xinit
Sign in to saveThe xinit program allows a user to manually start an X display server. The startx script is a front-end for xinit.
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- www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.2/doc/xinit.1.html
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- github.com/freedesktop/xorg-xinit
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- 1.4.4
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The xinit program allows a user to manually start an X display server. The startx script is a front-end for xinit.
By default, xinit and startx start an X display server pointing to a display device that is enumerated as :0 and then start an xterm on it. When the xterm terminates, xinit and startx kill the X display server. In general, xinit and startx can start an arbitrary server and run an arbitrary script. Typically, this script runs a number of programs and a window manager.
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