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STARTX(1)							     STARTX(1)

NAME
       startx - initialize an X session

SYNOPSIS
       startx  [  [ client ] options ... ] [ -- [ server ] [ display ] options
       ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       The startx script is a front end to xinit(1) that provides  a  somewhat
       nicer  user interface for running a single session of the X Window Sys‐
       tem.  It is often run with no arguments.

       Arguments immediately following the startx command are used to start  a
       client in the same manner as xinit(1).  The special argument '--' marks
       the end of client arguments and the beginning of	 server	 options.   It
       may  be convenient to specify server options with startx to change on a
       per-session basis the default color depth, the server's notion  of  the
       number  of dots-per-inch the display device presents, or take advantage
       of a different server layout, as permitted by the  Xorg(1)  server  and
       specified in the xorg.conf(5) configuration.  Some examples of specify‐
       ing server arguments follow; consult the manual page for your X	server
       to determine which arguments are legal.

	      startx -- -depth 16

	      startx -- -dpi 100

	      startx -- -layout Multihead

       To  determine  the  client to run, startx first looks for a file called
       .xinitrc in the user's home directory.  If that is not found,  it  uses
       the file xinitrc in the xinit library directory.

       If  command  line client options are given, they override this behavior
       and revert to the xinit(1) behavior.  To determine the server  to  run,
       startx  first  looks  for  a  file called .xserverrc in the user's home
       directory.  If that is not found, it uses the  file  xserverrc  in  the
       xinit  library  directory.   If	command line server options are given,
       they override this behavior and revert to the xinit(1) behavior.	 Users
       rarely need to provide a .xserverrc file.  See the xinit(1) manual page
       for more details on the arguments.

       The  system-wide	 xinitrc  and  xserverrc  files	 are  found   in   the
       /etc/X11/xinit directory.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       DISPLAY			This variable gets set to the name of the dis‐
				play to which clients  should  connect.	  Note
				that this gets set, not read.

       XAUTHORITY		This  variable,	 if  not already defined, gets
				set to $(HOME)/.Xauthority.  This is  to  pre‐
				vent  the  X  server,  if  not given the -auth
				argument, from automatically setting up	 inse‐
				cure  host-based  authentication for the local
				host.  See  the	 Xserver(1)  and  Xsecurity(7)
				manual	 pages	 for  more  information	 on  X
				client/server authentication.

FILES
       $(HOME)/.xinitrc		Client to run.	Typically a shell script which
				runs many programs in the background.

       $(HOME)/.xserverrc	Server to run.	The default is X.

       /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc	Client	to  run	 if  the  user has no .xinitrc
				file.

       /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc Server to run if the user  has	no  .xserverrc
				file.

SEE ALSO
       xinit(1), X(7), Xserver(1), Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5)

X Version 11			  xinit 1.2.0			     STARTX(1)
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