Lightweight tiling window manager combining tiling and floating. Highly extensible through the Lua programming language.
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Are there any ways to install Awesome 3.5.1 on Ubuntu 12.04?
I'm doing to migrate from DE to WM, and like Awesome.
But at home I use Ubuntu 13.04 and can install the newest Awesome. At work I use Ubuntu 12.04 and it is older then Awesome, so how can I install ...
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How to setup Awesome WM with GNOME services on arbitrary Ubuntu?
tl;dr Is there a generic guide to set up GNOME background services to work with Awesome WM on any Ubuntu?
The official guide doesn't seem to have been updated since Ubuntu 11.10. Another guide is ...
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Awesome WM Does Not Appear as a Login Option? [duplicate]
I am running 13.04, with the default Unity and lubuntu-desktop desktops. The LightDM login manager gives me both Unity and Lubuntu as desktop options and some variants on them but Awesome WM does not ...
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Why does the log-in screen not give me the option to switch to Awesome Window Manager? [closed]
I installed Raring last night and everything was going fine until I went to get AWM up and running.
Originally I planned to use the version from the official repos ignoring how outdated it was, ...
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1answer
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How to add keyboard shortcuts to Awesome WM
I've installed awesome3 wm on Ubuntu Server 10.04. I managed it to work properly now I could use some keyboard shortcuts to start programs like gmrun, firefox or whatever.
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default application to open text file in Thunar under Awesome WM
I'm on Xubuntu 12.04 and using Awesome WM. In Awesome session, If I double click a plain text file(txt, asc, rb, py etc.) in Thunar, it opens with Abi Word. But I want it to open with a text editor ...
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1answer
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Problem with Nautilus when using awesome? [duplicate]
When I start awesome with startx I have no background (by choice) and when I right click on the "desktop" I get a menu for opening apps like in normal GNOME.
The problem is that when I start ...
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1answer
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Suspend doesn't happen when laptop lid closes - awesome wm
I've installed awesome as my windows manager.
However, it doesn't seem to respect the power options from lightdm; if I'm at the login screen shutting the lid will trigger suspend.
Once I log into the ...
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Launching firefox in awesome wm with mod4+r causes firefox to run in the background
I'm using awesome wm and recently I've updated Ubuntu to 12.10 version and since then, I'm not able to run firefox using Mod4+r.
If I do a ps -afe | grep firefox I see that firefox process is there, ...
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2answers
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Awesome multimonitor scenario: how to stop mirroring?
I have this two-monitor configuration that works flawlessly in the default 12.10 GNOME wm. This is my xorg.conf:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VGA0"
Option "Enable" "true"
Modeline ...
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1answer
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How to make a textbox update brightness level?
I'm using Awesome window manager and have a textbox widget that I want to update with the current brightness level on an arbitrary interval of my choosing. Is there anyway to do this with Awesome and ...
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Timezone in “Date & Time” from gnome control center is frequently wrong
Currently on a system with ubuntu and awesome as the window manager.
For some reason changing the timezone in gnome control center does not do a thing. Running date returns the right timezone (as ...
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Wallpapers are not fully “zoomed” (awsetbg -f) in awesome
When I set my wallpaper in awesome using awsetbg -f and in the theme.lua, most wallpapers are not "zoomed" (as if you were to set a wallpaper and make it zoomed, tiled, etc.). It is shown as tiled. I ...
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1answer
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Is having Unity/awesome wm together possible? how can I do this?
I would like to have the menus, sidebar,the HUD, and the user friendliness ubuntu offers but I would like the window control and the window tiling capabilities of awesome together. Google has not ...
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What is the gnome command for the battery applet?
It used to be gnome-power-manager or something of that sort, but now I can't seem to find it. When I run gnome-session from within awesome, it loads all the applets, i.e. nm-applet and the keyboard ...
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1answer
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How to change Thunderbird's display time to 24h format?
Currently Thunderbird displays time in AM/PM mode.
How can I change it to 24h mode?
UPDATE 1:
$ locale |grep LC_TIME
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
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1answer
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How to change decimal comma to decimal period in numpad?
How to change the decimal comma ',' to decimal period '.' in the numeric pad of the keyboard?
I have used xmodmap but every time that I change my keyboard layout the changes (by xmodmap) are being ...
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2answers
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Cycle through clients on both screens in awesomewm
I am using awesomewm and have two monitors, so Mod4+j and Mod4+k cycle through windows on current screen only. Is there a way to cycle through all windows/clients on all screens to make it work like ...
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How can I get my battery level to display in the notification area (system tray)?
I'm trying to use the Awesome window manager with GNOME, i.e. running gnome-session --session=ubuntu on login, and it works great for the most part, except for the fact that the notification ...
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1answer
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How to install and use AwesomeWM alongside Unity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install and use Awesome WM?
How to install and use AwesomeWM in Ubuntu 12.04?
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xrandr crash when second monitor is --right-of or --left-of using Radeon drivers [closed]
When I connect a second monitor to my HP Envy 14, it appears in xrandr and can be enabled with:
xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1440x900
However if I attempt anything but mirroring, for example ...
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Is there any possible way to copy the font-settings that I had when I used Gnome, and use them on Awesome WM?
I've just switched from Gnome to Awesome WM and my font settings disappeared (except the settings from .Xresource, but most of the programs don't use it anyway).
Is there any possible way to copy the ...
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1answer
671 views
Configure run command in Awesome window manager
I am using the Awesome window manager - I like it.
When I press mod+R I get the run command on the top left of the screen. Here if I type in a command exactly correct it runs the application.
How ...
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Software Center doesn't work as it should in Awesome WM [closed]
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and Awesome window manager. When I run software-center I cannot install or remove software. I get the following warning:
softwarecenter.backend - WARNING - _on_trans_error: ...
