Hi guys. I love Xmonad. Installed it on my Ubuntu 8.10 laptop a couple of days ago for the first time, so I'm still a newbie. I managed to add Xmobar, by following the installation instructions from here: http://code.haskell.org/~arossato/xmobar/#installation and using the config example from here: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Config_archive/John_Goerzen's_Configuration#Configuring_xmonad_to_use_xmobar My modifier is Alt, so I press Alt+p to start apps from the grey menu bar that appears at the top of the screen, and so far the only one that won't start is OpenOffice3. Also, I have to start GIMP 2.6 in a dedicated workspace, because it just won't tile correctly with other open apps. Dialog prompts like "SaveAs" and "Open" of various apps don't float right either, leaving the "Save", "Open", "Cancel" buttons hanging out of sight below the visible line of the screen. Also pressing Alt+Enter is said to switch the active frame with the frame in the Master pane, but this stopped working after some editing of xmonad.hs (or .xmobarrc?). Unfortunately, I can't remember what changes I made that caused Alt+Enter to stop working. Here are my specs and configs: ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs: http://pastebin.com/f5e107f70 ~/.xmobarrc: http://pastebin.com/febe32b4 Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Linux 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 20:57:48 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Regards Dayo