Display is blank

[JeffB42]

What doesn't work?
I am having an issue like the one reported here:
#574
(RPi 4 with HyperPixel display, system boots up, rat poison message is displayed, then the screen is blank)

I have found that I can get OctoDash to display if I manually do the following:
$ export DISPLAY=:0
$ octodash

This is not ideal, and I'd like the display to be set and octodash to run automatically. I looked at .xinitrc and I see that's where octodash runs. I tried adding "export DISPLAY=:0" to .xinitrc but the screen remained blank. I also added to rc.local but that didn't seem to have any effect either. I know this must be possible, but I haven't figured out how (I'm a bit of a Linux noob) and am looking for suggestions on what to try/where to place the command.

[UnchartedBull]

Have you turned on auto login as explained in the installation guide? https://github.com/UnchartedBull/OctoDash/wiki/Installation#autologin

[JeffB42]

Thanks! That was the issue.