The xinit program is used to start the X Window System server and a first client program on systems that are not using a display manager such as xdm or in environments that use multiple window systems. When this first client exits, xinit will kill the X server and then terminate.
Original maintainer | Debian X Strike Force |
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Homepage | http://xorg.freedesktop.org/ |
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Distribution | Version | Since | Package | Installed | Packager | |
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![]() | deb | 1.4.0-1 | 2019-01-12 | 49 kiB | 84 kiB | Debian X Strike Force |
![]() | deb | 1.3.4-3+b1 | 2017-11-10 | 46.9 kiB | 83 kiB | Debian X Strike Force |
![]() | rpm | 1.4.0-lp150.1.1 | 2019-01-17 | 60.7 kiB | 138 kiB | https://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.4.0-lp151.3.1 | 2019-01-23 | 61.1 kiB | 138 kiB | https://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.4.0-lp152.4.4 | 2020-01-07 | 58 kiB | 138 kiB | https://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.3.4-4.3 | 2019-01-17 | 51.8 kiB | 127 kiB | http://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | rpm | 1.4.1-1.4 | 2019-07-16 | 58.5 kiB | 148 kiB | https://bugs.opensuse.org |
![]() | deb | 1.3.4-3ubuntu2 | 2017-11-10 | 18 kiB | 57 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.3.4-3ubuntu3 | 2018-01-31 | 17.7 kiB | 57 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 | 2019-01-14 | 17.7 kiB | 57 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 | 2019-01-14 | 17.7 kiB | 57 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.4.1-0ubuntu2 | 2019-08-24 | 17.5 kiB | 61 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.4.1-0ubuntu2 | 2020-01-07 | 17.5 kiB | 61 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.3.4-3 | 2017-11-10 | 18 kiB | 57 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.3.4-3ubuntu0.1 | 2017-11-10 | 17.9 kiB | 57 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
Manual pages
Latest updates

OpenSUSE Leap 15.2 oss: Version 1.4.0-lp152.4.4 introduced
2020-01-07
- xinit-nolonger-unset-dbus-session.patch
- no longer unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS variable to prevent gnome-session (and probably other DEs or programs, except of Plasma) from launching a new D-Bus session, while systemd has already launched its own. Unsetting it broke user systemd services that use D-Bus (e.g. PulseAudio), because X uses another D-Bus session (boo#1108549)

Ubuntu 20.04 focal/main: Version 1.4.1-0ubuntu2 introduced
2020-01-07
- debian/patches/03_debian_startx_manpage.diff:
- refresh

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 1.3.4-3ubuntu0.1 reintroduced
2019-10-02
- postinst: Check that xinitrc exists before trying to chmod it. (LP: #1562033)

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 1.3.4-3ubuntu0.1 removed
2019-10-02

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan-proposed/main: Version 1.4.1-0ubuntu2 removed
2019-08-24

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Updated from 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 to 1.4.1-0ubuntu2
2019-08-24
- debian/patches/03_debian_startx_manpage.diff:
- refresh

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan-proposed/main: Version 1.4.1-0ubuntu2 introduced
2019-08-24
- debian/patches/03_debian_startx_manpage.diff:
- refresh

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 reintroduced
2019-08-19
- Merge from Debian Sid (LP: #1779531). Remaining changes:
- Recommend gnome-terminal before xterm so Germinate picks the correct dependency (LP: #1720482).
- The remaining delta has been upstreamed to Debian.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 removed
2019-08-19

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 1.3.4-3ubuntu0.1 reintroduced
2019-08-15
- postinst: Check that xinitrc exists before trying to chmod it. (LP: #1562033)

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 1.3.4-3ubuntu0.1 removed
2019-08-15

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 reintroduced
2019-08-14
- Merge from Debian Sid (LP: #1779531). Remaining changes:
- Recommend gnome-terminal before xterm so Germinate picks the correct dependency (LP: #1720482).
- The remaining delta has been upstreamed to Debian.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 removed
2019-08-14

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 reintroduced
2019-08-02
- Merge from Debian Sid (LP: #1779531). Remaining changes:
- Recommend gnome-terminal before xterm so Germinate picks the correct dependency (LP: #1720482).
- The remaining delta has been upstreamed to Debian.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 1.3.4-3ubuntu0.1 reintroduced
2019-08-02
- postinst: Check that xinitrc exists before trying to chmod it. (LP: #1562033)

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 1.3.4-3ubuntu0.1 removed
2019-08-02

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 removed
2019-08-01

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed oss: Updated from 1.4.1-1.3 to 1.4.1-1.4
2019-07-16
- Update to version 1.4.1
- This release fixes a bug when too many arguments are supplied to the program and improves the man pages.

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed oss: Updated from 1.4.1-1.1 to 1.4.1-1.3
2019-06-17
- Update to version 1.4.1
- This release fixes a bug when too many arguments are supplied to the program and improves the man pages.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 introduced
2019-06-17
- Merge from Debian Sid (LP: #1779531). Remaining changes:
- Recommend gnome-terminal before xterm so Germinate picks the correct dependency (LP: #1720482).
- The remaining delta has been upstreamed to Debian.
Related packages
xinit-debuginfo - Debug information for package xinit
xinit-debugsource - Debug sources for package xinit