[SOLVED] Trying to get a fresh install of Arch to jump right into OBox

Question

As the title indicates, this is my goal. I do have some problems getting there:
1. When I boot the computer, it boots into a login screen (cli) for arch.
2. I have tried adding both startx and openbox-session to the .xinitrc (as described in the beginners tutorial), but openbox doesn't work, and startx gives me errors with Xorg. What I mean by openbox doesnt work, is that it gives me "Openbox-message: Failed to open the display from the DISPLAY variable. The first time I tried startx, it went into Openbox for my user. Not root.
3. I seem to be missing a Xorg.conf file.
This is the Xorg.1.log file generated and this is the .xinitrc file.
I don't know if this is sufficient to see what I have done wrong, but it was what was suggested in the beginners tutorial.
If anyone could point me towards what I need to do to get arch to autostart into openbox, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
This has now been solved, the trick was to edit the .bash_profile as listed here
Last edited by hslin (2013-07-05 12:54:17)

Answer 1

Whoa ...
1) that's normal - there are wiki pages on how to boot into X, there are several different ways.
2) Of course it starts open box for your user, why would you want it to for root?  Starting X as root is a very bad idea - but if you are dead set on in, then you have to start as root not as your user.
3) you shouldn't need one in most cases.
+) Why would you `exec startx` in your xinitrc?  That is circular.  Startx run xinitrc.
(edit: clarified what was meant as a simplification to avoid adding further confusion - look at the OP's question).
Last edited by Trilby (2013-07-05 12:22:45)