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startx — A front-end to `xinit` that provides a nice user interface for running a single session of the X Win

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Problem

How to use the startx command: A front-end to xinit that provides a nice user interface for running a single session of the X Window System. More information: <https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/man/man1/startx.1.xhtml>.

Solution

startx — A front-end to xinit that provides a nice user interface for running a single session of the X Window System. More information: <https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/man/man1/startx.1.xhtml>.

Start an X session:

startx

Start an X session with a predefined depth value:

startx -- -depth {{value}}

Start an X session with a predefined dpi value:

startx -- -dpi {{value}}

Override the settings in the .xinitrc file and start a new X session:

startx /{{path/to/window_manager_or_desktop_environment}}

Code Snippets

Start an X session

startx

Start an X session with a predefined depth value

startx -- -depth {{value}}

Start an X session with a predefined dpi value

startx -- -dpi {{value}}

Override the settings in the `.xinitrc` file and start a new X session

startx /{{path/to/window_manager_or_desktop_environment}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/startx

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