understand how
>> to call it from xenodm.
>> 
>> I tried replacing the stock 
>> ${exec_path}/bin/fvwm
>> with /usr/local/bin/i3
>> inside xenodm's Xsession,
>> but that didn't help much.
>> 
>> I then wrote the typical
>> exec i3
>> into .xinitrc in my /root
>> nothing.
>> 
>> Anybody here using i3?
>> 
> 

Re: starting i3 with xenodm

[Normen Wohner]

New Issue, after install and setup neither dmenu nor the statusbar show up... 
anybody ever experienced this behavior?
I played around and I can start both manually.

> On Mar 27, 2019, at 9:59 AM, Normen Wohner  wrote:
> 
> I installed i3 with pkg_add,
> yet don't understand how
> to call it from xenodm.
> 
> I tried replacing the stock 
> ${exec_path}/bin/fvwm
> with /usr/local/bin/i3
> inside xenodm's Xsession,
> but that didn't help much.
> 
> I then wrote the typical
> exec i3
> into .xinitrc in my /root
> nothing.
> 
> Anybody here using i3?
> 

Re: starting i3 with xenodm

[Normen Wohner]

> On 27 Mar 2019, at 14:46,   wrote:
> this is real issue i see time & time again and it's really frustrating...the 
> op asked a question and rather than answering his question we put our 
> personal preferences forward. TOXIC 

Ah I never feel offended by the occasional 
"use X instead” it’s a valid suggestion as long as
reason is stated. Everybody has their reasons.
Though, true, 
“I never asked for this” - Adam Jensen 

> OP use .xsession instead of .xinintrc

perfect answer

> also OpenBSD is known for their quality of man pages...please use these top 
> quality man pages

I know it for the quality man pages
plus it’s the only OS that truly installs
anywhere I try.

> checkout:
> man afterboot
> man man
> 
> Hope you enjoy your time with OpenBSD

Thanks, have a nice day too.

>> 27 Mar 2019, 13:20 by def...@posteo.de:
>> Tip : use CWM
>> 
>> You don't need to install extra software like i3 becouse of cwm is a part of 
>> the OpenBSD X.org installation.
>> 
>> its clean, secure , lightweight and efficient window manager for X11


Frankly I have tired cwm and although
I really appreciate the source style, 
I always end up feeling handicapped
compared to i3wm.
You should look at the video under i3wm.org 
It’s a BSD licensed tiling wm that does vertical
and horizontal automatic window splitting for 
arbitrarily complex layouts.
It’s like going from nano to vim.
CWM is my preferred base wm though.

>>> On 27 Mar 2019, at 14:05, Johan Huldtgren 
>>>  wrote:
>>> $ cat ~/.xsession
>>> # disable system beep
>>> xset b off
>>> 
>>> # lock display
>>> xidle -timeout 300 &

Those are neat suggestions,
haven’t tried autosleep on display yet
should look into man xidle

 On 27 Mar 2019, at 14:01, Christopher Turkel 
  wrote:
 
 create an .xsesson in your home directory file and put in it something 
 like:
 
 xterm &
 exec i3
 
 then chmod +x .xsession
Ahhh, dammit xsession not xinitrc. 
You see I have a bunch of OpenBSD installs,
not all up to date
and I always forget when things change-.-

Re: starting i3 with xenodm

[su-]

this is real issue i see time & time again and it's really frustrating...the op 
asked a question and rather than answering his question we put our personal 
preferences forward. TOXIC 

OP use .xsession instead of .xinintrc

also OpenBSD is known for their quality of man pages...please use these top 
quality man pages

checkout:
man afterboot
man man

Hope you enjoy your time with OpenBSD

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27 Mar 2019, 13:20 by def...@posteo.de:

> Hi,
>
> Tip : use CWM
>
> You don't need to install extra software like i3 becouse of cwm is a part of 
> the OpenBSD X.org installation.
>
> its clean, secure , lightweight and efficient window manager for X11
>
> https://man.openbsd.org/cwm.1 
> https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20090502141551 
> 
>
> Have a nice day
> BR
> Oleg Pahl
>
> On 3/27/19 9:59 AM, Normen Wohner wrote:
>
>> I installed i3 with pkg_add,
>> yet don't understand how
>> to call it from xenodm.
>>
>> I tried replacing the stock
>> ${exec_path}/bin/fvwm
>> with /usr/local/bin/i3
>> inside xenodm's Xsession,
>> but that didn't help much.
>>
>> I then wrote the typical
>> exec i3
>> into .xinitrc in my /root
>> nothing.
>>
>> Anybody here using i3?
>>

Re: starting i3 with xenodm

[Oleg Pahl]

Hi,

Tip : use CWM

You don't need to install extra software like i3 becouse of cwm is a 
part of the OpenBSD X.org installation.


its clean, secure , lightweight and efficient window manager for X11

https://man.openbsd.org/cwm.1
https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20090502141551

Have a nice day
BR
Oleg Pahl

On 3/27/19 9:59 AM, Normen Wohner wrote:

I installed i3 with pkg_add,
yet don't understand how
to call it from xenodm.

I tried replacing the stock
${exec_path}/bin/fvwm
with /usr/local/bin/i3
inside xenodm's Xsession,
but that didn't help much.

I then wrote the typical
exec i3
into .xinitrc in my /root
nothing.

Anybody here using i3?

Re: starting i3 with xenodm

[Johan Huldtgren]

On 2019/03/27 04:59, Normen Wohner wrote:
> I installed i3 with pkg_add,
> yet don't understand how
> to call it from xenodm.
> 
> I tried replacing the stock 
> ${exec_path}/bin/fvwm
> with /usr/local/bin/i3
> inside xenodm's Xsession,
> but that didn't help much.
> 
> I then wrote the typical
> exec i3
> into .xinitrc in my /root
> nothing.
> 
> Anybody here using i3?

This works for me.

---

$ cat ~/.xsession
# disable system beep
xset b off

# lock display
xidle -timeout 300 &

exec i3

---

.jh

Re: starting i3 with xenodm

[Christopher Turkel]

create an .xsesson in your home directory file and put in it something like:

xterm &
exec i3

then chmod +x .xsession

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 8:57 AM Normen Wohner  wrote:

> I installed i3 with pkg_add,
> yet don't understand how
> to call it from xenodm.
>
> I tried replacing the stock
> ${exec_path}/bin/fvwm
> with /usr/local/bin/i3
> inside xenodm's Xsession,
> but that didn't help much.
>
> I then wrote the typical
> exec i3
> into .xinitrc in my /root
> nothing.
>
> Anybody here using i3?
>
>