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diff --git a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Makefile.am b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Makefile.am index 737166b51..fe330a72c 100644 --- a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Makefile.am +++ b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Makefile.am @@ -1,24 +1,3 @@ -# Xserver.man covers options generic to all X servers built in this tree -MAN_SRCS = Xorg.man.pre xorg.conf.man.pre - -appmandir = $(APP_MAN_DIR) -appman_DATA = Xorg.$(APP_MAN_SUFFIX) - -filemandir = $(FILE_MAN_DIR) -fileman_DATA = xorg.conf.$(FILE_MAN_SUFFIX) - -Xorg.$(APP_MAN_SUFFIX): Xorg.man - -$(AM_V_at)rm -f Xorg.$(APP_MAN_SUFFIX) - $(AM_V_at)$(LN_S) Xorg.man Xorg.$(APP_MAN_SUFFIX) - -xorg.conf.$(FILE_MAN_SUFFIX): xorg.conf.man - -$(AM_V_at)rm -f xorg.conf.$(FILE_MAN_SUFFIX) - $(AM_V_at)$(LN_S) xorg.conf.man xorg.conf.$(FILE_MAN_SUFFIX) - -include $(top_srcdir)/cpprules.in - -EXTRAMANDEFS = -D__logdir__=$(logdir) - -CLEANFILES = $(appman_DATA) $(fileman_DATA) xorg.conf.man Xorg.man - -EXTRA_DIST = $(MAN_SRCS) +include $(top_srcdir)/manpages.am +appman_PRE = Xorg.man +fileman_PRE = xorg.conf.man diff --git a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man index c497a0e8c..6fa334cc3 100644 --- a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre +++ b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man @@ -1,689 +1,689 @@ -.\" $XdotOrg: xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre,v 1.3 2005/07/04 18:41:01 ajax Exp $
-.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
-.ds q \N'34'
-.TH __xservername__ __appmansuffix__ __vendorversion__
-.SH NAME
-__xservername__ - X11R7 X server
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B __xservername__
-.RI [\fB:\fP display ]
-.RI [ option
-.IR ... ]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B __xservername__
-is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX and
-UNIX-like operating systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now runs
-on a wider range of hardware and OS platforms.
-.PP
-This work was derived by the X.Org Foundation from the XFree86 Project's
-.I "XFree86\ 4.4rc2"
-release.
-The XFree86 release was originally derived from
-.I "X386\ 1.2"
-by Thomas Roell which was contributed to X11R5 by Snitily Graphics
-Consulting Service.
-.SH PLATFORMS
-.PP
-.B __xservername__
-operates under a wide range of operating systems and hardware platforms.
-The Intel x86 (IA32) architecture is the most widely supported hardware
-platform. Other hardware platforms include Compaq Alpha, Intel IA64, AMD64,
-SPARC and PowerPC. The most widely supported operating systems are the
-free/OpenSource UNIX-like systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
-OpenBSD, and Solaris. Commercial UNIX operating systems such as
-UnixWare are also supported. Other supported operating systems include
-GNU Hurd. Mac OS X is supported with the
-Xquartz(__appmansuffix__) X server. Win32/Cygwin is supported with the
-XWin(__appmansuffix__) X server.
-.PP
-.SH "NETWORK CONNECTIONS"
-.B __xservername__
-supports connections made using the following reliable
-byte-streams:
-.TP 4
-.I "Local"
-On most platforms, the "Local" connection type is a UNIX-domain socket.
-On some System V platforms, the "local" connection types also include
-STREAMS pipes, named pipes, and some other mechanisms.
-.TP 4
-.I TCP\/IP
-.B __xservername__
-listens on port
-.RI 6000+ n ,
-where
-.I n
-is the display number. This connection type can be disabled with the
-.B \-nolisten
-option (see the Xserver(1) man page for details).
-.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
-For operating systems that support local connections other than Unix
-Domain sockets (SVR3 and SVR4), there is a compiled-in list specifying
-the order in which local connections should be attempted. This list
-can be overridden by the
-.I XLOCAL
-environment variable described below. If the display name indicates a
-best-choice connection should be made (e.g.
-.BR :0.0 ),
-each connection mechanism is tried until a connection succeeds or no
-more mechanisms are available. Note: for these OSs, the Unix Domain
-socket connection is treated differently from the other local connection
-types. To use it the connection must be made to
-.BR unix:0.0 .
-.PP
-The
-.I XLOCAL
-environment variable should contain a list of one more
-more of the following:
-.PP
-.RS 8
-.nf
-NAMED
-PTS
-SCO
-ISC
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-which represent SVR4 Named Streams pipe, Old-style USL Streams pipe,
-SCO XSight Streams pipe, and ISC Streams pipe, respectively. You can
-select a single mechanism (e.g.
-.IR XLOCAL=NAMED ),
-or an ordered list (e.g. \fIXLOCAL="NAMED:PTS:SCO"\fP).
-his variable overrides the compiled-in defaults. For SVR4 it is
-recommended that
-.I NAMED
-be the first preference connection. The default setting is
-.IR PTS:NAMED:ISC:SCO .
-.PP
-To globally override the compiled-in defaults, you should define (and
-export if using
-.B sh
-or
-.BR ksh )
-.I XLOCAL
-globally. If you use startx(1) or xinit(1), the definition should be
-at the top of your
-.I .xinitrc
-file. If you use xdm(1), the definitions should be early on in the
-.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession
-script.
-.SH OPTIONS
-.B __xservername__
-supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and
-run-time parameters: command line options, environment variables, the
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) configuration files, auto-detection, and
-fallback defaults. When the same information is supplied in more than
-one way, the highest precedence mechanism is used. The list of mechanisms
-is ordered from highest precedence to lowest. Note that not all parameters
-can be supplied via all methods. The available command line options
-and environment variables (and some defaults) are described here and in
-the Xserver(__appmansuffix__) manual page. Most configuration file
-parameters, with their defaults, are described in the
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page. Driver and module specific
-configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver or module
-manual page.
-.PP
-In addition to the normal server options described in the
-Xserver(__appmansuffix__) manual page,
-.B __xservername__
-accepts the following command line switches:
-.TP 8
-.BI vt XX
-.I XX
-specifies the Virtual Terminal device number which
-.B __xservername__
-will use. Without this option,
-.B __xservername__
-will pick the first available Virtual Terminal that it can locate. This
-option applies only to platforms that have virtual terminal support, such
-as Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, SVR3, and SVR4.
-.TP
-.B \-allowMouseOpenFail
-Allow the server to start up even if the mouse device can't be opened
-or initialised. This is equivalent to the
-.B AllowMouseOpenFail
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
-.TP 8
-.B \-allowNonLocalXvidtune
-Make the VidMode extension available to remote clients. This allows
-the xvidtune client to connect from another host. This is equivalent
-to the
-.B AllowNonLocalXvidtune
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. By default non-local
-connections are not allowed.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-bgamma " value"
-Set the blue gamma correction.
-.I value
-must be between 0.1 and 10.
-The default is 1.0. Not all drivers support this. See also the
-.BR \-gamma ,
-.BR \-rgamma ,
-and
-.B \-ggamma
-options.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-bpp " n"
-No longer supported. Use
-.B \-depth
-to set the color depth, and use
-.B \-fbbpp
-if you really need to force a non-default framebuffer (hardware) pixel
-format.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-config " file"
-Read the server configuration from
-.IR file .
-This option will work for any file when the server is run as root (i.e,
-with real-uid 0), or for files relative to a directory in the config
-search path for all other users.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-configdir " directory"
-Read the server configuration files from
-.IR directory .
-This option will work for any directory when the server is run as root
-(i.e, with real-uid 0), or for directories relative to a directory in the
-config directory search path for all other users.
-.TP 8
-.B \-configure
-When this option is specified, the
-.B __xservername__
-server loads all video driver modules, probes for available hardware,
-and writes out an initial __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file based on
-what was detected. This option currently has some problems on some
-platforms, but in most cases it is a good way to bootstrap the
-configuration process. This option is only available when the server
-is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0).
-.TP 8
-.BI "\-crt /dev/tty" XX
-SCO only. This is the same as the
-.B vt
-option, and is provided for compatibility with the native SCO X server.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-depth " n"
-Sets the default color depth. Legal values are 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, and
-24. Not all drivers support all values.
-.TP 8
-.B \-disableVidMode
-Disable the parts of the VidMode extension (used by the xvidtune
-client) that can be used to change the video modes. This is equivalent
-to the
-.B DisableVidModeExtension
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
-.TP 8
-.B \-fbbpp \fIn\fP
-Sets the number of framebuffer bits per pixel. You should only set this
-if you're sure it's necessary; normally the server can deduce the correct
-value from
-.B \-depth
-above. Useful if you want to run a depth 24 configuration with a 24
-bpp framebuffer rather than the (possibly default) 32 bpp framebuffer
-(or vice versa). Legal values are 1, 8, 16, 24, 32. Not all drivers
-support all values.
-.TP 8
-.B \-flipPixels
-Swap the default values for the black and white pixels.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-gamma " value"
-Set the gamma correction.
-.I value
-must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. This value is applied
-equally to the R, G and B values. Those values can be set independently
-with the
-.BR \-rgamma ,
-.BR \-bgamma ,
-and
-.B \-ggamma
-options. Not all drivers support this.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-ggamma " value"
-Set the green gamma correction.
-.I value
-must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. Not all drivers support
-this. See also the
-.BR \-gamma ,
-.BR \-rgamma ,
-and
-.B \-bgamma
-options.
-.TP 8
-.B \-ignoreABI
-The
-.B __xservername__
-server checks the ABI revision levels of each module that it loads. It
-will normally refuse to load modules with ABI revisions that are newer
-than the server's. This is because such modules might use interfaces
-that the server does not have. When this option is specified, mismatches
-like this are downgraded from fatal errors to warnings. This option
-should be used with care.
-.TP 8
-.B \-isolateDevice \fIbus\-id\fP
-Restrict device resets to the device at
-.IR bus\-id .
-The
-.I bus\-id
-string has the form
-.IB bustype : bus : device : function
-(e.g., \(oqPCI:1:0:0\(cq).
-At present, only isolation of PCI devices is supported; i.e., this option
-is ignored if
-.I bustype
-is anything other than \(oqPCI\(cq.
-.TP 8
-.B \-keeptty
-Prevent the server from detaching its initial controlling terminal.
-This option is only useful when debugging the server. Not all platforms
-support (or can use) this option.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-keyboard " keyboard-name"
-Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file
-.B InputDevice
-section called
-.I keyboard-name
-as the core keyboard. This option is ignored when the
-.B Layout
-section specifies a core keyboard. In the absence of both a Layout
-section and this option, the first relevant
-.B InputDevice
-section is used for the core keyboard.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-layout " layout-name"
-Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file
-.B Layout
-section called
-.IR layout-name .
-By default the first
-.B Layout
-section is used.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-logfile " filename"
-Use the file called
-.I filename
-as the
-.B __xservername__
-server log file. The default log file is
-.BI __logdir__/__xservername__. n .log
-on most platforms, where
-.I n
-is the display number of the
-.B __xservername__
-server. The default may be in a different directory on some platforms.
-This option is only available when the server is run as root (i.e, with
-real-uid 0).
-.TP 8
-.BR \-logverbose " [\fIn\fP]"
-Sets the verbosity level for information printed to the
-.B __xservername__
-server log file. If the
-.I n
-value isn't supplied, each occurrence of this option increments the log
-file verbosity level. When the
-.I n
-value is supplied, the log file verbosity level is set to that value.
-The default log file verbosity level is 3.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-modulepath " searchpath"
-Set the module search path to
-.IR searchpath .
-.I searchpath
-is a comma separated list of directories to search for
-.B __xservername__
-server modules. This option is only available when the server is run
-as root (i.e, with real-uid 0).
-.TP 8
-.B \-nosilk
-Disable Silken Mouse support.
-.TP 8
-.B \-pixmap24
-Set the internal pixmap format for depth 24 pixmaps to 24 bits per pixel.
-The default is usually 32 bits per pixel. There is normally little
-reason to use this option. Some client applications don't like this
-pixmap format, even though it is a perfectly legal format. This is
-equivalent to the
-.B Pixmap
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
-.TP 8
-.B \-pixmap32
-Set the internal pixmap format for depth 24 pixmaps to 32 bits per pixel.
-This is usually the default. This is equivalent to the
-.B Pixmap
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-pointer " pointer-name"
-Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file
-.B InputDevice
-section called
-.I pointer-name
-as the core pointer. This option is ignored when the
-.B Layout
-section specifies a core pointer. In the absence of both a Layout
-section and this option, the first relevant
-.B InputDevice
-section is used for the core pointer.
-.TP 8
-.B \-quiet
-Suppress most informational messages at startup. The verbosity level
-is set to zero.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-rgamma " value"
-Set the red gamma correction.
-.I value
-must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. Not all drivers support
-this. See also the
-.BR \-gamma ,
-.BR \-bgamma ,
-and
-.B \-ggamma
-options.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-screen " screen-name"
-Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file
-.B Screen
-section called
-.IR screen-name .
-By default the screens referenced by the default
-.B Layout
-section are used, or the first
-.B Screen
-section when there are no
-.B Layout
-sections.
-.TP 8
-.B \-showconfig
-This is the same as the
-.B \-version
-option, and is included for compatibility reasons. It may be removed
-in a future release, so the
-.B \-version
-option should be used instead.
-.TP 8
-.B \-showDefaultModulePath
-Print out the default module path the server was compiled with.
-.TP 8
-.B \-showDefaultLibPath
-Print out the path libraries should be installed to.
-.TP 8
-.B \-showopts
-For each driver module installed, print out the list of options and their
-argument types.
-.TP 8
-.BI \-weight " nnn"
-Set RGB weighting at 16 bpp. The default is 565. This applies only to
-those drivers which support 16 bpp.
