> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2015 09:32:51 -0600
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [qtile-dev] qtile on centos 7.1
>
> On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 08:07:22AM -0700, Dieter Devlaminck wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've installed qtile on centos 7.1
> >
> > I've install the X Window System, but otherwise I don't have a desktop or
> > display manager.
> >
> > When I launch qtile through startx, I get a black screen with a mouse
> > pointer. None of the configured keys in the default
> > ~/.config/qtile/config.py seems to work.
> >
> > The following warnings are in .qtile.log
> >
> > init_log:105 Starting Qtile
> > <mdoule>:41
> > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/qtile-0.10.1-py2.7.egg/libqtile/xcbq.py:41:
> >
> > IMportWarning: Not importing directory
>
> Are these really the full errors, typos and everything? Looks like you
> may not have xcffib installed correctly. However, it would help to
> have an exact copy paste of the errors.
>
> > '/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xcffib': missing from xcffib.xprotor
> > import CW, WindowClass, EventMask
> > safe_import:49 Can't IMport Widget: '.mpdwidget.Mpd', no module named mpd
> > ....
> >
> > further warnings for no modules named pythonwifi.iwlibs, not module named
> > httplib2, no module keyring and xcb-cursor not found, fallback to font
> > pointer
>
> Assuming these are the warnings I think they are, they're harmless.
>
> Tycho
>
> > Are these warnings part of the problem? How can I find out what is going
> > wrong?
> >
The answer is easy, the solution, not so much. In RHEL (and thus Centos) 7's
cairo, xpyb and xcb are not enabled. I have asked about getting them enabled,
but was told it is not likely. I might could try to pull in a few favors, but
I cannot
promise anything.
John.
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