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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:56:19 +0000 (GMT) "J.I. Evers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -What exactly does startx do? it starts your default desktop essentialy what it dows is start the X server and run ~/.xinitrc if ~/.xinitrc does not exist it starts /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc in mandrake all /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc does is run another script /etc/X11/Xsession Xsession starts the firsttime wizard if its the first time to run X otherwise it starts the desktop mentioned in ~/.desktop or the default system desktop /etc/sysconfig/desktop if all this fails it falls down to some hardcoded defaults (like trying icewm, then trying twm, then just opening a terminal etc.) of course these scripts do more (like set your default browser) you'll need to read if you really want to know the gory details. > -How else can I start the x server? you could use xinit xinit starts an X server and runs the command you pass it (or ~/.xinitrc if none exist). xinit /usr/bin/pekwm starts an X server with pekwm as the session manager, if pekwm quits the X server closed. or you could do it the very hard way and start the X server on your own X then attach some client t it, rxvt -display :0 or something like that, I never tried it. > -What might be the problem with kdeinit? > -How would I start a different window manager (gnome, pekwm, icewm, > ...)?-What does startkde, startgnome and starticewm do? well best way to start wm's Mandrake knows about (the system knows about a wm if it has an entry in /etc/X11/wmsession.d/) is to install the package Xtart then run Xtart however you could use the xinit command to start any X session, you could pass it a wm or even just a single X client (I run wine this way). AFAIK startkde and startgnome are scripts that setup ad start the DE's for you you can use these with xinit xinit `which startkde` cheers, Alaa - - -- ultimate_answer_t deep_thought(void) { sleep(years2secs(7500000)); return 42; } -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWXx+vQ4s8A97qKQRAo4OAJ4s5uH4Tli06HW6PZNSfJSmG9fgsQCcClKY v3Opvg7B4WOr8Huo+6jjsbw= =TGZN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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