Startx or BSPWM seems to not be working

[Falken]

Hi all.

I am trying to autologin and auto startx BSPWM but all I get is a black screen when calling startx.
 

Here's my .bash_profile

if [ -z "${DISPLAY}" ] && [ "${XDG_VTNR}" -eq 1 ]; then
  exec startx
fi

 

The bspwmrc has permissions 700. Permissions on sxhkdrc is 600. I even gave execute permissions to .xinitrc (below).
 

#!/bin/sh

. /etc/X11/Xsession

polybar default &
sxhkd &
exec bspwm

It happens if I manually call it, and even when I explicitly tell it to start bspwm (i.e. startx bspwm). The stdout catches a "the command line or make sure that /usr/binis in your path."
 

Edited February 22, 2023 by Falken
Further info

[Falken]

So this is embarrassing to admit, but I didn't have the xserver-xorg package installed. I swear it was there before, then for some reason it was uninstalled somehow.