The -- tells startx to pass the rest of the line to X, not to
interpret them as a startx options (actually options to xinit).
jeff
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Warren Mansur
wrote:
>
> > Also try this:
> >
> > startx -- -nolisten tcp
> >
>
> That worked. Thanks! I tried that before but without the "--", and it would not
> work. Out of curiosity, why do you need to specify the "--" before the other
> options?
>
> Warren
>
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