[SOLVED]Awesome-wm's theme doesn't work

So I tried to use one of awesome's themes (zenburn,) the problem is when I startx there is just a black screen with a mouse pointer, which I am able to move.
Here is my rc.lua:
awful = require("awful")
beautiful = require('beautiful')
beautiful.init("~/.config/awesome/themes/zenburn/theme.lua")
bg_focus = beautiful.bg_focus
beautiful.init(awful.util.getdir("config") .. "/themes/zenburn/theme.lua")
Theme.lua for zenburn:
-- "Zenburn" awesome theme --
-- By Adrian C. (anrxc) --
-- Alternative icon sets and widget icons:
-- * http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Nice_Icons
-- {{{ Main
theme = {}
theme.wallpaper = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/zenburn-background.png"
-- {{{ Styles
theme.font = "sans 8"
-- {{{ Colors
theme.fg_normal = "#DCDCCC"
theme.fg_focus = "#F0DFAF"
theme.fg_urgent = "#CC9393"
theme.bg_normal = "#3F3F3F"
theme.bg_focus = "#1E2320"
theme.bg_urgent = "#3F3F3F"
theme.bg_systray = theme.bg_normal
-- {{{ Borders
theme.border_width = 2
theme.border_normal = "#3F3F3F"
theme.border_focus = "#6F6F6F"
theme.border_marked = "#CC9393"
-- {{{ Titlebars
theme.titlebar_bg_focus = "#3F3F3F"
theme.titlebar_bg_normal = "#3F3F3F"
-- There are other variable sets
-- overriding the default one when
-- defined, the sets are:
-- [taglist|tasklist]_[bg|fg]_[focus|urgent]
-- titlebar_[normal|focus]
-- tooltip_[font|opacity|fg_color|bg_color|border_width|border_color]
-- Example:
--theme.taglist_bg_focus = "#CC9393"
-- {{{ Widgets
-- You can add as many variables as
-- you wish and access them by using
-- beautiful.variable in your rc.lua
--theme.fg_widget = "#AECF96"
--theme.fg_center_widget = "#88A175"
--theme.fg_end_widget = "#FF5656"
--theme.bg_widget = "#494B4F"
--theme.border_widget = "#3F3F3F"
-- {{{ Mouse finder
theme.mouse_finder_color = "#CC9393"
-- mouse_finder_[timeout|animate_timeout|radius|factor]
-- {{{ Menu
-- Variables set for theming the menu:
-- menu_[bg|fg]_[normal|focus]
-- menu_[border_color|border_width]
theme.menu_height = 15
theme.menu_width = 100
-- {{{ Icons
-- {{{ Taglist
theme.taglist_squares_sel = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/taglist/squarefz.png"
theme.taglist_squares_unsel = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/taglist/squarez.png"
--theme.taglist_squares_resize = "false"
-- {{{ Misc
theme.awesome_icon = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/awesome-icon.png"
theme.menu_submenu_icon = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/submenu.png"
-- {{{ Layout
theme.layout_tile = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/tile.png"
theme.layout_tileleft = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/tileleft.png"
theme.layout_tilebottom = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/tilebottom.png"
theme.layout_tiletop = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/tiletop.png"
theme.layout_fairv = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/fairv.png"
theme.layout_fairh = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/fairh.png"
theme.layout_spiral = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/spiral.png"
theme.layout_dwindle = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/dwindle.png"
theme.layout_max = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/max.png"
theme.layout_fullscreen = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/fullscreen.png"
theme.layout_magnifier = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/magnifier.png"
theme.layout_floating = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/layouts/floating.png"
-- {{{ Titlebar
theme.titlebar_close_button_focus = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/close_focus.png"
theme.titlebar_close_button_normal = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/close_normal.png"
theme.titlebar_ontop_button_focus_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/ontop_focus_active.png"
theme.titlebar_ontop_button_normal_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/ontop_normal_active.png"
theme.titlebar_ontop_button_focus_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/ontop_focus_inactive.png"
theme.titlebar_ontop_button_normal_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/ontop_normal_inactive.png"
theme.titlebar_sticky_button_focus_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/sticky_focus_active.png"
theme.titlebar_sticky_button_normal_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/sticky_normal_active.png"
theme.titlebar_sticky_button_focus_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/sticky_focus_inactive.png"
theme.titlebar_sticky_button_normal_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/sticky_normal_inactive.png"
theme.titlebar_floating_button_focus_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/floating_focus_active.png"
theme.titlebar_floating_button_normal_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/floating_normal_active.png"
theme.titlebar_floating_button_focus_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/floating_focus_inactive.png"
theme.titlebar_floating_button_normal_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/floating_normal_inactive.png"
theme.titlebar_maximized_button_focus_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/maximized_focus_active.png"
theme.titlebar_maximized_button_normal_active = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/maximized_normal_active.png"
theme.titlebar_maximized_button_focus_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/maximized_focus_inactive.png"
theme.titlebar_maximized_button_normal_inactive = "/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/titlebar/maximized_normal_inactive.png"
return theme
Last edited by Mugi (2014-07-08 14:29:44)

