NAME

xfront − front-end to X(1) server programs

SYNOPSIS

xfront [ Xserver options ] [: display number ]

DESCRIPTION

For the display specified, xfront reads the /usr/lib/X11/Xconfig file (see Xconfig(5)), scans the directories in /usr/lib/X11/Xservers/* for matching Xconfig “display” entries, and invokes the corresponding server.  If no display is given, xfront uses the default server :0.

For example, to invoke X :0 (where /usr/bin/X11/X is linked to /usr/bin/X11/xfront as distributed), xfront will scan the /usr/lib/X11/Xconfig file for the line specifying the “display” resource for display 0.  It will then search each subdirectory of the Xservers directory for an Xconfig file with a matching “display” type resource.  The actual name of the server to invoke is X<dirname>, which xfront will execute. 

FILES

/usr/lib/X11/Xconfig
/usr/lib/X11/Xservers/*/Xconfig

SEE ALSO

X(1), Xserver(1), xdm(1), xinit(1), Xconfig(5). 

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