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<H2><A NAME=SECTION00715000000000000000>5.1.5 Running XFree86</A></H2>
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With your <tt>XF86Config</tt> file configured, you're ready to fire up the
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X server and give it a spin. First, be sure that <tt>/usr/X11R6/bin</tt>
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is on your path.
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The command to start up XFree86 is
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<P><TT> startx
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This is a front-end to <tt>xinit</tt> (in case you're used to using <tt>xinit</tt>
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on other UNIX systems).
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This command will start the X server and run the commands found in the
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file <tt>.xinitrc</tt> in your home directory. <tt>.xinitrc</tt> is just a
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shell script containing X clients to run. If this file does not exist,
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the system default <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc</tt> will be used.
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A standard <tt>.xinitrc</tt> file looks like this:
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<P><TT> <PRE>#!/bin/sh
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xterm -fn 7x13bold -geometry 80x32+10+50 &
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xterm -fn 9x15bold -geometry 80x34+30-10 &
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oclock -geometry 70x70-7+7 &
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xsetroot -solid midnightblue &
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exec twm
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</PRE> <P></TT>
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This script will start up two <tt>xterm</tt> clients, an <tt>oclock</tt>,
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and set the root window (background) color to <tt>midnightblue</tt>.
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It will then start up <tt>twm</tt>, the window manager. Note that <tt>twm</tt>
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is executed with the shell's <tt>exec</tt> statement; this causes the
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<tt>xinit</tt> process to be replaced with <tt>twm</tt>. Once the <tt>twm</tt>
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process exits, the X server will shut down. You can cause <tt>twm</tt>
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to exit by using the root menus: depress mouse button 1 on the desktop
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background---this will display a pop up menu which will allow you to
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<tt>Exit Twm</tt>.
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Be sure that the last command in <tt>.xinitrc</tt> is started with <tt>exec</tt>,
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and that it is not placed into the background (no ampersand on the end of
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the line). Otherwise the X server will shut down as soon as it has
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started the clients in the <tt>.xinitrc</tt> file.
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Alternately, you can exit X by pressing <IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="img289.gif">-<IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="img290.gif">-<IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="img291.gif">
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in combination. This will kill the X server directly, exiting the window
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system.
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The above is a very, very simple desktop configuration. Many wonderful
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programs and configurations are available with a bit of work on your
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<tt>.xinitrc</tt> file. For example, the <tt>fvwm</tt> window manager will
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provide a virtual desktop, and you can customize colors, fonts,
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window sizes and positions, and so forth to your heart's content.
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Although the X Window System might appear to be simplistic at first,
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it is extremely powerful once you customize it for yourself.
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If you are new to the X Window System environment, we strongly suggest
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picking up a book such as <em>The X Window System: A User's Guide</em>.
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Using and configuring X is far too in-depth
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to cover here. See the man pages for <tt>xterm</tt>, <tt>oclock</tt>, and
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<tt>twm</tt> for clues on getting started.
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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