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aledosim
Hello folks,
I have installed i3wm on core version, installed slim too. But dont know how to enter in the WM. Tried reboot the pc and dont work. The tutorials just say about xfce and I’m a little lost. Can anyone help me?
Thanks
fatmac
Providing that you installed the X window system, you should be able to use startx at the command line.
If I add a GUI, that’s the way I prefer to start it, but you will likely need to do some setup to slim to use it.
Linux (& BSD) since 1999
aledosim
Hey. Thanks for your reply.
Did some more search and found a Ubuntu tutorial in wich instead of installing xserver and x11 packages like the Dolphin tutorial, installed xorg. Did the same and worked, with slim.
Now Im trying the same process with rt kernel.
Im excited with my progress in personalise the system.aledosim
After more investigation, I’ve discovered that the problem is related do dbus. Opened this new topic: https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/x11-seems-doenst-start-dbus-in-core-version/
- This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by aledosim.
manyroads
I had no problem installing i3 on antiX19beta1. slim login to i3 works just like any of the other antiXwms.
- This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by manyroads.
Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - http://many-roads.com
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
dwm & i3wm ~Reg. Linux User #449130
20 Jan 2021 ~ "End of an Error"Anonymous
^— this commenter
probablyalmost certainly neglected to notice
“I have installed i3wm on core version“ex_Koo
Going by what I see in your post about i3 and startx do you relies that you have installed the core version their is no X installed with the core version to start with, and dbus has nothing to do with your problem. Just install the full version then install i3 if you wish. Core version is mostly used by people who wish to use the command line or by people who wish to build their own system and they know what their doing in the first place.
Starting a new post about this will not help you at all..
If you are feeling geeky and would like to continue with the core version Dolphin has done it for you have a look that these great videos about installing the core version of antiX..
and so on..
Koo, in post#3 aledosim acknowledged Dolphin’s video(s)
Similar to macondo’s recent adventure (start with core, add ratpoison WM), SLiM may not be necessary.
Different from the case of macondo’s success, aledosim’s system is probably still missing some requisite packages.
dbus-x11? Dunno, aledosim hasn’t mentioned whatall packages have been installed atop core so far.Thanks skidoo missed that bit.
manyroads
Just an opinion but if you like the layout of i3… I think you might find bspwm very similar in look, offering faster response, and better screen rendering.
Re: slim, I have found that other wm are not too enthusiastic about the antix slim setup. If like me you have added several already to the antix base it takes about 10 minutes to F1 thru the list at log in (not really but I do often have to go through more than once when I pass the one I want…) I install LightDM (I find its drop-down selector MUCH easier. Simply make LightDM the dominant DM during the install. btw. don’t get rid of Slim; installs of desktops will complain if you do.
Also be aware that lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings has a problem in antiX19 (it will only start from terminal using sudo)… I’d guess the problem is sudo/pkexec related.
- This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by manyroads.
Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - http://many-roads.com
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
dwm & i3wm ~Reg. Linux User #449130
20 Jan 2021 ~ "End of an Error"requires clarification?
Similar to macondo’s recent adventure (start with core
add ratpoison WM), SLiM
inclusion of a graphical login manager may not be necessary ^or desirable.https://gitlab.com/skidoo/slim-antix
Demonstrably, skidoo is among SLiM’s most enthusiastic proponents. Given a context of “building up from antiX Base Edition”, across various prior topics I have explained how/why SLiM represents a “lesser evil” compared to LightDM and other available graphical login managers.…you might find bspwm very similar in look
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don’t get rid of Slim; installs of desktops will complain if you do.
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Also be aware that lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings has a problem in antiX19^— faff, and such distraction is disrectpectful of the OP’s clearly expressed goal.
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re: “don’t get rid of Slim; installs of desktops will complain if you do.”
We should expect that only JWM, fluxbox, iceWM — the 3 window managers whose packages and settings are tampered by antiX — would “complain”, and presence/absence of SLiM isn’t the deciding factor. For jwm/fluxbox/icewm sessions launched via startx or SLiM or otherwise, if launch is not chained via /usr/local/bin/desktop-session, you must be prepared to accept responsibility for manually (tailoring and/or) maintaining a suitable keys file, startup file, menu file {ellipsis}…package: “desktop-session-antix”
package “desktop-defaults-antix”
package: “desktop-defaults-*-antix”
macondo’s recent post accurately described the antiX desktop-session stuff as being “endemic”.
A decision to forego inclusion of these will have broad (sweeping) consequences.
Vis macondo’s case, it’s absolutely “do-able”. Unfortunately, a gap exists, in terms of supporting such cases.aledosim
Hello everyone. Thanks for all the replies.
Going by what I see in your post about i3 and startx do you relies that you have installed the core version their is no X installed with the core version to start with, and dbus has nothing to do with your problem. Just install the full version then install i3 if you wish. Core version is mostly used by people who wish to use the command line or by people who wish to build their own system and they know what their doing in the first place.
Starting a new post about this will not help you at all..
If you are feeling geeky and would like to continue with the core version Dolphin has done it for you have a look that these great videos about installing the core version of antiX..
and so on..
I’m aware that core version doesn’t have X. My intention is to build my own system, just started another topic because I thought that was the simplest way to organize the discussion. Furthermore, I think this is a step in my studies that I can handle based on the tutorials like the Dolphin one.
Koo, in post#3 aledosim acknowledged Dolphin’s video(s)
Similar to macondo’s recent adventure (start with core, add ratpoison WM), SLiM may not be necessary.
Different from the case of macondo’s success, aledosim’s system is probably still missing some requisite packages.
dbus-x11? Dunno, aledosim hasn’t mentioned whatall packages have been installed atop core so far.I’ve installed this packages:
– i3
– i3status
– stterm
– slim
– xorg
– suckless-toolsWill try installing dbus-x11.
Thank very much you all.EDIT: Just tried with dbus-x11 and the problem persists.
- This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by aledosim.
A couple package names may have changed since the date of dolphin_oracles video(s)… but the videos certainly mention (and show) several xserver related packages which are absent from the list you posted. I don’t know which packages comprise the complete set of “bare minimum required for xserver//xsession”. I grabbed at suggesting “dbus-x11” was missing, but apparently other requisite packages are still absent.
aledosim
Hey everybody,
I have succeeded in launch correctly slim and i3. Essentially I’ve installed xorg, slim and i3. Then changed the login_cmd value at /etc/slim.conf to “exec /bin/bash -login /etc/X11/Xsession”.
It starts after my login with “sudo slim”. Now I’m searching for the best location to launch slim at startup. Any tips??
Thanks for your time.aledosim
Just forgot it. Removed the d option at boot menu that stands for disabling dbus service.
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