New user, choose I3 version. but mod+enter won´t open terminal?

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System:
  Kernel: 6.0.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=7d549f10-2128-425f-a729-a334f876d69d rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    loglevel=3
  Desktop: i3 v: 4.21.1 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: H110M-DS2-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: F2 date: 10/30/2015
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-6500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S
    gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3487 high: 3587 min/max: 800/3600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 3436 2: 3587 3: 3467
    4: 3461 bogomips: 25599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Lexa PRO [Radeon 540/540X/550/550X / RX 540X/550/550X]
    vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands
    process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 1
    link-max: lanes: 8 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:699f class-ID: 0300 temp: 44.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: Samsung S24F350
    serial: <filter> built: 2017 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo
    missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 1-4:4 bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 1e7d:3a3b chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0300 class-ID: 0403
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / 560/560X]
    vendor: Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 1 link-max: lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aae0
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: ROCCAT SYN Pro Air type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.2-zen1-1-zen running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.60 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 11.75 GiB (0.8%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 model: PS3109S9 size: 20 MiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: N/A
    rev: OOT2
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Blade
    size: 14.32 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
    serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 11.75 GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 11.75 GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 11.75 GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 11.75 GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.58 GiB used: 256 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0 C pch: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu
    temp: 45.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1844
Info:
  Processes: 246 Uptime: 27m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.58 GiB
  used: 1.95 GiB (12.5%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1271
  libs: 330 tools: pamac,paru Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.23
Garuda (2.6.9-1):
  System install date:     2022-11-25
  Last full system update: 2022-11-25 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Snapshots:               Snapper
  Failed units:
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First, reboot please.

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Done.
problem persists.

Iḿ considering just adding the mapping myself? but as I understand there is some kickass pre-configured terminal.

and we wants it... we needs it!

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What type of keyboard do you have? Check that the super key "lock" is not enabled.

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Where do I check that? never heard of that kind of lock.

plus when I press mod4+enter there is a sign itś trying to load something...

btw I just went thorugh the config of I3, it seems itś configured to use , alacritty, but alacritty was not installed from what I see...

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What type of keyboard do you have?

It is a common feature. My understanding is hitting the super key while gaming on Windows can be problematic, so many keyboards allow the key to be locked so it isn’t triggered accidentally.

What is mod4?

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I’m noticing your single quotes are coming up as accent marks. I’m wondering if you are using the right keymap for your device?

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a pretty standard logitech one? with Hebrew and English.

No winlock on my keyboard so I dunno. never had that issue on any other distro

mod4 is what most people call the windows key on the keyboard :slight_smile:

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Try to install Alacritty and see what happens. Perhaps it was taken out of the ISO for some reason? I’m not sure to be honest, but I do recall testing another DE in the past and there was something that was expecting Alacritty but it wasn’t installed. :man_shrugging:

The other option that comes to mind would be changing the config to open xfce4-terminal instead of Alacritty if you would prefer to continue using that instead.

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changig to hebrew locks me into a hebrew languege input.

win+space supposed to change input but is also set to change to floating window mode.

the keybinds overlap... where do i change switching input labguage?

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I guess that depends on what input method framework you have decided to go with. If you can’t figure out how to change it, you could always change or comment out the meta+space shortcut in your i3 config.

The focus of this thread is wandering a bit. Have you made any progress with the original issue, opening Alacritty with meta+enter?

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Isn't there a default terminal preconfitured?

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IIRC super+t will launch a terminal (xfce4-terminal), and the last time I installed alacritty was not installed, though still configured for super+enter. I install terminator, so I didn't even give it a second thought.

I think SGS is the maintainer for i3-wm, hopefully he will see this and add alacritty back or change the skel config for super+enter.

EDIT: Confirmed, super+t is configured as above

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Instresting... I am looking to spice my terminal up (Going with the all over the top theme of geruda...)

I'll look into terminator

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Nothing to special about terminator anymore, just allows me to split one window for “quasi”-tiling, NOT tabs, and can be transparent. I used it before I switched to i3-wm though. There are probably newer terminals that do it with more flash and better now, I am just to old and lazy to look.

Hopefully, with the suggestions BluishHumility shared, my little blurp, you get where you want to be with the install.

And, welcome to the forum!

Edit: This just clicked

If you install a different termainal, you will want to configure the relevant setting to use /usr/bin/fish to get all the “extras”

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I did not remove alacritty :slight_smile: , IIRC.
I change it now to xfce4-terminal.

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cool thanks :slight_smile:

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