Spectrwm config help

[Windobu]

I installed spectrwm with

 sudo apt-get install spectrwm

and it installed successfully. However when I try and make a change to either /etc/spectrwm.conf or ~/.spectrwm.conf, and log into the WM with the default login manager, or by executing

 startx

the config file doesn't seem to be working. Though, it worked fine when I was using Arch. Any tips? Should I install from source instead?

[ibjsb4]

You didn't say what display manager you are using.

Startx should work fine and the arch wiki tells how to create an ~/.xinitrc.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...rting_spectrwm

also
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xinitrc

[Windobu]

You didn't say what display manager you are using.

Startx should work fine and the arch wiki tells how to create an ~/.xinitrc.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...rting_spectrwm

also
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xinitrc

That's not the issue. The problem is that no matter how I change the config file, the changes don't apply. Thanks for the help anyways, I may just switch to a different WM