[Solved]Startx without login manager

toketin · 2011-01-22 09:49:47

Hi, i'm trying to startx X11 without any login using the wiki pages https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/St … .2Finittab and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc i've followed all the instructions, this is the line i've added into /etc//inittab

x:45:once:/bin/su marco -l -c "/bin/bash --login -c /usr/bin/startx >/dev/null 2>&1

and this is my new .xinitrc

rl=$(runlevel | grep -o [0-6])

case $rl in
  4) exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session --sh-syntax startxfce4;;
  5) exec dbus-launch ck-launch-session startkde;;
esac

the problem is that after the boot the system enters in rl 4 and tries to start the X session but nothing because it come back to the console where i have to log in. How can i solve it? Thanks

Last edited by toketin (2011-01-22 18:27:34)

ryuslash · 2011-01-22 10:01:14

and X doesn't report any errors?

toketin · 2011-01-22 10:04:39

mm I've to search into its log

barto · 2011-01-22 12:06:29

You've left the double quotes from the very end of the inittab line.

Last edited by barto (2011-01-22 12:07:27)

toketin · 2011-01-22 14:37:18

barto wrote:

You've left the double quotes from the very end of the inittab line.

I've missed them here, in /etc/inittab the line is correct

pyther · 2011-01-22 15:17:47

If this is solved mark it as such, please

whatshisname · 2011-01-22 15:19:38

I'm not familiar with what "-exit-with-session --sh-syntax" does but perhaps you could remove them and see if it works (it does for me and appears to work for your KDE session as well), then add them back one at a time until it fails again. Then investigate why either the one or the other is causing you problems.

toketin · 2011-01-22 18:27:06

I've solved using a single DE, without changing the rl in menu.lst but only in /etc/inittab and in .xinitrc i've the usual line i used before to start xfce, "exec dbus-launch ck-launch-session startxfce4"

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#1 2011-01-22 09:49:47

[Solved]Startx without login manager

#2 2011-01-22 10:01:14

Re: [Solved]Startx without login manager

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