X Windows System Administrator's Guide, Vol 8 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)

Table of Contents

Preface

How to Use this Book

Assumptions

Related Documents

Font Conventions Used in This Book

Request for Comments

Bulk Sales Information

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 An Introduction to X Administration

1.1 The Design of X11

1.1.1 Display Servers

1.1.2 Clients and Resources

1.1.3 Toolkits and GUIs

1.2 X Administration

1.2.1 Installing X

1.2.2 Supporting Users

1.2.3 Maintaining Software

1.2.4 Maintaining Multiple Machines

1.2.5 A “Philosophy” of X Administration

Chapter 2 The X User Environment

2.1 The Configured X Session

2.1.1 The Twilight Zone

2.2 Components of the X Environment

2.2.1 Window Managers

2.2.2 Customizing Clients

2.2.2.1 The -fn Command-line Option

2.2.2.2 The -geometry Command-line Option

2.2.2.3 Specifying Colors

2.2.2.4 Using Resources

2.2.3 The Startup Script

2.2.3.1 The Foreground Process

2.3 The Shell Environment

2.3.1 Setting the DISPLAY Variable

2.3.1.1 Complications with Display Names

2.3.2 Redefining the Search Path

2.3.2.1 Setting the Search Path for OpenWindows Support

2.3.2.2 Setting the Search Path for Mixed Environments

2.3.3 xterm Issues

2.3.3.1 xterm and Terminal Emulation

2.3.3.2 The resize Client

2.3.3.3 xterm and the Login Shell (C Shell)

2.3.4 Starting Remote Clients

2.3.4.1 Starting a Remote Client with rsh

2.4 Startup Methods

2.4.1 xinit and startx

2.4.2 Differences Between .xinitrc and .xsession

2.5 Related Documentation

Chapter 3 The X Display Manager

3.1 xdm Concepts

3.2 xdm Configuration Files

3.3 xdm the Easy Way

3.4 Troubleshooting ...