I3 freezes when launching ncmpcpp from dmenu

Question

It works great when I launch ncmpcpp from within a terminal (urxvt or xterm). But the whole system freezes when trying to launch it from dmenu. I'm forced to hit the power button on my desktop.
When I power back on and inspect the i3 log file, there's nothing past the call to dmenu_run:
08/13/2010 06:20:55 PM - Urgency flag changed to 0
08/13/2010 06:21:01 PM - --- parsing command "exec /usr/bin/urxvt" ---
08/13/2010 06:21:01 PM - starting "/usr/bin/urxvt"
08/13/2010 06:21:02 PM - Managing window 0x00800007
08/13/2010 06:21:02 PM - _NET_WM_NAME changed to "Terminal"
08/13/2010 06:21:02 PM - WM_CLASS changed to urxvt (instance), URxvt (class)
08/13/2010 06:21:02 PM - WM_CLASS changed to urxvt (instance), URxvt (class)
08/13/2010 06:21:02 PM - _NET_WM_NAME changed to "Terminal"
08/13/2010 06:21:12 PM - --- parsing command "exec /usr/bin/dmenu_run" ---
08/13/2010 06:21:12 PM - starting "/usr/bin/dmenu_run"
//... log ends here
When I try and use dmenu, this time from openbox, ncmpcpp launches flawlessly.
Let me know if you require more information
Last edited by marfig (2010-08-13 19:05:21)

Answer 1

marfig wrote:It's the freeze that bothers me though.
IIRC, it will do that in any window manager when you try to run a[n] [N]CURSES program without a terminal.
marfig wrote:[...] could you please at least have inserted a comment on AUR explaining the program?
AUR description wrote:A simple Dmenu-based application launcher. Launches binaries and XDG shortcuts.
AUR descriptions can only be so long and any comments there were wiped out by that database incident.  Sorry 'bout that.
Anyway, it is a small shell script that uses Dmenu to launch applications either by binary name or XDG shortcut name (e.g., "writer" for OpenOffice Writer instead of $(soffice -writer)), and it can be told to launch applications in a terminal instead, which I figured would help you out.
Last edited by Wintervenom (2010-08-14 02:39:57)