-.TP 8
-.BR \-verbose " [\fIn\fP]"
-Sets the verbosity level for information printed on stderr. If the
-.I n
-value isn't supplied, each occurrence of this option increments the
-verbosity level. When the
-.I n
-value is supplied, the verbosity level is set to that value. The default
-verbosity level is 0.
-.TP 8
-.B \-version
-Print out the server version, patchlevel, release date, the operating
-system/platform it was built on, and whether it includes module loader
-support.
-.SH "KEYBOARD"
-.PP
-The
-.B __xservername__
-server is normally configured to recognize various special combinations
-of key presses that instruct the server to perform some action, rather
-than just sending the key press event to a client application. These actions
-depend on the XKB keymap loaded by a particular keyboard device and may or
-may not be available on a given configuration.
-.PP
-The following key combinations are commonly part of the default XKEYBOARD
-keymap.
-.TP 8
-.B Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
-Immediately kills the server -- no questions asked. It can be disabled by
-setting the
-.B DontZap
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option to a TRUE value.
-.PP
-.RS 8
-It should be noted that zapping is triggered by the
-.B Terminate_Server
-action in the keyboard map. This action is not part of the default keymaps
-but can be enabled with the XKB option
-.B \*qterminate:ctrl_alt_bksp\*q.
-.RE
-.TP 8
-.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus
-Change video mode to next one specified in the configuration file.
-This can be disabled with the
-.B DontZoom
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
-.TP 8
-.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus
-Change video mode to previous one specified in the configuration file.
-This can be disabled with the
-.B DontZoom
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
-.TP 8
-.B Ctrl+Alt+F1...F12
-For systems with virtual terminal support, these keystroke
-combinations are used to switch to virtual terminals 1 through 12,
-respectively. This can be disabled with the
-.B DontVTSwitch
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
-.SH CONFIGURATION
-.B __xservername__
-typically uses a configuration file called
-.B __xconfigfile__
-and configuration files with the suffix
-.I .conf
-in a directory called
-.B __xconfigdir__
-for its initial setup.
-Refer to the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page for information
-about the format of this file.
-.PP
-.B __xservername__
-has a mechanism for automatically generating a built-in configuration
-at run-time when no
-.B __xconfigfile__
-file or
-.B __xconfigdir__
-files are present. The current version of this automatic configuration
-mechanism works in two ways.
-.PP
-The first is via enhancements that have made many components of the
-.B __xconfigfile__
-file optional. This means that information that can be probed or
-reasonably deduced doesn't need to be specified explicitly, greatly
-reducing the amount of built-in configuration information that needs to
-be generated at run-time.
-.PP
-The second is to have "safe" fallbacks for most configuration information.
-This maximises the likelihood that the
-.B __xservername__
-server will start up in some usable configuration even when information
-about the specific hardware is not available.
-.PP
-The automatic configuration support for __xservername__ is work in progress.
-It is currently aimed at the most popular hardware and software platforms
-supported by __xservername__. Enhancements are planned for future releases.
-.SH FILES
-The
-.B __xservername__
-server config files can be found in a range of locations. These are
-documented fully in the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page. The
-most commonly used locations are shown here.
-.TP 30
-.B /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__
-Server configuration file.
-.TP 30
-.B /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__-4
-Server configuration file.
-.TP 30
-.B /etc/__xconfigfile__
-Server configuration file.
-.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/etc/__xconfigfile__
-Server configuration file.
-.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__
-Server configuration file.
-.TP 30
-.B /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__
-Server configuration directory.
-.TP 30
-.B /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__-4
-Server configuration directory.
-.TP 30
-.B /etc/__xconfigdir__
-Server configuration directory.
-.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/etc/__xconfigdir__
-Server configuration directory.
-.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigdir__
-Server configuration directory.
-.TP 30
-.BI __logdir__/__xservername__. n .log
-Server log file for display
-.IR n .
-.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/bin/\(**
-Client binaries.
-.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/include/\(**
-Header files.
-.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/lib/\(**
-Libraries.
-.TP 30
-.B __datadir__/fonts/X11/\(**
-Fonts.
-.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/share/X11/XErrorDB
-Client error message database.
-.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/lib/X11/app-defaults/\(**
-Client resource specifications.
-.TP 30
-.B __mandir__/man?/\(**
-Manual pages.
-.TP 30
-.BI /etc/X n .hosts
-Initial access control list for display
-.IR n .
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-X(__miscmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), xdm(__appmansuffix__), xinit(__appmansuffix__),
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xvidtune(__appmansuffix__),
-apm(__drivermansuffix__),
-ati(__drivermansuffix__),
-chips(__drivermansuffix__),
-cirrus(__drivermansuffix__),
-cyrix(__drivermansuffix__),
-fbdev(__drivermansuffix__),
-glide(__drivermansuffix__),
-glint(__drivermansuffix__),
-i128(__drivermansuffix__),
-i740(__drivermansuffix__),
-imstt(__drivermansuffix__),
-intel(__drivermansuffix__),
-mga(__drivermansuffix__),
-neomagic(__drivermansuffix__),
-nsc(__drivermansuffix__),
-nv(__drivermansuffix__),
-openchrome (__drivermansuffix__),
-r128(__drivermansuffix__),
-rendition(__drivermansuffix__),
-s3virge(__drivermansuffix__),
-siliconmotion(__drivermansuffix__),
-sis(__drivermansuffix__),
-sunbw2(__drivermansuffix__),
-suncg14(__drivermansuffix__),
-suncg3(__drivermansuffix__),
-suncg6(__drivermansuffix__),
-sunffb(__drivermansuffix__),
-sunleo(__drivermansuffix__),
-suntcx(__drivermansuffix__),
-tdfx(__drivermansuffix__),
-tga(__drivermansuffix__),
-trident(__drivermansuffix__),
-tseng(__drivermansuffix__),
-v4l(__drivermansuffix__),
-vesa(__drivermansuffix__),
-vmware(__drivermansuffix__),
-.br
-Web site
-.IR <http://www.x.org> .
-
-.SH AUTHORS
-__xservername__ has many contributors world wide. The names of most of them
-can be found in the documentation, ChangeLog files in the source tree,
-and in the actual source code.
-.PP
-__xservername__ was originally based on XFree86 4.4rc2.
-That was originally based on \fIX386 1.2\fP by Thomas Roell, which
-was contributed to the then X Consortium's X11R5 distribution by SGCS.
-.PP
-__xservername__ is released by the X.Org Foundation.
-.PP
-The project that became XFree86 was originally founded in 1992 by
-David Dawes, Glenn Lai, Jim Tsillas and David Wexelblat.
-.PP
-XFree86 was later integrated in the then X Consortium's X11R6 release
-by a group of dedicated XFree86 developers, including the following:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-Stuart Anderson \fIanderson@metrolink.com\fP
-Doug Anson \fIdanson@lgc.com\fP
-Gertjan Akkerman \fIakkerman@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl\fP
-Mike Bernson \fImike@mbsun.mlb.org\fP
-Robin Cutshaw \fIrobin@XFree86.org\fP
-David Dawes \fIdawes@XFree86.org\fP
-Marc Evans \fImarc@XFree86.org\fP
-Pascal Haible \fIhaible@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de\fP
-Matthieu Herrb \fIMatthieu.Herrb@laas.fr\fP
-Dirk Hohndel \fIhohndel@XFree86.org\fP
-David Holland \fIdavidh@use.com\fP
-Alan Hourihane \fIalanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk\fP
-Jeffrey Hsu \fIhsu@soda.berkeley.edu\fP
-Glenn Lai \fIglenn@cs.utexas.edu\fP
-Ted Lemon \fImellon@ncd.com\fP
-Rich Murphey \fIrich@XFree86.org\fP
-Hans Nasten \fInasten@everyware.se\fP
-Mark Snitily \fImark@sgcs.com\fP
-Randy Terbush \fIrandyt@cse.unl.edu\fP
-Jon Tombs \fItombs@XFree86.org\fP
-Kees Verstoep \fIversto@cs.vu.nl\fP
-Paul Vixie \fIpaul@vix.com\fP
-Mark Weaver \fIMark_Weaver@brown.edu\fP
-David Wexelblat \fIdwex@XFree86.org\fP
-Philip Wheatley \fIPhilip.Wheatley@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM\fP
-Thomas Wolfram \fIwolf@prz.tu-berlin.de\fP
-Orest Zborowski \fIorestz@eskimo.com\fP
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-__xservername__ source is available from the FTP server
-\fI<ftp://ftp.x.org/>\fP, and from the X.Org
-server \fI<http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/>\fP. Documentation and other
-information can be found from the X.Org web site
-\fI<http://www.x.org/>\fP.
-
-.SH LEGAL
-.PP
-.B __xservername__
-is copyright software, provided under licenses that permit modification
-and redistribution in source and binary form without fee.
-.B __xservername__ is copyright by numerous authors and
-contributors from around the world. Licensing information can be found
-at
-.IR <http://www.x.org> .
-Refer to the source code for specific copyright notices.
-.PP
-.B XFree86(TM)
-is a trademark of The XFree86 Project, Inc.
-.PP
-.B X11(TM)
-and
-.B X Window System(TM)
-are trademarks of The Open Group.
+.\" $XdotOrg: xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre,v 1.3 2005/07/04 18:41:01 ajax Exp $ +.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. +.ds q \N'34' +.TH __xservername__ __appmansuffix__ __vendorversion__ +.SH NAME +__xservername__ - X11R7 X server +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B __xservername__ +.RI [\fB:\fP display ] +.RI [ option +.IR ... ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B __xservername__ +is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX and +UNIX-like operating systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now runs +on a wider range of hardware and OS platforms. +.PP +This work was derived by the X.Org Foundation from the XFree86 Project's +.I "XFree86\ 4.4rc2" +release. +The XFree86 release was originally derived from +.I "X386\ 1.2" +by Thomas Roell which was contributed to X11R5 by Snitily Graphics +Consulting Service. +.SH PLATFORMS +.PP +.B __xservername__ +operates under a wide range of operating systems and hardware platforms. +The Intel x86 (IA32) architecture is the most widely supported hardware +platform. Other hardware platforms include Compaq Alpha, Intel IA64, AMD64, +SPARC and PowerPC. The most widely supported operating systems are the +free/OpenSource UNIX-like systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, +OpenBSD, and Solaris. Commercial UNIX operating systems such as +UnixWare are also supported. Other supported operating systems include +GNU Hurd. Mac OS X is supported with the +Xquartz(__appmansuffix__) X server. Win32/Cygwin is supported with the +XWin(__appmansuffix__) X server. +.PP +.SH "NETWORK CONNECTIONS" +.B __xservername__ +supports connections made using the following reliable +byte-streams: +.TP 4 +.I "Local" +On most platforms, the "Local" connection type is a UNIX-domain socket. +On some System V platforms, the "local" connection types also include +STREAMS pipes, named pipes, and some other mechanisms. +.TP 4 +.I TCP\/IP +.B __xservername__ +listens on port +.RI 6000+ n , +where +.I n +is the display number. This connection type can be disabled with the +.B \-nolisten +option (see the Xserver(1) man page for details). +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +For operating systems that support local connections other than Unix +Domain sockets (SVR3 and SVR4), there is a compiled-in list specifying +the order in which local connections should be attempted. This list +can be overridden by the +.I XLOCAL +environment variable described below. If the display name indicates a +best-choice connection should be made (e.g. +.BR :0.0 ), +each connection mechanism is tried until a connection succeeds or no +more mechanisms are available. Note: for these OSs, the Unix Domain +socket connection is treated differently from the other local connection +types. To use it the connection must be made to +.BR unix:0.0 . +.PP +The +.I XLOCAL +environment variable should contain a list of one more +more of the following: +.PP +.RS 8 +.nf +NAMED +PTS +SCO +ISC +.fi +.RE +.PP +which represent SVR4 Named Streams pipe, Old-style USL Streams pipe, +SCO XSight Streams pipe, and ISC Streams pipe, respectively. You can +select a single mechanism (e.g. +.IR XLOCAL=NAMED ), +or an ordered list (e.g. \fIXLOCAL="NAMED:PTS:SCO"\fP). +his variable overrides the compiled-in defaults. For SVR4 it is +recommended that +.I NAMED +be the first preference connection. The default setting is +.IR PTS:NAMED:ISC:SCO . +.PP +To globally override the compiled-in defaults, you should define (and +export if using +.B sh +or +.BR ksh ) +.I XLOCAL +globally. If you use startx(1) or xinit(1), the definition should be +at the top of your +.I .xinitrc +file. If you use xdm(1), the definitions should be early on in the +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession +script. +.SH OPTIONS +.B __xservername__ +supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and +run-time parameters: command line options, environment variables, the +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) configuration files, auto-detection, and +fallback defaults. When the same information is supplied in more than +one way, the highest precedence mechanism is used. The list of mechanisms +is ordered from highest precedence to lowest. Note that not all parameters +can be supplied via all methods. The available command line options +and environment variables (and some defaults) are described here and in +the Xserver(__appmansuffix__) manual page. Most configuration file +parameters, with their defaults, are described in the +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page. Driver and module specific +configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver or module +manual page. +.PP +In addition to the normal server options described in the +Xserver(__appmansuffix__) manual page, +.B __xservername__ +accepts the following command line switches: +.TP 8 +.BI vt XX +.I XX +specifies the Virtual Terminal device number which +.B __xservername__ +will use. Without this option, +.B __xservername__ +will pick the first available Virtual Terminal that it can locate. This +option applies only to platforms that have virtual terminal support, such +as Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, SVR3, and SVR4. +.TP +.B \-allowMouseOpenFail +Allow the server to start up even if the mouse device can't be opened +or initialised. This is equivalent to the +.B AllowMouseOpenFail +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. +.TP 8 +.B \-allowNonLocalXvidtune +Make the VidMode extension available to remote clients. This allows +the xvidtune client to connect from another host. This is equivalent +to the +.B AllowNonLocalXvidtune +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. By default non-local +connections are not allowed. +.TP 8 +.BI \-bgamma " value" +Set the blue gamma correction. +.I value +must be between 0.1 and 10. +The default is 1.0. Not all drivers support this. See also the +.BR \-gamma , +.BR \-rgamma , +and +.B \-ggamma +options. +.TP 8 +.BI \-bpp " n" +No longer supported. Use +.B \-depth +to set the color depth, and use +.B \-fbbpp +if you really need to force a non-default framebuffer (hardware) pixel +format. +.TP 8 +.BI \-config " file" +Read the server configuration from +.IR file . +This option will work for any file when the server is run as root (i.e, +with real-uid 0), or for files relative to a directory in the config +search path for all other users. +.TP 8 +.BI \-configdir " directory" +Read the server configuration files from +.IR directory . +This option will work for any directory when the server is run as root +(i.e, with real-uid 0), or for directories relative to a directory in the +config directory search path for all other users. +.TP 8 +.B \-configure +When this option is specified, the +.B __xservername__ +server loads all video driver modules, probes for available hardware, +and writes out an initial __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file based on +what was detected. This option currently has some problems on some +platforms, but in most cases it is a good way to bootstrap the +configuration process. This option is only available when the server +is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0). +.TP 8 +.BI "\-crt /dev/tty" XX +SCO only. This is the same as the +.B vt +option, and is provided for compatibility with the native SCO X server. +.TP 8 +.BI \-depth " n" +Sets the default color depth. Legal values are 