i3blocks installs a configuration file in /etc/i3blocks.conf, but this location is not used by i3blocks itself. Using strace one can see the following location being tried: open("/home/tdescham/.config/i3blocks/config", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/tdescham/.i3blocks.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/xdg/i3blocks/config", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/local/etc/i3blocks.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, "ERROR try_parse:192: fopen: No s"..., 54ERROR try_parse:192: fopen: No such file or directory ) = 54 write(2, "ERROR main:70: Try 'i3blocks -h'"..., 55ERROR main:70: Try 'i3blocks -h' for more information. ) = 55 exit_group(1) = ? +++ exited with 1 +++ It looks as if the last location "/usr/local/etc/i3blocks.conf" should have been "/etc/i3blocks.conf" (prefix problem?)
Thanks, fix is in the revbump. It seems that PREFIX="/usr" is not sufficent, also if file gets installed in the correct location (/etc/i3blocks.conf). Applying a patch to fix the issue, meanwhile contacting upstream. commit 02653bc04ab68205e229fb04e96db27613e223ca Author: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@gentoo.org> Date: Mon Feb 20 19:26:17 2017 +0100 x11-misc/i3blocks: revbump, fixes bug #610090 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.3, Repoman-2.3.1
