Question about AUTOSETUP

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Dear readers,

When I installed dietpi in the past, after the first run LXDE was started automatically. After my last installation just the commanfline was shown and I had to start LXDE with the startx command.

I have searched, via dietpi-launcher and the internet, how to start LXDE automatically. At the end I found out that I have to set in dietpi.txt the AUTO_SETUP_AUTOSTART_TARGET_INDEX=2.

My question is the following; did I miss something in the configuration options from dietpi-launcher?

Many thanks in advance for your reply.
Regards, wimduk

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Probably. Did you tried dietpi-autostart already

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Thank you very much for your fast response Julinar.
Yes I did : wim@rasp-4GB:~$ sudo dietpi-launcher-> DietPi-Config (9) → Automatic Login (2) → UID 1001 (wim). But after a reboot LXDE was not started automatically.

In short
I use always dietpi.txt and wifi.txt when installing Dietpi with the following modifications:
AUTO_SETUP_LOCALE=nl_NL.UTF-8, AUTO_SETUP_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT=de, AUTO_SETUP_TIMEZONE=Europe/Amsterdam, AUTO_SETUP_NET_ETHERNET_ENABLED=1,
AUTO_SETUP_NET_WIFI_ENABLED=1, AUTO_SETUP_NET_HOSTNAME=rasp-4GB and as last AUTO_SETUP_AUTOMATED=1
With these modifications in previous installations after first run LXDE was shown automatically (as root)

When preparing my answer to you I think I have seen what went wrong.
For some reason AUTO_SETUP_AUTOSTART_TARGET_INDEX= was set to 0 instead of 2. I changed the value to 2 and did a new installation and everything is OK now.

But my question remains: can I, after the first run, config Dietpi to start LXDE automatically with the config menu? (change the value of
AUTO_SETUP_AUTOSTART_TARGET_INDEX from 0 → 2 with the dietpi-launcher program?

Thank you for your help and have a nice weekend,
wimduk

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AUTO_SETUP_AUTOSTART_TARGET_INDEX has no meaning after the first initial setup. It’s a AUTO_SETUP parameter used by DietPi-automation, applied on first boot of DietPi only, ONCE!

Use dietpi-autostart to change the behavior during normal operation. There might be something wrong If option2 is not working on reboot. There is no error on screen after reboot?

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Thanks for your answer Joulinar.
Your reply “Use **dietpi-autostart** to change the behavior during normal operation.” is the one I was looking for :+1:.
Kind regards wimduk :raising_hand_man:

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Just for the record : No I did not get an error on screen after reboot

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