Start the Xserver automatically

[raf]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 12:00:23AM -0600, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:

> On Jan 24, 2021, at 22:35, Tong Sun wrote:
> 
> > I checked the x11.app's preference, but it seems to be missing the
> > capability to start the Xserver automatically when user logs in.
> > 
> > Is it so? Any plan to add it?
> 
> The X server will start automatically when you launch any X11-using
> program. This is better than having the X server running all the
> time. This change to the X server was made by Apple in Mac OS X 10.5
> in pursuit of their goal of not having services running when they're
> not needed.

If you really want it to start on login, you can add macport's X11.app
to your: System Preferences / Users & Groups / Login Items.

cheers,
raf