<html><body>I tried startx and it works but how do you start the server and clients separately just using the shell. Why was x dying on me when I tried.<div> </div><div>Dave</div><div> <aside> ---------- Původní e-mail ---------- Od: Marius Gedminas <marius@gedmin.as> Komu: xorg@lists.x.org Datum: 27. 8. 2018 8:29:23 Předmět: Re: how do you use x from the terminal </aside> <blockquote data-email="marius@gedmin.as">On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 12:01:30AM +0200, Dave Smith wrote: > I ran the server > > $ Xorg > > and then > > $ DISPLAY=:0 %client% > > It seemed to work but not really. Either my screen ended up freezing and I had > to press the power button or the server terminated with a fatal error, EXA: > malloc failed .. Traditionally we'd run `startx`, which is a shell script that starts both the X server (with the appropriate command-line options) and some necessary-for-good-life X clients (such as the window manager). Marius Gedminas -- I read I forget; I see I remember; I teach I understand. _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s</blockquote></div></body></html>