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, and +24. Not all drivers support all values. +.TP 8 +.B \-disableVidMode +Disable the parts of the VidMode extension (used by the xvidtune +client) that can be used to change the video modes. This is equivalent +to the +.B DisableVidModeExtension +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. +.TP 8 +.B \-fbbpp \fIn\fP +Sets the number of framebuffer bits per pixel. You should only set this +if you're sure it's necessary; normally the server can deduce the correct +value from +.B \-depth +above. Useful if you want to run a depth 24 configuration with a 24 +bpp framebuffer rather than the (possibly default) 32 bpp framebuffer +(or vice versa). Legal values are 1, 8, 16, 24, 32. Not all drivers +support all values. +.TP 8 +.B \-flipPixels +Swap the default values for the black and white pixels. +.TP 8 +.BI \-gamma " value" +Set the gamma correction. +.I value +must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. This value is applied +equally to the R, G and B values. Those values can be set independently +with the +.BR \-rgamma , +.BR \-bgamma , +and +.B \-ggamma +options. Not all drivers support this. +.TP 8 +.BI \-ggamma " value" +Set the green gamma correction. +.I value +must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. Not all drivers support +this. See also the +.BR \-gamma , +.BR \-rgamma , +and +.B \-bgamma +options. +.TP 8 +.B \-ignoreABI +The +.B __xservername__ +server checks the ABI revision levels of each module that it loads. It +will normally refuse to load modules with ABI revisions that are newer +than the server's. This is because such modules might use interfaces +that the server does not have. When this option is specified, mismatches +like this are downgraded from fatal errors to warnings. This option +should be used with care. +.TP 8 +.B \-isolateDevice \fIbus\-id\fP +Restrict device resets to the device at +.IR bus\-id . +The +.I bus\-id +string has the form +.IB bustype : bus : device : function +(e.g., \(oqPCI:1:0:0\(cq). +At present, only isolation of PCI devices is supported; i.e., this option +is ignored if +.I bustype +is anything other than \(oqPCI\(cq. +.TP 8 +.B \-keeptty +Prevent the server from detaching its initial controlling terminal. +This option is only useful when debugging the server. Not all platforms +support (or can use) this option. +.TP 8 +.BI \-keyboard " keyboard-name" +Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file +.B InputDevice +section called +.I keyboard-name +as the core keyboard. This option is ignored when the +.B Layout +section specifies a core keyboard. In the absence of both a Layout +section and this option, the first relevant +.B InputDevice +section is used for the core keyboard. +.TP 8 +.BI \-layout " layout-name" +Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file +.B Layout +section called +.IR layout-name . +By default the first +.B Layout +section is used. +.TP 8 +.BI \-logfile " filename" +Use the file called +.I filename +as the +.B __xservername__ +server log file. The default log file is +.BI __logdir__/__xservername__. n .log +on most platforms, where +.I n +is the display number of the +.B __xservername__ +server. The default may be in a different directory on some platforms. +This option is only available when the server is run as root (i.e, with +real-uid 0). +.TP 8 +.BR \-logverbose " [\fIn\fP]" +Sets the verbosity level for information printed to the +.B __xservername__ +server log file. If the +.I n +value isn't supplied, each occurrence of this option increments the log +file verbosity level. When the +.I n +value is supplied, the log file verbosity level is set to that value. +The default log file verbosity level is 3. +.TP 8 +.BI \-modulepath " searchpath" +Set the module search path to +.IR searchpath . +.I searchpath +is a comma separated list of directories to search for +.B __xservername__ +server modules. This option is only available when the server is run +as root (i.e, with real-uid 0). +.TP 8 +.B \-nosilk +Disable Silken Mouse support. +.TP 8 +.B \-pixmap24 +Set the internal pixmap format for depth 24 pixmaps to 24 bits per pixel. +The default is usually 32 bits per pixel. There is normally little +reason to use this option. Some client applications don't like this +pixmap format, even though it is a perfectly legal format. This is +equivalent to the +.B Pixmap +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. +.TP 8 +.B \-pixmap32 +Set the internal pixmap format for depth 24 pixmaps to 32 bits per pixel. +This is usually the default. This is equivalent to the +.B Pixmap +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. +.TP 8 +.BI \-pointer " pointer-name" +Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file +.B InputDevice +section called +.I pointer-name +as the core pointer. This option is ignored when the +.B Layout +section specifies a core pointer. In the absence of both a Layout +section and this option, the first relevant +.B InputDevice +section is used for the core pointer. +.TP 8 +.B \-quiet +Suppress most informational messages at startup. The verbosity level +is set to zero. +.TP 8 +.BI \-rgamma " value" +Set the red gamma correction. +.I value +must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. Not all drivers support +this. See also the +.BR \-gamma , +.BR \-bgamma , +and +.B \-ggamma +options. +.TP 8 +.BI \-screen " screen-name" +Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file +.B Screen +section called +.IR screen-name . +By default the screens referenced by the default +.B Layout +section are used, or the first +.B Screen +section when there are no +.B Layout +sections. +.TP 8 +.B \-showconfig +This is the same as the +.B \-version +option, and is included for compatibility reasons. It may be removed +in a future release, so the +.B \-version +option should be used instead. +.TP 8 +.B \-showDefaultModulePath +Print out the default module path the server was compiled with. +.TP 8 +.B \-showDefaultLibPath +Print out the path libraries should be installed to. +.TP 8 +.B \-showopts +For each driver module installed, print out the list of options and their +argument types. +.TP 8 +.BI \-weight " nnn" +Set RGB weighting at 16 bpp. The default is 565. This applies only to +those drivers which support 16 bpp. +.TP 8 +.BR \-verbose " [\fIn\fP]" +Sets the verbosity level for information printed on stderr. If the +.I n +value isn't supplied, each occurrence of this option increments the +verbosity level. When the +.I n +value is supplied, the verbosity level is set to that value. The default +verbosity level is 0. +.TP 8 +.B \-version +Print out the server version, patchlevel, release date, the operating +system/platform it was built on, and whether it includes module loader +support. +.SH "KEYBOARD" +.PP +The +.B __xservername__ +server is normally configured to recognize various special combinations +of key presses that instruct the server to perform some action, rather +than just sending the key press event to a client application. These actions +depend on the XKB keymap loaded by a particular keyboard device and may or +may not be available on a given configuration. +.PP +The following key combinations are commonly part of the default XKEYBOARD +keymap. +.TP 8 +.B Ctrl+Alt+Backspace +Immediately kills the server -- no questions asked. It can be disabled by +setting the +.B DontZap +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option to a TRUE value. +.PP +.RS 8 +It should be noted that zapping is triggered by the +.B Terminate_Server +action in the keyboard map. This action is not part of the default keymaps +but can be enabled with the XKB option +.B \*qterminate:ctrl_alt_bksp\*q. +.RE +.TP 8 +.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus +Change video mode to next one specified in the configuration file. +This can be disabled with the +.B DontZoom +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. +.TP 8 +.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus +Change video mode to previous one specified in the configuration file. +This can be disabled with the +.B DontZoom +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. +.TP 8 +.B Ctrl+Alt+F1...F12 +For systems with virtual terminal support, these keystroke +combinations are used to switch to virtual terminals 1 through 12, +respectively. This can be disabled with the +.B DontVTSwitch +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. +.SH CONFIGURATION +.B __xservername__ +typically uses a configuration file called +.B __xconfigfile__ +and configuration files with the suffix +.I .conf +in a directory called +.B __xconfigdir__ +for its initial setup. +Refer to the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page for information +about the format of this file. +.PP +.B __xservername__ +has a mechanism for automatically generating a built-in configuration +at run-time when no +.B __xconfigfile__ +file or +.B __xconfigdir__ +files are present. The current version of this automatic configuration +mechanism works in two ways. +.PP +The first is via enhancements that have made many components of the +.B __xconfigfile__ +file optional. This means that information that can be probed or +reasonably deduced doesn't need to be specified explicitly, greatly +reducing the amount of built-in configuration information that needs to +be generated at run-time. +.PP +The second is to have "safe" fallbacks for most configuration information. +This maximises the likelihood that the +.B __xservername__ +server will start up in some usable configuration even when information +about the specific hardware is not available. +.PP +The automatic configuration support for __xservername__ is work in progress. +It is currently aimed at the most popular hardware and software platforms +supported by __xservername__. Enhancements are planned for future releases. +.SH FILES +The +.B __xservername__ +server config files can be found in a range of locations. These are +documented fully in the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page. The +most commonly used locations are shown here. +.TP 30 +.B /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ +Server configuration file. +.TP 30 +.B /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__-4 +Server configuration file. +.TP 30 +.B /etc/__xconfigfile__ +Server configuration file. +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/etc/__xconfigfile__ +Server configuration file. +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__ +Server configuration file. +.TP 30 +.B /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__ +Server configuration directory. +.TP 30 +.B /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__-4 +Server configuration directory. +.TP 30 +.B /etc/__xconfigdir__ +Server configuration directory. +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/etc/__xconfigdir__ +Server configuration directory. +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigdir__ +Server configuration directory. +.TP 30 +.BI __logdir__/__xservername__. n .log +Server log file for display +.IR n . +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/bin/\(** +Client binaries. +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/include/\(** +Header files. +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/lib/\(** +Libraries. +.TP 30 +.B __datadir__/fonts/X11/\(** +Fonts. +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/share/X11/XErrorDB +Client error message database. +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/lib/X11/app-defaults/\(** +Client resource specifications. +.TP 30 +.B __mandir__/man?/\(** +Manual pages. +.TP 30 +.BI /etc/X n .hosts +Initial access control list for display +.IR n . +.SH "SEE ALSO" +X(__miscmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), xdm(__appmansuffix__), xinit(__appmansuffix__), +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xvidtune(__appmansuffix__), +apm(__drivermansuffix__), +ati(__drivermansuffix__), +chips(__drivermansuffix__), +cirrus(__drivermansuffix__), +cyrix(__drivermansuffix__), +fbdev(__drivermansuffix__), +glide(__drivermansuffix__), +glint(__drivermansuffix__), +i128(__drivermansuffix__), +i740(__drivermansuffix__), +imstt(__drivermansuffix__), +intel(__drivermansuffix__), +mga(__drivermansuffix__), +neomagic(__drivermansuffix__), +nsc(__drivermansuffix__), +nv(__drivermansuffix__), +openchrome (__drivermansuffix__), +r128(__drivermansuffix__), +rendition(__drivermansuffix__), +s3virge(__drivermansuffix__), +siliconmotion(__drivermansuffix__), +sis(__drivermansuffix__), +sunbw2(__drivermansuffix__), +suncg14(__drivermansuffix__), +suncg3(__drivermansuffix__), +suncg6(__drivermansuffix__), +sunffb(__drivermansuffix__), +sunleo(__drivermansuffix__), +suntcx(__drivermansuffix__), +tdfx(__drivermansuffix__), +tga(__drivermansuffix__), +trident(__drivermansuffix__), +tseng(__drivermansuffix__), +v4l(__drivermansuffix__), +vesa(__drivermansuffix__), +vmware(__drivermansuffix__), +.br +Web site +.IR <http://www.x.org> . + +.SH AUTHORS +__xservername__ has many contributors world wide. The names of most of them +can be found in the documentation, ChangeLog files in the source tree, +and in the actual source code. +.PP +__xservername__ was originally based on XFree86 4.4rc2. +That was originally based on \fIX386 1.2\fP by Thomas Roell, which +was contributed to the then X Consortium's X11R5 distribution by SGCS. +.PP +__xservername__ is released by the X.Org Foundation. +.PP +The project that became XFree86 was originally founded in 1992 by +David Dawes, Glenn Lai, Jim Tsillas and David Wexelblat. +.PP +XFree86 was later integrated in the then X Consortium's X11R6 release +by a group of dedicated XFree86 developers, including the following: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +Stuart Anderson \fIanderson@metrolink.com\fP +Doug Anson \fIdanson@lgc.com\fP +Gertjan Akkerman \fIakkerman@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl\fP +Mike Bernson \fImike@mbsun.mlb.org\fP +Robin Cutshaw \fIrobin@XFree86.org\fP +David Dawes \fIdawes@XFree86.org\fP +Marc Evans \fImarc@XFree86.org\fP +Pascal Haible \fIhaible@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de\fP +Matthieu Herrb \fIMatthieu.Herrb@laas.fr\fP +Dirk Hohndel \fIhohndel@XFree86.org\fP +David Holland \fIdavidh@use.com\fP +Alan Hourihane \fIalanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk\fP +Jeffrey Hsu \fIhsu@soda.berkeley.edu\fP +Glenn Lai \fIglenn@cs.utexas.edu\fP +Ted Lemon \fImellon@ncd.com\fP +Rich Murphey \fIrich@XFree86.org\fP +Hans Nasten \fInasten@everyware.se\fP +Mark Snitily \fImark@sgcs.com\fP +Randy Terbush \fIrandyt@cse.unl.edu\fP +Jon Tombs \fItombs@XFree86.org\fP +Kees Verstoep \fIversto@cs.vu.nl\fP +Paul Vixie \fIpaul@vix.com\fP +Mark Weaver \fIMark_Weaver@brown.edu\fP +David Wexelblat \fIdwex@XFree86.org\fP +Philip Wheatley \fIPhilip.Wheatley@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM\fP +Thomas Wolfram \fIwolf@prz.tu-berlin.de\fP +Orest Zborowski \fIorestz@eskimo.com\fP +.fi +.RE +.PP +__xservername__ source is available from the FTP server +\fI<ftp://ftp.x.org/>\fP, and from the X.Org +server \fI<http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/>\fP. Documentation and other +information can be found from the X.Org web site +\fI<http://www.x.org/>\fP. + +.SH LEGAL +.PP +.B __xservername__ +is copyright software, provided under licenses that permit modification +and redistribution in source and binary form without fee. +.B __xservername__ is copyright by numerous authors and +contributors from around the world. Licensing information can be found +at +.IR <http://www.x.org> . +Refer to the source code for specific copyright notices. +.PP +.B XFree86(TM) +is a trademark of The XFree86 Project, Inc. +.PP +.B X11(TM) +and +.B X Window System(TM) +are trademarks of The Open Group. diff --git a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man index 2267a0a1a..e3fd0eadf 100644 --- a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre +++ b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man @@ -1,2478 +1,2478 @@ -.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
-.ds q \N'34'
-.TH __xconfigfile__ __filemansuffix__ __vendorversion__
-.SH NAME
-__xconfigfile__ and __xconfigdir__ \- configuration files for
-__xservername__ X server
-.SH INTRODUCTION
-.B __xservername__
-supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and
-run-time parameters: command line options, environment variables, the
-__xconfigfile__ and __xconfigdir__ configuration files, auto-detection,
-and fallback defaults. When the same information is supplied in more
-than one way, the highest precedence mechanism is used. The list of
-mechanisms is ordered from highest precedence to lowest. Note that not
-all parameters can be supplied via all methods. The available command
-line options and environment variables (and some defaults) are
-described in the Xserver(__appmansuffix__) and
-__xservername__(__appmansuffix__) manual pages. Most configuration file
-parameters, with their defaults, are described below. Driver and module
-specific configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver
-or module manual page.
