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mymemeganoowontwork
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Joined: 18 Aug 2018
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 Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 12:25 pm Post subject: Problems with startx and probably i3 |
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For the last few days I have been trying to get my i3 to autostart at login but nothing seems to work. I have this in my ~/.xinitrc and this in my ~/.bash_profile
| Code: | if [ -z "$DISPLAY" -a $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]; then
startx
fi |
This should do everything I want, xinit executes i3 and bash_profile runs startx, right? But when I login to my user nothing happens, I need to manually startx to run i3. I specifically would like not to use display manager but to just login from the tty.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Xorg/Guide#Using_startx "To set a system wide default session run:" | Code: | | echo XSESSION="Xfce4" > /etc/env.d/90xsession |
So if I want system wide default session run do I put i3 there or what? And will this make it so that it happens after login? |
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Anon-E-moose
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Joined: 23 May 2008
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Location: Dallas area
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | if [[ ! $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]]; then
exec startx
fi |
And are you sure you're running it from console 1?
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mymemeganoowontwork
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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I replaced that
| Code: | if [ -z "$DISPLAY" -a $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]; then
startx
fi |
in my ~/.bash_profile with:
| Code: | if [[ ! $DISPLAY && $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then
exec startx
fi |
It seems to be working fine now, it did start i3 after login. Is this fine like this, like it wont conflict with anything or is there a better way to do this? |
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Anon-E-moose
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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You can modify it, if you ever plan to startx from anything other than the first console.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit#Autostart_X_at_login
Other than the above hints, it should be fine.
Edit to add: you could have used the original -z, -a and -eq, the difference being the double brackets.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/669452/is-double-square-brackets-preferable-over-single-square-brackets-in-ba
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