[NTLUG:Discuss] (no subject)

[Richard Cobbe]

Lo, on Saturday, 27 May, 2000, Kelly Scroggins did write:

> 
> 
> Quoting Richard Cobbe <cobbe at directlink.net>:
>    
>    Of course (especially on systems with limited RAM), why keep your login
>    shell in memory if you don't need it?
>    
>    startx 1> x-server-output 2>&1 &
>    exit
> 
> 
> Should I be able to enter the 'exit' command on
> the same line as the 'startx' line?
> 
> Or should I start X and then use the
> CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE command to access the command
> line prompt and type 'exit' there?

Well, I now use gdm, so it's been a while.

In theory, either should work, but I vaguely recall having some sort of X
authentication problems putting the startx and the exit on the same line.
In fact, now that I think about it, I vaguely recall having X
authentication problems running startx in the background.  I do remember
discovering that starting x in the foreground, then switching back to that
VT, hitting C-z, and backgrounding the task seemed to work.

Along these general lines: can anyone point me to a description of the
various X authentication methods?  The X manual pages and documentation
(included with RH6.2, at any rate) aren't much help here.

Richard