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

Jim Wells jfw5cpa at gmail.com
Thu Oct 26 08:33:03 CDT 2006


Matt,
Thank you very much.  This was EXACTLY what I was looking for!
Jim
Matt Valdes wrote:
> 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.



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