Questions tagged [awesome]
Awesome is a highly configurable framework window manager extensible using lua.
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x1 carbon 7th gen bluetooth default controller not found
I am running Arch linux on my Thinkpad x1 carbon 7th Gen and I have followed all the arch-wiki commands to install bluetooth, but when I run a list command on bluetoothctl I get a "no controllers ...
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Overlay Application Windows for Tiling WMs (Awesome)
System Information:
$ inxi -S
System:
Host: ... Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: awesome v: 4.3 Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma
I currently try to optimize my workflow and I am ...
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How to apply rice to Awesome WM?
I am using Awesome WM on Arch and I want to apply a particular style (rice) to it. I found this reddit post and the author has uploaded the relevant files to GitHub. How can I use these files to apply ...
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Chromium session management on X11 vs Wayland
I use a chromium based web browser (brave) on awesome-wm (WM for X11). My normal workflow is to have 1 or 2 brave windows open on each virtual desktop. Then I would click the hamburger icon (settings) ...
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Gnome-terminal slow start for first instance on arch
I am using the Awesome window manager with Arch, kernel 6.5.5.
When I start gnome-terminal for the first time and every other time where I don't already have an instance of gnome-terminal running, it ...
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Windows are glitchy and don't render properly
I recently got a new laptop, System 76 Lemur Pro, preinstalled with Ubuntu 22.04. I've been installing and configuring Awesome Window Manager 4.3. I believe I messed something up with xrandr or picom ...
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How to make scrollbars darker under Awesomewm?
I'm using archlinux with awesomewm and kterminal (the kde terminal app).
Whenever I'm using the terminal (or any other app, but specifically the terminal), and whenever I wanted to scroll, I find it ...
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AwesomeWM, Proper Configuration with Multiple Monitors - Cloning, Activating Additional Monitors without Logging out, vertical display, monitor order
I have four related questions regarding the use of the window manager AwesomeWM when multiple monitors are involved. These are all fairly simple configuration questions, but I have not been able to ...
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How do I configure a key binding to send a client to bling's scratch pad in awesome wm?
I want to make a shortcut that can send a client to bling's scratchpad.
The part that initializes bling scratch pad:
local bling = require("bling")
local term_scratch = bling.module....
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Terminal applications don't cover the entire terminal
I've been researching this for a couple hours so far and I can't seem to find a solution that works and isn't 10 years old so I figured I'd ask again.
I'm using awesome and Alacritty, and when I use, ...
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How to KDE + awesomewm?
Is there a way to configure awesomewm as windows manager but running KDE as desktop environment?
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Why is Polybar not starting (from AwesomeWM)?
I have a shell script that contains startup logic for apps that are supposed to run after the Awesome window manager is up and running. Currently, it launches both polybar and picom. Picom works fine, ...
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Awesome window manager keybinding executes but also fall-through to the focused client
I have a key binding Super + Menu. Like this:
awful.key({ modkey, }, "Menu", function (c) c:kill() end,
{description = "Close", group = "client"}),
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Autokey - Adjusting Screen Brightness with Hotkeys (and sustaining that brightness in Awesome Window Manager)
In awesome window manager, my screen brightness gets reset to 100% each time I'm away from my computer for a few minutes. How can I get it to sustain the brightness I set prior to these screen-saver/...
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Setting Default Applications without a Desktop Environment [duplicate]
Since Awesome Window Manager is mainly a window manager, and not quite a full desktop environment, I don't know how to manage the concept of default applications.
Without a desktop environment ...
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