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no program starts with M+p

Dear all,

I compiled and installed wmii (snapshot: wmii+ixp-20080520) on a new
machine,  and I cannot run any program using  M+p.
Typing the name of an application it gets displayed in the bar, but
after pressing enter the program does not start.
M+a and M+enter are working properly.

I'm using:

dmenu-3.9
plan9port-20080909
libixp (it should be 0.5, I got it via hg clone
http://code.suckless.org/hg/libixp, 2 days ago)
GNU/Linux Ubuntu 8.04

Thanks for any help,

   Davide

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sqweek | 23 Sep 13:14

Re: no program starts with M+p

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Davide Anchisi <danchisi <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> I compiled and installed wmii (snapshot: wmii+ixp-20080520) on a new
> machine,  and I cannot run any program using  M+p.
> Typing the name of an application it gets displayed in the bar, but
> after pressing enter the program does not start.

 The name of an application such as what?
 Run the program in a terminal and see if you get any diagnostics.

> libixp (it should be 0.5, I got it via hg clone
> http://code.suckless.org/hg/libixp, 2 days ago)

 Hahaha, this is what I get for dragging my feet on the announcement.
But wmii+ixp-20080520 has libixp bundled, so I wouldn't be sure you're
using 0.5. It shouldn't matter in any case, if there was something
wrong with your libixp problem you'd be seeing much more serious
problems.
-sqweek

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Davide Anchisi | 23 Sep 14:34

Re: no program starts with M+p

2008/9/23 sqweek <sqweek <at> gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Davide Anchisi <danchisi <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> I compiled and installed wmii (snapshot: wmii+ixp-20080520) on a new
>> machine,  and I cannot run any program using  M+p.
>> Typing the name of an application it gets displayed in the bar, but
>> after pressing enter the program does not start.
>
>  The name of an application such as what?

Any application, such as rxvt, abiword, firefox, xclock, etc.

>  Run the program in a terminal and see if you get any diagnostics.

Running a program from a terminal I have no problem at all and no
warning message.

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sqweek | 23 Sep 15:46

Re: no program starts with M+p

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Davide Anchisi <danchisi <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/9/23 sqweek <sqweek <at> gmail.com>:
>>  Run the program in a terminal and see if you get any diagnostics.
>
> Running a program from a terminal I have no problem at all and no
> warning message.

 Alright, check the console you started X from or ~/.xsession-errors
for diagnostics after attempting MOD-p.
-sqweek

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Davide Anchisi | 23 Sep 17:16

Re: no program starts with M+p

wmiir: fatal: Can't open file '/rbar/status': file not found

>  Alright, check the console you started X from or ~/.xsession-errors
> for diagnostics after attempting MOD-p.

In ~/.xsession-errors the only thing that seems relevant is:

wmiir: fatal: Can't open file '/rbar/status': file not found

Is it that? What does it mean?

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Davide Anchisi | 24 Sep 12:10

Re: no program starts with M+p: not yet solved

I still cannot use M+p to run any program.

Now the report in ~/.xsession-errors:
  wmiir: fatal: Can't open file '/rbar/status': file not found
is gone (and the status bar was always ok).

Any other idea were to look or what to do?

  Thanks for any help,

  Davide

> I compiled and installed wmii (snapshot: wmii+ixp-20080520) on a new machine, and I cannot run any
program using M+p.
> Typing the name of an application it gets displayed in the bar, but after pressing enter the program does
not start.
> M+a and M+enter are working properly.
> Runnig programs from a terminal does not cause any problem.

> I'm using:

> dmenu-3.9
> plan9port-20080909
> libixp (it should be 0.5, I got it via hg clone
> http://code.suckless.org/hg/libixp, but this should not be relevant as the snapshot I installed has
its own libixp)
> GNU/Linux Ubuntu 8.04

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Alex Kilgore | 24 Sep 17:10

Re: no program starts with M+p: not yet solved

I had similar problems at one point, I still dont know what caused them, 
but I was able to work around the issue by removing most of wmii's 
components and installing the latest hg release...not a fix but a 
solution, could have been some leftovers from a previous install or 
something, as i think my wmii.sh was messed up along with some other stuff
  Thanks
   Alex

Davide Anchisi wrote:
> I still cannot use M+p to run any program.
> 
> Now the report in ~/.xsession-errors:
>   wmiir: fatal: Can't open file '/rbar/status': file not found
> is gone (and the status bar was always ok).
> 
> Any other idea were to look or what to do?
> 
>   Thanks for any help,
> 
>   Davide
> 
> 
>> I compiled and installed wmii (snapshot: wmii+ixp-20080520) on a new machine, and I cannot run any
program using M+p.
>> Typing the name of an application it gets displayed in the bar, but after pressing enter the program does
not start.
>> M+a and M+enter are working properly.
>> Runnig programs from a terminal does not cause any problem.
> 
>> I'm using:

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Davide Anchisi | 24 Sep 19:02

Re: no program starts with M+p: not yet solved

I will try that way,

  Thanks,

  Davide

2008/9/24 Alex Kilgore <adkilgore <at> gmail.com>:
> I had similar problems at one point, I still dont know what caused them, but
> I was able to work around the issue by removing most of wmii's components
> and installing the latest hg release...not a fix but a solution, could have
> been some leftovers from a previous install or something, as i think my
> wmii.sh was messed up along with some other stuff
>  Thanks
>  Alex
>
> Davide Anchisi wrote:
>>
>> I still cannot use M+p to run any program.
>>
>> Now the report in ~/.xsession-errors:
>>  wmiir: fatal: Can't open file '/rbar/status': file not found
>> is gone (and the status bar was always ok).
>>
>> Any other idea were to look or what to do?
>>
>>  Thanks for any help,
>>
>>  Davide
>>
>>

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Davide Anchisi | 26 Sep 11:40

Re: no program starts with M+p: not yet solved

Thank you,

now it works.
I removed everything and installed the latest hg release.

  Best,

   davide

2008/9/24 Davide Anchisi <danchisi <at> gmail.com>:
> I will try that way,
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Davide
>
> 2008/9/24 Alex Kilgore <adkilgore <at> gmail.com>:
>> I had similar problems at one point, I still dont know what caused them, but
>> I was able to work around the issue by removing most of wmii's components
>> and installing the latest hg release...not a fix but a solution, could have
>> been some leftovers from a previous install or something, as i think my
>> wmii.sh was messed up along with some other stuff
>>  Thanks
>>  Alex
>>
>> Davide Anchisi wrote:
>>>
>>> I still cannot use M+p to run any program.
>>>
>>> Now the report in ~/.xsession-errors:

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