HELP i'm losing my mind (thx sway)

General system Newbie
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I think I didn’t understand sorry, Like I install another desktop than gnome and edit files from this new desktop ?

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Can you paste the config file?

Also where is the config file saved?

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my config file is saved in ~/.config/sway/

and for some fricking reason I can’t copy paste the file of the config even though I activated the copy paste to be bidirectional virtualbox is pissing me off wait i’ll try to send it to me via mail or something to copy paste out of my virtual machine :sob:

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# Default config for sway

#

# Copy this to ~/.config/sway/config and edit it to your liking.

#

# Read `man 5 sway` for a complete reference.

### Variables

#

# Logo key. Use Mod1 for Alt.

set $mod Mod4

# Home row direction keys, like vim

set $left h

set $down j

set $up k

set $right l

# Your preferred terminal emulator

set $term kitty

# Your preferred application launcher

set $menu wofi --shown drun

set $file_explorer nautilus

bindsym $mod+e exec $file_explorer

### Output configuration

#

# Default wallpaper (more resolutions are available in /usr/share/backgrounds/sway/)

output * bg /usr/share/backgrounds/sway/Sway_Wallpaper_Blue_1920x1080.png fill

#

# Example configuration:

#

# output HDMI-A-1 resolution 1920x1080 position 1920,0

#

# You can get the names of your outputs by running: swaymsg -t get_outputs

### Idle configuration

#

# Example configuration:

#

# exec swayidle -w \

# timeout 300 ‘swaylock -f -c 000000’ \

# timeout 600 ‘swaymsg “output * power off”’ resume ‘swaymsg “output * power on”’ \

# before-sleep ‘swaylock -f -c 000000’

#

# This will lock your screen after 300 seconds of inactivity, then turn off

# your displays after another 300 seconds, and turn your screens back on when

# resumed. It will also lock your screen before your computer goes to sleep.

### Input configuration

#

# Example configuration:

#

# input type:touchpad {

# dwt enabled

# tap enabled

# natural_scroll enabled

# middle_emulation enabled

# }

#

# input type:keyboard {

# xkb_layout “eu”

# }

#

# You can also configure each device individually.

# Read `man 5 sway-input` for more information about this section.

### Key bindings

#

# Basics:

#

# Start a terminal

bindsym $mod+Return exec $term

# Kill focused window

bindsym $mod+q kill

# Start your launcher

bindsym $mod+d exec $menu

# Drag floating windows by holding down $mod and left mouse button.

# Resize them with right mouse button + $mod.

# Despite the name, also works for non-floating windows.

# Change normal to inverse to use left mouse button for resizing and right

# mouse button for dragging.

floating_modifier $mod normal

# Reload the configuration file

bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload

# Exit sway (logs you out of your Wayland session)

bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec swaynag -t warning -m ‘You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit sway? This will end your Wayland session.’ -B ‘Yes, exit sway’ ‘swaymsg exit’

