[NTLUG:Discuss] Question about X

[David Stanaway]

It is probably more correct to set the DISPLAY variable after executing
X. There is something not quite right with your default X background. It
should be alternating black and white pixels which looks grey.

Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Working with X trying to get a good grasp of how the components work 
> together and ran across something I don't understand.  I boot into 
> runlevel three then do
> 
> DISPLAY=:0
> export DISPLAY
> echo $DISPLAY
> 
> just to make sure it's set then I start X from console 1 with:
> 
> X &
> 
> I get a black screen with a bitmap X for a cursor on what I'll call 
> "console 7" (Ctrl-Alt-F7), so far so good.  Next I do:
> 
> xsetroot -solid blue
> 
> No change on "console 7".  Next, on console 1, I do:
> 
> xsetroot -cursor_name left-ptr
> 
> Still no change on "console 7".  Finally I do:
> 
> xterm &
> 
> Now I not only get an xterminal application but also the blue background 
> and changed mouse icon.  If I change the order and load the xterminal 
> right after I start X then the xsetroot commands take effect immediately.
> 
> Why does it work this way?
> 
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