On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 11:31:59PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Think, Branden, think, and try using Debian as a new user. Run
>
> startx MyWM
>
> What will happen?
It'll start X and try to run xterm with MyWM as argument which will
fail.
But I guess you presumable meant "startx `which MyWM`"; which will
start X and use MyWM as client.
Normally one would create a .xinitrc file though.
startx(1)
The startx script is a front end to xinit that provides a
somewhat nicer user interface for running a single session of
the X Window System. It is often run with no arguments.
xinitrc(1)
xinit -geometry =80x65+10+10 -fn 8x13 -j -fg white -bg navy
This will start up a server named X, and will append the
given arguments to the default xterm command.
It will ignore .xinitrc
xinit /usr/ucb/rsh fasthost cpupig -display ws:1 -- :1 -a 2 -t 5
This will start a server named X on display 1 with the argu-
ments -a 2 -t 5. It will then start a remote shell on the
machine fasthost in which it will run the command cpupig,
telling it to display back on the local workstation.
--
Peter Mathiasson, peter at mathiasson dot nu, http://www.mathiasson.nu
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