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On 02/27/2012 09:05 PM, Micha wrote:
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<p>For a project I'm working on at the moment, I need to be able
to log in remotely to a machine (via ssh) and start a blank
x-server. That is, to just initialize the display, with not
cursor or window manager, to allow for creating a single full
screen window for display.<br>
I seem to recall that just running X as a user used to do it, up
to the no cursor part, leaving an empty (hetched) screen and
running the content of .xsession or something like that.<br>
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As root, run "X". If there is a server already running on the
machine, "X :1" would do it.<br>
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I don't know what you meant to run as a user. If it was "startx",
that does not work, and has not work for some time now. In fact, I
doubt it ever started an empty X server.<br>
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Bonus: X.org changed their default so that the default background is
now black, meaning no flicker until your window opens.<br>
<br>
Shachar<br>
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lingnu.com">http://www.lingnu.com</a>
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