Starting Xorg along with xterm?

GSMD · 07-08-2008, 01:12 PM

Seems like I'm missing some obvious point, still...
Set up my Hardy Server install box to automatically login under unprivileged user account (via /etc/events.d/tty1), got Xorg & xterm installed. Edited ~/.bashrc so that X gets automatically started. Everything works up to this point. Now, got executable ~/.xsession and ~/.xinitrc with the same contents:
--
#!/bin/sh
xterm
--
As the system boots, I get plain X with no evidence of xterm anywhere. What do I get so wrong? TIA.

P.S. Running GDM, etc. is not an option.

frenchn00b · 07-08-2008, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GSMD

Seems like I'm missing some obvious point, still...
Set up my Hardy Server install box to automatically login under unprivileged user account (via /etc/events.d/tty1), got Xorg & xterm installed. Edited ~/.bashrc so that X gets automatically started. Everything works up to this point. Now, got executable ~/.xsession and ~/.xinitrc with the same contents:
--
#!/bin/sh
xterm
--
As the system boots, I get plain X with no evidence of xterm anywhere. What do I get so wrong? TIA.

P.S. Running GDM, etc. is not an option.

If I recall well I use a startx command into the ~/.bashrc

You may use this one, that s one of the best autologin, and not Ubuntu way with gdm , i.e. designed for slow machines.

http://linuxgazette.net/issue72/chung.html

Did it work?Did you manage?

GSMD · 07-09-2008, 01:30 AM

frenchn00b
Ah yeah, this worked out. Just had to aptitude xinit in order to get startx. And thanks for the link.
As for autologin part, I've got away with

Code:

exec /bin/login -f user_name < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2>&1

as the the only exec part in /etc/events.d/tty1.