[Solved] Running exec i3 causes crash and logout

I am trying to get the i3 WM installed on my machine. I have X installed and working. I was able to perform the test with xterms specified in the beginners guide. I installed i3 with 'sudo pacman -S i3' and created a .xnitrc file in my home directory by copying it from the skel directory. It is supposed to run the command 'exec i3' after I login from xdm but it is failing. It seems to not do anything but log me out. If I am booted into XDM and login I just get bounced back to the login screen. If I am on the console and try to run 'exec i3' it just logs me out and doesn't start. If I run 'exec i3' from an xterm it crashes the terminal window.
EDIT: this occurs with all WMs I have tried in addition to i3 such as ratpoison.
Last edited by fourmyle (2012-01-09 21:54:22)

I don't think that is it. I have dbus installed and its in my DAEMONS array. I actually just reinstalled arch completely and still have the same problem even without a display manager installed. If i use 'exec i3' from the command line it logs be out of the current shell session. startx works though still. Could it be a driver issue or maybe a bad release?
Last edited by fourmyle (2012-01-08 01:44:14)

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