Slim: want login root to console and user to xfce

Question

Just got Arch installed and running for the first time a couple of days ago.
I got slim to log in to user and launch xfce ok.
I cannot seem to get slim to start a console on the same laptop.  If I type console in slim it doesn't accept that.  It will log in as root to xfce if I have that in root's .xinitrc, but I cannot seem to log in as root to console.

Answer 1

I more of less got this working like I want now.  Instead of using console for login, I use root.  I have the following for my .xinitrc file in root.
#!/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
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
exec xterm -geometry 227x59 -fg white -bg black
I have the login command for slim in /etc/slim.conf to be:  login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
With this setup I can log in as user, but not console.
If I use the login command for slim in /etc/slim.conf:  login_cmd           exec /bin/sh /etc/X11/Xsession
I can login as console but not as a user straight to xfce4.
EDIT:  Edited -geometry setting as it was extending beyond the deskop.  Got previous setting from another forum post.
Last edited by David Batson (2011-10-18 20:33:31)