Re: [gentoo-user] xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 1 (Permission denied)

On 2/7/21 12:26 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 12:10:50 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
>
>> On 2/7/21 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 01:28:39 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I disable "slim" login manager and try not to use any display manger
>>>> (for simplicity). I start X from:
>>>>
>>>>  ~/.bash_profile
>>>> exec startx -- vt1
>>>>
>>>> but now when I try to ssh as user, I get:
>>>>
>>>> (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
>>>> (EE)
>>>> Fatal server error:
>>>> (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 1 (Permission
>>>> denied)
>>>
>>> Of course you are, because you are still trying to start X. If you
>>> must start X from .bash_profile, you need something like
>>>
>>> [ -z "$SSH_TTY" ] && startx ...
>>>
>>> to only start it when not using SSH.
>>
>> What do you suggest?
>> I was planning to get away from "slim" as I think it is getting more
>> unstable; I just need a simple system to start X, log-in over ssh and
>> use x2go session.
>
> Why do you need to start X, doesn't x2go run its own X session? You are
> trying to start X in an SSH session, which is what gives your error. The
> line I suggested runs startx only if you are not logging in via SSH. No
> display manager is involved.
 
Maybe I wasn't clear.  No, I don't start any X over ssh.

When I'm directly in front of the PC and I have a log-in screen and type user ID + passwords 
I was under impression that "startxfce4" would run automatically when from .xinitrc
~/.xinitrc  
exec startxfce4

but it doesn't, when I log-in the XFCE4 is not starting automatically, I have to type manually: startxfce4