Le 21.09.2013 21:41, Fred a écrit :You do not need to install any manager ( gdm, slim, kdm... ) to start an X session: simply install xinit ( if it is still not here, I think it is required by session managers? ) and start your X session with "startx".
but I understand I need to do more than that. Seems like I need some
display manager also?
I did try to do
aptitude install slim
which installs, but it's not like it magically autostarts when I boot
the system.
What I need is to config slim to autostart, which will run i3 upon
login?
Or do I need to set up the X server to autostart?
Thanks for any help!
Doing it by hand everytime is quite boring, of course, so you can add those lines to your ~/.bash_profile (create the file if it does not exists) :
###########
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ `tty` == /dev/tty1 ]
then
startx
fi
###########
If you need a hint about what is the -z, take a look at "man test", since in bash "[ something ]" means "test something".
Since you are searching for the lightest solution, I think this is what you want. Of course, it means your login will not be a shiny graphical one, but if you really intend to use i3 (which I am using, it is really a nice wm) you probably do not aim at shiny stuff.Archive: [🔎] ffd4270cb9ac25bd5c5fc38eb59e7d6f@neutralite.org" target="_blank">http://lists.debian.org/ffd4270cb9ac25bd5c5fc38eb59e7d6f@neutralite.org
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