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B __xservername__
-uses a configuration file called
-.I __xconfigfile__
-and files ending in the suffix
-.I .conf
-from the directory
-.I __xconfigdir__
-for its initial setup.
-The
-.I __xconfigfile__
-configuration file is searched for in the following places when the
-server is started as a normal user:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline>
-.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/ <cmdline>
-.IB /etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG
-.IB __projectroot__/etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG
-.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__
-.I /etc/__xconfigfile__
-.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname>
-.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__
-.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname>
-.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-where
-.I <cmdline>
-is a relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified with the
-.B \-config
-command line option,
-.B $XORGCONFIG
-is the relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified by that
-environment variable, and
-.I <hostname>
-is the machine's hostname as reported by
-.BR gethostname (__libmansuffix__).
-.PP
-When the __xservername__ server is started by the \(lqroot\(rq user, the config file
-search locations are as follows:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-<cmdline>
-.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline>
-.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/ <cmdline>
-.B $XORGCONFIG
-.IB /etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG
-.IB __projectroot__/etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG
-.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__
-.I /etc/__xconfigfile__
-.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname>
-.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__
-.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname>
-.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-where
-.I <cmdline>
-is the path specified with the
-.B \-config
-command line option (which may be absolute or relative),
-.B $XORGCONFIG
-is the path specified by that
-environment variable (absolute or relative),
-.B $HOME
-is the path specified by that environment variable (usually the home
-directory), and
-.I <hostname>
-is the machine's hostname as reported by
-.BR gethostname (__libmansuffix__).
-.PP
-Additional configuration files are searched for in the following
-directories when the server is started as a normal user:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline>
-.IR __sysconfdir__/X11/ <cmdline>
-.I /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__
-.I __sysconfdir__/X11/__xconfigdir__
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-where
-.I <cmdline>
-is a relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified with the
-.B \-configdir
-command line option.
-.PP
-When the __xservername__ server is started by the \(lqroot\(rq user, the
-config directory search locations are as follows:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-<cmdline>
-.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline>
-.IR __sysconfdir__/X11/ <cmdline>
-.I /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__
-.I __sysconfdir__/X11/__xconfigdir__
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-where
-.I <cmdline>
-is the path specified with the
-.B \-configdir
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-.PP
-Finally, configuration files will also be searched for in directories
-reserved for system use. These are to separate configuration files from
-the vendor or 3rd party packages from those of local administration.
-These files are found in the following directories:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.I /usr/share/X11/__xconfigdir__
-.I __datadir__/X11/__xconfigdir__
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The
-.I __xconfigfile__
-and
-.I __xconfigdir__
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-or omitted to use default configuration values.
-Each section has the form:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.BI "Section \*q" SectionName \*q
-.RI " " SectionEntry
- ...
-.B EndSection
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The section names are:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.BR "Files " "File pathnames"
-.BR "ServerFlags " "Server flags"
-.BR "Module " "Dynamic module loading"
-.BR "Extensions " "Extension enabling"
-.BR "InputDevice " "Input device description"
-.BR "InputClass " "Input class description"
-.BR "Device " "Graphics device description"
-.BR "VideoAdaptor " "Xv video adaptor description"
-.BR "Monitor " "Monitor description"
-.BR "Modes " "Video modes descriptions"
-.BR "Screen " "Screen configuration"
-.BR "ServerLayout " "Overall layout"
-.BR "DRI " "DRI\-specific configuration"
-.BR "Vendor " "Vendor\-specific configuration"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The following obsolete section names are still recognised for compatibility
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-In new config files, the
-.B InputDevice
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-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.BR "Keyboard " "Keyboard configuration"
-.BR "Pointer " "Pointer/mouse configuration"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The old
-.B XInput
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-.PP
-The
-.B ServerLayout
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-The input devices are described in the
-.B InputDevice
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-Output devices usually consist of multiple independent components (e.g.,
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-These multiple components are bound together in the
-.B Screen
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-.B ServerLayout
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-Each
-.B Screen
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-.B Device
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-.B Monitor
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-Config file keywords are case\-insensitive, and \(lq_\(rq characters are
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-Most strings (including
-.B Option
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-.PP
-Each config file entry usually takes up a single line in the file. They
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-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.BR "Integer " "an integer number in decimal, hex or octal"
-.BR "Real " "a floating point number"
-.BR "String " "a string enclosed in double quote marks (\*q)"
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-.RE
-.PP
-Note: hex integer values must be prefixed with \(lq0x\(rq, and octal values
-with \(lq0\(rq.
-.PP
-A special keyword called
-.B Option
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-The
-.B Option
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-The first is the option name, and the optional second argument is the
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-Some commonly used option value types include:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.BR "Integer " "an integer number in decimal, hex or octal"
-.BR "Real " "a floating point number"
-.BR "String " "a sequence of characters"
-.BR "Boolean " "a boolean value (see below)"
-.BR "Frequency " "a frequency value (see below)"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-Note that
-.I all
-.B Option
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-.PP
-Boolean options may optionally have a value specified.
-When no value is specified, the option's value is
-.BR TRUE .
-The following boolean option values are recognised as
-.BR TRUE :
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.BR 1 ,
-.BR on ,
-.BR true ,
-.B yes
-.RE
-.PP
-and the following boolean option values are recognised as
-.BR FALSE :
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.BR 0 ,
-.BR off ,
-.BR false ,
-.B no
-.RE
-.PP
-If an option name is prefixed with
-.RB \*q No \*q,
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-.PP
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-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qOff\*q"
-.B "Option \*qNoAccel\*q"
-.B "Option \*qNoAccel\*q \*qOn\*q"
-.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qfalse\*q"
-.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qno\*q"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-Frequency option values consist of a real number that is optionally
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-.PP
-.RS 4
-.BR Hz ,
-.BR k ,
-.BR kHz ,
-.BR M ,
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-.RE
-.PP
-When the unit name is omitted, the correct units will be determined from
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-It is recommended that the units always be specified when using frequency
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-.SH "FILES SECTION"
-The
-.B Files
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-Some of these paths can also be set from the command line (see
-.BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__)
-and
-.BR __xservername__ (__appmansuffix__)).
-The command line settings override the values specified in the config
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-The
-.B Files
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-.PP
-The entries that can appear in this section are:
-.TP 7
-.BI "FontPath \*q" path \*q
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-This path is a comma separated list of font path elements which the __xservername__
-server searches for font databases.
-Multiple
-.B FontPath
-entries may be specified, and they will be concatenated to build up the
-fontpath used by the server. Font path elements can be absolute
-directory paths, catalogue directories or a font server identifier. The
-formats of the later two are explained below:
-.PP
-.RS 7
-Catalogue directories:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-Catalogue directories can be specified using the prefix \fBcatalogue:\fR
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-symlinks pointing to the real font directories, using the following
-syntax in the symlink name:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.IR <identifier> : [attribute]: pri= <priority>
-.RE
-.PP
-where
-.I <identifier>
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-.I [attribute]
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-.I <priority>
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-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.I 75dpi:unscaled:pri=20 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi
-.I gscript:pri=60 -> /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript
-.I misc:unscaled:pri=10 \-> /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc
-.fi
-.PP
-.RE .RE .RE
-.PP
-.RS 7
-Font server identifiers:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-Font server identifiers have the form:
-.RS 4
-.PP
-.IR <trans> / <hostname> : <port\-number>
-.RE
-.PP
-where
-.I <trans>
-is the transport type to use to connect to the font server (e.g.,
-.B unix
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-.B tcp
-for a TCP/IP connection),
-.I <hostname>
-is the hostname of the machine running the font server, and
-.I <port\-number>
-is the port number that the font server is listening on (usually 7100).
-.RE
-.PP
-When this entry is not specified in the config file, the server falls back
-to the compiled\-in default font path, which contains the following
-font path elements (which can be set inside a catalogue directory):
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/misc/
-.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/TTF/
-.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/OTF/
-.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/Type1/
-.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/100dpi/
-.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/75dpi/
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-Font path elements that are found to be invalid are removed from the
-font path when the server starts up.
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "ModulePath \*q" path \*q
-sets the search path for loadable __xservername__ server modules.
-This path is a comma separated list of directories which the __xservername__ server
-searches for loadable modules loading in the order specified.
-Multiple
-.B ModulePath
-entries may be specified, and they will be concatenated to build the
-module search path used by the server. The default module path is
-.PP
-.RS 11
-__modulepath__
-.RE
-.\" The LogFile keyword is not currently implemented
-.ig
-.TP 7
-.BI "LogFile \*q" path \*q
-sets the name of the __xservername__ server log file.
-The default log file name is
-.PP
-.RS 11
-.RI __logdir__/__xservername__. <n> .log
-.RE
-.PP
-.RS 7
-where
-.I <n>
-is the display number for the __xservername__ server.
-..
-.TP 7
-.BI "XkbDir \*q" path \*q
-sets the base directory for keyboard layout files. The
-.B \-xkbdir
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-.PP
-.RS 11
-__xkbdir__
-.RE
-.SH "SERVERFLAGS SECTION"
-In addition to options specific to this section (described below), the
-.B ServerFlags
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-All of the entries in this section are
-.BR Options ,
-although for compatibility purposes some of the old style entries are
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-Those old style entries are not documented here, and using them is
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-The
-.B ServerFlags
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-.PP
-.B Options
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-.B \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q
-.BR Option )
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-.B Options
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-.B ServerLayout
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-Options with command line equivalents are overridden when their command
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-The options recognised by this section are:
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q \*q" layout\-id \*q
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-.B ServerLayout
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-.B \-layout
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-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qNoTrapSignals\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This prevents the __xservername__ server from trapping a range of unexpected fatal
-signals and exiting cleanly.
-Instead, the __xservername__ server will die and drop core where the fault occurred.
-The default behaviour is for the __xservername__ server to exit cleanly, but still drop a
-core file.
-In general you never want to use this option unless you are debugging an __xservername__
-server problem and know how to deal with the consequences.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qUseSIGIO\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This controls whether the __xservername__ server requests that events from
-input devices be reported via a SIGIO signal handler (also known as SIGPOLL
-on some platforms), or only reported via the standard select(3) loop.
-The default behaviour is platform specific. In general you do not want to
-use this option unless you are debugging the __xservername__ server, or
-working around a specific bug until it is fixed, and understand the
-consequences.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qDontVTSwitch\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This disallows the use of the
-.BI Ctrl+Alt+F n
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-.RI F n
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-That sequence is normally used to switch to another \*qvirtual terminal\*q
-on operating systems that have this feature.
-When this option is enabled, that key sequence has no special meaning and
-is passed to clients.
-Default: off.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qDontZap\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This disallows the use of the
-.B Terminate_Server
-XKB action (usually on Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, depending on XKB options).
-This action is normally used to terminate the __xservername__ server.
-When this option is enabled, the action has no effect.
