Issue description

Qtile doesn’t spawn dmenu even after installing everything required.

I have tried running dmenu_run in the terminal and it works well. But when I press mod + d(which I have the keybinding set in my config file), nothing happens. No errors, nor any stack traces. Please help me out.

Qtile version

0.16.1

Dmenu Version

dmenu-5.0

Configuration

from typing import List  # noqa: F401

from libqtile import bar, layout, widget
from libqtile.config import Click, Drag, Group, Key, Screen
from libqtile.lazy import lazy
from libqtile.utils import guess_terminal

mod = "mod4"
terminal = guess_terminal()

keys = [
    # Switch between windows in current stack pane
    Key([mod], "k", lazy.layout.down(),
        desc="Move focus down in stack pane"),
    Key([mod], "j", lazy.layout.up(),
        desc="Move focus up in stack pane"),

    # Move windows up or down in current stack
    Key([mod, "control"], "k", lazy.layout.shuffle_down(),
        desc="Move window down in current stack "),
    Key([mod, "control"], "j", lazy.layout.shuffle_up(),
        desc="Move window up in current stack "),

    # Switch window focus to other pane(s) of stack
    Key([mod], "space", lazy.layout.next(),
        desc="Switch window focus to other pane(s) of stack"),

    # Swap panes of split stack
    Key([mod, "shift"], "space", lazy.layout.rotate(),
        desc="Swap panes of split stack"),

    # Toggle between split and unsplit sides of stack.
    # Split = all windows displayed
    # Unsplit = 1 window displayed, like Max layout, but still with
    # multiple stack panes
    Key([mod, "shift"], "Return", lazy.layout.toggle_split(),
        desc="Toggle between split and unsplit sides of stack"),
    Key([mod], "Return", lazy.spawn(terminal), desc="Launch terminal"),

    # Toggle between different layouts as defined below
    Key([mod], "Tab", lazy.next_layout(), desc="Toggle between layouts"),
    Key([mod], "w", lazy.window.kill(), desc="Kill focused window"),

    Key([mod, "control"], "r", lazy.restart(), desc="Restart qtile"),
    Key([mod, "control"], "q", lazy.shutdown(), desc="Shutdown qtile"),
    Key([mod], "r", lazy.spawncmd(),
        desc="Spawn a command using a prompt widget"),

    # My Custom Keybindings
    Key([mod], "d", lazy.spawn("dmenu_run")),
    Key([mod], "b", lazy.spawn("brave")),

]

groups = [Group(i) for i in "123456789"]

for i in groups:
    keys.extend([
        # mod1 + letter of group = switch to group
        Key([mod], i.name, lazy.group[i.name].toscreen(),
            desc="Switch to group {}".format(i.name)),

        # mod1 + shift + letter of group = switch to & move focused window to group
        Key([mod, "shift"], i.name, lazy.window.togroup(i.name, switch_group=True),
            desc="Switch to & move focused window to group {}".format(i.name)),
        # Or, use below if you prefer not to switch to that group.
        # # mod1 + shift + letter of group = move focused window to group
        # Key([mod, "shift"], i.name, lazy.window.togroup(i.name),
        #     desc="move focused window to group {}".format(i.name)),
    ])


# DT Layout Theme
layout_theme = {"border_width": 2,
                "margin": 6,
                "border_focus": "e1acff",
                "border_normal": "1D2330"
                }

layouts = [
    layout.Max(**layout_theme),
    layout.Stack(num_stacks=2, **layout_theme),
    # Try more layouts by unleashing below layouts.
    # layout.Bsp(),
    layout.Columns(**layout_theme),
    # layout.Matrix(),
    layout.MonadTall(**layout_theme),
    layout.MonadWide(**layout_theme),
    # layout.RatioTile(),
    # layout.Tile(),
    # layout.TreeTab(),
    # layout.VerticalTile(),
    # layout.Zoomy(),
]

widget_defaults = dict(
    font='sans',
    fontsize=12,
    padding=3,
)
extension_defaults = widget_defaults.copy()

screens = [
    Screen(
        top=bar.Bar(
            [
                widget.CurrentLayout(),
                widget.GroupBox(),
                widget.Prompt(),
                widget.WindowName(),
                widget.Chord(
                    chords_colors={
                        'launch': ("#ff0000", "#ffffff"),
                    },
                    name_transform=lambda name: name.upper(),
                ),
                # widget.TextBox("default config", name="default"),
                # widget.TextBox("Press <M-r> to spawn",
                # foreground="#d75f5f"),
                widget.Systray(),
                widget.Clock(format='%Y-%m-%d %a %I:%M %p'),
                widget.QuickExit(),
            ],
            24,
        ),
    ),
]

# Drag floating layouts.
mouse = [
    Drag([mod], "Button1", lazy.window.set_position_floating(),
         start=lazy.window.get_position()),
    Drag([mod], "Button3", lazy.window.set_size_floating(),
         start=lazy.window.get_size()),
    Click([mod], "Button2", lazy.window.bring_to_front())
]

dgroups_key_binder = None
dgroups_app_rules = []  # type: List
main = None  # WARNING: this is deprecated and will be removed soon
follow_mouse_focus = True
bring_front_click = False
cursor_warp = False
floating_layout = layout.Floating(float_rules=[
    # Run the utility of `xprop` to see the wm class and name of an X client.
    {'wmclass': 'confirm'},
    {'wmclass': 'dialog'},
    {'wmclass': 'download'},
    {'wmclass': 'error'},
    {'wmclass': 'file_progress'},
    {'wmclass': 'notification'},
    {'wmclass': 'splash'},
    {'wmclass': 'toolbar'},
    {'wmclass': 'confirmreset'},  # gitk
    {'wmclass': 'makebranch'},  # gitk
    {'wmclass': 'maketag'},  # gitk
    {'wname': 'branchdialog'},  # gitk
    {'wname': 'pinentry'},  # GPG key password entry
    {'wmclass': 'ssh-askpass'},  # ssh-askpass
])
auto_fullscreen = True
focus_on_window_activation = "smart"

# XXX: Gasp! We're lying here. In fact, nobody really uses or cares about this
# string besides java UI toolkits; you can see several discussions on the
# mailing lists, GitHub issues, and other WM documentation that suggest setting
# this string if your java app doesn't work correctly. We may as well just lie
# and say that we're a working one by default.
#
# We choose LG3D to maximize irony: it is a 3D non-reparenting WM written in
# java that happens to be on java's whitelist.
wmname = "LG3D"