Awesome, thanks for such a great summary. Little by little I'm getting things how I want them.
Job On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:35:05 +0200 Alaa The Great <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:56:19 +0000 (GMT) > "J.I. Evers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > -What exactly does startx do? > > it starts your default desktop > > essentialy what it dows is start the X server and run ~/.xinitrc > if ~/.xinitrc does not exist it starts /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > > in mandrake all /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc does is run another script > /etc/X11/Xsession Xsession starts the firsttime wizard if its the > first time to run X otherwise it starts the desktop mentioned in > ~/.desktop or the default system desktop /etc/sysconfig/desktop > if all this fails it falls down to some hardcoded defaults (like > trying icewm, then trying twm, then just opening a terminal etc.) > > of course these scripts do more (like set your default browser) you'll > need to read if you really want to know the gory details. > > > > -How else can I start the x server? > > you could use xinit > xinit starts an X server and runs the command you pass it (or > ~/.xinitrc if none exist). > > xinit /usr/bin/pekwm > > starts an X server with pekwm as the session manager, if pekwm quits > the X server closed. > > or you could do it the very hard way and start the X server on your > own > > X > > then attach some client t it, > rxvt -display :0 > > or something like that, I never tried it. > > > -What might be the problem with kdeinit? > > -How would I start a different window manager (gnome, pekwm, icewm, > > ...)?-What does startkde, startgnome and starticewm do? > > well best way to start wm's Mandrake knows about (the system knows > about a wm if it has an entry in /etc/X11/wmsession.d/) is to install > the package Xtart then run > > Xtart > > however you could use the xinit command to start any X session, you > could pass it a wm or even just a single X client (I run wine this > way). > > AFAIK startkde and startgnome are scripts that setup ad start the DE's > for you you can use these with xinit > > xinit `which startkde` > > cheers, > Alaa -- Job Evers
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