-Default: off.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qDontZoom\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This disallows the use of the
-.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Plus
-and
-.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Minus
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-These sequences allows you to switch between video modes.
-When this option is enabled, those key sequences have no special meaning
-and are passed to clients.
-Default: off.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qDisableVidModeExtension\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This disables the parts of the VidMode extension used by the xvidtune client
-that can be used to change the video modes.
-Default: the VidMode extension is enabled.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAllowNonLocalXvidtune\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This allows the xvidtune client (and other clients that use the VidMode
-extension) to connect from another host.
-Default: off.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAllowMouseOpenFail\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This tells the mousedrv(__drivermansuffix__) and vmmouse(__drivermansuffix__)
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-It has no effect on the evdev(__drivermansuffix__) or other drivers.
-Default: false.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qVTSysReq\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-enables the SYSV\-style VT switch sequence for non\-SYSV systems
-which support VT switching.
-This sequence is
-.B Alt\-SysRq
-followed by a function key
-.RB ( Fn ).
-This prevents the __xservername__ server trapping the
-keys used for the default VT switch sequence, which means that clients can
-access them.
-Default: off.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qBlankTime\*q \*q" time \*q
-sets the inactivity timeout for the
-.B blank
-phase of the screensaver.
-.I time
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-This is equivalent to the __xservername__ server's
-.B \-s
-flag, and the value can be changed at run\-time with
-.BR xset(__appmansuffix__).
-Default: 10 minutes.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qStandbyTime\*q \*q" time \*q
-sets the inactivity timeout for the
-.B standby
-phase of DPMS mode.
-.I time
-is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with
-.BR xset(__appmansuffix__).
-Default: 10 minutes.
-This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be
-supported by all video drivers.
-It is only enabled for screens that have the
-.B \*qDPMS\*q
-option set (see the MONITOR section below).
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qSuspendTime\*q \*q" time \*q
-sets the inactivity timeout for the
-.B suspend
-phase of DPMS mode.
-.I time
-is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with
-.BR xset(__appmansuffix__).
-Default: 10 minutes.
-This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be
-supported by all video drivers.
-It is only enabled for screens that have the
-.B \*qDPMS\*q
-option set (see the MONITOR section below).
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qOffTime\*q \*q" time \*q
-sets the inactivity timeout for the
-.B off
-phase of DPMS mode.
-.I time
-is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with
-.BR xset(__appmansuffix__).
-Default: 10 minutes.
-This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be
-supported by all video drivers.
-It is only enabled for screens that have the
-.B \*qDPMS\*q
-option set (see the MONITOR section below).
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qPixmap\*q \*q" bpp \*q
-This sets the pixmap format to use for depth 24.
-Allowed values for
-.I bpp
-are 24 and 32.
-Default: 32 unless driver constraints don't allow this (which is rare).
-Note: some clients don't behave well when this value is set to 24.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qPC98\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Specify that the machine is a Japanese PC\-98 machine.
-This should not be enabled for anything other than the Japanese\-specific
-PC\-98 architecture.
-Default: auto\-detected.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qNoPM\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Disables something to do with power management events.
-Default: PM enabled on platforms that support it.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXinerama\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-enable or disable XINERAMA extension.
-Default is disabled.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAIGLX\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-enable or disable AIGLX. AIGLX is enabled by default.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qDRI2\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-enable or disable DRI2. DRI2 is disabled by default.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qGlxVisuals\*q \*q" string \*q
-This option controls how many GLX visuals the GLX modules sets up.
-The default value is
-.BR "typical" ,
-which will setup up a typical subset of
-the GLXFBConfigs provided by the driver as GLX visuals. Other options are
-.BR "minimal" ,
-which will set up the minimal set allowed by the GLX specification and
-.BR "all"
-which will setup GLX visuals for all GLXFBConfigs.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qUseDefaultFontPath\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Include the default font path even if other paths are specified in
-xorg.conf. If enabled, other font paths are included as well. Enabled by
-default.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qIgnoreABI\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Allow modules built for a different, potentially incompatible version of
-the X server to load. Disabled by default.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAutoAddDevices\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-If this option is disabled, then no devices will be added from HAL events.
-Enabled by default.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAutoEnableDevices\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-If this option is disabled, then the devices will be added (and the
-DevicePresenceNotify event sent), but not enabled, thus leaving policy up
-to the client.
-Enabled by default.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qLog\*q \*q" string \*q
-This option controls whether the log is flushed and/or synced to disk after
-each message.
-Possible values are
-.B flush
-or
-.BR sync .
-Unset by default.
-.SH "MODULE SECTION"
-The
-.B Module
-section is used to specify which __xservername__ server modules should be loaded.
-This section is ignored when the __xservername__ server is built in static form.
-The type of modules normally loaded in this section are __xservername__ server
-extension modules.
-Most other module types are loaded automatically when they are needed via
-other mechanisms.
-The
-.B Module
-section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in
-it.
-.PP
-Entries in this section may be in two forms.
-The first and most commonly used form is an entry that uses the
-.B Load
-keyword, as described here:
-.TP 7
-.BI "Load \*q" modulename \*q
-This instructs the server to load the module called
-.IR modulename .
-The module name given should be the module's standard name, not the
-module file name.
-The standard name is case\-sensitive, and does not include the \(lqlib\(rq
-prefix, or the \(lq.a\(rq, \(lq.o\(rq, or \(lq.so\(rq suffixes.
-.PP
-.RS 7
-Example: the DRI extension module can be loaded with the following entry:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.B "Load \*qdri\*q"
-.RE
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "Disable \*q" modulename \*q
-This instructs the server to not load the module called
-.IR modulename .
-Some modules are loaded by default in the server, and this overrides that
-default. If a
-.B Load
-instruction is given for the same module, it overrides the
-.B Disable
-instruction and the module is loaded. The module name given should be the
-module's standard name, not the module file name. As with the
-.B Load
-instruction, the standard name is case-sensitive, and does not include the
-"lib" prefix, or the ".a", ".o", or ".so" suffixes.
-.PP
-The second form of entry is a
-.BR SubSection,
-with the subsection name being the module name, and the contents of the
-.B SubSection
-being
-.B Options
-that are passed to the module when it is loaded.
-.PP
-Example: the extmod module (which contains a miscellaneous group of
-server extensions) can be loaded, with the XFree86\-DGA extension
-disabled by using the following entry:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "SubSection \*qextmod\*q"
-.B " Option \*qomit XFree86\-DGA\*q"
-.B EndSubSection
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-Modules are searched for in each directory specified in the
-.B ModulePath
-search path, and in the drivers, extensions, input, internal, and
-multimedia subdirectories of each of those directories.
-In addition to this, operating system specific subdirectories of all
-the above are searched first if they exist.
-.PP
-To see what extension modules are available, check the extensions
-subdirectory under:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-__modulepath__
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The \(lqextmod\(rq, \(lqdbe\(rq, \(lqdri\(rq, \(lqdri2\(rq, \(lqglx\(rq,
-and \(lqrecord\(rq extension modules are loaded automatically, if they
-are present, unless disabled with \*qDisable\*q entries.
-It is recommended
-that at very least the \(lqextmod\(rq extension module be loaded.
-If it isn't, some commonly used server extensions (like the SHAPE
-extension) will not be available.
-.SH "EXTENSIONS SECTION"
-The
-.B Extensions
-section is used to specify which X11 protocol extensions should be enabled
-or disabled.
-The
-.B Extensions
-section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in
-it.
-.PP
-Entries in this section are listed as Option statements with the name of
-the extension as the first argument, and a boolean value as the second.
-The extension name is case\-sensitive, and matches the form shown in the output
-of \*qXorg -extension ?\*q.
-.PP
-.RS 7
-Example: the MIT-SHM extension can be disabled with the following entry:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Section \*qExtensions\*q"
-.B " Option \*qMIT-SHM\*q \*qDisable\*q"
-.B "EndSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.RE
-.SH "INPUTDEVICE SECTION"
-The config file may have multiple
-.B InputDevice
-sections.
-Recent X servers employ input hotplugging to add input devices, with the HAL
-backend being the default backend for X servers since 1.4. It is usually not
-necessary to provide
-.B InputDevice
-sections in the xorg.conf if hotplugging is enabled.
-.PP
-If hotplugging is disabled, there will normally
-be at least two: one for the core (primary) keyboard
-and one for the core pointer.
-If either of these two is missing, a default configuration for the missing
-ones will be used. In the absence of an explicitly specified core input
-device, the first
-.B InputDevice
-marked as
-.B CorePointer
-(or
-.BR CoreKeyboard )
-is used.
-If there is no match there, the first
-.B InputDevice
-that uses the \(lqmouse\(rq (or \(lqkbd\(rq) driver is used.
-The final fallback is to use built\-in default configurations.
-Currently the default configuration may not work as expected on all platforms.
-.PP
-.B InputDevice
-sections have the following format:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Section \*qInputDevice\*q"
-.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
-.BI " Driver \*q" inputdriver \*q
-.I " options"
-.I " ..."
-.B "EndSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-and
-.B Driver
-entries are required in all
-.B InputDevice
-sections.
-All other entries are optional.
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-entry specifies the unique name for this input device.
-The
-.B Driver
-entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this input device.
-When using the loadable server, the input driver module
-.RI \*q inputdriver \*q
-will be loaded for each active
-.B InputDevice
-section.
-An
-.B InputDevice
-section is considered active if it is referenced by an active
-.B ServerLayout
-section, if it is referenced by the
-.B \-keyboard
-or
-.B \-pointer
-command line options, or if it is selected implicitly as the core pointer
-or keyboard device in the absence of such explicit references.
-The most commonly used input drivers are
-.BR evdev (__drivermansuffix__)
-on Linux systems, and
-.BR kbd (__drivermansuffix__)
-and
-.BR mousedrv (__drivermansuffix__)
-on other platforms.
-.PP
-.PP
-.B InputDevice
-sections recognise some driver\-independent
-.BR Options ,
-which are described here.
-See the individual input driver manual pages for a description of the
-device\-specific options.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAutoServerLayout\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Always add the device to the ServerLayout section used by this instance of
-the server. This affects implied layouts as well as explicit layouts
-specified in the configuration and/or on the command line.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qCorePointer\*q"
-Deprecated, see
-.B Floating
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qCoreKeyboard\*q"
-Deprecated, see
-.B Floating
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAlwaysCore\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Deprecated, see
-.B Floating
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qSendCoreEvents\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Deprecated, see
-.B Floating
-
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qFloating\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-When enabled, the input device is set up floating and does not
-report events through any master device or control a cursor. The device is
-only available to clients using the X Input Extension API. This option is
-disabled by default.
-The options
-.B CorePointer,
-.B CoreKeyboard,
-.B AlwaysCore,
-and
-.B SendCoreEvents,
-are the inverse of option
-.B Floating
-(i.e.
-.B SendCoreEvents \*qon\*q
-is equivalent to
-.B Floating \*qoff\*q
-).
-
-This option controls the startup behavior only, a device
-may be reattached or set floating at runtime.
-.PP
-For pointing devices, the following options control how the pointer
-is accelerated or decelerated with respect to physical device motion. Most of
-these can be adjusted at runtime, see the xinput(1) man page for details. Only
-the most important acceleration options are discussed here.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAccelerationProfile\*q \*q" integer \*q
-Select the profile. In layman's terms, the profile constitutes the "feeling" of
-the acceleration. More formally, it defines how the transfer function (actual
-acceleration as a function of current device velocity and acceleration controls)
-is constructed. This is mainly a matter of personal preference.
-.PP
-.RS 6
-.nf
-.B " 0 classic (mostly compatible)"
-.B "-1 none (only constant deceleration is applied)"
-.B " 1 device-dependent"
-.B " 2 polynomial (polynomial function)"
-.B " 3 smooth linear (soft knee, then linear)"
-.B " 4 simple (normal when slow, otherwise accelerated)"
-.B " 5 power (power function)"
-.B " 6 linear (more speed, more acceleration)"
-.B " 7 limited (like linear, but maxes out at threshold)"
-.fi
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qConstantDeceleration\*q \*q" real \*q
-Makes the pointer go
-.B deceleration
-times slower than normal. Most useful for high-resolution devices.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAdaptiveDeceleration\*q \*q" real \*q
-Allows to actually decelerate the pointer when going slow. At most, it will be
-.B adaptive deceleration
-times slower. Enables precise pointer placement without sacrificing speed.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAccelerationScheme\*q \*q" string \*q
-Selects the scheme, which is the underlying algorithm.
-.PP
-.RS 7
-.nf
-.B "predictable default algorithm (behaving more predictable)"
-.B "lightweight old acceleration code (as specified in the X protocol spec)"
-.B "none no acceleration or deceleration"
-.fi
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAccelerationNumerator\*q \*q" integer \*q
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAccelerationDenominator\*q \*q" integer \*q
-Set numerator and denominator of the acceleration factor. The acceleration
-factor is a rational which, together with threshold, can be used to tweak
-profiles to suit the users needs. The
-.B simple
-and
-.B limited
-profiles use it directly (i.e. they accelerate by the factor), for other
-profiles it should hold that a higher acceleration factor leads to a faster
-pointer. Typically, 1 is unaccelerated and values up to 5 are sensible.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAccelerationThreshold\*q \*q" integer \*q
-Set the threshold, which is roughly the velocity (usually device units per 10
-ms) required for acceleration to become effective. The precise effect varies
-with the profile however.
-
-.SH "INPUTCLASS SECTION"
-The config file may have multiple
-.B InputClass
-sections.
-These sections are optional and are used to provide configuration for a
-class of input devices as they are automatically added. An input device can
-match more than one
-.B InputClass
-section. Each class can override settings from a previous class, so it is
-best to arrange the sections with the most generic matches first.
-.PP
-.B InputClass
-sections have the following format:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Section \*qInputClass\*q"
-.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
-.I " entries"
-.I " ..."
