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{{Article summary text|Starting X automatically at login to a virtual terminal.}}
 
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A [[Display Manager|display manager]] can be used to provide a login screen and start the [[X server]]. This article explains how this can be done automatically without using a display manager.
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A [[Display Manager|display manager]] can be used to provide a login screen and start the [[X server]]. This article explains how this can be done using an existing virtual terminal.
  
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To manually start X, {{ic|startx}} or {{ic|xinit}} are used. Both will execute {{ic|~/.xinitrc}}, which may be customized to start the window manager of choice as described in the [[xinitrc]] article.
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To manually start X, {{ic|startx}} is used, which will execute {{ic|~/.xinitrc}}, which may be customized to start the window manager of choice as described in the [[xinitrc]] article.
  
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== shell profile ==
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== Shell profile file ==
  
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{{Note|This runs X on the same tty used to login, which is required in order to maintain local permissions.}}
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{{Note|This runs X on the same tty used to login, which is required in order to maintain the login session.}}
  
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An alternative to a login manager is to add the following to the bottom of your {{ic|~/.bash_profile}} (if {{ic|~/.bash_profile}} does not yet exist, copy a skeleton version from {{ic|/etc/skel/.bash_profile}}. If you use [[zsh]] as your preferred shell, add the following lines to your {{ic|~/.zprofile}} instead.):
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* For [[Bash]], add the following to the bottom of {{ic|~/.bash_profile}}. If the file does not exist, copy a skeleton version from {{ic|/etc/skel/.bash_profile}}.
  
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{{hc|~/.bash_profile|<nowiki>
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* For [[Zsh]], add it to {{ic|~/.zprofile}} instead.
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vt=$(fgconsole 2>/dev/null)
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{{bc|1=<nowiki>
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(( vt == 1 )) && exec startx -- vt$vt &> ~/.xlog
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[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx
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unset vt
 
 
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The user will be logged out when X is killed. In order to avoid this, remove the {{ic|exec}} part from the script.
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{{Note|You can replace the {{ic|-eq 1}} comparison with one like {{ic|-le 3}} (for vt1 to vt3) if you want to use graphical logins on more than one VT.}}
  
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{{Note|This method can be combined with [[automatic login to virtual console]] to provide autologin.}}
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{{Note|X must always be run on the same tty where the login occurred, to preserve the logind session. This is handled by the default {{ic|/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc}}.}}
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== Tips ==
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* This method can be combined with [[automatic login to virtual console]]. /!\ When doing this you have to set correct dependencies for the autologin systemd service to ensure that dbus is started before ~/.xinitrc is read and hence pulseaudio started. (cf this [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=155416 post])
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* If you would like to remain logged in when the X session ends, remove {{ic|exec}}.
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* To redirect the output of the X session to a file, create an [[alias]]:
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: {{bc|1=alias startx='startx &> ~/.xlog'}}

Revision as of 12:26, 10 January 2013

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A display manager can be used to provide a login screen and start the X server. This article explains how this can be done using an existing virtual terminal.

To manually start X, startx is used, which will execute ~/.xinitrc, which may be customized to start the window manager of choice as described in the xinitrc article.

Shell profile file

Note: This runs X on the same tty used to login, which is required in order to maintain the login session.
  • For Bash, add the following to the bottom of ~/.bash_profile. If the file does not exist, copy a skeleton version from /etc/skel/.bash_profile.
  • For Zsh, add it to ~/.zprofile instead.
[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx
Note: You can replace the -eq 1 comparison with one like -le 3 (for vt1 to vt3) if you want to use graphical logins on more than one VT.
Note: X must always be run on the same tty where the login occurred, to preserve the logind session. This is handled by the default /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc.

Tips

  • This method can be combined with automatic login to virtual console. /!\ When doing this you have to set correct dependencies for the autologin systemd service to ensure that dbus is started before ~/.xinitrc is read and hence pulseaudio started. (cf this post)
  • If you would like to remain logged in when the X session ends, remove exec.
  • To redirect the output of the X session to a file, create an alias:
alias startx='startx &> ~/.xlog'
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