Hey list, I'm in the process of splitting up my setup into something more modular within ~/.xmonad/lib - and most things were pretty straight forward with that. However, I can't seem to get my layout definition to work. The compiler flakes out like this: [snip] xmonad --recompile Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: /home/hawk/.xmonad/xmonad.hs lib/XMonad/Config/FT/Layouts.hs:19:23: No instance for (XMonad.Layout.LayoutModifier.LayoutModifier FullscreenFull a0) arising from a use of `smartBorders' Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (XMonad.Layout.LayoutModifier.LayoutModifier FullscreenFull a0) In the expression: smartBorders In the expression: smartBorders $ fullscreenFull Full In an equation for `fullScreenNoBorders': fullScreenNoBorders = smartBorders $ fullscreenFull Full lib/XMonad/Config/FT/Layouts.hs:23:13: No instance for (XMonad.Layout.LayoutModifier.LayoutModifier (ConfigurableBorder Ambiguity) a0) arising from a use of `onWorkspace' Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (XMonad.Layout.LayoutModifier.LayoutModifier (ConfigurableBorder Ambiguity) a0) In the expression: onWorkspace "fs" fullScreenNoBorders In the expression: onWorkspace "fs" fullScreenNoBorders $ onWorkspace "im" imLayout $ Full ||| Mirror tiled ||| tiled ||| Circle In an equation for `ftLayouts': ftLayouts = onWorkspace "fs" fullScreenNoBorders $ onWorkspace "im" imLayout $ Full ||| Mirror tiled ||| tiled ||| Circle lib/XMonad/Config/FT/Layouts.hs:24:13: No instance for (XMonad.Layout.LayoutModifier.LayoutModifier AddRoster a0) arising from a use of `onWorkspace' Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (XMonad.Layout.LayoutModifier.LayoutModifier AddRoster a0) In the expression: onWorkspace "im" imLayout In the second argument of `($)', namely `onWorkspace "im" imLayout $ Full ||| Mirror tiled ||| tiled ||| Circle' In the expression: onWorkspace "fs" fullScreenNoBorders $ onWorkspace "im" imLayout $ Full ||| Mirror tiled ||| tiled ||| Circle lib/XMonad/Config/FT/Layouts.hs:25:45: No instance for (XMonad.Core.LayoutClass Circle a0) arising from a use of `|||' Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (XMonad.Core.LayoutClass Circle a0) In the second argument of `(|||)', namely `tiled ||| Circle' In the second argument of `(|||)', namely `Mirror tiled ||| tiled ||| Circle' In the second argument of `($)', namely `Full ||| Mirror tiled ||| tiled ||| Circle' Please check the file for errors. [snap] The offending Code looks like this: [snip] module XMonad.Config.FT.Layouts ( ftLayouts ) where import XMonad.Layout import XMonad.Layout.Circle import XMonad.Layout.Fullscreen import XMonad.Layout.Grid import XMonad.Layout.IM import XMonad.Layout.Named import XMonad.Layout.NoBorders import XMonad.Layout.PerWorkspace import XMonad.Layout.ResizableTile tiled = named "Tall" $ ResizableTall nmaster delta ratio [] where nmaster = 1 ratio = 0.67 delta = 0.03 fullScreenNoBorders = smartBorders $ fullscreenFull Full imLayout = withIM (15/100) (Role "roster") $ Grid ftLayouts = onWorkspace "fs" fullScreenNoBorders $ onWorkspace "im" imLayout $ Full ||| Mirror tiled ||| tiled ||| Circle [snap] The fun part is that this code works in my monolithic setup. Also, if I strip this down to something like: ftLayouts = Full ||| Mirror tiled ||| tiled ...plus the required definitions and imports for that, the code compiles and works. I don't know what is special about `smartBorders', `Circle' and `onWorkspace'. Maybe someone has an idea. It sure would reduce my level of frustration right now. :-) If it matters, this is with xmonad and xmonad-contrib, both from darcs (updated a few minutes ago) and: % ghc --version The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.4.1 Regards, Frank -- In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. -- RFC 1925