I was determined to battle this through without having to ask for help ... yet here I am. I'm fairly new to this but I just can't get bspwm loading up with anything. Entering startx just gives me a blank screen. No error messages / cursor / responsiveness when attempting a superkey + Return for a urxvt console or any other keybinding. Just nothing. Setup: Arch Linux Xorg bspwm 0.9.7-10-g2ffd9c1 urxvt (9.22) Ryzen 3 2200g CPU with Radeon Vega graphics, I first installed the xf86-video-ati driver and when that did not work, used mesa. The issue persists. Here are my configs: ~/.xinitrc : ix.io/2dPX ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc : ix.io/2dQ4 ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc : ix.io/2dQ5 Xorg log (I notice no errors): ix.io/2dQb Both bspwmrc & sxhkdrc have file permissions as rwxr-xr-x I simply can't see where I'm going wrong. Can anyone see the mistake? Or anything I can provide to put some more light on this? Thank you for any help!

a few months ago there was a problem where the configuration with internet monitor only gives the error invalid descriptor found in "eDP-1-1", while with the connected HDMI-0 everything works fine. I'm trying different combinations, and I've found a working crutch. But it seems to me that it certainly shouldn't work that way. I use autorandr to configure the monitors, but just in case, I still recreate using xrandr. All the configs and scripts that may be required in my opinion are also provided. **$HOME/.config/autorandr/postswitch**

#!/bin/bash
LOCK="/tmp/autorandr.lock"
# Ожидаем инициализации мониторов
#sleep 1

# Перезагружаем рабочие столы
if autorandr | grep "^docked (detected)"; then
    bspc monitor HDMI-0 -d 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    bspc monitor eDP-1-1 -d 8
    bspc wm -O HDMI-0 eDP-1-1
elif autorandr | grep "^undocked (detected)"; then
    xrandr --output eDP-1-1 --mode 1920x1080 --rate 60 --primary --output HDMI-0 --off
	bspc monitor eDP-1-1 -d 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    if [[ -f "$LOCK" ]]; then
	    echo "exist"
		rm "$LOCK"
		exit 0
    fi
	touch "$LOCK"
	echo "not exist"
	bspc wm -r
	#autorandr --load undocked
	bspc monitor -d 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
	bspc desktop -f 2
fi

# Перезапускаем полибар
#~/.config/polybar/launch.sh

# Обновляем об1ои
#~/.config/bspwm/scripts/launch.sh

**$HOME/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc**

#!/bin/sh

# Логирование
exec > ~/.bspwm.log 2>&1

# Запуск базовых сервисов
pgrep -x sxhkd > /dev/null || sxhkd &
xrdb merge ~/.Xresources
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr

if xrandr | grep 'HDMI-0 connected' >/dev/null; then
		echo "docked"
		autorandr --load docked
else
		echo "undocked"
		autorandr --load undocked 
fi

# Настройки bspwm
bspc config focus_follows_pointer true
#bspc config window_animation_duration 0
bspc config border_width 0
bspc config borderless_monocle true
bspc config gapless_monocle false
bspc config window_gap 10
bspc config pointer_modifier mod4
bspc config pointer_action1 move
bspc config pointer_action2 resize_side
bspc config pointer_action3 resize_corner

# Правила для окон
bspc rule -a Eww sticky=on layer=above manage=off
bspc rule -a PlayerWindow state=floating sticky=on layer=above manage=off
bspc rule -a feh state=floating

# Автозапуск приложений
~/.config/bspwm/scripts/launch.sh &
~/.config/polybar/launch.sh
dunst -config $HOME/.config/bspwm/dunstrc &
pkill battery-alert; ~/bin/battery-alert &
#pgrep -x redshift > /dev/null || redshift 
picom --config $HOME/.config/bspwm/picom_configurations/1.conf &
flameshot &
# Запуск autorandr при старте
#autorandr --change

Everything works with this configuration and there are no errors, but I don't like this approach, but I couldn't find a better solution. Also here are my specifications

