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Re: what is the difference between '/usr/bin/X' and '/usr/bin/Xorg'?



Le Sam 1 septembre 2012 1:32, bobg.hahc@gmail.com a écrit :
> On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 10:30:02 PM UTC-5, jiang lei wrote:
>
>>     is there any difference between "/usr/bin/X" and "/usr/bin/Xorg"?
>> On my >debian box, /usr/bin/X is not symlink to /usr/bin/Xorg, and i
>> can start X server >with /usr/bin/X but fail with /usr/bin/Xorg? i
>> google it but find nothing, could >any one here help me? thanks in
>> advance.
>
> wow - i'm disappointed no one's ever answered this... i too would like to
> know:
> root:~/# ls -o /usr/bin/X*
> -rwsr-sr-x 1 root    9232 Dec 16  2011 /usr/bin/X
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 1889472 Oct 29  2011 /usr/bin/Xorg
>
>
> both files are ELF executables, and they are CLEARLY different. so what
> exactly IS the difference btn them???
>
> TIA...
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I never noticed that, and am not really used to play with X, but since X
servers are servers, maybe one is a client and the other the server?
I did no check, so there are many chances I am totally wrong.


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