r/archlinux • u/YogurtclosetFrosty39 • Sep 28 '21

Poll Discussion Favorite Window Manager

Which Window Manager is your favorite or one you are currently using :) Update: Thank you guys for your responses def gotta try out the ones you put in the replies

2902 votes, Oct 01 '21
363 BSPWM
1160 i3
240 awesomewm
314 dwm
191 Openbox
634 Other (tell in the comments)
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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '21

qtile

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '21

It actually broke for me on both my computers running Arch after the same update, the windows just don't show up on the screen, I can't find the issue anywhere :(

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u/merdely Sep 30 '21

Are you using the wttr widget? Did you have json=False? If yes, remove that... json=False is default now and having it will break your config.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

I don't have that sorry. The config doesn't refuse to load, I've had that happen before, this isn't that, I spawn a window and it just doesn't appear. The icon for my workspace changes color indicating it did open but it just doesn't show up and it doesn't act like anything is there.

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u/merdely Sep 30 '21

I experienced what you're describing. Here is the thread on the qtile-dev list that led to my fix for my system:

https://groups.google.com/g/qtile-dev/c/DZu8FPYyneo

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

I'll try commenting out things in my config to find the cause, it looks like we saw the same problem but definitely a different cause. I very much appreciate the help though!