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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. | 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. | ||
| − | == | + | == Shell profile file == |
{{Note|This runs X on the same tty used to login, which is required in order to maintain local permissions.}} | {{Note|This runs X on the same tty used to login, which is required in order to maintain local permissions.}} | ||
| − | For | + | * 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}}. |
| − | For | + | * For [[Zsh]], add the following to {{ic|~/.zprofile}} instead. |
| − | {{hc| | + | {{hc|~/.bash_profile or ~/.zprofile|<nowiki> |
vt=$(fgconsole 2>/dev/null) | vt=$(fgconsole 2>/dev/null) | ||
(( vt == 1 )) && exec startx -- vt$vt &> ~/.xlog | (( vt == 1 )) && exec startx -- vt$vt &> ~/.xlog | ||
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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 or xinit are used. Both will execute ~/.xinitrc, which may be customized to start the window manager of choice as described in the xinitrc article.
Shell profile file
- 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 the following to
~/.zprofileinstead.
~/.bash_profile or ~/.zprofile
vt=$(fgconsole 2>/dev/null) (( vt == 1 )) && exec startx -- vt$vt &> ~/.xlog unset vt
The user will be logged out when X is killed. In order to avoid this, remove the exec part from the script. Also note the redirection of the output to ~/.xlog.