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Re: X11 Terminal at Startup
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Re: X11 Terminal at Startup


  • Subject: Re: X11 Terminal at Startup
  • From: Eugene Lee <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 04:14:08 -0600
  • Mail-followup-to: email@hidden

On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 01:37:07AM -0800, Mark D. Wagner, M.Ed. wrote:
:
: The issue: I am trying to modify x11 so that it will NOT launch a
: terminal on startup. (I definitely want xterm to stay in the
: applications menu, though.) I am having trouble locating where this
: might be changed. I've gathered from other posts on this list that my
: answer may be in the .xinitrc file, but am having trouble finding even
: that. (This is a fresh install of X11 (no previous XDarwin) over
: 10.2.3.)

Isn't this already a FAQ?

If Apple's X11 does not find a .xinitrc file in your home directory, it
launches quartz-wm and a single xterm.  There is no global xinitrc file
that it defaults to.  There is an example file in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.
Be sure to replace "twm" with "quartz-wm".


--
Eugene Lee
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References: 
 >Re: X11 Error: Couldn't find per display information (From: Randy Ford <email@hidden>)
 >X11 Terminal at Startup (From: "Mark D. Wagner, M.Ed." <email@hidden>)

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