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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="X-WINDOW-SYSTEM-XINITRC" name="X-WINDOW-SYSTEM-XINITRC">6.3
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xinitrc</a></h1>
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<p><tt class="COMMAND">xinit</tt>(1) is the program that actually starts X; it is called
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by <tt class="COMMAND">startx</tt>(1), so you may not have noticed it (and probably don't
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really need to). Its configuration file, however, determines which programs (including
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and especially the window manager) are run when X starts up. <tt
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class="COMMAND">xinit</tt> first checks your home directory for a <tt
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class="FILENAME">.xinitrc</tt> file. If the file is found, it gets run; otherwise, <tt
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class="FILENAME">/var/X11R6/lib/xinit/xinitrc</tt> (the systemwide default) is used.
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Here's a simple <tt class="FILENAME">xinitrc</tt> file:</p>
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#!/bin/sh
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# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $
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userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
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usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
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sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
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sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
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# merge in defaults and keymaps
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if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
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xrdb -merge $sysresources
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fi
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if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
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xmodmap $sysmodmap
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fi
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if [ -f $userresources ]; then
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xrdb -merge $userresources
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fi
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if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
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xmodmap $usermodmap
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fi
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# start some nice programs
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twm &
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xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
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xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
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xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
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exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
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</pre>
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<p>All of those “if” blocks are there to merge in various configuration
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settings from other files. The interesting part of the file is toward the end, where
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various programs are run. This X session will begin with the <tt
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class="COMMAND">twm</tt>(1) window manager, a clock, and three terminals. Note the <tt
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class="COMMAND">exec</tt> before the last <tt class="COMMAND">xterm</tt>. What that does
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is replace the currently running shell (the one that's executing this <tt
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class="FILENAME">xinitrc</tt> script) with that <tt class="COMMAND">xterm</tt>(1)
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command. When the user quits that <tt class="COMMAND">xterm</tt>, the X session will
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end.</p>
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<p>To customize your X startup, copy the default <tt
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class="FILENAME">/var/X11R6/lib/xinit/xinitrc</tt> to <tt
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class="FILENAME">~/.xinitrc</tt> and edit it, replacing those program lines with whatever
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you like. The end of mine is simply:</p>
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<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING">
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# Start the window manager:
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exec startkde
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<p>Note that there are several <tt class="FILENAME">xinitrc.*</tt> files in <tt
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class="FILENAME">/var/X11R6/lib/xinit</tt> that correspond to various window managers and
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GUIs. You can use any of those, if you like.</p>
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