====================================    OS: Arch Linux x86_64
   ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢛⢛⡛⡻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⢛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿   Kernel: 6.14.7-arch2-1
   ⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⢱⡔⡝⣜⣜⢜⢜⡲⡬⡉⢕⢆⢏⢎⢇⢇⣧⡉⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿   Uptime: 11 mins
   ⣿⣿⡟⡱⣸⠸⢝⢅⢆⢖⣜⣲⣵⣴⣱⣈⡣⣋⢣⠭⣢⣒⣬⣕⣄⣝⡻⢿⣿⣿   Packages: 1975 (pacman), 18 (f
   ⣿⠟⡜⣎⢎⢇⢇⣵⣷⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠉⠛⢿⣦⢵⣷⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠋⠓⢲⡝⣿   Shell: fish 4.0.2
   ⢏⢰⢱⣞⢜⢵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠐⠄⠄⠄⠄⢹⣻⣿⣿⣿⠡⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠹⣺   Resolution: 1920x1080
   ⢕⢜⢕⢕⢵⠹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠸⠗⣀⠄⠄⣼⣻⣿⣿⣿⡀⢾⠆⣀⠄⠄⣰⢳   WM: bspwm
   ⡕⣝⢜⡕⣕⢝⣜⢙⢿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣥⣤⣾⢟⠸⢿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⣉⣤⡴⢫⣾   Theme: Dracula-pink-accent [GT
   ⡪⡪⣪⢪⢎⢮⢪⡪⡲⢬⢩⢩⢩⠩⢍⡪⢔⢆⢏⡒⠮⠭⡙⡙⠭⢝⣨⣶⣿⣿   Icons: Papirus [GTK2], dracula
   ⡪⡪⡎⡮⡪⡎⡮⡪⣪⢣⢳⢱⢪⢝⢜⢜⢕⢝⢜⢎⢧⢸⢱⡹⡍⡆⢿⣿⣿⣿   Terminal: alacritty
   ⡪⡺⡸⡪⡺⣸⠪⠚⡘⠊⠓⠕⢧⢳⢹⡸⣱⢹⡸⡱⡱⡕⡵⡱⡕⣝⠜⢿⣿⣿   CPU: Intel i5-9300H (8) @ 4.10
   ⡪⡺⡸⡪⡺⢐⢪⢑⢈⢁⢋⢊⠆⠲⠰⠬⡨⡡⣁⣉⠨⡈⡌⢥⢱⠐⢕⣼⣿⣿   GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 M
   ⡪⣪⢣⢫⠪⢢⢅⢥⢡⢅⢅⣑⡨⡑⠅⠕⠔⠔⠄⠤⢨⠠⡰⠠⡂⣎⣼⣿⣿⣿   GPU: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [U
   ⠪⣪⡪⡣⡫⡢⡣⡣⡣⡣⡣⣣⢪⡪⡣⡣⡲⣑⡒⡎⡖⢒⣢⣥⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿   Memory: 2360MiB / 15857MiB
   ⢁⢂⠲⠬⠩⣁⣙⢊⡓⠝⠎⠮⠮⠚⢎⡣⡳⠕⡉⣬⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿   CPU Usage: 10%
   ⢐⠐⢌⠐⠅⡂⠄⠄⢌⢉⠩⠡⡉⠍⠄⢄⠢⡁⡢⠠⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿   Disk (/): 68G / 108G (67%)

I have dual monitor setup. I can't get xfreerdp to launch full screen on both monitors. $ xfreerdp /monitor-list * 1920x1080 +0+0 1920x1080 +1920+0

/multimon

- just launches inside window

/monitors:0,1 /multimon

- just launches inside window

/monitors:1,2 /multimon

- launches full screen on monitor 0

/monitors:0 /multimon

- launches full screen on monitor 0

/monitors:1 /multimon

- launches full screen on monitor 0 FreeRDP version 2.1.0 I am using Arch Linux I have

as windows manager,

as a compositor. $ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767 HDMI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 521mm x 293mm 1920x1080 60.00*+ 59.94 50.00 1680x1050 59.95 1440x900 59.89 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 1280x960 60.00 1280x720 60.00 59.94 50.00 1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00 800x600 75.00 72.19 60.32 56.25 720x576 50.00 720x480 59.94 640x480 75.00 72.81 59.94 59.93 DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-1 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 521mm x 293mm 1920x1080 60.00*+ 59.94 50.00 1680x1050 59.95 1440x900 59.89 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 1280x960 60.00 1280x720 60.00 59.94 50.00 1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00 800x600 75.00 72.19 60.32 56.25 720x576 50.00 720x480 59.94 640x480 75.00 72.81 59.94 59.93 USB-C-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

I have some icons on my polybar, with is background apps. I can't find which module is responsible for them. How can I find which module correspond with these apps? I use the standard config installed through the installer. The screen resolution is 1920x1080. Nothing changes when removing objects that are on the right. These are the config files .

