From 9eb751a7510223dcc103606acfe4d92873a5c88e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brendan Taylor Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 14:15:20 +0000 Subject: add a FAQ about nonresponsive uzbls --- docs/FAQ | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ index f847f41..d5245b4 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ +++ b/docs/FAQ @@ -1,6 +1,18 @@ FAQ --- +### Help, Uzbl isn't responding to any of my keyboard commands! +If the left side of the status bar says `[]` instead of `[Cmd]` when you start +`uzbl-browser`, then the event manager isn't starting or its plugins aren't +loading. + +If you're an Arch user, you should edit `/usr/bin/uzbl-{event-manager,tabbed}` +and change the first line of each to `#!/usr/bin/env python2`. + +If you're trying to run uzbl without installing it, you should launch +`uzbl-event-manager` yourself with the `--plugin-dir=DIR` option pointing to the +location of the event manager plugins (they're in examples/data/plugins/) + ### I just installed uzbl but it doesn't do much. What now? There's no "uzbl" command, that's just the name for the whole collection of tools. The command you're looking for is `uzbl-browser` or `uzbl-tabbed`. -- cgit v1.2.3