Where does X11 get started for runlevel = 5 ???

pgaltieri at cox.net pgaltieri at cox.net
Wed Apr 2 22:21:47 UTC 2008


---- clemens at dwf.com wrote: 
> > On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 00:00 -0600, clemens at dwf.com wrote:
> > > It seems that I should be able to find this, but I dont see it
> > > (no need, just curious), where does X11 get started for
> > > runlevel = 5 ?
> > > 
> > > I dont see it in the 3 startup scripts in /etc/rc.d nor the
> > > scripts in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d .  It must be there, but I dont
> > > see it... and thats iritating...
> > 
> > Have you looked through:  /etc/inittab 
> > 
> Of course I know about inittab.
> The REAL question here is where is the line of code that starts it.
> It doesnt appear to be in init.d, nor rc.d, tho it could be there via an 
> indirect call.
> In any case, anyone else have a (real) idea where it is started?
> -- 
>                                         Reg.Clemens
>                                         reg at dwf.com
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It depends on what you mean by starting X11.

If you are referring to the display manager then the entry that starts it is

# Run xdm in runlevel 5
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

from ./etc/inittab.

prefdm is a shell script which will invoke your favorite display manager, usually gdm of Fedora, which in turn will start the Xorg display server.  

Paolo




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