Trying out the configuration on a minimal arch VM

[4Gettt25]

Firstly I really love the look of both configurations. Secondly, I just bought a new Laptop for Uni and thought "Hey why not try arch with a window manager again" and that's when I found your XMonad configuration. So I wanted to try it out in a VM first but ran into some problems. I did a minimal arch install and then tried both the manual and the automatic installation of the config. But it never really worked as I couldn't even get into XMonad (which is 100% my fault) so I wanted to ask for some tips/tricks about the setup.

[NeshHari]

Hi. Is there an error message when running "startx" from the tty? Also run xmonad --recompile (in a tty session) to see any compilation-related message (can't find module etc.) and post it here. If the latter has no error and says "recompiled successfully", then it might be a graphic driver-related issue (esp if its nvidia). You may also want to try if you can launch into xmonad using the AUR package and simply copying over the configs + running xmonad --recompile && xmonad --restart, followed by autorandr single. The main difference (between the AUR package and mine -- stack install) is that the Haskell LSP won't work out-of-the-box (something to do with static/dynamic linking but I can't recall).

[4Gettt25]

So I now got it to recompile with success but ran into another error:

[NeshHari]

This is expected behavior since xmonad can't be restarted within the tty. Since it recompiled successfully, there are no issues with the configuration. Please run "startx" to start the xmonad session. It reads the contents from ~/..xinitrc.

[4Gettt25]

Okay when I do startx it starts but I just see a blackscreen

[NeshHari]

Does mod+Enter open kitty? If yes, run autorandr --save single then mod+q to restart and recompile xmonad.

[4Gettt25]

No unfortunately mod+Enter doesn't open kitty

[4Gettt25]

I FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK IN THE VM AFTER 8 HOURS!!!!!

[NeshHari]

I FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK IN THE VM AFTER 8 HOURS!!!!!

Awesome :tada: ! If you have any suggestions/criticisms regarding the installation process, please feel free to list them :smiley: so I can make the necessary adjustments.

[4Gettt25]

okay so I now set it up proberly but couldn't get 3 things to work. The First is polybar (it just shows the workspaces in the top middle, the second is eww-git (when I tried to install it I got the following error: "One or more PGP signatures could not be verified!") and the third is change my keyboard layout to german.

[4Gettt25]

this is the complete eww error

[NeshHari]

I'm pretty sure polybar is only for the workspaces and the rest are eww. You may try updating the Arch Linux keyring with sudo pacman -Syyu archlinux-keyring first, and additionally import the gpg keys using gpg --recv-keys <insert PK here> if required. You may need to add/change the keyserver but try the aforementioned steps first. Please look here for how to change keyboard layout.

[4Gettt25]

I've noticed because I wanted to try the kanagawa one. That when you do wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NeshHari/XMonad/kanagawa/setup.sh it installs just the normal one

[4Gettt25]

It also breaks when trying to change the resolution

[NeshHari]

Cool. I'll make the necessary adjustments when I find the time. Probably push the vertical branch as the new main since it completely abandons polybar and is eww-optimised (much better animations and functionality as well). Readme isn't updated though.

[4Gettt25]

Okay then I will try vertical aswell

[4Gettt25]

So I looked at some parts of the script and did 2 pull request (I tested it first an everything worked fine) so now both the kanagawa branch and vertical should point to the right branches

[4Gettt25]

I've also noticed that the eww/polybar in kanagawa is really off center