Date: 13 Apr 98 09:27:35 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: X, xinit, startx Message-ID: <c62_9804132016@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> References: <199804130237.VAA25969@dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com>
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At 13 Apr 98 04:36:56 "Kevin Liquori" wrote regarding X, xinit, startx "L> What is the difference between the commands 'X', 'xinit' and "L> 'startx'? I get some strange results: "L> X - my system begins to load X windows and hangs on the gray "L> screen before any actual windows appear. You can't really say it hangs. X creates the graphical environment, and is ready to make/accept windows on it, when something asks it to. "L> xinit - opens one borderless windows that appears to function "L> fine xinit does this. "L> startx - this is what I was looking for and just found it "L> tonight thanks to a post on this list. startx does the above and also starts a window manager to put borders and more around windows, and gives you the possibility to launch more windows on the X-screen. Leif Neland leifn@internet.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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