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

[cal]

On 2/9/21 5:04 PM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
> On 2/8/21 9:59 PM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
>> On 2/8/21 9:44 PM, cal wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> I see, so instead of going around and calling .xinitrc from .bash_profile
>>
>> why not call  startxfce4 directly from .bash_profile
>>
>> Instead of:
>> if [[ -z $DISPLAY ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then exec startx; fi
>>
>> start as:
>> if [[ -z $DISPLAY ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then exec startxfce4; fi
>>
>> It should work.
>
> With the above setup starting "startxfce4" from .bash_profile, I get an error when ssh:
> "No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding."
>
> This error does not show up when "startxfce4" is run from .xinitrc
> I don't know what difference it makes how xfce4 is started.
>
>
startx does some additional work besides just running the .xinitrc 
script.  If you are not using a display manager, startx is the correct 
way to start X, with .xinitrc containing the commands to launch your 
window manager.

My .xinitrc:
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
     for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
         [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
     done
     unset f
fi

exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session i3