Wow ok. Thanks everyone in this thread! It just boot up like it was nothing! Now install i3-gaps and seeing what that does for me.
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If you install i3 and boot on Xfce you should be able to change at the login to i3 before you log in. I think itās at top right one of the icons.
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Yes! Actually, I happened to like some of EOSās defaults, it just set-up some stuff on i3 that I liked and neglected to set up myself. What I did was clone this and followed the instructions. I just replaced i3-wm with i3-gaps in packages-repository.txt so I could get those sexy rice gaps between my windows, and everything just worked~ Awesome!
Iām going to uninstall xfce now since I donāt plan on using it, then everything should be good.
Again, thanks for all the help. Iām going to write up a single all encompassing solution comment that talks about the trials and tribulations found in this thread, and hopefully it will help someone else in the future.
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Did you get the commands to uninstall xfce?
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I did not, mind sharing?
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Itās something along the lines of this
pacman -Rnsdd xfce4 xfce4-goodies
Edit:
Just double check before using this. Donāt want it to remove anything you need? Normally i would use this and then install i3
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Which is kinda what I did.
sudo pacman -Rnsdd xfce4 xfce4-goodies
sudo pacman -S --needed - < packages-repository.txt
Where packages-repository.txt came from the EOS i3 repository. No issues on bootup
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What does this one do?
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packages-repository.txt is a list of all the packages needed for the default i3 config on EOS. So, I just re-installed whatever was incorrectly blown away by sudo pacman -Rnsdd xfce4 xfce4-goodies There are instructions here: https://github.com/endeavouros-team/i3-EndeavourOS
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Oh i see what you are doing. 
Edit: Then you are installing i3 gaps?
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Yes! I did. The first package is i3-wm which was replaced i3-gaps at this point. That was always my intention once the system was up and running, I just didnāt do it until now.
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So itās all working then?
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Yes! Totally working. Again, thanks for the surplus help
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This is a long thread. This answer is meant to compile all the knowledge that contributed to the solution. My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 7580. Here is the output to inxi -Fxxxa --no-host
System: Kernel: 5.9.2-arch1-1 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=53c54b8c-e290-47cb-8f68-4db61e0db4af rw
"acpi_osi=Windows 2018" resume=UUID=e85efed0-5a4b-42ad-9746-a276a48be4e9 loglevel=3 nowatchdog
Desktop: i3 4.18.3 info: i3bar dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: EndeavourOS
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 7580 v: N/A serial: <superuser/root required> Chassis:
type: 10 serial: <superuser/root required>
Mobo: Dell model: 04K0W3 v: A00 serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.6.0
date: 03/24/2019
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.5 Wh condition: 40.1/42.0 Wh (96%) volts: 11.1/11.4 model: SMP DELL Y3F7Y6B
type: Li-ion serial: 19118 status: Charging
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8565U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake family: 6
model-id: 8E (142) stepping: B (11) microcode: D6 L2 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 32012
Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 400/4600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 6: 900
7: 901 8: 900
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:3ea0
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX250] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 455.38
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1d13
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-6:4 chip ID: 0c45:671f
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.9 compositor: xcompmgr driver: modesetting,nvidia
resolution: <xdpyinfo missing>
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce MX250/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.38 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:9dc8
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.2-arch1-1
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169
v: kernel modules: r8168 port: 3000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 6c:2b:59:70:7c:d0
Device-2: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0
chip ID: 8086:2526
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: c6:e8:d1:69:32:52
Device-3: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-10:5
chip ID: 8087:0025
Drives: Local Storage: total: 535.67 GiB used: 7.18 GiB (1.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: PC SN520 NVMe WDC 512GB size: 476.94 GiB block size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 serial: 184353447702 rev: 20200012 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide size: 58.73 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: 4C530000091008117410 rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 467.84 GiB size: 459.50 GiB (98.22%) used: 7.18 GiB (1.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.80 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 62 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info: Processes: 228 Uptime: 2h 15m Memory: 7.49 GiB used: 1.74 GiB (23.3%) Init: systemd v: 246
Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 826 lib: 244 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18
running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.1.08
To filter out the graphics settings, Iāll seperately run inxi -Gxxxa
Graphics: Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:3ea0
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX250] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 455.38
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1d13
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-6:4 chip ID: 0c45:671f
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.9 compositor: xcompmgr driver: modesetting,nvidia
resolution: <xdpyinfo missing>
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce MX250/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.38 direct render: Yes
My system has a hybrid card, namely the Intel UHD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GP108M. This hybrid is heart of a lot of anguish, and stopped a simple install of the nvidia drivers from working.
Solution:
- Re-install EndeavourOS w/ XFCE and Nvidia tools. Do not reboot!
- Run
lsblk -pto find the home parition. In my case, that partition was/dev/nvme0n1p2. Mount that partition usingsudo mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mntandsudo arch-chroot /mnt. - Install Optimus-Switch for your display manager. I installed XFCE, which defaulted to LightDM. The guide can be found here. Note: I did not do the steps for the Powering down the nVidia card in Intel Mode or Installing the GUI Indicator/ Switcher Optimus-Indicator as these are for quality of life. I plan on doing these later.
- Run
sudo nano /etc/default/grub. Find the line that says GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. On that line, replacequietwithapci_osi='Windows 2018'. Note: The single ticks on this line are important! - Reboot.
While I did these steps with EOSās default install of XFCE, I do not know how critical that step is; this is the setup that worked for me. After that, I installed i3-gaps and everything was working well.
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A note to anyone still watching this thread, I would appreciate a once over on my solution. Please let me know if theres any important information that I missed and Iāll edit the post to include it.
Again, Thanks for all your help. Iām excited to use my laptop again.
Cheers~
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You need to post a screen shot now in share your desktop in the Lounge.
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I can do that 
You should see my post there tomorrow morning
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@GeekTea Awesome! I am ecstatic that your system is now working properly. I wish I could have been on your initial posting about it working, but fscking time zones. If I wanted to see it, sleep would not have been an option. I would now do a Timeshift (or what ever you use) back up. Write down the steps you did and keep it somewhere safe. That way, if you ever have to re-install, you know what you did to get everything working.
If you are never going to run your system in Intel mode, then you really do not need to do it. Personally, I would. That way you have it ready for when you need battery life.
Good luck and enjoy your laptop!
Hey @linesma, Thanks for all the help. Iām in the honey-moon phase where I get to customize and rice everything. TBH it felt a little anti-climatic. I did all the steps, and on first boot-up, it justā¦ worked. No strings attached. I thought thereād be confetti or something 
Iāll set up the indicator, cause it would be convenient to have that set up when I get to take my laptop outside. Naturally, quarantine means I havenāt had a need to unplug it. Iām excited
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I know the term, and what it means, but where does the term ārice/riceingā come from?