[SATLUG] Automatically starting X after logging in at command line?

[Matt Valdes]

On Thursday 26 October 2006 06:09, Jim Wells wrote:
> I want to have Linux configured so that I log into my system at the
> command line.  Then, once I've logged in, I want the system to
> automatically start X windows.  Has anyone tried doing this?  I've
> looked but what I seem to find has more to do with having a graphical
> login for Linux.  Maybe I'm simply not using the proper search terms?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Jim


Try placing "startx&" (without the quotes) in your .bash_profile.