-.I " options"
-.I " ..."
-.B "EndSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-entry is required in all
-.B InputClass
-sections.
-All other entries are optional.
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-entry specifies the unique name for this input class.
-The
-.B Driver
-entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this input device.
-After all classes have been examined, the
-.RI \*q inputdriver \*q
-module from the first
-.B Driver
-entry will be enabled when using the loadable server.
-.PP
-When an input device is automatically added, its characteristics are
-checked against all
-.B InputClass
-sections. Each section can contain optional entries to narrow the match
-of the class. If none of the optional entries appear, the
-.B InputClass
-section is generic and will match any input device. If more than one of
-these entries appear, they all must match for the configuration to apply.
-.PP
-There are two types of match entries used in
-.B InputClass
-sections. The first allows various tokens to be matched against attributes
-of the device. An entry can be constructed to match attributes from different
-devices by separating arguments with a '|' character. Multiple entries of the
-same type may be supplied to add multiple matching conditions on the same
-attribute. For example:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Section \*qInputClass\*q"
-.B " Identifier \*qMy Class\*q"
-.B " # product string must contain example and
-.B " # either gizmo or gadget
-.B " MatchProduct \*qexample\*q
-.B " MatchProduct \*qgizmo|gadget\*q
-.I " ..."
-.B "EndSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchProduct \*q" matchproduct \*q
-This entry can be used to check if the substring
-.RI \*q matchproduct \*q
-occurs in the device's product name.
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchVendor \*q" matchvendor \*q
-This entry can be used to check if the substring
-.RI \*q matchvendor \*q
-occurs in the device's vendor name.
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchDevicePath \*q" matchdevice \*q
-This entry can be used to check if the device file matches the
-.RI \*q matchdevice \*q
-pathname pattern.
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchOS \*q" matchos \*q
-This entry can be used to check if the operating system matches the
-case-insensitive
-.RI \*q matchos \*q
-string. This entry is only supported on platforms providing the
-.BR uname (2)
-system call.
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchPnPID \*q" matchpnp \*q
-The device's Plug and Play (PnP) ID can be checked against the
-.RI \*q matchpnp \*q
-shell wildcard pattern.
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchUSBID \*q" matchusb \*q
-The device's USB ID can be checked against the
-.RI \*q matchusb \*q
-shell wildcard pattern. The ID is constructed as lowercase hexadecimal numbers
-separated by a ':'. This is the same format as the
-.BR lsusb (8)
-program.
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchDriver \*q" matchdriver \*q
-Check the case-sensitive string
-.RI \*q matchdriver \*q
-against the currently configured driver of the device. Ordering of sections
-using this entry is important since it will not match unless the driver has
-been set by the config backend or a previous
-.B InputClass
-section.
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchTag \*q" matchtag \*q
-This entry can be used to check if tags assigned by the config backend
-matches the
-.RI \*q matchtag \*q
-pattern. A match is found if at least one of the tags given in
-.RI \*q matchtag \*q
-matches at least one of the tags assigned by the backend.
-.PP
-The second type of entry is used to match device types. These entries take a
-boolean argument similar to
-.B Option
-entries.
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchIsKeyboard \*q" bool \*q
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchIsPointer \*q" bool \*q
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchIsJoystick \*q" bool \*q
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchIsTablet \*q" bool \*q
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchIsTouchpad \*q" bool \*q
-.TP 7
-.BI "MatchIsTouchscreen \*q" bool \*q
-.PP
-When an input device has been matched to the
-.B InputClass
-section, any
-.B Option
-entries are applied to the device. One
-.B InputClass
-specific
-.B Option
-is recognized. See the
-.B InputDevice
-section above for a description of the remaining
-.B Option
-entries.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qIgnore\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This optional entry specifies that the device should be ignored entirely,
-and not added to the server. This can be useful when the device is handled
-by another program and no X events should be generated.
-.SH "DEVICE SECTION"
-The config file may have multiple
-.B Device
-sections.
-There must be at least one, for the video card being used.
-.PP
-.B Device
-sections have the following format:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Section \*qDevice\*q"
-.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
-.BI " Driver \*q" driver \*q
-.I " entries"
-.I " ..."
-.B "EndSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-and
-.B Driver
-entries are required in all
-.B Device
-sections. All other entries are optional.
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-entry specifies the unique name for this graphics device.
-The
-.B Driver
-entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this graphics device.
-When using the loadable server, the driver module
-.RI \*q driver \*q
-will be loaded for each active
-.B Device
-section.
-A
-.B Device
-section is considered active if it is referenced by an active
-.B Screen
-section.
-.PP
-.B Device
-sections recognise some driver\-independent entries and
-.BR Options ,
-which are described here.
-Not all drivers make use of these
-driver\-independent entries, and many of those that do don't require them
-to be specified because the information is auto\-detected.
-See the individual graphics driver manual pages for further information
-about this, and for a description of the device\-specific options.
-Note that most of the
-.B Options
-listed here (but not the other entries) may be specified in the
-.B Screen
-section instead of here in the
-.B Device
-section.
-.TP 7
-.BI "BusID \*q" bus\-id \*q
-This specifies the bus location of the graphics card.
-For PCI/AGP cards,
-the
-.I bus\-id
-string has the form
-.BI PCI: bus : device : function
-(e.g., \(lqPCI:1:0:0\(rq might be appropriate for an AGP card).
-This field is usually optional in single-head configurations when using
-the primary graphics card.
-In multi-head configurations, or when using a secondary graphics card in a
-single-head configuration, this entry is mandatory.
-Its main purpose is to make an unambiguous connection between the device
-section and the hardware it is representing.
-This information can usually be found by running the pciaccess tool
-scanpci.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Screen " number
-This option is mandatory for cards where a single PCI entity can drive more
-than one display (i.e., multiple CRTCs sharing a single graphics accelerator
-and video memory).
-One
-.B Device
-section is required for each head, and this
-parameter determines which head each of the
-.B Device
-sections applies to.
-The legal values of
-.I number
-range from 0 to one less than the total number of heads per entity.
-Most drivers require that the primary screen (0) be present.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Chipset \*q" chipset \*q
-This usually optional entry specifies the chipset used on the graphics
-board.
-In most cases this entry is not required because the drivers will probe the
-hardware to determine the chipset type.
-Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you
-do.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Ramdac \*q" ramdac\-type \*q
-This optional entry specifies the type of RAMDAC used on the graphics
-board.
-This is only used by a few of the drivers, and in most cases it is not
-required because the drivers will probe the hardware to determine the
-RAMDAC type where possible.
-Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you
-do.
-.TP 7
-.BI "DacSpeed " speed
-.TP 7
-.BI "DacSpeed " "speed\-8 speed\-16 speed\-24 speed\-32"
-This optional entry specifies the RAMDAC speed rating (which is usually
-printed on the RAMDAC chip).
-The speed is in MHz.
-When one value is given, it applies to all framebuffer pixel sizes.
-When multiple values are given, they apply to the framebuffer pixel sizes
-8, 16, 24 and 32 respectively.
-This is not used by many drivers, and only needs to be specified when the
-speed rating of the RAMDAC is different from the defaults built in to
-driver, or when the driver can't auto-detect the correct defaults.
-Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you
-do.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Clocks " "clock ..."
-specifies the pixel that are on your graphics board.
-The clocks are in MHz, and may be specified as a floating point number.
-The value is stored internally to the nearest kHz.
-The ordering of the clocks is important.
-It must match the order in which they are selected on the graphics board.
-Multiple
-.B Clocks
-lines may be specified, and each is concatenated to form the list.
-Most drivers do not use this entry, and it is only required for some older
-boards with non-programmable clocks.
-Don't specify this entry unless the driver-specific documentation explicitly
-recommends that you do.
-.TP
-.BI "ClockChip \*q" clockchip\-type \*q
-This optional entry is used to specify the clock chip type on graphics
-boards which have a programmable clock generator.
-Only a few __xservername__ drivers support programmable clock chips.
-For details, see the appropriate driver manual page.
-.TP 7
-.BI "VideoRam " "mem"
-This optional entry specifies the amount of video ram that is installed
-on the graphics board.
-This is measured in kBytes.
-In most cases this is not required because the __xservername__ server probes
-the graphics board to determine this quantity.
-The driver-specific documentation should indicate when it might be needed.
-.TP 7
-.BI "BiosBase " "baseaddress"
-This optional entry specifies the base address of the video BIOS for
-the VGA board.
-This address is normally auto-detected, and should only be specified if the
-driver-specific documentation recommends it.
-.TP 7
-.BI "MemBase " "baseaddress"
-This optional entry specifies the memory base address of a graphics
-board's linear frame buffer.
-This entry is not used by many drivers, and it should only be specified if
-the driver-specific documentation recommends it.
-.TP 7
-.BI "IOBase " "baseaddress"
-This optional entry specifies the IO base address.
-This entry is not used by many drivers, and it should only be specified if
-the driver-specific documentation recommends it.
-.TP 7
-.BI "ChipID " "id"
-This optional entry specifies a numerical ID representing the chip type.
-For PCI cards, it is usually the device ID.
-This can be used to override the auto-detection, but that should only be done
-when the driver-specific documentation recommends it.
-.TP 7
-.BI "ChipRev " "rev"
-This optional entry specifies the chip revision number.
-This can be used to override the auto-detection, but that should only be done
-when the driver-specific documentation recommends it.
-.TP 7
-.BI "TextClockFreq " "freq"
-This optional entry specifies the pixel clock frequency that is used
-for the regular text mode.
-The frequency is specified in MHz.
-This is rarely used.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qModeDebug\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Enable printing of additional debugging information about modesetting to
-the server log.
-.ig
-.TP 7
-This optional entry allows an IRQ number to be specified.
-..
-.TP 7
-.B Options
-Option flags may be specified in the
-.B Device
-sections.
-These include driver\-specific options and driver\-independent options.
-The former are described in the driver\-specific documentation.
-Some of the latter are described below in the section about the
-.B Screen
-section, and they may also be included here.
-
-.SH "VIDEOADAPTOR SECTION"
-Nobody wants to say how this works.
-Maybe nobody knows ...
-
-.SH "MONITOR SECTION"
-The config file may have multiple
-.B Monitor
-sections.
-There should normally be at least one, for the monitor being used,
-but a default configuration will be created when one isn't specified.
-.PP
-.B Monitor
-sections have the following format:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Section \*qMonitor\*q"
-.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
-.I " entries"
-.I " ..."
-.B "EndSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The only mandatory entry in a
-.B Monitor
-section is the
-.B Identifier
-entry.
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-entry specifies the unique name for this monitor.
-The
-.B Monitor
-section may be used to provide information about the specifications of the
-monitor, monitor-specific
-.BR Options ,
-and information about the video modes to use with the monitor.
-.PP
-With RandR 1.2-enabled drivers, monitor sections may be tied to specific
-outputs of the video card. Using the name of the output defined by the video
-driver plus the identifier of a monitor section, one associates a monitor
-section with an output by adding an option to the Device section in the
-following format:
-
-.B Option \*qMonitor-outputname\*q \*qmonitorsection\*q
-
-(for example,
-.B Option \*qMonitor-VGA\*q \*qVGA monitor\*q
-for a VGA output)
-.PP
-In the absence of specific association of monitor sections to outputs, if a
-monitor section is present the server will associate it with an output to
-preserve compatibility for previous single-head configurations.
-.PP
-Specifying video modes is optional because the server will use the DDC or other
-information provided by the monitor to automatically configure the list of
-modes available.
-When modes are specified explicitly in the
-.B Monitor
-section (with the
-.BR Modes ,
-.BR ModeLine ,
-or
-.B UseModes
-keywords), built-in modes with the same names are not included.
-Built-in modes with different names are, however, still implicitly included,
-when they meet the requirements of the monitor.
-.PP
-The entries that may be used in
-.B Monitor
-sections are described below.
-.TP 7
-.BI "VendorName \*q" vendor \*q
-This optional entry specifies the monitor's manufacturer.
-.TP 7
-.BI "ModelName \*q" model \*q
-This optional entry specifies the monitor's model.
-.TP 7
-.BI "HorizSync " "horizsync\-range"
-gives the range(s) of horizontal sync frequencies supported by the
-monitor.
-.I horizsync\-range
-may be a comma separated list of either discrete values or ranges of
-values.
-A range of values is two values separated by a dash.
-By default the values are in units of kHz.
-They may be specified in MHz or Hz
-if
-.B MHz
-or
-.B Hz
-is added to the end of the line.
-The data given here is used by the __xservername__ server to determine if video
-modes are within the specifications of the monitor.
-This information should be available in the monitor's handbook.
-If this entry is omitted, a default range of 28\-33kHz is used.
-.TP 7
-.BI "VertRefresh " "vertrefresh\-range"
-gives the range(s) of vertical refresh frequencies supported by the
-monitor.
-.I vertrefresh\-range
-may be a comma separated list of either discrete values or ranges of
-values.
-A range of values is two values separated by a dash.
-By default the values are in units of Hz.
-They may be specified in MHz or kHz
-if
-.B MHz
-or
-.B kHz
-is added to the end of the line.
-The data given here is used by the __xservername__ server to determine if video
-modes are within the specifications of the monitor.
-This information should be available in the monitor's handbook.
-If this entry is omitted, a default range of 43\-72Hz is used.
-.TP 7
-.BI "DisplaySize " "width height"
-This optional entry gives the width and height, in millimetres, of the
-picture area of the monitor.
-If given this is used to calculate the horizontal and vertical pitch (DPI) of
-the screen.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Gamma " "gamma\-value"
-.TP 7
-.BI "Gamma " "red\-gamma green\-gamma blue\-gamma"
-This is an optional entry that can be used to specify the gamma correction
-for the monitor.
-It may be specified as either a single value or as three separate RGB values.
-The values should be in the range 0.1 to 10.0, and the default is 1.0.
