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buntolo

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Registered: 2011-10-11

Posts: 202

[SOLVED] X not starting at login

I have followed this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Start_X_at_Login
But still X do not start at login, after logging in I just get in the tty console.
If I type 'startxfce4' all work fine, it's like that command is not being executed automatically.

My bash profile:

$ cat .bash_profile 
#
# ~/.bash_profile
#

. $HOME/.bashrc

#[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc

[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 3 ]] && exec startx

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/java/jre/lib/amd64"

My xinitrc (do not pay attention to the 2 xrandr lines):

$ cat .xinitrc 
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi


##################################
####### Personalizzazioni ########

xmodmap -e 'add mod3 = Scroll_Lock'
xrandr --fbmm 408x255
#xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --pos 1440x0 --mode 1440x900 --rate 75.0

##################################


##################################
######## Ambiente singolo ########

# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
 exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
##################################

##################################
######### Post ambiente ##########
xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --pos 1440x0 --mode 1440x900 --rate 75.0
##################################


##################################
######## Ambiente multiplo #######
# exec ck-launch-session --exit-with-session startxfce4
#DEFAULT_SESSION="exec ck-launch-session --exit-with-session startxfce4"

#case $1 in
#
#xfce4)
#	exec startxfce4
#	;;
#gnome)
#	exec gnome-session
#	;;
#e17)
#	exec enlightenment_start
#	;;
#esac

##################################

EDIT: added description about happens after login, in the 2nd row of the post.

Last edited by buntolo (2014-09-13 12:40:20)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] X not starting at login

What does not starting look like?  Do you get an error?  Does it crash?  Do you just log in and see a command prompt?  See other diagnostic tests here

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buntolo

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Registered: 2011-10-11

Posts: 202

Re: [SOLVED] X not starting at login

What does not starting look like?  Do you get an error?  Does it crash?  Do you just log in and see a command prompt?  See other diagnostic tests here

I get logged in the tty console, no error at all! It acts like there is no .xinitrc file.

$ pgrep Xorg
443

$ echo $0
bash

$ echo $XDG_VTNR
1

$ loginctl
   SESSION        UID USER             SEAT            
        c1       1000 archio           seat0           

1 sessions listed.

$ uname -a
Linux archio-immobile 3.16.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 6 13:12:51 CEST 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux

After manually launching startxfce4 I get a correct session:

$ loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID
Id=c1
Name=archio
Timestamp=Sat 2014-09-13 10:38:24 UTC
TimestampMonotonic=21599169
VTNr=1
TTY=tty1
Remote=no
Service=login
Scope=session-c1.scope
Leader=383
Audit=0
Type=tty
Class=user
Active=yes
State=active
IdleHint=yes
IdleSinceHint=1410604736829235
IdleSinceHintMonotonic=0

Last edited by buntolo (2014-09-13 12:06:25)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] X not starting at login

$ echo $XDG_VTNR
1

You're on tty 1.  You set it up to only autostart X on tty 3.

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buntolo

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Registered: 2011-10-11

Posts: 202

Re: [SOLVED] X not starting at login

$ echo $XDG_VTNR
1

You're on tty 1.  You set it up to only autostart X on tty 3.

I did it on purpose, following what suggested here:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Start_X_at_Login

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.

If I understand correctly with -le 3 I am not using vt3, but a range from vt1 to vt3, so i can make a second graphical login. I would like to use a second X on another vt to run steam.
Did I get it wrong?

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] X not starting at login

-le = less-than-or-equal-to
-eq = equals

The conditional in your bash_profile uses '-eq 3' so you set it to only startx X auotmatically when your are on tty3.  You are not on tty3, so it's doing exactly what you told it do.  If you want to autostart X on vt numbes less than or equal to 3, then you need to use "-le" not "eq".

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buntolo

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Posts: 202

Re: [SOLVED] X not starting at login

Ok, marking as solved.