I've installed bspwm and sxhkd on Ubuntu Server LTS 24.04 in vmware. I use lightDM as display manager, qterminal as terminal emulator. When I open a terminal in bspwm gui, it looks like there are some kind of buffer: a letter I typed would not appear until I type again. (for example, when I type 'Hello', the 'e' wouldn't appear until I type 'l'), backspace and enter have the same problem. Other TTYs are alright. Any ideas why that happens? Thanks in advance.

I'm trying to install bspwm in WSL2 Ubuntu-24.04 LTS, and each time I run bspwm, it says "Another window manager is already running", and I don't have any other window manager installed. What is the problem? xclock runs alright. Does that mean that WSL does not support bspwm? I am completely new to linux and I canot find any guide about installing bspwm on WSL.

I'm trying to pipe a bar script into lemonbar in bspwm. In my bspwmrc I have: ~/.config/bspwm/lemonbar.sh | lemonbar -p lemonbar.sh contains: #!/bin/bash clock() { date +%H:%M:%S } while true; do echo "%{c}$(clock)" sleep 1; done Everything works as expected, except when I exit bspwm I get: line 12: echo: write error: Broken pipe Obviously the error has something to do with the echo on line 12 but I can't figure out exactly what

since yesterday I run an issue with my GUI. I installed fresh arch Linux and I can not keep running bspwm-git, after login I get login console again.
Here is my .xinitrc

#!/bin/sh

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# 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

exec bspwm

Here is my .xserverrc

#!/bin/sh

exec /usr/bin/Xorg/ -nolisten tcp -nolisten local "$@" vt$XDG_VTNR

My .zprofile is now like this

if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ "$XDG_VTNR" -le 2 ]; then
    exec startx —- -keeptty 
fi

And w/o option -keeptty x server shuts down right after login Kernel parameters

title   Arch Linux (linux)
linux   /vmlinuz-linux
initrd  /intel-ucode.img
initrd  /initramfs-linux.img
options cryptdevice=PARTUUID=4df4ad4e-79d0-46ec-8097-4644fa3a43f6:root root=/dev/mapper/root rw rootfstype=btrfs nvidia_drm.modeset=1 nvidia_drm.fbdev=1

I am on an Arch Linux machine and okular is probably the best pdf viewer, except just one lacking feature which is restoring tabs when you reopen Okular. Now since there is no default option for doing it, and while I can always make a feature request, I was hoping for some easy out of the box solution, if there is any. I am using bspwm window manager. If there is some window manager route then probably the same can be done for zathura too. I think zathura doesn't have a restore tab option either since it doesn't have a tab option. I am using zathura tabs through [tabc](https://www.reddit.com/r/bspwm/comments/pfajrd/bsptab_tabs_in_bspwm_with_tabbed/) .

I'd like to have the functionality described in [this video](https://youtu.be/sACNU_819TU?t=2m40s) . Basically, use super+scrollup/down or pinch in/out on my touchpad to zoom in a certain area of the screen like on a phone or tablet. Sadly I need compiz to get the described effect. How can I zoom in without using compiz? I'm using Arch Linux with bspwm + compton. What I've tried: * xzoom, which can zoom but spawns a new window instead of zooming in on the spot. Not what I want. * KDE's kmag, pretty much the same as xzoom but with a nice GUI. * Magnifier , where you can mouse over an area to zoom that area of the screen, which is not really what I want. I want to actually zoom in the whole screen like in the video above. There's are open issues in compton's repositories: * https://github.com/chjj/compton/issues/188 (dead repo) * https://github.com/yshui/compton/issues/43 (new fork)

When I run kitty terminal emulator, a line of black spikes overlaps the text in each line. I'm running a VM with Debian 12, bspwm, picom with default configuration. I've got no idea what can be happening, but I'm pretty sure is something to do with kitty. Any idea where to start?

