X Window

XFree86

Getting XFree86

Of course you can visit the XFree86 web site, or you can just go to their ftp server and go right for the source or binaries. But, from New York, there's a better mirror site at Ohio State's FTP server.

Logging X Errors

Why is X failing???!!! Well, try this when you start it up and then check the file to see what went wrong:

X > /tmp/x.out 2>$1

under csh or tcsh, but if you're shell is bash or sh, try this:

X >& /tmp/x.out

Remember, your shell may handle redirection differently than sh, with which this example works.

Sites and Pages of X-oriented Stuff

X11 FAQ
Brandon Harris' X. End of story.
CDE FAQ
How to use an alternate window manager with CDE:
put: Dtsession*wmStartupCommand: /home/orb/bin/sunos5/fvwm in your ~/.Xdefaults file, then change the path to wherever you put fvwm.
Window Mangers - lots of em!

CDE

What's up with CDE by default?

You can turn off CDE by default by removing /etc/rc2.d/S99dtlogin

or "Just adding the line 'export SESSIONTYPE=xdm' to your .dtprofile will do the same trick (whilst preserving your .dtprofile should you at some point want to go back to CDE)."

or /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d

Xterm

xterm FAQ
xterm terminal emulator for the X Window System
Hint: When vi gets funky in an xterm, "eval `resize`". It's most likely caused by the size of the screen being incorrectly defined.