'Re: how do you use x from the terminal'

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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: how do you use x from the terminal
From:       "Dave Smith" <dsmith69 () seznam ! cz>
Date:       2018-08-29 21:04:37
Message-ID: E0K.4qla4.6p}c3eLesIE.1RXmfb () seznam ! cz
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I tried startx and it works but how do you start the server and clients 
separately just using the shell. Why was x dying on me when I tried.

Dave

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Od: Marius Gedminas <marius@gedmin.as>
Komu: xorg@lists.x.org
Datum: 27. 8. 2018 8:29:23
Předmět: Re: how do you use x from the terminal
"On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 12:01:30AM +0200, Dave Smith wrote:
> I ran the server
>
> $ Xorg
>
> and then
>
> $ DISPLAY=:0 %client%
>
> It seemed to work but not really. Either my screen ended up freezing and I
had
> to press the power button or the server terminated with a fatal error, 
EXA:
> malloc failed ..

Traditionally we'd run `startx`, which is a shell script that starts
both the X server (with the appropriate command-line options) and some
necessary-for-good-life X clients (such as the window manager).

Marius Gedminas
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<html><body>I tried startx and it works but how do you start the server and clients \
separately just using the shell. Why was x dying on me when I \
                tried.<div><br></div><div>Dave</div><div><br><aside>
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Od: Marius Gedminas &lt;marius@gedmin.as&gt;<br>
Komu: xorg@lists.x.org<br>
Datum: 27. 8. 2018 8:29:23<br>
Předmět: Re: how do you use x from the terminal
</aside><br><blockquote data-email="marius@gedmin.as">On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at \
12:01:30AM +0200, Dave Smith wrote: <br>&gt; I ran the server
<br>&gt; 
<br>&gt; $ Xorg
<br>&gt; 
<br>&gt; and then
<br>&gt; 
<br>&gt; $ DISPLAY=:0 %client%
<br>&gt; 
<br>&gt; It seemed to work but not really. Either my screen ended up freezing and I \
had <br>&gt; to press the power button or the server terminated with a fatal error, \
EXA: <br>&gt; malloc failed ..
<br>
<br>Traditionally we'd run `startx`, which is a shell script that starts
<br>both the X server (with the appropriate command-line options) and some
<br>necessary-for-good-life X clients (such as the window manager).
<br>
<br>Marius Gedminas
<br>-- 
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