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Re: command line to GUI

From The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: command line to GUI
Date 2015-12-15 08:21 +0000
Organization albasani.net
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References <951a0a3255.Philip@borehamh.demon.co.uk> <n4ohpc$h58$1@dont-email.me>

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On 15/12/15 08:10, David Taylor wrote:
> On 14/12/2015 21:30, Philip Draper wrote:
>> Ageing memory...mine. Can someone please remind me what is the command
>> to enter to get from the command-line interface to a GUI display using
>> standard Raspbian?
>>
>> Philip.
>
> Not something I've done often, but startx rings a bell.
>
Mmm. not normally because the GUI is more than X, you need to launch a 
window manager as well, although it coould be that startx is script that 
does that.

In most Linices Ive played with its something like /etc/init.d/*dm where 
*dm is  something like gdm for gnome display manager, or mdm for mint 
display manager, or xdm for xfce display manager etc etc.

Andf of course it probably isn't linked into init.d if it doesn't start 
automatically anyway.

Oh here is a reasonable guide

http://www.bristolwatch.com/rpi/xinitrc.htm


So yes, startx works, but you have to edit stuff to make sure it works 
the way God intended


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command line to GUI Philip Draper <Philip@borehamh.demon.co.uk> - 2015-12-14 21:30 +0000
  Re: command line to GUI David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-12-15 08:10 +0000
    Re: command line to GUI The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-15 08:21 +0000
  Re: command line to GUI "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2015-12-15 12:25 +0100
    Re: command line to GUI Philip Draper <Philip@borehamh.demon.co.uk> - 2015-12-15 14:43 +0000
      Re: command line to GUI Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-12-15 17:19 +0000
        Re: command line to GUI Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2015-12-15 19:24 +0000

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