NAME

x11start - start the X11 window system

SYNOPSIS

x11start [options]

DESCRIPTION

x11start starts up the X window system by running the X11 window server and selected X11 clients.  By default, hpterm(1) and mwm(1) are run by x11start. 

x11start is a shell script that first checks the user’s home directory for a .Xdefaults file.  If there is no .Xdefaults file there, then the file /usr/lib/X11/sys.Xdefaults (if it exists) will be used as a source file for xrdb(1), to create a RESOURCE_MANAGER property.  This is done by setting the variable $doxrdb, which is executed in the .x11start file, and thus under user control. 

x11start will modify the PATH variable as needed to assure that /usr/bin/X11 is in the users PATH variable in front of /usr/bin. 

x11start then runs xinit using the shell script .x11start from the user’s home directory as the first argument for xinit.  If that script does not exist or is not executable, then the script /usr/lib/X11/sys.x11start is used as the argument for xinit.  In any case the arguments passed to x11start are passed on to xinit following the .x11start argument. 

FILES

/usr/lib/X11/sys.x11start
$HOME/.x11start
/usr/lib/X11/sys.Xdefaults
$HOME/.Xdefaults

ORIGIN

HP

SEE ALSO

X(1), xinit(1), hpterm(1), mwm(1), xrdb(1)

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 8.0: Nov 1990