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Each of these directives is a system default directive that describes how a clie
nt will be displayed. Each line consists of the client name followed by an aster
isk and the X Window parameter. Through a carefully configured .Xresources file
the user can define the way a client will look each time it is started.
Starting X
An X session can be started using 2 methods:
Method 1: From the command line, after logging in onto a virtual terminal the us
er launches the X Server using a script called startx
Method 2: A Display Manager is running prompting the user with a graphical login
, in runlevel 5.
1. From the Command Line
The startx script starts xinit. The xinit script has two main arguments (a) the
X server and (b) the xinitrc script. The xinitrc script will source (read) the f
iles Xresourses (controlling the x-applications) and the Xclients (choosing a wi
ndow manager). So we can symbolise the startup sequence as follows:
startx --> xinit --> X -> xinitrc -> Xclient (wm/desktop)
2. Using a Display Manager
We will first describe the login. The next section covers all the functionalitie
s of the Display Manager.
xdm --> xlogin --> Xsession --> Xclient
The Display Manager
There are three main display managers, xdm (generic), gdm (GNOME) and kdm (KDE).
According to the LPI objectives the configuration file are in the following dir
ectories:

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