Bspwm doesn't work

[N-Nm]

I start bspwm with sudo startx. Then black screen, but keybildings don't work

[gh0stzk]

You need to provide more info. post your .xinitrc file or try a login manager.

[N-Nm]

!/bin/sh

2 │ 3 │ userresources=$HOME/.Xresources 4 │ usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap 5 │ sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources 6 │ sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap 7 │ 8 │ # merge in defaults and keymaps 9 │ 10 │ if [ -f $sysresources ]; then 11 │ 12 │ 13 │ 14 │ 15 │ 16 │ 17 │ 18 │ xrdb -merge $sysresources 19 │ 20 │ fi 21 │ 22 │ if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then 23 │ xmodmap $sysmodmap 24 │ fi 25 │ 26 │ if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then 27 │ 28 │ 29 │ 30 │ 31 │ 32 │ 33 │ 34 │ xrdb -merge "$userresources" 35 │ 36 │ fi 37 │ 38 │ if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then 39 │ xmodmap "$usermodmap" 40 │ fi 41 │ 42 │ # start some nice programs 43 │ 44 │ if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then 45 │ for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do 46 │ [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f" 47 │ done 48 │ unset f 49 │ fi 50 │ 51 │ twm & 52 │ #xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & 53 │ #xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & 54 │ #xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & 55 │ #exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login 56 │ exec bspwm

[gh0stzk]

Yep your xinitrc is wrong, you are starting twm which is the xorg wm before bspwm. try a login manager sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings

then activate the loginmanager

sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service

the reboot, after reboot in the login manager just select bspwm as session and you are done.

if you dont want a login manager and you prefer your xinitrc, you just need to fix it. Mine is simple jsut few lines for my bspwm session.

#!/bin/sh

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

[N-Nm]

Sorry but it still doesn't work, black screen and no keybildings. I will try login manager. Btw my monitor 1920 x 1080, maybe it problem

[gh0stzk]

Try login manager. if still dont work maybe something goes wrong with riceinstaller. no the resolution is not the problem.

[vmxt]

I start bspwm with sudo startx. Then black screen, but keybildings don't work

@N-Nm , I'm assuming you installed a clean bspwm de in arch, resulting in a black screen and no keybindings.

You can press Ctrl + Alt + F3 to access the terminal, then login and follow the installation and after the installation you can reboot