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!!NAME startx - initialize an X session !!SYNOPSIS __startx__ [[ [[ ''client'' ] ''options'' ... ] [[ __--__ [[ ''server'' ] ''options'' ... ] !!DESCRIPTION The ''startx'' script is a front end to ''xinit'' that provides a somewhat nicer user interface for running a single session of the X Window System. It is often run with no arguments. Arguments immediately following the ''startx'' command are used to start a client in the same manner as xinit(1). The special argument '--' marks the end of client arguments and the beginning of server options. It may be convenient to specify server options with startx to change on a per-session basis the default color depth, the server's notion of the number of dots-per-inch the display device presents, or take advantage of a different server layout, as permitted by the [XFree86](1) server and specified in the ''XF86Config'' (5x) file. Some examples of specifying server arguments follow; consult the manual page for your X server to determine which arguments are legal. startx -- -depth 16 startx -- -dpi 100 startx -- -layout Multihead Note that in the Debian system, what many people traditionally put in the ''.xinitrc'' file should go in ''.xsession'' instead; this permits the same X environment to be presented whether ''startx'' , ''xdm'' , or ''xinit'' is used to start the X session. All discussion of the ''.xinitrc'' file in the xinit(1) manual page applies equally well to ''.xsession.'' Keep in mind that ''.xinitrc'' is used only by xinit(1) and completely ignored by xdm(1). To determine the client to run, ''startx'' first looks for a file called ''.xinitrc'' in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses the file ''xinitrc'' in the ''xinit'' library directory. If command line client options are given, they override this behavior and revert to the xinit(1) behavior. To determine the server to run, ''startx'' first looks for a file called ''.xserverrc'' in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses the file ''xserverrc'' in the ''xinit'' library directory. If command line server options are given, they override this behavior and revert to the xinit(1) behavior. Users rarely need to provide a ''.xserverrc'' file. See the xinit(1) manual page for more details on the arguments. The system-wide ''xinitrc'' and ''xserverrc'' files are found in the ''/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit'' directory. !!ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ;DISPLAY : This variable gets set to the name of the display to which clients should connect. Note that this gets ''set'' , not read. ;XAUTHORITY : This variable, if not already defined, gets set to ''$(HOME)/.Xauthority'' . This is to prevent the X server, if not given the ''-auth'' argument, from automatically setting up insecure host-based authentication for the local host. See the ''Xserver'' (1) and ''Xsecurity'' (7x) manual pages for more information on X client/server authentication. !!FILES ;''$(HOME)/.xinitrc'' : Client to run. Typically a shell script which runs many programs in the background. ;''$(HOME)/.xserverrc'' : Server to run. The default is ''X'' . ;''/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc'' : Client to run if the user has no ''.xinitrc'' file. ;''/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc'' : Server to run if the user has no ''.xserverrc'' file. !!SEE ALSO xinit(1), Xserver(1), XFree86(1)
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