-Not all drivers are capable of using this information.
-.TP 7
-.BI "UseModes \*q" modesection\-id \*q
-Include the set of modes listed in the
-.B Modes
-section called
-.IR modesection\-id.
-This makes all of the modes defined in that section available for use by
-this monitor.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Mode \*q" name \*q
-This is an optional multi-line entry that can be used to provide
-definitions for video modes for the monitor.
-In most cases this isn't necessary because the built-in set of VESA standard
-modes will be sufficient.
-The
-.B Mode
-keyword indicates the start of a multi-line video mode description.
-The mode description is terminated with the
-.B EndMode
-keyword.
-The mode description consists of the following entries:
-.RS 7
-.TP 4
-.BI "DotClock " clock
-is the dot (pixel) clock rate to be used for the mode.
-.TP 4
-.BI "HTimings " "hdisp hsyncstart hsyncend htotal"
-specifies the horizontal timings for the mode.
-.TP 4
-.BI "VTimings " "vdisp vsyncstart vsyncend vtotal"
-specifies the vertical timings for the mode.
-.TP 4
-.BI "Flags \*q" flag \*q " ..."
-specifies an optional set of mode flags, each of which is a separate
-string in double quotes.
-.B \*qInterlace\*q
-indicates that the mode is interlaced.
-.B \*qDoubleScan\*q
-indicates a mode where each scanline is doubled.
-.B \*q+HSync\*q
-and
-.B \*q\-HSync\*q
-can be used to select the polarity of the HSync signal.
-.B \*q+VSync\*q
-and
-.B \*q\-VSync\*q
-can be used to select the polarity of the VSync signal.
-.B \*qComposite\*q
-can be used to specify composite sync on hardware where this is supported.
-Additionally, on some hardware,
-.B \*q+CSync\*q
-and
-.B \*q\-CSync\*q
-may be used to select the composite sync polarity.
-.TP 4
-.BI "HSkew " hskew
-specifies the number of pixels (towards the right edge of the screen) by
-which the display enable signal is to be skewed.
-Not all drivers use this information.
-This option might become necessary to override the default value supplied
-by the server (if any).
-\(lqRoving\(rq horizontal lines indicate this value needs to be increased.
-If the last few pixels on a scan line appear on the left of the screen,
-this value should be decreased.
-.TP 4
-.BI "VScan " vscan
-specifies the number of times each scanline is painted on the screen.
-Not all drivers use this information.
-Values less than 1 are treated as 1, which is the default.
-Generally, the
-.B \*qDoubleScan\*q
-.B Flag
-mentioned above doubles this value.
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "ModeLine \*q" name \*q " mode\-description"
-This entry is a more compact version of the
-.B Mode
-entry, and it also can be used to specify video modes for the monitor.
-is a single line format for specifying video modes.
-In most cases this isn't necessary because the built\-in set of VESA
-standard modes will be sufficient.
-.PP
-.RS 7
-The
-.I mode\-description
-is in four sections, the first three of which are mandatory.
-The first is the dot (pixel) clock.
-This is a single number specifying the pixel clock rate for the mode in
-MHz.
-The second section is a list of four numbers specifying the horizontal
-timings.
-These numbers are the
-.IR hdisp ,
-.IR hsyncstart ,
-.IR hsyncend ,
-and
-.I htotal
-values.
-The third section is a list of four numbers specifying the vertical
-timings.
-These numbers are the
-.IR vdisp ,
-.IR vsyncstart ,
-.IR vsyncend ,
-and
-.I vtotal
-values.
-The final section is a list of flags specifying other characteristics of
-the mode.
-.B Interlace
-indicates that the mode is interlaced.
-.B DoubleScan
-indicates a mode where each scanline is doubled.
-.B +HSync
-and
-.B \-HSync
-can be used to select the polarity of the HSync signal.
-.B +VSync
-and
-.B \-VSync
-can be used to select the polarity of the VSync signal.
-.B Composite
-can be used to specify composite sync on hardware where this is supported.
-Additionally, on some hardware,
-.B +CSync
-and
-.B \-CSync
-may be used to select the composite sync polarity.
-The
-.B HSkew
-and
-.B VScan
-options mentioned above in the
-.B Modes
-entry description can also be used here.
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qDPMS\*q " \*qbool\*q
-This option controls whether the server should enable the DPMS extension
-for power management for this screen. The default is to enable the
-extension.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qSyncOnGreen\*q " \*qbool\*q
-This option controls whether the video card should drive the sync signal
-on the green color pin. Not all cards support this option, and most
-monitors do not require it. The default is off.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qPrimary\*q " \*qbool\*q
-This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be treated as the primary
-monitor. (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qPreferredMode\*q " \*qstring\*q
-This optional entry specifies a mode to be marked as the preferred initial mode
-of the monitor.
-(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qPosition\*q " "\*qx y\*q"
-This optional entry specifies the position of the monitor within the X
-screen.
-(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qLeftOf\*q " \*qoutput\*q
-This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned to the
-left of the output (not monitor) of the given name.
-(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qRightOf\*q " \*qoutput\*q
-This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned to the
-right of the output (not monitor) of the given name.
-(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qAbove\*q " \*qoutput\*q
-This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned above the
-output (not monitor) of the given name.
-(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qBelow\*q " \*qoutput\*q
-This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned below the
-output (not monitor) of the given name.
-(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qEnable\*q " \*qbool\*q
-This optional entry specifies whether the monitor should be turned on
-at startup. By default, the server will attempt to enable all connected
-monitors.
-(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qDefaultModes\*q " \*qbool\*q
-This optional entry specifies whether the server should add supported default
-modes to the list of modes offered on this monitor. By default, the server
-will add default modes; you should only disable this if you can guarantee
-that EDID will be available at all times, or if you have added custom modelines
-which the server can use.
-(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qMinClock\*q " \*qfrequency\*q
-This optional entry specifies the minimum dot clock, in kHz, that is supported
-by the monitor.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qMaxClock\*q " \*qfrequency\*q
-This optional entry specifies the maximum dot clock, in kHz, that is supported
-by the monitor.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qIgnore\*q " \*qbool\*q
-This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be ignored entirely,
-and not reported through RandR. This is useful if the hardware reports the
-presence of outputs that don't exist.
-(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option " "\*qRotate\*q " \*qrotation\*q
-This optional entry specifies the initial rotation of the given monitor.
-Valid values for rotation are \*qnormal\*q, \*qleft\*q, \*qright\*q, and
-\*qinverted\*q.
-(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
-
-.SH "MODES SECTION"
-The config file may have multiple
-.B Modes
-sections, or none.
-These sections provide a way of defining sets of video modes independently
-of the
-.B Monitor
-sections.
-.B Monitor
-sections may include the definitions provided in these sections by
-using the
-.B UseModes
-keyword.
-In most cases the
-.B Modes
-sections are not necessary because the built\-in set of VESA standard modes
-will be sufficient.
-.PP
-.B Modes
-sections have the following format:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Section \*qModes\*q"
-.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
-.I " entries"
-.I " ..."
-.B "EndSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-entry specifies the unique name for this set of mode descriptions.
-The other entries permitted in
-.B Modes
-sections are the
-.B Mode
-and
-.B ModeLine
-entries that are described above in the
-.B Monitor
-section.
-.SH "SCREEN SECTION"
-The config file may have multiple
-.B Screen
-sections.
-There must be at least one, for the \(lqscreen\(rq being used.
-A \(lqscreen\(rq represents the binding of a graphics device
-.RB ( Device
-section) and a monitor
-.RB ( Monitor
-section).
-A
-.B Screen
-section is considered \(lqactive\(rq if it is referenced by an active
-.B ServerLayout
-section or by the
-.B \-screen
-command line option.
-If neither of those is present, the first
-.B Screen
-section found in the config file is considered the active one.
-.PP
-.B Screen
-sections have the following format:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Section \*qScreen\*q"
-.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
-.BI " Device \*q" devid \*q
-.BI " Monitor \*q" monid \*q
-.I " entries"
-.I " ..."
-.BI " SubSection \*qDisplay\*q"
-.I " entries"
-.I " ...
-.B " EndSubSection"
-.I " ..."
-.B "EndSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-and
-.B Device
-entries are mandatory.
-All others are optional.
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-entry specifies the unique name for this screen.
-The
-.B Screen
-section provides information specific to the whole screen, including
-screen\-specific
-.BR Options .
-In multi\-head configurations, there will be multiple active
-.B Screen
-sections, one for each head.
-The entries available
-for this section are:
-.TP 7
-.BI "Device \*q" device\-id \*q
-This mandatory entry specifies the
-.B Device
-section to be used for this screen.
-This is what ties a specific graphics card to a screen.
-The
-.I device\-id
-must match the
-.B Identifier
-of a
-.B Device
-section in the config file.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Monitor \*q" monitor\-id \*q
-specifies which monitor description is to be used for this screen.
-If a
-.B Monitor
-name is not specified, a default configuration is used.
-Currently the default configuration may not function as expected on all
-platforms.
-.TP 7
-.BI "VideoAdaptor \*q" xv\-id \*q
-specifies an optional Xv video adaptor description to be used with this
-screen.
-.TP 7
-.BI "DefaultDepth " depth
-specifies which color depth the server should use by default.
-The
-.B \-depth
-command line option can be used to override this.
-If neither is specified, the default depth is driver\-specific, but in most
-cases is 8.
-.TP 7
-.BI "DefaultFbBpp " bpp
-specifies which framebuffer layout to use by default.
-The
-.B \-fbbpp
-command line option can be used to override this.
-In most cases the driver will chose the best default value for this.
-The only case where there is even a choice in this value is for depth 24,
-where some hardware supports both a packed 24 bit framebuffer layout and a
-sparse 32 bit framebuffer layout.
-.TP 7
-.B Options
-Various
-.B Option
-flags may be specified in the
-.B Screen
-section.
-Some are driver\-specific and are described in the driver documentation.
-Others are driver\-independent, and will eventually be described here.
-.\" XXX These should really be in an xaa man page.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qAccel\*q"
-Enables XAA (X Acceleration Architecture), a mechanism that makes video cards'
-2D hardware acceleration available to the __xservername__ server.
-This option is on by default, but it may be necessary to turn it off if
-there are bugs in the driver.
-There are many options to disable specific accelerated operations, listed
-below.
-Note that disabling an operation will have no effect if the operation is
-not accelerated (whether due to lack of support in the hardware or in the
-driver).
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qInitPrimary\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Use the Int10 module to initialize the primary graphics card.
-Normally, only secondary cards are soft-booted using the Int10 module, as the
-primary card has already been initialized by the BIOS at boot time.
-Default: false.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qNoInt10\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Disables the Int10 module, a module that uses the int10 call to the BIOS
-of the graphics card to initialize it.
-Default: false.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qNoMTRR\*q"
-Disables MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support, a feature of modern
-processors which can improve video performance by a factor of up to 2.5.
-Some hardware has buggy MTRR support, and some video drivers have been
-known to exhibit problems when MTRR's are used.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoCPUToScreenColorExpandFill\*q"
-Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns
-stored in system memory (using a memory\-mapped aperture).
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoColor8x8PatternFillRect\*q"
-Disables accelerated fills of a rectangular region with a full\-color
-pattern.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoColor8x8PatternFillTrap\*q"
-Disables accelerated fills of a trapezoidal region with a full\-color
-pattern.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoDashedBresenhamLine\*q"
-Disables accelerated dashed Bresenham line draws.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoDashedTwoPointLine\*q"
-Disables accelerated dashed line draws between two arbitrary points.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoImageWriteRect\*q"
-Disables accelerated transfers of full\-color rectangular patterns from
-system memory to video memory (using a memory\-mapped aperture).
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoMono8x8PatternFillRect\*q"
-Disables accelerated fills of a rectangular region with a monochrome
-pattern.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoMono8x8PatternFillTrap\*q"
-Disables accelerated fills of a trapezoidal region with a monochrome
-pattern.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoOffscreenPixmaps\*q"
-Disables accelerated draws into pixmaps stored in offscreen video memory.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoPixmapCache\*q"
-Disables caching of patterns in offscreen video memory.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill\*q"
-Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns
-stored in system memory (one scan line at a time).
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScanlineImageWriteRect\*q"
-Disables accelerated transfers of full\-color rectangular patterns from
-system memory to video memory (one scan line at a time).
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScreenToScreenColorExpandFill\*q"
-Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns
-stored in offscreen video memory.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScreenToScreenCopy\*q"
-Disables accelerated copies of rectangular regions from one part of
-video memory to another part of video memory.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidBresenhamLine\*q"
-Disables accelerated solid Bresenham line draws.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidFillRect\*q"
-Disables accelerated solid\-color fills of rectangles.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidFillTrap\*q"
-Disables accelerated solid\-color fills of Bresenham trapezoids.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidHorVertLine\*q"
-Disables accelerated solid horizontal and vertical line draws.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidTwoPointLine\*q"
-Disables accelerated solid line draws between two arbitrary points.
-.PP
-Each
-.B Screen
-section may optionally contain one or more
-.B Display
-subsections.
-Those subsections provide depth/fbbpp specific configuration information,
-and the one chosen depends on the depth and/or fbbpp that is being used for
-the screen.
-The
-.B Display
-subsection format is described in the section below.
-
-.SH "DISPLAY SUBSECTION"
-Each
-.B Screen
-section may have multiple
-.B Display
-subsections.
-The \(lqactive\(rq
-.B Display
-subsection is the first that matches the depth and/or fbbpp values being
-used, or failing that, the first that has neither a depth or fbbpp value
-specified.
-The
-.B Display
-subsections are optional.
-When there isn't one that matches the depth and/or fbbpp values being used,
-all the parameters that can be specified here fall back to their defaults.
