Post #3953647
2026-07-20 07:40 UTC
I like the concept and tried it on Arch once but couldn’t really get most window managers to work. The screen was just black and there was no mouse movement. I searched for some tutorials on how to get started but couldn’t find any. Do you have tips on how to get a working basic setup from which you can actually try out all the different WMs?
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@memphis@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-20 14:39
I just tried it for a bit, and you basically have to create an executable bash script at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/river/init that launches your selected window manager ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME is usually ~/.config). It will not work unless marked executable, and you do that by running chmod +x on it.
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@HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 2026-07-20 19:08
I tried similar things on Debian and the usual problem seems to be that session management under Wayland is a mess.