[NTLUG:Discuss] Question about X

[David Stanaway]

Interesting, I get the same thing with my Xnest. I can see the color
being set, but it changes back instantly. I am guessing there is
something to do with there not being any X clients using the display yet.

David Stanaway wrote:
> 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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