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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. | 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. | ||
| − | To manually start X, {{ic|startx}} | + | 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. |
== Shell profile file == | == Shell profile file == | ||
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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
~/.zprofileinstead.
[[ -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.
- 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'