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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:11:56 +0000Loggin in directly i3https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/Hi everyone, When I start the computer, the system does not automatically log into i3. Instead, it loads openbox. What I do then to load i3 is that I log out, press F1, and log back in. Any thoughts how can I fix it so that it loads i3 every time I start the computer? I am running Crunchbang Waldorf.Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:02:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/Comment by Vlad for Hi everyone, When I start the computer, the system does not automatically log into i3. Instead, it loads openbox. What I do then to load i3 is that I log out, press F1, and log back in. Any thoughts how can I fix it so that it loads i3 every time I start the computer? I am running Crunchbang Waldorf. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5604#comment-5604Yes, just replace "exec openbox-session" in your ~/.xinitrc with "exec i3". Or, if ~/.xinitrc is not present, create it and add "exec i3" line to it.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:14:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5604#comment-5604Comment by Oposum for Hi everyone, When I start the computer, the system does not automatically log into i3. Instead, it loads openbox. What I do then to load i3 is that I log out, press F1, and log back in. Any thoughts how can I fix it so that it loads i3 every time I start the computer? I am running Crunchbang Waldorf. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5603#comment-5603I am using SLIMFri, 13 Mar 2015 00:40:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5603#comment-5603Comment by Oposum for Hi everyone, When I start the computer, the system does not automatically log into i3. Instead, it loads openbox. What I do then to load i3 is that I log out, press F1, and log back in. Any thoughts how can I fix it so that it loads i3 every time I start the computer? I am running Crunchbang Waldorf. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5605#comment-5605Created ~/.xinitrc and added exec i3 , but did not work...Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:52:26 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5605#comment-5605Comment by Vlad for Hi everyone, When I start the computer, the system does not automatically log into i3. Instead, it loads openbox. What I do then to load i3 is that I log out, press F1, and log back in. Any thoughts how can I fix it so that it loads i3 every time I start the computer? I am running Crunchbang Waldorf. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5600#comment-5600Are you using DM (lightDM/XDM/SLIM) or startx from tty? If you use startx, adding exec i3 in your .xinitrc will help you.Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:11:51 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5600#comment-5600Comment by Oposum for Hi everyone, When I start the computer, the system does not automatically log into i3. Instead, it loads openbox. What I do then to load i3 is that I log out, press F1, and log back in. Any thoughts how can I fix it so that it loads i3 every time I start the computer? I am running Crunchbang Waldorf. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5617#comment-5617Thanks, I installed it. lightdm is better but still, few things that need to be solved: every time I boot the computer, it asks me for login, password, and window manager of choice. How can I log in automatically? 2. It loads some strange wallpaper that it keeps in i3 - how can I change it?Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:11:56 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5617#comment-5617Comment by topernic for Hi everyone, When I start the computer, the system does not automatically log into i3. Instead, it loads openbox. What I do then to load i3 is that I log out, press F1, and log back in. Any thoughts how can I fix it so that it loads i3 every time I start the computer? I am running Crunchbang Waldorf. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5610#comment-5610SLIM has been abandoned. Install lightdm if you need a DM and then remove SLIM. If you install lightdm you should then have the option to boot i3 or openbox.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:36:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5599/loggin-in-directly-i3/?comment=5610#comment-5610