Just change the default beautiful.init("/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/theme.lua") to beautiful.init("/usr/share/awesome/themes/zenburn/theme.lua").
Your beautiful.init points to ~/.config/awesome/themes/... which is perfectly fine if you actually copied the theme to that folder. You copied the zenburn folder, right?
Edit:
Mugi wrote:well my rc.lua is basically pointing at the theme of zenburn. It works if I don't do anything myself, that means it just picks I guess the default rc.lua, but I am not able to point at the default theme like I did with zenburn.
After reading this a couple of times, I get the feeling that the rc.lua you posted actually is all of your rc.lua... That won't work.
You can't just provide a partial rc.lua with some things you want to change.
Just copy /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua to ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua and change the beautiful.init line (as Proinsias already stated)
Last edited by Darkcloud (2014-07-08 11:04:17)

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error: failed retrieving file 'libupnp-1.6.13-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from archlinux.polymorf.fr : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'vlc-1.1.12-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mir.archlinux.fr : Not Found
When you look up "Archlinux" on the videolan.org website it claims VLC ought to be available in the Extras repository.
What am I missing?
Last edited by 20k (2011-11-26 21:26:44)

Am I right in understanding that because pacman's database was not properly updated it couldn't find the same packages on other mirrors either?
Yes. Your database was out of date, therefore pacman was looking for things which would no longer exist on any up to date mirror.
EDIT: If your problem is solved, please edit your thread title to reflect this
Last edited by b4data (2011-11-23 18:09:41)

[Solved]Brightness control doesn`t work anymore

Hi!
I`ve made my 3rd update of Arch since installation, and... where previous two succeeded, the third one failed. It messed up my system
The problem is, i cannot change brightness any more through my function keys (and since i`m using Openbox as my DE, i cannot change it at all ). The brightness now is so low that i can barely see what i am typing. And it is not only in my Arch, it also messed up Windows and everything else: grub, bootup screen where i can select bios properties - everything. I ran xev and now i see that FN+Right/Left are not detected anymore as brightness keys. It says:
FocusOut event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor
FocusIn event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor
KeymapNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
However, FN + Win + Right/Left are now detected as brightness control function keys
KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001,
root 0x13c, subw 0x0, time 521221, (348,-43), root:(1219,884),
state 0x40, keycode 233 (keysym 0x1008ff02, XF86MonBrightnessUp), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
But pressing them doesn`t work either. I thought that it was xfce4-power-manager problem, but changing to gnome-power-manager didn`t help either.During the update pacman also upgraded kernel to latest version.
Any ideas?
P.S. My notebook is Acer Aspire 7720g with Nvidia 8600M GT. I tried solutions from this topic: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=73889 but none worked for me... The problem is that the system is completely unusable at this point, since i barely see anything on the monitor, and that sucks
Last edited by K0tuk (2009-06-27 08:02:56)

I can't see what you did in Arch affecting your windows installation at all. If you try to boot into windows and increase the brightness (since most laptops store the brightness level of the laptop as it was set, on battery, at least my 2 laptops do), does the new brightness level "stick" for all things? If so, the only issue you have is to re-map the function keys properly, and to configure a script or something to increase/decrease lcd brightness. You can make a simple script that echoes a value into your /proc/acpi/video/LCD/brightness file (the file path will vary, so it may be under UVGA or so). If, however, it doesn't increase again, it may very well be a hardware issue, and not a software (since, as I said above, it's highly unlikely that an Arch update has affected Windows in any way).
Last edited by lswest (2009-06-26 12:28:04)

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I just installed iTunes 7.0.2 via the software update and after the agreeing to the software license agreement this happens:
The iTunes application could not be opened. An unknown error occurred(-50)
Repairing software permissions didn't solve the problem. Reinstalling doesn't work. Quiting everything else and then try to start it doesn't work either. I then deleted everything that had iTunes in it and reinstalled the app. Still a no go.
The weird thing is, the other accounts are able to start iTunes and move through the setup process(search for iTunes library, music store), so there is something wrong with my account that doesn't make iTunes run properly.
How do I get iTunes to run? It's too quiet in here.
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Crontab doesn't work

Hi!
I've got following strings in crontab:
00 20 * * * /home/user/script.sh 2>&1 > /dev/null
0-59 * * * * /bin/date
However, both of them doesn't work. There's no output in terminal for second string.
Here's what /var/log/crond.log shows (for "date", for example):
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I've also tried to add PATH and SHELL par-rs, but with no success.
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin
SHELL=/bin/sh
What can cause such problem?
Last edited by LMW (2010-12-05 05:41:49)

fukawi2 wrote:
You can't -- it has it's own virtual terminal, which is what it emails to you if there is any output.
You could redirect it to say /dev/console (instead of /tmp/test) but that will go to the physical terminal so probably not what you want.
What is the problem you are trying to solve that you want output to your terminal? (EDIT: that's the point of cron... It runs tasks on a schedule, without the need for you to login)
Well, I just want it to work as it should. I'd like to see output in my terminal. I suppose I need to install MTA to see output. Is it right?
Also, scripts still don't work even with output redirection:
00 20 * * * /home/user/script.sh > /path/to/outputfile
Last edited by LMW (2010-12-05 08:41:48)

I can't move events from local to icloud sharing. Clicking and dragging doesn't work!

I need to move all of the labels underneath the 'On My Mac' header to the 'iCloud' header so I can sync through iCloud with my other iOS device. Simply clicking and dragging them doesn't work. How can I solve this?

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Wouldn't you know that my Apple Care Plan runs out this Wednesday?! I need to make sure everything is working properly before that expires.
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