**END GOAL** I use Arch Linux with bspwm as my window manager and sxhkd as a hotkey daemon. I want to map a certain key combination in my *sxhkdrc* so that it shuffles through different keyboard layouts. For example:

# Shuffle through keyboard layouts
super + e
    *action to be executed*

---------- **LOCALES** First, I do not know whether I am required to add Serbian locales as I only (from time to time) want to activate the Serbian keyboard layouts. My thinking is that keymaps are enough. Just in case, I generated Serbian locales; so now when I run localectl list-local, the output is:

en_US.UTF-8
sr_RS.UTF-8
sr_RS.UTF-8@latin

These respectively correspond to: - English locale for the U.S. – UTF-8 encoding - Serbian locale for Serbia – Cyrillic script – UTF-8 encoding - Serbian locale for Serbia – Latin script – UTF-8 encoding ---------- **KEYMAPS** The three layouts I want to use (be able to shuffle through) are: - us = US English - sr-cy = Serbian in Cyrillic script - sr-latin = Serbian in Latin script I know that I can edit /etc/vconsole.conf and set KEYMAP=sr_cy instead of us or use localectl set-keymap sr_cy. Here are my **concerns** with that: 1. It is not an elegant solution. 2. I cannot shuffle through different layouts. I have to run the command and specify the desired layout each time. 2. Would such change persists globally even after I log out or reboot the system? If the answer is yes, I will potentially be in trouble. I use LVM on LUKS encryption and for me to decrypt my disk I need us layout. Hence, if I forget to switch from Cyrillic script before rebooting, it's bye bye forever. ---------- **QUESTION** Is there any way for me to add multiple keymaps in /etc/vconsole.conf and have the us be the default one? If so, what do I need to do to switch between them. Is it a simple command or do I need a small script? If that is not an option, what is the best way to get to my end goal. I have tried finding the answer to having multiple keymaps but I was not able to find anything applicable to my problem. I would appreciate a solution or even advice and suggestions especially if it advances my knowledge. Thank you in advance!

I just installed archlinux using the archinstall script, and I selected bspwm as my desktop. It finished and my screen is blank with just the cursor showing. What would be the next step towards making it usable and maybe looking like exodiaos

When I try to open an external URL from an application while **Firefox is open** I get this message: After I close all Firefox instances and try again, Firefox **starts but freezes and continuously loading** with no results like this: I am using **Bbarebone Debian with bspwm**. I really need this features as I am using it in some application to login (unityhub in this example).

I have an HP PowerBook 440 G4 with Debian Bullseye & BSWPM installed. My locker is lightdm with slick-greeter without a screensaver. My xset q says:

DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 600    Suspend: 600    Off: 600
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On

I installed xfce4-power-manager in order to put my laptop in suspend mode after a certain period of time, but it only turned off my monitor. I get this by default without the power manager. So, I want to suspend my laptop after a certain amount of inactivity, as I can get with a power manager in a desktop environment, i.e. after X minutes on battery and after X minutes on AC. How can I achieve this?

I have two monitors and I would like to only screenshot the main one, maim by default screenshots both monitors as one big monitor, and doing

-x :0.0

doesn't work. I'm trying to figure this out so I searched and found the commands

/tmp/.X11-unix

which returns

and

/tmp/.X11-unix | tr 'X' ':'

which return

:0

. It looks like it's detecting both monitors as one or am I wrong? I did

| grep ' connected'

and it shows

HDMI-0 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm
DP-5 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm

Please keep in mind I have no idea what I'm doing I'm very new to linux and I'm trying to learn it so I switched to it as my daily driver to learn. What can I do to be able to screenshot one monitor?

I'm currently using bspwm as my window manager, it launches automatically thanks to my .zprofile & .xinitrc How can i go back to the tty login without running bspc quit I know that i can change to another tty using ctrl+shift+F {1,10} But since i'm not using any display/login manager, i would like to use tty as my "block screen" so whenever i enter my user password all my windows still open.

