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

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 14:01:57 -0700, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:

> >>>>> [ -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.  
> > 
> > But you do, because you run it from .bash_profile whenever you login.
> > That's why I suggested an alternative command that wouldn't do that.  
> 
> OK, according to Gentoo-wiki:
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Start_X_on_login
> 
>  ~/.bash_profile
> if [[ -z $DISPLAY ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then exec startx; fi
> The above command works.

It is effectively the same as the one I suggested right at the start of
this thread.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Windows95 - crash compatible on Windows 3.x

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