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[ubuntu] Xmonad on Gnome Ubuntu 12.04

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I decided to give the xmonad desktop environment a try. First I did a 'sudo apt-get install gnome-panel' as the prerequisite for running Xmonad on Gnome. I then did a 'sudo apt-get install xmonad'. Once it was installed I logged off and logged in again using the Xmonad on Gnome menu option. I then attempted to open a terminal using 'alt-shift-enter'. The terminal opened for a few seconds but immediately crashed. I was unable to open any other applications on that workspace. The 'alt-shift-enter' command did work on other workspaces. Has anyone else experienced this as well? Did you manage to f (Hardware)

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Submitted by linuxfan on 05/12/2012 – Made popular on 05/12/2012

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This is a modified xmonad.hs I got from the internet... it works, but the panel only gets shown after I open a program, and the gnome workspace switcher isn't aware of xmonad's workspaces.... ( What else am I missing from gnomeConfig, and how can I fix the issues ?

I don't have a great deal of space on my screen, so I thought I'd save some by using icons instead of names for my workspaces.

I don't have a great deal of space on my screen, so I thought I'd save some by using icons instead of names for my workspaces.

I'm using gnome+xmonad, and I'm trying to set the mod key to the windows key. I set my .xmonad.hs file to:

import XMonad import XMonad.Config.Gnome

main = xmonad gnomeConfig myModMask = mod4Mask

I tried to reload the file with alt+q, but no change seems to have occurred. Any suggestions? I'm far from a power user.

First off: are you sure you need it? Secondly, what you found there in your link is an extension which should come with the xmonad-contrib package. You don't paste that into your xmonad.hs.This should give you an idea of what you need to do.You should probably read up on XMonad in general though, to figure out how to configure xmonad properly.

I'm not sure if it's a proper place to ask about adjusting Xmonad, but I don't know where else to ask.

I have Ubuntu 12.04 with gnome-shell (so it looks like Gnome 2 with horizontal borders on the top and the bottom of the screen) with Xmonad running.

I think that this is as minimal as it can get if you ignore the modMask and terminal lines. I've been using xmonad since 2 months ago, so take it with a grain of salt. You need to install xmonad-contrib to get it working.

I have problem with Network Manager in xmonad. Let's say I want to connect to a new wireless network. When I try to do so, error is displayed, saying: "insufficient privileges". But when I try do do this with Gnome 3 there is no problem.

So it turns out, I had xmonad.hs as ~/.xmonad.hs not ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs...  Pretty embarassing.  But I'll resist the temptation to delete the thread in hopes someone gets a chuckle out of it.  In my defence, I did figure it out all on my own.

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