You can switch between open sessions??”including character-mode VT logins??”by
using the Switch User options on the K Menu or screensaver password dialogs (as an
alternative to using the switch-VT key combinations (Section 2.2).
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2.9 Starting an X Server with Clients Only When
Needed
Systems used primarily as network servers don??™t need to have an X server running all
the time and should be configured to boot into runlevel 3. This saves some memory
that is best used for network services. However, it??™s handy to run an X server when
performing administration on a server system; for example, to start a web browser to
search for documentation.
The xinit utility can be used to start an X server with specified clients, but the startx
wrapper script provides a friendlier interface. After logging in at a character-based
login prompt, simply execute:
$ startx
startx permits you to specify which client is to be started as well as any options for
the X server. A double-dash (--) is used to separate the client arguments (left) from
the X server options (right).
You can explicitly specify a client to be started:
$ startx /usr/bin/xterm -bg yellow -geometry 180x50
Or you can specify the X server options to be used.
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