Removed Slim – Launch Startx Automatically After Console Login

Launching Openbox at Login without typing “startx”
Continuing with my effort to get the maximum performance out of my Crunchbang driven EeePc, I removed Slim login manager in favour of a simple console username and password login.
The problem was that, eventhough it only takes a milisecond, having to type “startx” annoyed me, so I set about trying to find an autostart-startx at login solution.

First I created a .bash_profile in my home dir:

# ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
# the default umask is set in /etc/login.defs
#umask 022

# include .bashrc if it exists
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

# set PATH so it includes user’s private bin if it exists
if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
PATH=~/bin:”${PATH}”
fi

Then added this line at the end:

if [[ -z “$DISPLAY” ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then
xinit
logout
fi

Thanks to anonymous_user at Arch forums for the trick:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=716438#p716438

Install Spotify on Crunchbang 11

Installing Spotify
Next up was to install Spotify, and as I thought, there would be a hiccup due to a missing dependency. When this happens, a simple “apt-get -f install”” usually fixes it, but it turns out I needed an extra file from squeeze as Crunchbang 11 is based on Wheezy the new Debian Stable and Spotify Linux is old.

First I needed to download libssl0.9.8 from HERE and install it:

cd downloads
sudo dpkg -i libssl0.9.8_0.9.8o-4squeeze14_i386.deb

Then I had to add the Spotify Linux repo to my sources list:

sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list

And add these lines:

## SPOTIFY
deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free

Next I imported the gpg key:

sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 94558F59

Now I just needed to update and install Spotify

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install spotify-client