XFree86

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# 6. XFree86

To boot up into XFree86, grab and install the normal XFree packages. Grab and install the XF86Config file from http://www.falkensweb.com/t1500.html. Use a line like

    xinit -- -bpp 16 &

In rc.local (or your distributions equiv.) to start it up automaticly. To do the safe thing and run X as a user, create the user and use something like the following to start and stop it (I placed this in the init.d dir. and linked from rc.4). Change 'mplayer' on line 5 to your username.

    #! /bin/sh
    case "$1" in
    start)
    	echo -n "Automatically logging into X"
    	su -c 'cd ~mplayer && xinit -- -bpp 16' - mplayer &
    	echo "."
    	;;
    stop|restart)
    	;;
    *)
    	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/mplayer {start|stop|restart}"
    	exit 1
    esac

    exit 0

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