I am trying to get xmobar running on GNOME3. However, xmonad starts the process, then it quits. I am not sure why, but I know that it quits because I changed the output handler (ppOutput) to first use writeFile then to the xmobar Handle. I saw the contents that would have been piped to xmobar in the file. If I start xmobar manually after xmonad has started, it starts fine, reading "Updating..." awaiting input. I have minimised ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs and I have tried many variants to try to resolve the issue: https://gist.github.com/4129597 I have also tried fiddling with ~/.xmobarrc but this is how it currently stands: https://gist.github.com/4129924 Any tips are immensely appreciated, because I have run out of ideas! -- Tony Morris http://tmorris.net/