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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 1 (Permission denied)
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 21:04:47
Message-Id: 20210207210437.1924be41@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 1 (Permission denied) by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 14:01:57 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2
3 > >>>>> [ -z "$SSH_TTY" ] && startx ...
4 > >>>>>
5 > >>>>> to only start it when not using SSH.
6 > >>>>
7 > >>>> What do you suggest?
8 > >>>> I was planning to get away from "slim" as I think it is getting
9 > >>>> more unstable; I just need a simple system to start X, log-in over
10 > >>>> ssh and use x2go session.
11 > >>>
12 > >>> Why do you need to start X, doesn't x2go run its own X session? You
13 > >>> are trying to start X in an SSH session, which is what gives your
14 > >>> error. The line I suggested runs startx only if you are not logging
15 > >>> in via SSH. No display manager is involved.
16 > >>
17 > >> Maybe I wasn't clear. No, I don't start any X over ssh.
18 > >
19 > > But you do, because you run it from .bash_profile whenever you login.
20 > > That's why I suggested an alternative command that wouldn't do that.
21 >
22 > OK, according to Gentoo-wiki:
23 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Start_X_on_login
24 >
25 > ~/.bash_profile
26 > if [[ -z $DISPLAY ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then exec startx; fi
27 > The above command works.
28
29 It is effectively the same as the one I suggested right at the start of
30 this thread.
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34 Neil Bothwick
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36 Windows95 - crash compatible on Windows 3.x