Now I get it. Thanks for the explanation and for everyone's help on the matter.
Warren
Jeffry Smith wrote:
> I looked up the man pages on startx, then the source
> (startx is a sh script). Basically, startx reads your .xinitrc
> (into $clientargs) and .xserverrc (into $serverargs) files (or the
> default ones if you don't have your own),
> then loops through the command line (replacing what was in your
> .xinitrc or .xserverrc choices). Everything before the "--" is
> put onto $clientargs, everything (with one exeption) is put int
> $serverargs. The one exception is if a server argument starts is
> of the form ":[0-9]", in which case it's put into $display. It
> then sets the Xauth for the desplay, and adds that to
> $serverargs. Then, xinit is called with the command line "$clientargs
> -- $display $serverargs". Basically, it's a wrapper for xinit, that
> handles a lot of the setup so you don't have to.
>
> jeff
>
> On Wed, 31 May 2000, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
>
> > Kevin D. Clark writes:
> >
> > > In the case of startx, startx just passes these "extra" arguments to X
> > > (the X server). startx doesn't know what to do with the arguments
> > > "-nolisten" "tcp", but X does...
> >
> > Oops, I meant "xinit" and not "X".
> >
> > (Jeff Smith's email prompted me to remember this)
> >
>
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