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I am using arch linux with xmonad, and I login using gdm, but to make xmonad work properly I have to run a script directly after login (actually I want to run .xinitrc after login using gdm to set some configuration).so, How it is possible ro run a bash script immediatly after login.

I tried several ways such as editing

/etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default

thank you,

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To execute a script/command after you log in you can use ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login. This method should normally be agnostic of how you logged in (e.g. whether you did a terminal login or logged in through a display/login manager). There's also ~/.bash_logout for commands after you log off.

example:

#
# ~/.bash_profile
#

[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc

exec startx

Should work to start X and execute .xinitrc as soon as you log in.

Please refer to the arch wiki for more info if you run into problems.

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  • According to arch wiki I have to use ~./bashrc, but it did not function properly, after running it, I will not be able to open the terminal – husseinhoudrouge Jul 18 '16 at 20:22
  • yes that's right, it applies on every login... Do you need to open the terminal? Can't you just use your GUI terminal in X? – Cestarian Jul 20 '16 at 19:15
  • I am using gnome terminal and X terminal – husseinhoudrouge Jul 20 '16 at 19:16
  • Yes those will work fine since you have already logged in (.bash_profile is only applied when you log in, not after you have already logged in. So basically for this to happen again you'd have to press CTRL+ALT+F2 to go to tty2 and log in again and that would run .bash_profile again) – Cestarian Jul 20 '16 at 19:19
  • Do you think appending & at the the end of each line in .xinitrc can cause this problem – husseinhoudrouge Jul 20 '16 at 19:25
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Most display managers will, upon successful login, look for and source a file called ~/.xsession. This is where you put your X session customisations, much as you put your shell customisations in, for example, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zprofile

Note that the file ~/.xinitrc is sourced by startx, and not by default by display managers.

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