[SOLVED] Autostart startx after login

Question

Hi everyone,
I have a problem with autostarting startx after I log in.
So far the machine boots, terminal login dialog appears, I log in, get my terminal and start X manually via "startx".
But I want my system to start X automatically after logging in. Without me typing in the command.
So I did some research (both internet and the Arch forums) and couldn't come up with a working solution to that problem.
More or less every thread links to the Start X at Login page.
And I did add the lines in question to my .bash_profile (after I made a skeleton copy of it, as described).
But still nothing happens after logging in (I waited for about half a minute). So it doesn't work for, or I am doing something wrong.
Here my .bash_profile:
# ~/.bash_profile
[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc
[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx
I have no idea how to proceed.
Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?
Last edited by tentorange (2014-09-09 13:45:34)

Answer 1

Nothing happens?  Do you mean you are just at a command prompt, no errors, nothing?  And you are not logged out?  Even with a faulty or empty xinitrc, this would still end your current login session.
So it seems the conditionals don't pass.  This means either that X is already running, or you do not have an active login session.  Are you booting with an alternative init system?  If you get to a command prompt enter the following commands and report their results:
pgrep Xorg
echo $0
echo $XDG_VTNR
loginctl
uname -a