User Interfaces and Desktops Flashcards
X11 server’s configuration file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Script used to start X
startx
startx -depth
start the server with the indicated color depth
startx -dpi
Start the server with the indicated DPI
startx -layout Multihead
starts the server with multiple displays
xinit
Initializes X and starts the fist X client app
xinit #
starts the GUI on the indicated display number
xwininfo
Provides window info for X apps
xhost +
xhost -
Allow or disallow x forwarding from or to a server
X Windows Server startup process
startx -> xinit -> xinitrc -> Xclients
DISPLAY
Environment variable that determines the display and screen that X applications are to display on
If we see DISPLAY=:1.0 what does it mean?
The default display is on localhost, display server 1, screen 0
DISPLAYMANAGER
Variable that determines which display manager X should use
Which file do you edit to change the display manager greeting?
/etc/issue
What do you need to configure to change the default color depth of the screen?
Go into xorg.conf, in the “Screen” section, set DefaultDepth