Starting from the console's UNIX shell prompt, ensure that /usr/bin/X11 is included in the search path variable and issue the command xinit. The screen may then resemble something like that shown in figure 8, which is the default startup screen.
Figure 8: The default X startup screen
The command xinit has started the server process and set the user's DISPLAY environment variable to indicate that clients, by default, should attempt to connect to this server. Then, it invoked one client, called xterm, which has connected to the server. The mouse pointer is currently the