Hello yet again! I was wondering if anyone could complete the below "fill-in-the-blanks" (yes, back to the days of primary school!) in order to "enlighten" (excuse the pun) me as to what is actually done to start say Gnome: Linux boots, hands over control to INIT which reads /etc/inittab and opens many files in /etc/rc*, it then (in Mandrake Linux) executes "/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon", which basically loads "kdm -nodaemon". kdm realises that X has not yet been loaded so loads it up on display :0. When X starts it runs the following files/does the following things: (1) ______________________________________________________ When X has started, kdm realises this and pops itself up into display :0. kdm/xdm reads the following files/does the following things: (2) ______________________________________________________ I select Gnome and type in my username and password and login. Kdm then magically loads Gnome (as opposed to Ice or KDE) by: (3) ______________________________________________________ When I logout, the X server is reset??? (4) ______________________________________________________ Hmm, now that was an interesting way to ask some questions! If you do know to answer to them please send me a response. I have read some of the X manpages and they are in "code" (overly technical language!). Thanks, George _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