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New keyboard: when i press Mod4+m i get sound control
I have just bought a new keyboard and when i press Mod4(windows key)+m I get the sound control pop up to mute or activate sound..
I open the manager for shortcuts in the gnome-control-center but ...
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What is the rationale behind snazzy Window Managers/Composers? [closed]
This is more of a generic question, based on trying out Window Managers like Awesome, Mate and others.
To me looks like that other Window Managers like Gnome3 and/or Unity are heavy and pointless.
I ...
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Change the icon of Desktop Managers in the login-screen [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to change circular icon to indicate chosen session in unity-greeter?
I've installed different Desktop Managers (a.k.a. Window Managers) on Ubuntu (12.04).
Only issue ...
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2answers
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How can I get awesome wm to recognize ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua?
I've been trying different configurations on awesome wm, but suddenly awesome stopped loading ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua on startup, and now only loads the default configuration at ...
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1answer
488 views
How can I change the Xfce window manager to awesome?
I'd like to use the Awesome Window Manager with all the other XFCE4 environment daemons, like keyrings, panels, power managers, etc. Is there a way to do this?
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Cannot summon Gnome-Do
I use awesomewm and I have installed gnome-do. When I start it, I see this:
[SystemService] Could not initialize dbus: Unable to open the session message bus.
(Do:3128): Wnck-CRITICAL **: ...
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1answer
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Autostart in .xinitrc
I want to run some program at awesomewm startup. I have in my .xinitrc this line:
exec awesome
It works. Then I added this:
exec guake
I got errors. So I did this:
guake
I put each of these ...
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2answers
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Awesome WM menu missing Firefox
After sudo apt-get install awesome awesome-extra and logging into it (with no previous configuration that I know of), there's no menu entry for Firefox. All my other stuff is there - Mutt, Meld, ...
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AwesomeWM returning to lightdm after trying to log in
I recently installed AwesomeWM, everything was going fine til I tried to edit the rc.lua. It wouldn't let me save from AwesomeWM so I opened up Unity and saved it from there and when I tried to log ...
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1answer
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Awesome window manager on startup
I've installed Awesome window manager on Ubuntu 12-04
I have followed these instructions to set it up. It works correctly.
I am now trying to add some shell commands to be run at startup. [swapping ...
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regain control of mouse by restarting Xorg?
Lately whilst browsing the web the mouse will "hold down left click" and not let go -- i.e. I get a closed hand icon that can move around but doesn't interact with the screen. Restarting the OS solves ...
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1answer
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Awesome starts programms twice
I'm running Ubuntu on a MacBook and use an external monitor. So I use xrandr to turn off the laptop monitor on startup if the external monitor is connected with this small ruby script:
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2answers
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Awesome WM Does not Search for Wifi Networks?
When I start Awesome WM, it works fine but it does not start the daemon/application that searches for and connects to wifi networks.
How to make it do that both on startup as well as on demand since ...
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1answer
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switching over to awesome from openbox, can I still use my menu.xml
I've been using openbox in LXDE for a couple of years now, and I have my menu.xml just the way I like it. I see in awesome the default menu seems to be constructed in the rc.lua, but I also see that ...
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1answer
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autostart app with tag in awm
while giving awm a try i encounter some problems. i want to autostart some apps when awm is started with specific tags. here's the relevant config i use for that.
first my tags with layouts:
tags = ...
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X Server crash (EQ overflowing) [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 with lightdm and awesome window manager on a Macbook Pro 6,2 (nvidia and integrated Intel GPUs). I'm also using macfanctld and pommed, in case that's helpful.
My grub config ...
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1answer
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Problems with dual screen in awesome
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on an late 2010 MacBook in order to use it lid-closed with a big screen and to use it with awesome. I activted both screens with the nvidia-settings tool. Awesome starts two ...
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1answer
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In Awesome window manager, how do I add vicious widgets?
I do exactly what it says in the vicious README, but when I reload the configuration file, no widgets are added to the top bar. So for example, I add:
require("vicious")
at the top (after moving ...
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5answers
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How can I permanently save a password-protected SSH key?
I am using Awesome Window Manager
How can I permanently add private keys with password?
Inspired by the answer here I have added the private keys in ~/.ssh/config
Contents of ~/.ssh/config:
...
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1answer
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How do I Install and Use Awesome WM?
How do I use Awesome WM with Ubuntu 12.04? How do I invoke Awesome instead of Unity? Any dangers to trying to install it - in other words can I mess up my graphical shell?
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1answer
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User-level script run by lightdm
I'd like to do key remapping that effects only my user, but everywhere within my window manager, not just in a terminal.
In lightdm, I select awesome as my window manager and log in. Are there any ...
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1answer
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Why is metacity still my display manager instead of awesome?
I am trying to stop using unity and make awesome my default display manager while still having gnome as my default desktop environment. I am following the instructions at this page. I did however base ...
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1answer
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Awesome-WM inside gnome-shell -> Get rid of top panels
I am using awesome-wm now, and was trying to get it working with gnome-shell. I have basically followed those steps:
...
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1answer
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Starting awesome-wm when using startx?
I uninstalled gnome-session-fallback and gdm, when I start the machine, it boots in console mode. I can log in normally.
Using startx starts up the remnants of GNOME that are still on my machine (a ...
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1answer
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Logging in over and over again. How to fix this? [closed]
Ok, I messed up. I installed ubuntu 11.10, installed awesome wm and removed unity, to have something to fall back on, I also installed gnome-session-fallback.
I was messing around and did the ...
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Mouse clicks stop working after random time, using Awesome WM + Gnome [closed]
I'm using the Awesome Window Manager together with Gnome in Linux Mint. I experience the following problem several times a day:
Suddenly the mouse partially stops working, which means that I'm still ...
