Qtile on Arch Linux

NOTE: at 22.00 the square bracket refers to the top and last of the group, not as shown in the video.
In this video, I am going to go through the installation of Qtile on Arch Linux and its basic configuration and customization.
Qtile Documentation: qtile.org
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[@ksmith7122]

This channel is going to fill many holes in my knowledge, for which I am grateful, thank you :) I watched 4 channel videos already this morning

[@eflinux]

You're very welcome!

[@pscoriae6981]

Just wanted to say thank you Ermanno! Your Arch Linux systemd boot tutorial was really helpful and easy to follow. I also liked that you explained what each step was for :)

[@econ5887]

Thank you. Perfect timing as I am switching to qtile from XFCE

[@drewzilla65]

Was considering qtile as my main wm until I saw your videos on bspwm and the customization bar. Look forward to a similar video for qtile

[@eminentqualia5300]

Thank you! Been waiting for this. Can't wait for the other video.

[@user-bc5vv1ug2g]

really looking forward to the groups tutorial, after using Qtile for a while, still something to learn.

[@DmitryRomanov]

I am so happy I have found your channel :-))) ! Thank you for your work!

[@braiinworms]

Just what I was looking for!! I’m joining on Patreon now, you’re the best!!

[@eflinux]

Hey thanks Annie! I’ll catch you there :)

[@nicoandresrodriguez]

Great help to the community, thank you!

[@sc0or]

As I supposed, a fulfillness and a documentation are keys to success. Qtile so far seems the most interesting tiling manager. Thank you that shared it with us. PS It seems a good idea to close a bracket (and a quote) just after an opening one is typed in.

[@whylde7834]

Lovely video! I'm building a new PC and this video has made me want to try Qtile on my Arch install.

[@jvnicholas]

very educative and informative, thank you!

[@pawouapproval984]

bro thanks so much this fixed an issue I was having with things not being displayed properly!!!!

[@taidee]

Nice Ermanno, very nice. Qtile is my favorite WM, it's great to see you do some work on it, looking forward to the future videos. I like Qtile because it is relatively easy to install and doesn't come with loads of dependencies like Xmonad does, it also spawns windows in the way that is perfect for my workflow.

[@shubhampawar7921]

Can you link your config files

[@mynamejeff2880]

@@shubhampawar7921 make your own bro

[@LGTeGeTeGe]

Just what i needed ❤️

[@Zodiac-pz9bn]

Qtile looks very interesting and I love Ur videos alot ☺️

[@ksmith7122]

Very nice intro to Qtile Wm. Really appreciate the info on widgets, which I had not yet fully understood - thank you. Would like to see what you may come up with once you get some python skills (ps I havent got any lol). One thing that Awesome Wm does that Qtile Wm does not, afaik, is it puts a nice border around the active window - now Qtile does do this, but on my set-up, for reasons I don't know about, not around the chrome browser window. The active border is a nice feature becasue it shows you where you are working, but in Qtile does not show when the chrome window is selected. Nice work, thank you :) BTW I think I prefer Qtile Wm becasue the documentation looks complete, and I too when I get time am trying to learn python. Also I find Awesome Wm documentation sparse as a non programer, especially becasue it lacks the examples I have been looking for.

[@user-kv6yb3zt7x]

Thank you!

[@lrdrl6408]

thx for the video

[@Appalling68]

Not sure how I feel about tile managers, but a thoroughly informative and well done video nonetheless. Thank you!

[@eflinux]

What are you using at the moment?

[@Appalling68]

@@eflinux Hey Ermanno. I'm still "stuck" on the Cinnamon DE (whether in Mint or in Arch) because it's so darn familiar and comfortable for me. I played around with the i3 wm in a vm some time ago, but my problem is that I simply can't remember key bindings, which sort of defeats the usefulness of a wm!

[@ari_archer]

very nice

[@whoisYoges]

Thanks ermano. Your one of the best and my favorite arch linux guide/ tutor. Would you mind making a video on how to configure system tray on dwm (like seen in manjaro i3). #LoveFromNepal🇳🇵🤍

[@nogz00]

Thanks a lot Ermanno, I was able to setup qlite in arch VM, I had some issues but not impossible!

[@aindvr]

Thank for the video Ermanno. Have you covered Rofi on the channel? I can't seem to find it. Please do a video on how to set it up and configure themes, etc.

[@eflinux]

Maybe I did in the i3 videos, I am not 100% sure.

[@hussainkhorakiwala5649]

YES FINALLY

[@jnslzr]

very very informative, thank you for sharing! being a long time arch-openbox user and since I just learned that qtile is python, would like to give it a try, but would be helpful if you can like do some comparison?

[@AvradeepPatra23]

Wow...nice...

