Can not launch tmux via i3 keybinding or dmenu_recency

Dear all,
I wanted to experiment with tmux for a while now. Now I wanted to switch from alacritty to tmux on my i3 manjaro install.

As one would do, I downloaded tmux via pacman and then wanted to change the keybind to launch the terminal in my i3 config.

I tried the following commands:
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1. bindsym $mod+Return exec tmux
2. bindsym $mod+Return exec tmux-256color

Interestingly enough I cannot launch tmux with the standard dmenu_recency config as well. I can search for it, but it won’t open.

I can start tmux with another terminal emulator though by issuing the tmux command.

When doing so, the $TERM env. variable is set to tmux-256color, as it should.

I dont know what causes this problem, as I set up my alacritty the same way…

Help is really appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

tmux is not a terminal emulator itself

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