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Its configuration file, however, determines which programs (including -and especially the window manager) are run when X starts up. <tt -class="COMMAND">xinit</tt> first checks your home directory for a <tt -class="FILENAME">.xinitrc</tt> file. If the file is found, it gets run; otherwise, <tt -class="FILENAME">/var/X11R6/lib/xinit/xinitrc</tt> (the systemwide default) is used. -Here's a simple <tt class="FILENAME">xinitrc</tt> file:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> -#!/bin/sh -# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $ - -userresources=$HOME/.Xresources -usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap -sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources -sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap - -# merge in defaults and keymaps - -if [ -f $sysresources ]; then - xrdb -merge $sysresources -fi - -if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then - xmodmap $sysmodmap -fi - -if [ -f $userresources ]; then - xrdb -merge $userresources -fi - -if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then - xmodmap $usermodmap -fi - -# start some nice programs - -twm & -xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & -xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & -xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & -exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>All of those “if” blocks are there to merge in various configuration -settings from other files. The interesting part of the file is toward the end, where -various programs are run. This X session will begin with the <tt -class="COMMAND">twm</tt>(1) window manager, a clock, and three terminals. Note the <tt -class="COMMAND">exec</tt> before the last <tt class="COMMAND">xterm</tt>. What that does -is replace the currently running shell (the one that's executing this <tt -class="FILENAME">xinitrc</tt> script) with that <tt class="COMMAND">xterm</tt>(1) -command. When the user quits that <tt class="COMMAND">xterm</tt>, the X session will -end.</p> - -<p>To customize your X startup, copy the default <tt -class="FILENAME">/var/X11R6/lib/xinit/xinitrc</tt> to <tt -class="FILENAME">~/.xinitrc</tt> and edit it, replacing those program lines with whatever -you like. The end of mine is simply:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> -# Start the window manager: -exec startkde -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>Note that there are several <tt class="FILENAME">xinitrc.*</tt> files in <tt -class="FILENAME">/var/X11R6/lib/xinit</tt> that correspond to various window managers and -GUIs. 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