I looked up the man pages on startx, then the source
(startx is a sh script). Basically, startx reads your .xinitrc
(into $clientargs) and .xserverrc (into $serverargs) files (or the
default ones if you don't have your own),
then loops through the command line (replacing what was in your
.xinitrc or .xserverrc choices). Everything before the "--" is
put onto $clientargs, everything (with one exeption) is put int
$serverargs. The one exception is if a server argument starts is
of the form ":[0-9]", in which case it's put into $display. It
then sets the Xauth for the desplay, and adds that to
$serverargs. Then, xinit is called with the command line "$clientargs
-- $display $serverargs". Basically, it's a wrapper for xinit, that
handles a lot of the setup so you don't have to.
jeff
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> Kevin D. Clark writes:
>
> > In the case of startx, startx just passes these "extra" arguments to X
> > (the X server). startx doesn't know what to do with the arguments
> > "-nolisten" "tcp", but X does...
>
> Oops, I meant "xinit" and not "X".
>
> (Jeff Smith's email prompted me to remember this)
>
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