Re: [newbie] startx/Xtart?
- Original Message - From: Terry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] startx/Xtart? Angus, They're both scripts..startx is at /usr/X11R6/bin and Xtart at /usr.bin.. so you can view them with 'less' or any editor. Although they both do the same job the code is somewhat different. Xtart (written by Civileme) seems pretty straightforward and will start X (xinit) according to the session scripts stored in wmsession.d. startx reads a number of initialization files including xinitrc before invoking xinit. In any case follow the code through to see how they differ with respect to starting up kde. Terry Smith ** Thanks for the reply Terry, and the info. I note another thing also, when staring KDE with Xtart, ~/.xsession-errors isn't written to. I will try to compare the two scripts in question, and see whether I can learn something ;-) Best regards to you. --Angus Without friends, the world is but a wilderness. -- Francis Bacon *** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *** -- http://www.operamail.com Get OperaMail Premium today - USD 29.99/year Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] startx/Xtart?
Angus, They're both scripts..startx is at /usr/X11R6/bin and Xtart at /usr.bin.. so you can view them with 'less' or any editor. Although they both do the same job the code is somewhat different. Xtart (written by Civileme) seems pretty straightforward and will start X (xinit) according to the session scripts stored in wmsession.d. startx reads a number of initialization files including xinitrc before invoking xinit. In any case follow the code through to see how they differ with respect to starting up kde. Terry Smith On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 21:21, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I have a question regarding something quite mysterious, and I wonder if anyone out there can help me to understand what is going on here. I have been using Mdk Linux for several months now, and I have always had it configured to boot into X at start...a runlevel 5. Well, just today I thought I would change that and set it to start a runlevel 3. I am not quite so afraid of the cl now as I once was. :-) Anyway, what I have noted is that if I start x with the command Xtart, and then choose my default KDE, when KDE starts I get a black screen with the KDE3 graphic centered and then my familiar KDE desktop. What is different though is my fonts. They are very nice and crisp, and the same typeface as previous...except smaller. If I start x with the command startx, when KDE starts I get the familiar blue default background with the KDE3 graphic centered, and once more my familiar KDE desktop. This time however my fonts are larger. What is causing this? I actually increased the size of the fonts after the first start using Xtart. Is this being caused by differing screen refresh rates, or what? Where can I look to find my current refresh rate? (etc/X11/XF86Config-4 I can't fathom) I would truly appreciate any insight into this differing behaviour from Xtart to startx. TIA. Best regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.--James Thurber *** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *** -- Terry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] startx/Xtart?
Greetings, I have a question regarding something quite mysterious, and I wonder if anyone out there can help me to understand what is going on here. I have been using Mdk Linux for several months now, and I have always had it configured to boot into X at start...a runlevel 5. Well, just today I thought I would change that and set it to start a runlevel 3. I am not quite so afraid of the cl now as I once was. :-) Anyway, what I have noted is that if I start x with the command Xtart, and then choose my default KDE, when KDE starts I get a black screen with the KDE3 graphic centered and then my familiar KDE desktop. What is different though is my fonts. They are very nice and crisp, and the same typeface as previous...except smaller. If I start x with the command startx, when KDE starts I get the familiar blue default background with the KDE3 graphic centered, and once more my familiar KDE desktop. This time however my fonts are larger. What is causing this? I actually increased the size of the fonts after the first start using Xtart. Is this being caused by differing screen refresh rates, or what? Where can I look to find my current refresh rate? (etc/X11/XF86Config-4 I can't fathom) I would truly appreciate any insight into this differing behaviour from Xtart to startx. TIA. Best regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.--James Thurber *** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *** -- http://www.operamail.com Get OperaMail Premium today - USD 29.99/year Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
