On Tue, 18 Oct 2022 15:54:15 -0400
Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/18/2022 11:29 AM, stan via users wrote:
> I always boot into multiuser before starting X with LXDE using
> startx when I want a gui. So, this does work, as others have
> confirmed.
>
> Try putting the following in a file called .Xclients in your home
> directory.
>
> #! /bin/bash
>
> exec startxfce4
>
> and once you have, run startx again. If you use the command
> startx -- vt10
> it should leave the messages from X on tty1, and put the X display
> on virtual console 10. If you want to start X as a different user,
> you can then start it on a different virtual console.
startx -- vt10 seems to work, opening a mini terminal window.
If it starts a mini terminal instead of xfce, then you didn't create
the file .Xclients in your home directory and put the above two lines
in it.