Chapter 4, Invoking x11r6.1, 1 overview – Tech Source Raptor X11R6.1 for AIX User Manual
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Chapter 4
INVOKING X11R6.1
4.1 Overview
There are several ways to invoke X11R6.1 on your system:
•
xinit
•
xdm
• Common desktop Environment (CDE)
• All of the above with MOX extension enabled
Important: For all these methods, there are some environment
variables that must be set. These can be set in your
.cshrc
file.
prompt% setenv X11R6HOME /usr/X11R6.1
prompt% setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
$X11R6HOME/lib
prompt% set path=($X11R6HOME/bin $path)
The
Xtsi
server is provided in the
$X11R6HOME/bin
directory.
The examples used in this chapter refer to the device
rap2kt0
.
Your actual device name will vary according to the Raptor card type
and the instance number.
4.2 xinit
The
xinit
program can be directly used to start the X Window
System server. The
xinit
format is as follows:
xinit [[client] options] [ -- [server]
[display] options ]