I am on Manjaro Linux and using dwm. I have made some changes (additions) in my ~/.xinitrc file to have my wallpaper set and display date & time on top bar when I log in. But I cannot have these changes applied or having an issue with my files such as ~/.xinitrc and /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.
I already have compton, feh (also nitrogen but do not prefer) and xsetroot installed on my system. I also applied this patch to my dwm in order to have an autostart.sh file.
Here is my ~/.dwm/autostart.sh file:
#! /bin/bash
compton --config ~/.config/compton/compton.conf &
feh --bg-fill /home/root113/Pictures/0239.jpg &
xcompmgr &
while true; do
xsetroot -name "$(date)"
sleep 1s
done &
This did not work. There exist a similar problem here asked 29 days ago but yet not answered or recieved any comments.
Then I search the net for more answers and help and realised that I should try to edit my ~/.xinitrc file. Here it is:
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager
from here)
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
DEFAULT_SESSION=gnome-session
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi
if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$userresources"
fi
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi
# start some nice programs
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
get_session(){
local dbus_args=(--sh-syntax --exit-with-session)
case $1 in
awesome) dbus_args+=(awesome) ;;
bspwm) dbus_args+=(bspwm-session) ;;
budgie) dbus_args+=(budgie-desktop) ;;
cinnamon) dbus_args+=(cinnamon-session) ;;
deepin) dbus_args+=(startdde) ;;
enlightenment) dbus_args+=(enlightenment_start) ;;
fluxbox) dbus_args+=(startfluxbox) ;;
gnome) dbus_args+=(gnome-session) ;;
i3|i3wm) dbus_args+=(i3 --shmlog-size 0) ;;
jwm) dbus_args+=(jwm) ;;
kde) dbus_args+=(startkde) ;;
lxde) dbus_args+=(startlxde) ;;
lxqt) dbus_args+=(lxqt-session) ;;
mate) dbus_args+=(mate-session) ;;
xfce) dbus_args+=(xfce4-session) ;;
openbox) dbus_args+=(openbox-session) ;;
*) dbus_args+=($DEFAULT_SESSION) ;;
esac
echo "dbus-launch ${dbus_args[*]}"
}
exec $(get_session)
#Personal customizations below
compton --config ~/.config/compton/compton.conf &
feh -bg-fill /home/root113/Pictures/0239.jpg &
xcompmgr &
while true; do
xsetroot -name "$(date)"
sleep 1s
done &
exec dwm
Still, the problem haven't got solved. Then I changed the line
feh -bg-fill /home/root113/Pictures/0239.jpg &
with this:
~/.fehbg &
What is written inside ~/.fehbg is:
#!/bin/sh
feh --no-fehbg --bg-fill /home/root113/Pictures/0239.jpg
Did not solve my problem.
Then I decided to export my ~/.xinitrc file in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc by adding this line at the end of the file:
export PATH="${PATH}:/home/root113/.xinitrc"
This did not work either. So I kept my solution seeking on the net and in one of the forums I was told that I should make my ~/.xinitrc file executable. So I did that with the following command:
chmod +x ~/.xinitrc
Did not work either. Every time I log back in or reboot, it is the same annoying black screen and top bar with no date being displayed at all that my eyes stares.
I also tried replacing ~/file with /home/root113/file in every file in case of the path was not recognised. It was not a solution at all. Did not work.
I kept searching and searching for answers and read these useful answers and articles:
None of them refers to a kind of problem/issue that I have directly, but indirectly. So I decided to (probably a stupid idea but worth giving a try since I started to ran out of solutions) add the following to my ~/.profile file:
export PATH="${PATH}:/home/root113/.xinitrc"
Did not work either then I added the following to my ~/.zshrc file:
source ~/.profile
Did not work again.
I searched high and low for a solution on the net. I am literally in a desperate situation at the moment. I have no hope left but asking here. Thank you for reading through here. I know it has been a long question but I wanted to explain the problem to you in details and also wanted to tell you what solutions I have tried so far.
I figured out that in ~/.xinitrc file I have to declare my personel settings before all other stuff. Just placed them on top of the file as:
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager
from here)
#Personal customizations below
compton --config ~/.config/compton/compton.conf &
feh -bg-fill /home/root113/Pictures/0239.jpg &
xcompmgr &
while true; do
xsetroot -name "$(date)"
sleep 1s
done &
exec dwm
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
DEFAULT_SESSION=gnome-session
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi
if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$userresources"
fi
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi
# start some nice programs
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
get_session(){
local dbus_args=(--sh-syntax --exit-with-session)
case $1 in
awesome) dbus_args+=(awesome) ;;
bspwm) dbus_args+=(bspwm-session) ;;
budgie) dbus_args+=(budgie-desktop) ;;
cinnamon) dbus_args+=(cinnamon-session) ;;
deepin) dbus_args+=(startdde) ;;
enlightenment) dbus_args+=(enlightenment_start) ;;
fluxbox) dbus_args+=(startfluxbox) ;;
gnome) dbus_args+=(gnome-session) ;;
i3|i3wm) dbus_args+=(i3 --shmlog-size 0) ;;
jwm) dbus_args+=(jwm) ;;
kde) dbus_args+=(startkde) ;;
lxde) dbus_args+=(startlxde) ;;
lxqt) dbus_args+=(lxqt-session) ;;
mate) dbus_args+=(mate-session) ;;
xfce) dbus_args+=(xfce4-session) ;;
openbox) dbus_args+=(openbox-session) ;;
*) dbus_args+=($DEFAULT_SESSION) ;;
esac
echo "dbus-launch ${dbus_args[*]}"
}
exec $(get_session)
Everything is working properly now.