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chameleon

#! Junkie

From: luxembourg (uk guy)

Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 382

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Slim+DWM

I followed this thread to try and launch DWM via Slim;

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … on-solved/

Here is my /etc/slim.conf;

login_cmd           exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
sessions            openbox,dwm

and here is my ~/.xinitrc;

DEFAULT_SESSION=openbox

case $1 in
openbox)
    exec openbox-session
    ;;
dwm)
    nitrogen --restore &
    exec dwm
    ;;
*)
    exec $DEFAULT_SESSION
    ;;
esac

DWM is available as an option in Slim with F1 however when I try and login to DWM I get;

'Failed to execute login command'

Any ideas welcome?
Of course, I could always get rid of Slim but I quite like the Crunchbang theme...

EDIT: If I restore Slim to the default Crunchbang config I can log into Openbox with no problems.

Last edited by chameleon (2012-09-18 20:05:00)

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Unia

#! Die Hard

From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2010-07-17

Posts: 3,114

Re: Slim+DWM

What happens if you disable the Openbox option, and do straight Slim -> DWM? This way you can figure out whether the error is in you trying to use multiple environments (openbox,dwm) or in (the launch of) DWM itself.

EDIT: Perhaps worth taking a look at: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Slim

Last edited by Unia (2012-09-18 20:11:59)

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chameleon

#! Junkie

From: luxembourg (uk guy)

Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 382

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Re: Slim+DWM

@Unia
Thanks for the input.
I will give it a try when I am back at my Crunchy box.

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chameleon

#! Junkie

From: luxembourg (uk guy)

Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 382

Website

Re: Slim+DWM

OK...I discovered SLIMconf from Corenominal
Worked a treat but I have put my DWM tweaking activities on hold for the moment...no time
However, I would recommend the superb livarp as always...DWM out of the box!

http://arpinux.org/x/doku.php/start:liv … arp_032_gb

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Unia

#! Die Hard

From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2010-07-17

Posts: 3,114

Re: Slim+DWM

DWM out of the box!

Where's the fun in that?

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pidsley

#! Die Hard

Registered: 2012-05-23

Posts: 1,349

Re: Slim+DWM

DWM out of the box!

Where's the fun in that?

+1 -- someone else's idea of "rational" keybinds? No thank you.

And really, why use SLiM when you can use LightDM, or startx?

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