On Sun, 2012-02-26 at 06:50 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-02-26 at 02:41 +0200, Tasos Latsas wrote: > > On 25/02/12 21:07, Andrea Crotti wrote: > > [...] > > > I would also like to try xmonad finally, but I've never been able to > > > configure it yet. I have an ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file (the default one > > > copied) that compiles perfectly, but if I try a startx the screen just > > > stays blank, without logging any error in the Xorg.0.log. > > > > > > Any idea of what it could be? > > > > FYI from the Xmonad FAQ [1]: > > > > "XMonad is a minimal window manager, meaning it doesn't set a > > background, start a status bar, display a splash screen or play a > > soothing sound effect when it starts up." > > > > See [2][3] for more info on how to configure it. > > > > [1] http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions > > [2] http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad > > [3] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmonad > > Years ago I used Ion2. You might take a look at Ion3. It's another frame > based WM. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_%28window_manager%29 Oops, I haven't read the Wiki about the current situation, before I sent this email. I experienced Ion2 as a useful WM, but I wasn't aware of the issue mentioned in the Wiki. In Germany we call it "ins Fettnäpfchen treten". http://www.dict.cc/?s=ins+fettn%C3%A4pchen+treten > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ion3 > > - Ralf
