Bspwm: Bspwmrc does not start on latest version.

[agoodfellow123]

Hello there, using VAIO vpceb4z1e with latest manjaro and kernel 5.4 in it. Problem is when I install the arch version or the aur git version of bspwm it does not run bspwmrc. I know its bspwm because it's not running nitrogen. Of course, because of that sxhkd doesn't run either so I can't do any form of operation inside. I normally would think there is a problem with my config however when I install the manjaro version of bspwm, bspwmrc does run although with some problems like not loading border colors or not being able to go to other desktops than the first one.

[RAR27]

It's your bspwmrc executable?

[agoodfellow123]

It's the Arch repo version so i believe it is.

[RAR27]

Make sure by going to ~/.config/bspwm and running chmod +x bspwmrc

[agoodfellow123]

That did work! Can you tell me why exactly did that happen?

Also as another problem that happened this time, autostart does not run.

[RAR27]

That happened because bspwmrc is pretty much just a shell script that is run. If it's not executable, it cannot be run. Running chmod +x bspwmrc makes it executable.

When you say autostart does not run, what exactly do you mean?

[agoodfellow123]

At autostart, I have some basic commands like nitrogen and picom but none works when I use the latest arch but they do work with latest manjaro.

[RAR27]

Can you start those programs from command line? Also, how does your bspwmrc look?

[agoodfellow123]

Yes I can start those programs from command line. Here is the bspwmrc: https://www.heypasteit.com/clip/0IUTU7

[RAR27]

What are you using to autostart the programs?

[agoodfellow123]

Um, there is a text file called autostart in .config/bspwm directory isn't that what im supposed to use?

[RAR27]

I don't think I've ever heard of an autostart file in that directory, though I could be wrong. What I do is I just put all my autostart programs directly in my bspwmrc. You could try to do it like that. Just make sure to have an ampersand at the end.
Ex. picom &

[agoodfellow123]

That... did worked yes but it's really confusing to me I used to just have autostart file when I was using debian and it worked completely fine I really can't understand what's happening. Thank you alot.

[RAR27]

No problem. Right now, are you using just bspwm without a DE? If so, that would explain it. With Debian, maybe the DE you were using had some sort of autostart thing where you place it into a specific file.

[agoodfellow123]

No, I'm actually using it with KDE plasma. I really can't find any explanations.

[RAR27]

Hm, interesting. Well, glad I could help!

[RAR27]

By the way, you may want to close the issue, since it has been solved.

[agoodfellow123]

Ah yes my bad, this is the first time i ever created an issue, thank you.

[RAR27]

All good 🙂