[SOLVED] xmonad installation - confused (?)

After recovering from a failed xmonad installation, I thought it would be a good idea to post this..
Again, to everyone who helped with my other thread, I'm sorry if this is stupid.
Every guide on installing xmonad is out of date. Or everyone that I have found anyway. I have already "sudo pacman -S xmonad" and installed it, but where do I go from here?
I have tried putting "exec xmonad" in my xinitrc, but when I login, xmonad does not start. I get this in terminal when I try running "xmonad" in gnome:
Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: /home/skai/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
xmonad.hs:5:18:
Could not find module `XMonad.Actions.Warp':
Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.
Please check the file for errors.
/home/skai/.xmonad/xmonad-i386-linux: executeFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)
xmonad: xmessage: executeFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)
X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
Major opcode of failed request: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
Serial number of failed request: 7
Current serial number in output stream: 8
It says an error has been detected with my xmonad.hs. I just copied some random config in the hopes of getting this to work, so maybe that has something to do with it.
After that it says xmonad-i386-linux: executeFile does not exist.. I don't know anything about that. Can anyone point me in the right direction with this?
Edit ---------------------------------------~~~~
I deserve at least one reply, no?
I have seen this problem on forums everywhere, but people either get it fixed automagically they talk to someone on IRC and figure it out. I'm not a very lucky guy, and I don't know any IRC channels.
All I'm really looking for is an installation/configure guide for xmonad, if anybody has one, please post.
Last edited by skai161 (2011-03-24 15:11:35)

skai161 wrote: I have tried putting "exec xmonad" in my xinitrc, but when I login, xmonad does not start.
Are you sure it did not start? What happaned? You get an empty screen?
I just copied some random config in the hopes of getting this to work, so maybe that has something to do with it.
Dont use random configs found somewhere on the net. Start from the default one and extend it to your needs.
Every guide on installing xmonad is out of date.
A bit bold statement. I see nothing wrong with this one: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmonad
I suggest remove everything from your .xmonad dir and start over.
Also, dont be impatient.

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have added cups to the DAEMONS array in rc.conf and my account to lp group and edited /etc/cups/cupsd.conf so now I have SystemGroup lp
**Epson EPL-4200L**
It's a laser print working on parallel port. Was not necessary add in rc.conf lp, parport, parport_pc modules since they are loaded automatically.
Obviously neither kde systemsetting printer applet nor cups web interface find my printer. Here some output of dmesg:
dmesg | egrep -i "parport|lp|epson"
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
parport_pc 00:06: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: Printer, EPSON EPL-6200L
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven)
**HP Photosmart C4280**
It's a combo (printer/scanner) connected through usb. In lsusb I have:
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 03f0:5c11 Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart C4200 Printer series
I've blacklisted usblp in /etc/rc.conf and changed device node permission. Since:
ls -l /dev/bus/usb/003/004
crw-rw----+ 1 root lp 189, 259 2 giu 20.12 /dev/bus/usb/003/004
have created /etc/udev/rules.d/10-usbprinter.rules and inserted this:
#HP Photosmart C4280
ATTR{idVendor}=="03f0", ATTR{idProduct}=="5c11", MODE:="0660", GROUP:="lp"
LABEL="usbprinter_rules_end"
usbcore is already loaded so no need to insert it in rc.conf
Even this printer is unrecognized.
I have made an attempt using hp tools: with sudo have launched hp-setup and it finds the printer but clicking on "Printer test page" nothing appens; the same from hp-toolbox.
I need a very big help. Thanks
P.S. I have added my account to sudoers and disabled root: I don't know if this is important.
Last edited by gcala (2010-06-04 10:19:58)

Solved! It was probably a permission problem; used to kubuntu I had added my account to sudoers and blocked root so during printer configuration i used my account/password as credentials; even if they are accepted there is a problem with sudo configuration that make it unusable with cups; so root account is necessary. Using root make other settings useless: inserting !usblp in rc.conf, modify device node permission. Adding own account to lp group is enough.
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