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woistmeinauto

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Registered: 2020-03-18

Posts: 4

Command from the wiki does not work

if systemctl -q is-active graphical.target && [[ ! $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]]; then
        exec startx
      fi

I added this to my ~/.bash_profile

When I login to root I get these lines:

-bash: /root/.bash_profile: line 4: unexpected token '&' in conditional command
-bash: /root/.bash_profile: line 4: syntax error near '&D'
-bash: /root/.bash_profile: line 4: 'if systemctl -q is-active graphical.target && [[ ! &DISPLAY && &XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]]; then'

all in -bash: /root/.bash_profile:

What am I doing wrong?

WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 13,406

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Re: Command from the wiki does not work

For a start, you've added it to the root ~/.bashrc. Don't run X as root.

Secondly, you have typos -- you have used an ampersand (&) instead of a dollar ($).

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Trilby

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Re: Command from the wiki does not work

While the above to points are certainly the most important, don't overlook the third that the command in the wiki is crap anyways.

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woistmeinauto

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Registered: 2020-03-18

Posts: 4

Re: Command from the wiki does not work

For a start, you've added it to the root ~/.bashrc. Don't run X as root.

Secondly, you have typos -- you have used an ampersand (&) instead of a dollar ($).

Thank you so much, that seems to be it.
As for first suggestion, well i'm just testing out things, going to reinstall proper when i get a hold of this thing.

Unfortunately the wiki is a bit overrated. It jumps from one topic to another, i need a step by step approach.
I just want to build arch-xfce version of my xubuntu.

See here :
https://imgur.com/BqMAhnp
https://imgur.com/kGWjKJ5

Pictures doesn't tell much but i really tweaked lots of stuff on that OS. Luckily i recorded almost every change i made so i have a good backup , i just need to get the xfce working and i'll add my stuff right back in, i mean hopefully.