I am using bspwm in Arch Linux, without any Desktop Environment. I have swapped the escape and Capslock key for VIM, but the thing is, the keys only work in bspwm, i.e, if I change the tty then, the keys work as it never changed. I used setxkbmap -option caps:swapescape

Here are my bspwmrc and sxhkdrc files

#! /bin/sh

#AUTOSTART
picom --config ~/.config/picom/picom.conf
nitrogen --restore &
$HOME/.config/polybar/launch.sh
pgrep -x sxhkd > /dev/null || sxhkd &
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr &

bspc monitor -d "I" "II" "III" "IV" "V"

wm-restack = bspwm

bspc config border_width	0
bspc config window_gap		25

bspc config split_ratio		0.52
bspc config borderless_monocle	true
bspc config gapless_monocle	true
bspc config focus_follows_pointer true

bspc rule -a Gimp desktop='^8' state=floating follow=on
bspc rule -a Chromium desktop='^2'
bspc rule -a mplayer2 state=floating
bspc rule -a kupfer.py focus=on
bspc rule -a Screenkey manage=off

----------

#
# wm independent hotkeys
#

# terminal emulator
super + Return
	alacritty

# program launcher
super + p
	dmenu_run

# make sxhkd reload its configuration files:
super + Escape
	pkill -USR1 -x sxhkd

#
# bspwm hotkeys
#

# quit/restart bspwm
super + alt + {q,r}
	bspc {quit,wm -r}

# close and kill
super + {_,shift + }w
	bspc node -{c,k}

# alternate between the tiled and monocle layout
super + m
	bspc desktop -l next

# send the newest marked node to the newest preselected node
super + y
	bspc node newest.marked.local -n newest.!automatic.local

# swap the current node and the biggest window
super + g
	bspc node -s biggest.window

#
# state/flags
#

# set the window state
super + {t,shift + t,s,f}
	bspc node -t {tiled,pseudo_tiled,floating,fullscreen}

# set the node flags
super + ctrl + {m,x,y,z}
	bspc node -g {marked,locked,sticky,private}

#
# focus/swap
#

# focus the node in the given direction
super + {_,shift + }{h,j,k,l}
	bspc node -{f,s} {west,south,north,east}

# focus the node for the given path jump
super + {p,b,comma,period}
	bspc node -f @{parent,brother,first,second}

# focus the next/previous window in the current desktop
super + {_,shift + }c
	bspc node -f {next,prev}.local.!hidden.window

# focus the next/previous desktop in the current monitor
super + bracket{left,right}
	bspc desktop -f {prev,next}.local

# focus the last node/desktop
super + {grave,Tab}
	bspc {node,desktop} -f last

# focus the older or newer node in the focus history
super + {o,i}
	bspc wm -h off; \
	bspc node {older,newer} -f; \
	bspc wm -h on

# focus or send to the given desktop
super + {_,shift + }{1-9,0}
	bspc {desktop -f,node -d} '^{1-9,10}'

#
# preselect
#

# preselect the direction
super + ctrl + {h,j,k,l}
	bspc node -p {west,south,north,east}

# preselect the ratio
super + ctrl + {1-9}
	bspc node -o 0.{1-9}

# cancel the preselection for the focused node
super + ctrl + space
	bspc node -p cancel

# cancel the preselection for the focused desktop
super + ctrl + shift + space
	bspc query -N -d | xargs -I id -n 1 bspc node id -p cancel

#
# move/resize
#

# expand a window by moving one of its side outward
super + alt + {h,j,k,l}
	bspc node -z {left -20 0,bottom 0 20,top 0 -20,right 20 0}

# contract a window by moving one of its side inward
super + alt + shift + {h,j,k,l}
	bspc node -z {right -20 0,top 0 20,bottom 0 -20,left 20 0}

# move a floating window
super + {Left,Down,Up,Right}
	bspc node -v {-20 0,0 20,0 -20,20 0}

When i log in with gnome my window manager works fine so i think the problem is with bspwm because after logging into a bspwm session the only thing i can see is a grey screen with no errors or no cursor response whatsoever. The keybindings i set in sxhkdrc also do not seem to work either.

I want to change the default QWERTY layout to colemak layout. I use bspwm with its default sxhkd. I tried setting it in the X11 config file:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-keyboard.conf:

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier "KeyboardDefaults"
	Driver "libinput"
	Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru"
	Option "XkbVariant" "colemak,"
	Option "XkbOptions" "grp:win_space_toggle"
EndSection

And it works, but when I press the Super key and the key I need (for example, d), sxhkd recognizes it as a QWERTY's g. Also I tried setting it up on the startup of X11 in the ~/.xinitrc:

setxkbmap -layout 'us,ru' -variant 'colemak,' -option 'grp:win_space_toggle'

but it doesn't work too (the same problem). I've been using sway (a wayland wm) with this exactly settings (they made their own implementation of xkb I think) and it worked as it should. However, with standard Xorg it does not.