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

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On 2/7/21 11:38 AM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
> 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
>
I see you have already solved your problem.  But it bears mentioning: 
.xinitrc is executed by runing `startx`, not by the login shell.