Weird Issue with startx and dwm

10 March 2021, 03:32:46

Hello, I am trying to use dwm
I am running artix in a VM (virtual box)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31275672/how-to-install-dwm-in-arch-linux

I followed the answer from here and cloned dwm/st/dmenu
when I run startx the screen doesnt change to a black screen with the dwm bar
it just freezes but in order to quit I have to exit using dwm binds (shift+alt+q)
I don't get any error message from startx so I am really confused at what is happening

edit:
so after messing around a bit I did get an error xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)

Re: Weird Issue with startx and dwm

Reply #1 – 10 March 2021, 10:45:45

Adding new user is completely unnecessary in that Stackoverflow answer. Post logs, we can't help otherwise. X log and kernel log are important, because this seems like a driver/X misconfiguration and unrelated to dwm.