gui from console on pitft

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gui from console on pitft

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I have installed the kernel for pitft and can read command line on the pitft screen..how do I get to the GUI desktop?

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Re: gui from console on pitft

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Enter the command
FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fb1 startx

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Re: gui from console on pitft

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thx..worked fine.

Is there a way for the pitft to automatically boot up without any command line input?

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