AwesomeWM doesn't startup

[Cephetir]

Output of awesome --version:

awesome v4.3 (Too long) • Compiled against Lua 5.3.3 (running with Lua 5.3) • D-Bus support: ✔ • execinfo support: ✔ • xcb-randr version: 1.6 • LGI version: 0.9.2

How to reproduce the issue:

Xephyr :2 -screen 1280x720 export DISPLAY=:2 awesome

Actual result:

error while running function! stack traceback: /usr/local/share/awesome/lib/awful/_compat.lua:37: in main chunk [C]: in function 'require' /usr/local/share/awesome/lib/awful/init.lua:9: in main chunk [C]: in function 'require' /usr/local/etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua:8: in main chunk error: /usr/local/share/awesome/lib/awful/_compat.lua:37: attempt to call a nil value (field 'set_newindex_miss_handler') 2022-06-09 17:29:12 E: awesome: main:866: couldn't find any rc file

Expected result:

awesomewm startup

[Crylia]

"couldn't find any rc file" You don't have a rc.lua file at .config/awesome either put one there or use -c to specify a config location

[actionless]

/usr/local/etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua:8: in main chunk
error: /usr/local/share/awesome/lib/awful/_compat.lua:37: attempt to call a nil value (field 'set_newindex_miss_handler')
2022-06-09 17:29:12 E: awesome: main:866: couldn't find any rc file

your /usr/local/etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua doesnt match the version of your awesome wm

most probably you got two installations of it at the same time, normal one and in /usr/local

[Elv13]

error: /usr/local/share/awesome/lib/awful/_compat.lua:37: attempt to call a nil value (field 'set_newindex_miss_handler')

This indicates that the awesome binary is older than v4.3 because set_newindex_miss_handler is missing, which isn't possible with the right executable. That function is hardcoded in the C code, it's not possible to remove it, so the only possibility is that it wasn't there in the first place.

Uninstalling awesome, use whereis awesome and make sure it's deleted, then installing awesome again is the solution to this.

[actionless]

considering what it's october now - i think it's safe to close this as problem is either solved or not actual anymore