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220 lines
5.8 KiB
Groff
.\" $Xorg: startx.man,v 1.4 2001/02/09 02:05:49 xorgcvs Exp $
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.\" $XdotOrg$
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.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/xinit/startx.man,v 1.7 2001/04/19 15:08:32 dawes Exp $
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.\"
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.TH STARTX 1 __xorgversion__
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.SH NAME
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startx \- initialize an X session
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B startx
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[ [
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.I client
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]
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.I options
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\&\.\|.\|. ] [
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.B \-\^\-
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[
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.I server
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]
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.I options
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\&.\|.\|. ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fIstartx\fP script is a front end to \fIxinit\fP that provides a
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somewhat nicer user interface for running a single session of the X
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Window System. It is often run with no arguments.
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.PP
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Arguments immediately following the
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.I startx
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command are used to start a client in the same manner as
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.IR xinit (1).
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The special argument
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.RB '--'
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marks the end of client arguments and the beginning of server options.
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It may be convenient to specify server options with startx to change on a
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per-session basis the
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default color depth, the server's notion of the number of dots-per-inch the
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display device presents, or take advantage of a different server layout, as
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permitted by the
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.IR __XSERVERNAME__ (1)
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server and specified in the
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.IR __XCONFIGFILE__ (__filemansuffix__)
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file. Some examples of specifying server arguments follow; consult the
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manual page for your X server to determine which arguments are legal.
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.RS
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.PP
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startx -- -depth 16
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.PP
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startx -- -dpi 100
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.PP
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startx -- -layout Multihead
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.RE
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#ifdef __SCOMAN__
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.PP
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To determine the client to run,
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.I startx
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looks for the following files, in order:
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.RS
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.PP
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.I $(HOME)/.startxrc
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.PP
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.I __libdir__/sys.startxrc
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.PP
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.I $(HOME)/.xinitrc
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.PP
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.I __xinitdir__/xinitrc
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.RE
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.PP
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#else
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.PP
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To determine the client to run,
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.I startx
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first looks for a file called
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.I .xinitrc
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in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses
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the file
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.I xinitrc
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in the
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.I xinit
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library directory.
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#endif
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If command line client options are given, they override this
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behavior and revert to the
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.IR xinit (1)
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behavior.
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To determine the server to run,
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.I startx
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first looks for a file called
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.I .xserverrc
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in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses
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the file
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.I xserverrc
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in the
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.I xinit
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library directory.
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If command line server options are given, they override this
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behavior and revert to the
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.IR xinit (1)
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behavior. Users rarely need to provide a
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.I .xserverrc
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file.
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See the
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.IR xinit (1)
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manual page for more details on the arguments.
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.PP
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The system-wide
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.I xinitrc
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and
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.I xserverrc
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files are found in the
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.I __xinitdir__
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directory.
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.PP
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The
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.I .xinitrc
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is typically a shell script which starts many clients according to the
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user's preference. When this shell script exits,
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.I startx
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kills the server and performs any other session shutdown needed.
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Most of the clients started by
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.I .xinitrc
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should be run in the background. The last client should run in the
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foreground; when it exits, the session will exit. People often choose
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a session manager, window manager, or \fIxterm\fP as the ''magic'' client.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.PP
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Below is a sample \fI\.xinitrc\fP that starts several applications and
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leaves the window manager running as the ''last'' application. Assuming that
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the window manager has been configured properly, the user
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then chooses the ''Exit'' menu item to shut down X.
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.sp
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.in +4
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.nf
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xrdb \-load $HOME/.Xresources
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xsetroot \-solid gray &
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xbiff \-geometry \-430+5 &
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oclock \-geometry 75x75\-0\-0 &
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xload \-geometry \-80\-0 &
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xterm \-geometry +0+60 \-ls &
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xterm \-geometry +0\-100 &
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xconsole \-geometry \-0+0 \-fn 5x7 &
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exec twm
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.fi
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.in -4
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.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
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.TP 25
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DISPLAY
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This variable gets set to the name of the display to which clients should
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connect. Note that this gets
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.IR set ,
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not read.
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.TP 25
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XAUTHORITY
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This variable, if not already defined, gets set to
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.IR $(HOME)/.Xauthority .
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This is to prevent the X server, if not given the
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.I \-auth
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argument, from automatically setting up insecure host-based authentication
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for the local host. See the
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.IR Xserver (1)
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and
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.IR Xsecurity (__miscmansuffix__)
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manual pages for more information on X client/server authentication.
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.SH FILES
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#ifdef __SCOMAN__
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.TP 25
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.I $(HOME)/.startxrc
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Client to run. Typically a shell script which runs many programs in
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the background.
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.TP 25
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.I __libdir__/sys.startxrc
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Client to use if the user has no
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.I .startxrc
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file.
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#endif
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.TP 25
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.I $(HOME)/.xinitrc
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Client to run. Typically a shell script which runs many programs in
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the background.
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.TP 25
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.I $(HOME)/.xserverrc
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Server to run. The default is
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.IR X .
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.TP 25
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.I __xinitdir__/xinitrc
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Client to run if the user has no
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.I .xinitrc
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file.
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.TP 25
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.I __xinitdir__/xserverrc
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Server to run if the user has no
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.I .xserverrc
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file.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IR xinit (1),
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.IR Xserver (1),
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.IR __XSERVERNAME__ (1)
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