[xmonad] Vanilla Xmonad distribution

[Tamas Papp]

Hi Alexander,

I am using Debian/unstable, and it works fine. Here is what I would
suggest:

1. Install xmonad using cabal, with all the flags. Install the -dev
libraries whenever it complains it is missing something and try again.

2. Start XFCE with the following .xsession file:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &
exec startxfce4 --with-ck-launch
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

3. start

xmonad --replace

from XFCE (session/app autostart or something like this).

4. start xmobar from there also.

Hope this helps,

Tamas

On Tue, Feb 24 2015, Alexander Genaud <alex at genaud.net> wrote:

> Years ago, I set my girlfriend up with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and xmonad (0.8 or
> 0.9 maybe). With minor tweaks, mod4Mask, etc, it just worked for years.
>
> This weekend, I tried to set up Linux Mint Mate, then Cinnamon, then
> Xubuntu (Xfce) with xmonad-0.11, each with their own unique issues. Xubuntu
> was most promising, but just doesn't work very well (panel disappears, or
> meta-key is intercepted such that Win-1 or Win-Shift-Return are typed into
> the highlighted app or ignored). I am reading a hodge-podge of different
> config tutorials focusing on an assortment of versions. I have not come
> across an installation/config wiki page that seemed relevant and up to date.
>
> I'm willing to install just about any distribution (not Arch nor Gentoo)
> and nearly any DE, but I'd like all the niceties of a stable (LTS-ish) DE
> with graphical networking, application selection menus, panel,
> notifications, but with the latest xmonad tile windowing. I like the idea
> of Xfce because it's light weight and easy. Gnome2 fallback is fine too. I
> expected Mate would 'just work'.
>
> Is there a stable reference distro? Can someone point me to a tutorial from
> late 2014 or 2015 for installing xmonad on a recently distro?
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