Xmonad Status Bar Not Appearing

Question

Hey guys I've been reading through posts and trying to get dzen2 to appear. But it simply doesn't show up.
So I tried using a default status bar
main = xmonad $ defaultConfig {
logHook = dynamicLog
Provided from
http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-co … icLog.html
and I still do not have any status bars appearing.
Refer Below, changed my current xmonad configuration.
My xmonad.hs is based of thayer's configuration.
Last edited by Jabrick (2011-10-30 22:01:26)

Answer 1

Ok I've finally got a dzen bar to appear.
In my xinitrc where i normally start xmonad
I now have the line
exec xmonad | dzen2
But nothing appears in the bar I've tried several examples and it doesn't seem to work.
Is there something I'm missing?
I do have a ~/.conkyrc file
That looks like
# Conky Config File
# just log everything to the desktop
# Main options (alphabetically)
alignment bl
background yes
default_color 606060
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
double_buffer yes
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
minimum_size 100 100
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
total_run_times 0
update_interval 1
use_xft yes
xftalpha 0.7
xftfont Verdana:size=8
# After TEXT is formatted on screen
TEXT
${tail /var/log/everything.log 20}
This is my  xmonad config file right now....
If I could just get this to work I can finally tinker around.
Been frustrating! Urgh!
--Imports--
import XMonad
--Actions--
import XMonad.Actions.CycleWindows -- classic alt-tab
import XMonad.Actions.CycleWS -- cycle thru WS', toggle last WS
import XMonad.Actions.DwmPromote -- swap master like dwm
--Hooks--
import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog -- statusbar
import XMonad.Hooks.EwmhDesktops -- fullscreenEventHook fixes chrome fullscreen
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks -- dock/tray mgmt
import XMonad.Hooks.UrgencyHook -- window alert bells
import XMonad.Hooks.SetWMName -- matlab fix
--Layouts--
import XMonad.Layout.Named -- custom layout names
import XMonad.Layout.NoBorders -- smart borders on solo clients
--Utils--
import XMonad.Util.EZConfig -- append key/mouse bindings
import XMonad.Util.Run(spawnPipe) -- spawnPipe and hPutStrLn
import System.IO -- hPutStrLn scope
import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W -- manageHook rules
main = do
status <- spawnPipe myDzenStatus -- xmonad status on the left
conky <- spawnPipe myDzenConky -- conky stats on the right
xmonad $ withUrgencyHook NoUrgencyHook $ defaultConfig
{ modMask = mod4Mask
, borderWidth = 2
, normalBorderColor = "#dddddd"
, focusedBorderColor = "#0000ff"
-- , handleEventHook = fullscreenEventHook
, workspaces = myWorkspaces
, layoutHook = myLayoutHook
, manageHook = manageDocks <+> myManageHook
<+> manageHook defaultConfig
,logHook = myLogHook status
, startupHook= setWMName "LG3D"
`additionalKeysP` myKeys
-- Tags/Workspaces
-- clickable workspaces via dzen/xdotool
myWorkspaces :: [String]
myWorkspaces = clickable . (map dzenEscape) $ ["1","2","3","4","5"]
where clickable l = [ "^ca(1,xdotool key super+" ++ show (n) ++ ")" ++ ws ++ "^ca()" |
(i,ws) <- zip [1..] l,
let n = i ]
-- Layouts
-- the default layout is fullscreen with smartborders applied to all
myLayoutHook = avoidStruts $ smartBorders ( full ||| mtiled ||| tiled )
where
full = named "X" $ Full
mtiled = named "M" $ Mirror tiled
tiled = named "T" $ Tall 1 (5/100) (2/(1+(toRational(sqrt(5)::Double))))
-- sets default tile as: Tall nmaster (delta) (golden ratio)
-- Window management
myManageHook = composeAll
[ className =? "MPlayer" --> doFloat
, className =? "Vlc" --> doFloat
, className =? "Gimp" --> doFloat
, className =? "XCalc" --> doFloat
, className =? "Chromium" --> doF (W.shift (myWorkspaces !! 1)) -- send to ws 2
, className =? "Nautilus" --> doF (W.shift (myWorkspaces !! 2)) -- send to ws 3
, className =? "Gimp" --> doF (W.shift (myWorkspaces !! 3)) -- send to ws 4
, className =? "stalonetray" --> doIgnore
-- Statusbar
myLogHook h = dynamicLogWithPP $ myDzenPP { ppOutput = hPutStrLn h }
myDzenStatus = "dzen2 -w '320' -ta 'l'" ++ myDzenStyle
myDzenConky = "conky -c ~/.conkyrc | dzen2 -x '320' -w '704' -ta 'r'" ++ myDzenStyle
myDzenStyle = " -h '20' -fg '#777777' -bg '#222222' -fn 'arial:bold:size=11'"
myDzenPP = dzenPP
{ ppCurrent = dzenColor "#3399ff" "" . wrap " " " "
, ppHidden = dzenColor "#dddddd" "" . wrap " " " "
, ppHiddenNoWindows = dzenColor "#777777" "" . wrap " " " "
, ppUrgent = dzenColor "#ff0000" "" . wrap " " " "
, ppSep = " "
, ppLayout = dzenColor "#aaaaaa" "" . wrap "^ca(1,xdotool key super+space)· " " ·^ca()"
, ppTitle = dzenColor "#ffffff" ""
. wrap "^ca(1,xdotool key super+k)^ca(2,xdotool key super+shift+c)"
" ^ca()^ca()" . shorten 20 . dzenEscape
-- Key bindings
myKeys = [ ("M1-<Tab>" , cycleRecentWindows [xK_Alt_L] xK_Tab xK_Tab ) -- classic alt-tab behaviour
, ("M-b" , sendMessage ToggleStruts ) -- toggle the status bar gap
, ("M-<Tab>" , toggleWS ) -- toggle last workspace (super-tab)
, ("M-<Right>" , nextWS ) -- go to next workspace
, ("M-<Left>" , prevWS ) -- go to prev workspace
, ("M-S-<Right>", shiftToNext ) -- move client to next workspace
, ("M-S-<Left>" , shiftToPrev ) -- move client to prev workspace
, ("M-r" , spawn "xmonad --restart" ) -- restart xmonad w/o recompiling
, ("M-x" , spawn "chromium" ) -- launch browser
, ("M-S-x" , spawn "chromium --incognito" ) -- launch private browser
, ("C-M1-<Delete>" , spawn "sudo shutdown -r now" ) -- reboot
, ("C-M1-<End>" , spawn "sudo shutdown -h now" ) -- poweroff
, ("<XF86AudioMute>" , spawn "amixer -q sset Master toggle") --Toggle Volume
, ("<XF86AudioLowerVolume>", spawn "amixer -q sset Master 2- unmute") -- lower volume
, ("<XF86AudioRaiseVolume>", spawn "amixer -q sset Master 2+ unmute") -- raise volume
, ("<Print>" , spawn "import -window root `date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S'`.png") --Take a Screenshot