From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 13 17:23:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA01200 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:23:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00782 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:22:29 GMT (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id CAA32472 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 02:18:39 +0200 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA05997; 13 Apr 98 20:16:31 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 13 Apr 98 09:27:35 +0100 Subject: X, xinit, startx Message-ID: References: <199804130237.VAA25969@dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com> Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 13 Apr 98 04:36:56 "Kevin Liquori" wrote regarding X, xinit, startx "L> What is the difference between the commands 'X', 'xinit' and "L> 'startx'? I get some strange results: "L> X - my system begins to load X windows and hangs on the gray "L> screen before any actual windows appear. You can't really say it hangs. X creates the graphical environment, and is ready to make/accept windows on it, when something asks it to. "L> xinit - opens one borderless windows that appears to function "L> fine xinit does this. "L> startx - this is what I was looking for and just found it "L> tonight thanks to a post on this list. startx does the above and also starts a window manager to put borders and more around windows, and gives you the possibility to launch more windows on the X-screen. Leif Neland leifn@internet.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message