[LAU] No joy with AVlinux

Folderol folderol at ukfsn.org
Sun Dec 5 20:33:15 UTC 2010


On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:55:54 -0500
Sean Corbett <seanbutnotheard at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Folderol <folderol at ukfsn.org> wrote:
> > add to end of /home/{username}/.bash_profile
> >        startx
> 
> Instead of a blind "startx", you may find it handy to make your
> .bash_profile a little smarter... i.e., here's what I use (on Arch):
> 
> if [[ "$DISPLAY" = "" ]] && [[ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ]]; then
>   startx &> .xsession-log
>   logout
> fi
> 
> This way, you can log into another virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F2 for
> example) and do some debugging in the background.  Or it's handy if
> you don't feel like firing up X at all.
> 
> -sean

Sounds good to me. I'll give it a try :)

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