#

# Moving around:

#

# Move your focus around

bindsym $mod+$left focus left

bindsym $mod+$down focus down

bindsym $mod+$up focus up

bindsym $mod+$right focus right

# Or use $mod+[up|down|left|right]

bindsym $mod+Left focus left

bindsym $mod+Down focus down

bindsym $mod+Up focus up

bindsym $mod+Right focus right

# Move the focused window with the same, but add Shift

bindsym $mod+Shift+$left move left

bindsym $mod+Shift+$down move down

bindsym $mod+Shift+$up move up

bindsym $mod+Shift+$right move right

# Ditto, with arrow keys

bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left

bindsym $mod+Shift+Down move down

bindsym $mod+Shift+Up move up

bindsym $mod+Shift+Right move right

#

# Workspaces:

#

# Switch to workspace

bindsym $mod+1 workspace number 1

bindsym $mod+2 workspace number 2

bindsym $mod+3 workspace number 3

bindsym $mod+4 workspace number 4

bindsym $mod+5 workspace number 5

bindsym $mod+6 workspace number 6

bindsym $mod+7 workspace number 7

bindsym $mod+8 workspace number 8

bindsym $mod+9 workspace number 9

bindsym $mod+0 workspace number 10

# Move focused container to workspace

bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace number 1

bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace number 2

bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace number 3

bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace number 4

bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace number 5

bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace number 6

bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace number 7

bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace number 8

bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace number 9

bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace number 10

# Note: workspaces can have any name you want, not just numbers.

# We just use 1-10 as the default.

#

# Layout stuff:

#

# You can “split” the current object of your focus with

# $mod+b or $mod+v, for horizontal and vertical splits

# respectively.

bindsym $mod+b splith

bindsym $mod+v splitv

# Switch the current container between different layout styles

bindsym $mod+s layout stacking

bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed

# Make the current focus fullscreen

bindsym $mod+f fullscreen

# Toggle the current focus between tiling and floating mode

bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle

# Swap focus between the tiling area and the floating area

bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle

# Move focus to the parent container

bindsym $mod+a focus parent

#

# Scratchpad:

#

# Sway has a “scratchpad”, which is a bag of holding for windows.

# You can send windows there and get them back later.

# Move the currently focused window to the scratchpad

bindsym $mod+Shift+minus move scratchpad

# Show the next scratchpad window or hide the focused scratchpad window.

# If there are multiple scratchpad windows, this command cycles through them.

bindsym $mod+minus scratchpad show

#

# Resizing containers:

#

mode “resize” {

# left will shrink the containers width

# right will grow the containers width

# up will shrink the containers height

# down will grow the containers height

bindsym $left resize shrink width 10px

bindsym $down resize grow height 10px

bindsym $up resize shrink height 10px

bindsym $right resize grow width 10px

# Ditto, with arrow keys

bindsym Left resize shrink width 10px

bindsym Down resize grow height 10px

bindsym Up resize shrink height 10px

bindsym Right resize grow width 10px

# Return to default mode

bindsym Return mode “default”

bindsym Escape mode “default”

}

bindsym $mod+r mode “resize”

#

# Utilities:

#

# Special keys to adjust volume via PulseAudio

bindsym --locked XF86AudioMute exec pactl set-sink-mute \@DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle

bindsym --locked XF86AudioLowerVolume exec pactl set-sink-volume \@DEFAULT_SINK@ -5%

bindsym --locked XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec pactl set-sink-volume \@DEFAULT_SINK@ +5%

bindsym --locked XF86AudioMicMute exec pactl set-source-mute \@DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle

# Special keys to adjust brightness via brightnessctl

bindsym --locked XF86MonBrightnessDown exec brightnessctl set 5%-

bindsym --locked XF86MonBrightnessUp exec brightnessctl set 5%+

# Special key to take a screenshot with grim

bindsym Print exec grim

#

# Status Bar:

#

# Read `man 5 sway-bar` for more information about this section.

bar {

position top

# When the status_command prints a new line to stdout, swaybar updates.

# The default just shows the current date and time.

status_command while date +‘%Y-%m-%d %X’; do sleep 1; done

colors {

statusline #ffffff

background #323232

inactive_workspace #32323200 #32323200 #5c5c5c

}

}

include /etc/sway/config.d/*

Finally there it is

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That doesn’t work with a virtual machine in Virtualbox. That will switch the host computer to TTY3.

In a Virtualbox VM, you use Right CTRL instead of CTRL+ALT.

That’s why, for example, kitty isn’t installed on the VM; it’s being installed via TTY on the host machine.

Use RIGHT CTRL + F3 on the VM.

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The Actual default config:

Where you can see that foot is the default term and default launcher is wmenu-run

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That I didn’t know.

Also if the suggestion of @Stagger_Lee does not work out, maybe just install foot and try using it as a terminal. Maybe kitty simply can’t open for some reason.

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Yeah I changed it manually from the original config file store in /etc/sway/config I just wanted to changfe the terminal foot with kitty and the launcher with wofi

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Well it worked for me for some reason to do ctrl+alt+f3 but yeah the problem is still not changing I’download the basic packages for sway for the launcher and terminal maybe that’s the problem

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Remember, anything you’ve done in a TTY up to this point you’ve done on the host machine, not the VM. If you’ve installed anything through a TTY (using CTRL+ALT+F3) you’ve been installing to the host computer.

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Oh, so to remove those I installed on my host computer do I just remove all packages through TTY ?

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And finally the terminal opened I just downloaded the basic terminal and wmenu and it seems to work

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Yes, you can switch to the host TTY and remove what you’ve installed.

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Thank you all very very much ! Wish you all a great day !

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