Created attachment 828756 [details] Patch against ghc-xmonad-contrib 0.11.2 Description of problem: The XMonad.Config.Xfce module uses the old name of the xfce4-terminal executable, which was renamed from "Terminal" to "xfce4-terminal" in xfce4-terminal 0.6.0 (0.6.2 is in Fedora 19). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.11.2-1.fc19 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. In ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs, import XMonad and XMonad.Config.Xfce and assign `main = xmonad xfceConfig` 2. Recompile and restart xmonad 3. Press mod-shift-return Actual results: Nothing happens Expected results: xfce4-terminal opens Additional info: Patch attached
Thanks for reporting this - I posted your patch upstream with acknowledgement. I guess we should update Fedora 19+ for this too through it will change the xmonad-contrib ABI hash alas.
ghc-xmonad-contrib-0.11.2-3.fc20,bluetile-0.6-22.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ghc-xmonad-contrib-0.11.2-3.fc20,bluetile-0.6-22.fc20
ghc-xmonad-contrib-0.11.2-3.fc19,bluetile-0.6-22.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ghc-xmonad-contrib-0.11.2-3.fc19,bluetile-0.6-22.fc19
Package ghc-xmonad-contrib-0.11.2-3.fc20, bluetile-0.6-22.fc20: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing ghc-xmonad-contrib-0.11.2-3.fc20 bluetile-0.6-22.fc20' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-22141/ghc-xmonad-contrib-0.11.2-3.fc20,bluetile-0.6-22.fc20 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Can you test if this fixes the problem?
Is there a good way to run xmonad under XFCE?
Thanks Jens; ghc-xmonad-contrib-0.11.2-3.fc20 fixes the problem. I add `xmonad --replace` to the XFCE startup applications as suggested on the xmonad wiki, and find this works well.
ghc-xmonad-contrib-0.11.2-3.fc19, bluetile-0.6-22.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
ghc-xmonad-contrib-0.11.2-3.fc20, bluetile-0.6-22.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.