automatically boot in XForum: X and Fluxbox Topic: automatically boot in X started by: merchtemeagle Posted by merchtemeagle on Dec. 23 2005,19:42
I did a hd-install of Damn Small Linux. My runlevel in inittab is 4, but when the computer boots, I first need to login and then run startx. How come there is no X login screen?
Posted by mikshaw on Dec. 23 2005,22:58
An X login screen is provided by applications such as xdm, gdm, or kdm, none of which is in DSL. You can avoid the need to type "startx" by adding "startx" to $HOME/.bash_profile. This will mean that you have a text login screen, but as soon as you login X will be started automatically. This also means that if you log in on another virtual terminal, startx will run again (or at least attempt to run).
Posted by merchtemeagle on Dec. 24 2005,01:39
Aah, I see. Since I've done a hd-install, would it be possible to install one of these applications using apt-get? Or is there a high chance of breaking the system?And since I'm asking questions anyway: I've made an extra user, besides the dsl user. Should the 'upgrade GNU utilities' and 'enable apt' be run for every user? Posted by crusadingknight on Dec. 24 2005,01:53
No, those are installed (to /usr/bin, etc.), so they're there for every user.
Posted by merchtemeagle on Dec. 28 2005,00:25
But when you log in as user 'dsl', you log in into X automatically?
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