----- 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


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