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

[Luis Garza]

Why don't you change your init default to 5?

In the /etc/inittab file, find the line that has initdefault and make it
look like this:

id:5:initdefault:



> 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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Luis Garza
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