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.
