STARTXEPHYR(1) User Commands STARTXEPHYR(1)

NAME

startxephyr - convenient management of Xephyr sessions

SYNOPSIS

startxephyr [-help] [-size t|s|m|l|xl] [-session name | -query host]

DESCRIPTION

The startxephyr utility simplifies launching a local virtual X
server, Xephyr(1), and controlling the session run in the virtual X
session. It uses the same mechanism and files as setxsession(1) to
manage the applications run inside the new X session, but does not
run setxsession explicitly.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-help
Shows the usage message, and a list of available
session names.


-session name
Specifies that VNC will be launched with the given
session name, as defined by the setxsession(1)
utility. Use of this option will not set the default
X session to the given name.


-size t|s|m|l|xl
Sets the size of the Xephyr display to be tiny, small,
medium, large, or extra large.


-q|-query host
Rather than launching a session itself, queries a
remote xdm(8) server using XDMCP.

NOTES

Unlike startvnc(1), which launches a persistent session that you can
disconnect from and reconnect to, startxephyr has no persistence - as
soon as the application is closed the session and all applications
running inside it will terminate.

SEE ALSO

setxsession(1), startvnc(1), Xephyr(1), xdm(8)

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