startx (启动X11会话)

The startx script is a front end to xinit that provides a somewhat nicer user interface for running a single session of the X Window System. 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. The special argument "--" marks the end of client arguments and the beginning of server options. You may need to specify server options with startx to change the color depth, dots-per-inch, or a different server layout, as permitted by the Xorg server and xorg.conf.

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 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 behavior. Users rarely need to provide a .xserverrc file.

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

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

Environment variables

Files

startx -- -depth 16

Start an X session at 16 bits color depth.

startx -- -dpi 100

Start an X session at 100 dpi (dots per inch) resolution.

startx -- -layout Multihead

Start an X session with support for multiple displays.