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Raptor Drivers for Linux Installation and Reference Manual

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5.2 startx

This is the easiest way to start up the X server. The

startx

script is provided in

$X11R6HOME/bin

directory. To start up the

X server in the default mode type:

prompt% startx

You may add any other standard command line arguments to
the end of the line as neccessary.

5.3 xinit

The

xinit

program can be used to start the X server directly.

The

xinit

format is as follows:

xinit [[client] options][ -- [server]

[display] options ]

If no specific client program is given on the command line,

xinit

will look for a file in the user's home directory called

.xinitrc

to run as a shell script to start up client programs. If

no such file exists,

xinit

will use the following as a default:

xterm -geometry +1+1 -n login \
-display :0

If no specific server program is given on the command line,

xinit

will look for a file in the user's home directory called

.Xserverrc

to run as a shell script to start up the server. If no

such file exists,

xinit

will use the following as a default:

X :0

This assumes that there is a program named

X

in the current

search path. The X server in the XFree86 4.0 (or later)
distribution is called

XFree86

and is in the directory

$X11R6HOME/bin

. A symbolic link has been made from

X

to

XFree86

.

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