[@noblesavage149]

[@abdoulayebalde2139]

I use black and pylint for python vim it work fine. If you're interested my dotefiles are on github abdoulayegk

[@dragonek_gnu_linux_pl]

I got a problem with qtile bcuse when i chose qtile in lightdm its load for 2seconds and give me back to lightdm. After install xorg pkg and drivers for my intel gpu xf86-video-intel bcuse i have intel iris xs. Why is this happen? Can you help me?

[@cerdounet]

She 's heeeere yeeaaaaah❤️❤️❤️

[@clark985]

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[@darrenrichard998]

Think you've sold me on Qtile now will try installing this next week on my day's off see if its any better than i3. If I create a .xprofile file will i3 use that aswell ?

[@eflinux]

It should.

[@null1101gaming]

First time using anything but a DE, chose qtile because I'm most familiar with python. How the hell do I setup sound?

[@DohkoMUCABRASIL]

Hello Ermanno, I'm having trouble running QTILE a few days. Doing all procedures indicated by in the video, when attempting to log in with Lightdm, I get a black screen, and I go back to the login screen. Can you help me?

[@eflinux]

Sounds like the desktop session wasn’t created. You can look up the Qtile docs to create one.

[@linuxmench2118]

@@eflinux I'm having the same problem. I can't log in to Qtile with Lightdm or from the tty with startx. I can log into Awesome WM, but not Qtile.

[@eflinux]

Check also your graphics driver. If you have an Intel card make sure xf86-video-intel is not installed.

[@linuxmench2118]

I was having the same problem. This fixed it on two computers: sudo pacman -S python-setuptools

[@someidiot6359]

After I rebooted light dm failed to boot properly, am I missing some kind of configuration? (I am in a vm btw)

[@eflinux]

You might want to change the display driver in the vm.

[@marcello4258]

performance hits since it isn't compiled?

[@linuxmench2118]

Did you install Qtile from a new Arch install from the August iso or did you revert a previous Arch installation to base? I had Qtile working with an installation from the June iso. I decided to do a fresh installation of Arch with the August iso and I can't get Qtile to open with Lightdm or from the tty with qtile start in the .xinitrc file. I also tried including exec in the .xinitrc file. Awesome WM works but not Qtile. I tried installing Arch the Arch way and I also tried installing Arch with the Anarchy installer, but Qtile won't open. I have a desktop session for Qtile in xsessions and I have the correct drivers. Everything works except Qtile. I tried with two different computers which have different video drivers, but Qtile won't open, even though it worked on both computers with the June iso. I'm wondering if there's something missing or some conflict between the Arch August iso and Qtile. Thank you. BTW, great videos.

[@eflinux]

I used the August 2021 ISO for the base install. I am not sure why that happens. Maybe you can try another display manager. Also, try eventually and see if Qtile starts from the xinitrc file.

[@linuxmench2118]

@@eflinux Doesn't work from xinitrc file. I'm not sure what the problem is. Awesome works. Thanks.

[@eflinux]

What gpu do you have?

[@linuxmench2118]

@@eflinux Someone posted a Qtile bug report on Arch and it's the same error messages I'm getting.

[@linuxmench2118]

@@eflinux I was missing this file: python-setuptools. Qtile is now working. Thanks for responding to my messages.

[@andi242]

I have one question: why does qtile installation with lightdm work without having to install xorg-server? I always have to add this package in order to make lightdm work.

[@eflinux]

I have it installed as well. It is included in the base install for me.

[@andi242]

@@eflinux thanks! I was a bit confused with this :D

[@andi242]

I had to add "pyhton-setuptools" as well, without qtile kept crashing on start

[@eflinux]

Glad it worked. I had most python packages already installed in my base system, so probably that's why it worked out of the box for me.

[@noneoftheabove940]

Ermanoo, I installed all the packages you should in the video, when I used reboot, system failed to start lightdm

[@eflinux]

You probably have to add your graphics card module in the mkinitcpio.conf file and regenerate the intramfs.

[@noneoftheabove940]

@@eflinux iam using vm

[@VulcanOnWheels]

0:47 You have a local IP address with a third octet of 122? I've never seen that before.

[@uditkundu5883]

Pls make video on awesome wm🙏🙏🙏

[@xade8381]

qtile works with both wayland & X i guess

[@LifeSkeptic]

Intro and outro music?

[@sharktooh76]

JFYI: your voice volume is a bit too low in the recent videos

[@eflinux]

Thanks Francesco, I'll adjust accordingly next time.

[@adamjames8732]

Can you zoom in a bit, I had a really hard time reading the commands

[@eflinux]

Will do next time.

[@MGhz-qb5nk]

You know you dont need nitrogen feh picom etc... Its python u control it all

[@eflinux]

There are many possibilities:)

[@peterjansen4826]

Qtile is not for me because it uses Python, that makes it slower than dwm. The effect is not that big because it is not a big program but still, I do notice it.