Please allow a naive question. When I boot, I arrive at a log in prompt. When I log in, I arrive at command prompt for the user.
You explained how one might start X without a window manager, and I that might have some utility. But my question is, is there any difference in functionality between running xterm under X and the initial command prompt before starting X? Is there any difference in functionality between xterm and the command prompt before running X? I ask because I'm trying to understand why one would go to the trouble to edit ~/.xinitrc to boot to an xterm. Why not stay in the nice DOS-like world that exists before X if all one wants to do is to issue commands. Haines - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
