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Installed Programs: xinit and startx
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None
xinit-1.4.2
Introduction to xinit
The xinit package contains a usable script to start the xserver.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.
Package Information
Download (HTTP): https://www.x.org/pub/individual/app/xinit-1.4.2.tar.xz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xinit-1.4.2.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 0e9a1b9a82b84ab229c709c0f939c113
Download size: 153 KB
Estimated disk space required: 1.5 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
xinit Dependencies
Required
Recommended (runtime only)
twm-1.0.12,
xclock-1.1.1, and
xterm-379 (used in the default
xinitrc file)
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/xinit
Installation of xinit
Install xinit by running the following commands:
./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-xinitdir=/etc/X11/app-defaults && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install && ldconfig
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
If starting Xorg from the command line, the default instructions
above start Xorg on the current virtual terminal. It may be
convenient to see Xorg and associated application messages on the
current virtual terminal, normally tty1, and start the graphical
environment on the first available unused virtual terminal, normally
tty7. To do this, set the suid bit on the Xorg application as the
root user:
chmod u+s $XORG_PREFIX/libexec/Xorg
At this point you can start Xorg on virtual terminal 7 with startx <client arguments> -- vt7. Now you can toggle between tty1 and tty7 with the Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F7 key combinations.
To automatically start Xorg on the first available virtual terminal,
modify the startx script as the root user with:
sed -i '/$serverargs $vtarg/ s/serverargs/: #&/' $XORG_PREFIX/bin/startx
After this change, the virtual terminal does not need to be specified on the startx command line.