Xfce auto start problem

Question

Hello, First time posting so don't punish me for any mistakes
Here is the problem:
After removing gnome and installing xfce Arch doesn't go into GUI mode automatically.
I am stuck at the command line.
From there I can type startxfce4 and it work but I want it do to start automatically.
This is my .xinitrc file
#!/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
and this is my .bash_profile
# ~/.bash_profile
[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx
Any inputs are highly appreciated!!
Last edited by Ace (2014-01-21 18:55:13)

Answer 1

Put a bit of debugging info in your script, to remove some uncertainty. E.g.:
echo "Checking whether to run xorg"
First run this, to be on safe side:
chmod 700 ~/.bash_profile
Here's how I do it, in my ~/.bash_profile
# My ~/.bashrc does everything - convenient, but slightly un-optimized
. $HOME/.bashrc
hour=$(date +%k | sed "s:^ ::")
if [[ $hour -ge 8 ]] && [[ $hour -le 9 ]] ; then
if [[ `tty` == "/dev/tty1" ]] && [[ -z `pgrep ^X$` ]] ; then
if lsmod | grep -qw ^nvidia ; then
echo "Starting xorg"
# https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=150539
setsid /usr/bin/startx -- -nolisten tcp &> ~/.xorg.log & logout
fi
fi
fi
Edit: Oops, got a bit confused, ignore this last line
Last edited by brebs (2014-01-22 20:07:52)