-.PP
-.B Display
-subsections have the following format:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B " SubSection \*qDisplay\*q"
-.BI " Depth " depth
-.I " entries"
-.I " ..."
-.B " EndSubSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "Depth " depth
-This entry specifies what colour depth the
-.B Display
-subsection is to be used for.
-This entry is usually specified, but it may be omitted to create a match\-all
-.B Display
-subsection or when wishing to match only against the
-.B FbBpp
-parameter.
-The range of
-.I depth
-values that are allowed depends on the driver.
-Most drivers support 8, 15, 16 and 24.
-Some also support 1 and/or 4, and some may support other values (like 30).
-Note:
-.I depth
-means the number of bits in a pixel that are actually used to determine
-the pixel colour.
-32 is not a valid
-.I depth
-value.
-Most hardware that uses 32 bits per pixel only uses 24 of them to hold the
-colour information, which means that the colour depth is 24, not 32.
-.TP 7
-.BI "FbBpp " bpp
-This entry specifies the framebuffer format this
-.B Display
-subsection is to be used for.
-This entry is only needed when providing depth 24 configurations that allow
-a choice between a 24 bpp packed framebuffer format and a 32bpp sparse
-framebuffer format.
-In most cases this entry should not be used.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Weight " "red\-weight green\-weight blue\-weight"
-This optional entry specifies the relative RGB weighting to be used
-for a screen is being used at depth 16 for drivers that allow multiple
-formats.
-This may also be specified from the command line with the
-.B \-weight
-option (see
-.BR __xservername__(__appmansuffix__)).
-.TP 7
-.BI "Virtual " "xdim ydim"
-This optional entry specifies the virtual screen resolution to be used.
-.I xdim
-must be a multiple of either 8 or 16 for most drivers, and a multiple
-of 32 when running in monochrome mode.
-The given value will be rounded down if this is not the case.
-Video modes which are too large for the specified virtual size will be
-rejected.
-If this entry is not present, the virtual screen resolution will be set to
-accommodate all the valid video modes given in the
-.B Modes
-entry.
-Some drivers/hardware combinations do not support virtual screens.
-Refer to the appropriate driver\-specific documentation for details.
-.TP 7
-.BI "ViewPort " "x0 y0"
-This optional entry sets the upper left corner of the initial display.
-This is only relevant when the virtual screen resolution is different
-from the resolution of the initial video mode.
-If this entry is not given, then the initial display will be centered in
-the virtual display area.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Modes \*q" mode\-name \*q " ..."
-This optional entry specifies the list of video modes to use.
-Each
-.I mode\-name
-specified must be in double quotes.
-They must correspond to those specified or referenced in the appropriate
-.B Monitor
-section (including implicitly referenced built\-in VESA standard modes).
-The server will delete modes from this list which don't satisfy various
-requirements.
-The first valid mode in this list will be the default display mode for
-startup.
-The list of valid modes is converted internally into a circular list.
-It is possible to switch to the next mode with
-.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Plus
-and to the previous mode with
-.BR Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Minus .
-When this entry is omitted, the valid modes referenced by the appropriate
-.B Monitor
-section will be used. If the
-.B Monitor
-section contains no modes, then the selection will be taken from the
-built-in VESA standard modes.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Visual \*q" visual\-name \*q
-This optional entry sets the default root visual type.
-This may also be specified from the command line (see the
-.BR Xserver(__appmansuffix__)
-man page).
-The visual types available for depth 8 are (default is
-.BR PseudoColor ):
-.PP
-.RS 11
-.nf
-.B StaticGray
-.B GrayScale
-.B StaticColor
-.B PseudoColor
-.B TrueColor
-.B DirectColor
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-.RS 7
-The visual type available for the depths 15, 16 and 24 are (default is
-.BR TrueColor ):
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B TrueColor
-.B DirectColor
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-Not all drivers support
-.B DirectColor
-at these depths.
-.PP
-The visual types available for the depth 4 are (default is
-.BR StaticColor ):
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B StaticGray
-.B GrayScale
-.B StaticColor
-.B PseudoColor
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The visual type available for the depth 1 (monochrome) is
-.BR StaticGray .
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "Black " "red green blue"
-This optional entry allows the \(lqblack\(rq colour to be specified.
-This is only supported at depth 1.
-The default is black.
-.TP 7
-.BI "White " "red green blue"
-This optional entry allows the \(lqwhite\(rq colour to be specified.
-This is only supported at depth 1.
-The default is white.
-.TP 7
-.B Options
-Option flags may be specified in the
-.B Display
-subsections.
-These may include driver\-specific options and driver\-independent options.
-The former are described in the driver\-specific documentation.
-Some of the latter are described above in the section about the
-.B Screen
-section, and they may also be included here.
-.SH "SERVERLAYOUT SECTION"
-The config file may have multiple
-.B ServerLayout
-sections.
-A \(lqserver layout\(rq represents the binding of one or more screens
-.RB ( Screen
-sections) and one or more input devices
-.RB ( InputDevice
-sections) to form a complete configuration.
-In multi\-head configurations, it also specifies the relative layout of the
-heads.
-A
-.B ServerLayout
-section is considered \(lqactive\(rq if it is referenced by the
-.B \-layout
-command line option or by an
-.B "Option \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q"
-entry in the
-.B ServerFlags
-section (the former takes precedence over the latter).
-If those options are not used, the first
-.B ServerLayout
-section found in the config file is considered the active one.
-If no
-.B ServerLayout
-sections are present, the single active screen and two active (core)
-input devices are selected as described in the relevant sections above.
-.PP
-.B ServerLayout
-sections have the following format:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Section \*qServerLayout\*q"
-.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
-.BI " Screen \*q" screen\-id \*q
-.I " ..."
-.BI " InputDevice \*q" idev\-id \*q
-.I " ..."
-.I " options"
-.I " ..."
-.B "EndSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-Each
-.B ServerLayout
-section must have an
-.B Identifier
-entry and at least one
-.B Screen
-entry.
-.PP
-The
-.B Identifier
-entry specifies the unique name for this server layout.
-The
-.B ServerLayout
-section provides information specific to the whole session, including
-session\-specific
-.BR Options .
-The
-.B ServerFlags
-options (described above) may be specified here, and ones given here
-override those given in the
-.B ServerFlags
-section.
-.PP
-The entries that may be used in this section are described here.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Screen " "screen\-num" " \*qscreen\-id\*q " "position\-information"
-One of these entries must be given for each screen being used in
-a session.
-The
-.I screen\-id
-field is mandatory, and specifies the
-.B Screen
-section being referenced.
-The
-.I screen\-num
-field is optional, and may be used to specify the screen number
-in multi\-head configurations.
-When this field is omitted, the screens will be numbered in the order that
-they are listed in.
-The numbering starts from 0, and must be consecutive.
-The
-.I position\-information
-field describes the way multiple screens are positioned.
-There are a number of different ways that this information can be provided:
-.RS 7
-.TP 4
-.I "x y"
-.TP 4
-.BI "Absolute " "x y"
-These both specify that the upper left corner's coordinates are
-.RI ( x , y ).
-The
-.B Absolute
-keyword is optional.
-Some older versions of XFree86 (4.2 and earlier) don't recognise the
-.B Absolute
-keyword, so it's safest to just specify the coordinates without it.
-.TP 4
-.BI "RightOf \*q" screen\-id \*q
-.TP 4
-.BI "LeftOf \*q" screen\-id \*q
-.TP 4
-.BI "Above \*q" screen\-id \*q
-.TP 4
-.BI "Below \*q" screen\-id \*q
-.TP 4
-.BI "Relative \*q" screen\-id \*q " x y"
-These give the screen's location relative to another screen.
-The first four position the screen immediately to the right, left, above or
-below the other screen.
-When positioning to the right or left, the top edges are aligned.
-When positioning above or below, the left edges are aligned.
-The
-.B Relative
-form specifies the offset of the screen's origin (upper left corner)
-relative to the origin of another screen.
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "InputDevice \*q" idev\-id "\*q \*q" option \*q " ..."
-One of these entries should be given for each input device being used in
-a session.
-Normally at least two are required, one each for the core pointer and
-keyboard devices.
-If either of those is missing, suitable
-.B InputDevice
-entries are searched for using the method described above in the
-.B INPUTDEVICE
-section. The
-.I idev\-id
-field is mandatory, and specifies the name of the
-.B InputDevice
-section being referenced.
-Multiple
-.I option
-fields may be specified, each in double quotes.
-The options permitted here are any that may also be given in the
-.B InputDevice
-sections.
-Normally only session\-specific input device options would be used here.
-The most commonly used options are:
-.PP
-.RS 11
-.nf
-.B \*qCorePointer\*q
-.B \*qCoreKeyboard\*q
-.B \*qSendCoreEvents\*q
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-.RS 7
-and the first two should normally be used to indicate the core pointer
-and core keyboard devices respectively.
-.RE
-.TP 7
-.B Options
-In addition to the following, any option permitted in the
-.B ServerFlags
-section may also be specified here.
-When the same option appears in both places, the value given here overrides
-the one given in the
-.B ServerFlags
-section.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qIsolateDevice\*q \*q" bus\-id \*q
-Restrict device resets to the specified
-.IR bus\-id .
-See the
-.B BusID
-option (described in
-.BR "DEVICE SECTION" ,
-above) for the format of the
-.I bus\-id
-parameter.
-This option overrides
-.BR SingleCard ,
-if specified.
-At present, only PCI devices can be isolated in this manner.
-.TP 7
-.BI "Option \*qSingleCard\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-As
-.BR IsolateDevice ,
-except that the bus ID of the first device in the layout is used.
-.PP
-Here is an example of a
-.B ServerLayout
-section for a dual headed configuration with two mice:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.nf
-.B "Section \*qServerLayout\*q"
-.B " Identifier \*qLayout 1\*q"
-.B " Screen \*qMGA 1\*q"
-.B " Screen \*qMGA 2\*q RightOf \*qMGA 1\*q"
-.B " InputDevice \*qKeyboard 1\*q \*qCoreKeyboard\*q"
-.B " InputDevice \*qMouse 1\*q \*qCorePointer\*q"
-.B " InputDevice \*qMouse 2\*q \*qSendCoreEvents\*q"
-.B " Option \*qBlankTime\*q \*q5\*q"
-.B "EndSection"
-.fi
-.RE
-.SH "DRI SECTION"
-This optional section is used to provide some information for the
-Direct Rendering Infrastructure.
-Details about the format of this section can be found on-line at
-.IR <http://dri.freedesktop.org/> .
-.SH "VENDOR SECTION"
-The optional
-.B Vendor
-section may be used to provide vendor\-specific configuration information.
-Multiple
-.B Vendor
-sections may be present, and they may contain an
-.B Identifier
-entry and multiple
-.B Option
-flags.
-The data therein is not used in this release.
-.PP
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-General:
-.BR X (__miscmansuffix__),
-.BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__),
-.BR __xservername__ (__appmansuffix__),
-.BR cvt (__appmansuffix__),
-.BR gtf (__appmansuffix__).
-.PP
-.B "Not all modules or interfaces are available on all platforms."
-.PP
-Display drivers:
-.BR apm (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR ati (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR chips (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR cirrus (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR cyrix (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR fbdev (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR glide (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR glint (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR i128 (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR i740 (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR imstt (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR intel (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR mga (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR neomagic (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR nv (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR openchrome (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR r128 (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR radeon (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR rendition (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR savage (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR s3virge (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR siliconmotion (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR sis (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR sisusb (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR sunbw2 (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR suncg14 (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR suncg3 (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR suncg6 (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR sunffb (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR sunleo (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR suntcx (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR tdfx (__drivermansuffix__),
-.\" .BR tga (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR trident (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR tseng (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR vesa (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR vmware (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR voodoo (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR wsfb (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR xgi (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR xgixp (__drivermansuffix__).
-.PP
-Input drivers:
-.BR acecad (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR citron (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR elographics (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR evdev (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR fpit (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR joystick (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR kbd (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR mousedrv (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR mutouch (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR penmount (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR synaptics (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR vmmouse (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR void (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR wacom (__drivermansuffix__).
-.PP
-Other modules and interfaces:
-.BR exa (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR fbdevhw (__drivermansuffix__),
-.\" .BR shadowfb (__drivermansuffix__),
-.BR v4l (__drivermansuffix__).
-.br
-.SH AUTHORS
-This manual page was largely rewritten by David Dawes
-.IR <dawes@xfree86.org> .
+.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. +.ds q \N'34' +.TH __xconfigfile__ __filemansuffix__ __vendorversion__ +.SH NAME +__xconfigfile__ and __xconfigdir__ \- configuration files for +__xservername__ X server +.SH INTRODUCTION +.B __xservername__ +supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and +run-time parameters: command line options, environment variables, the +__xconfigfile__ and __xconfigdir__ configuration files, auto-detection, +and fallback defaults. When the same information is supplied in more +than one way, the highest precedence mechanism is used. The list of +mechanisms is ordered from highest precedence to lowest. Note that not +all parameters can be supplied via all methods. The available command +line options and environment variables (and some defaults) are +described in the Xserver(__appmansuffix__) and +__xservername__(__appmansuffix__) manual pages. Most configuration file +parameters, with their defaults, are described below. Driver and module +specific configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver +or module manual page. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B __xservername__ +uses a configuration file called +.I __xconfigfile__ +and files ending in the suffix +.I .conf +from the directory +.I __xconfigdir__ +for its initial setup. +The +.I __xconfigfile__ +configuration file is searched for in the following places when the +server is started as a normal user: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline> +.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/ <cmdline> +.IB /etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG +.IB __projectroot__/etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG +.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ +.I /etc/__xconfigfile__ +.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> +.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ +.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__ +.fi +.RE +.PP +where +.I <cmdline> +is a relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified with the +.B \-config +command line option, +.B $XORGCONFIG +is the relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified by that +environment variable, and +.I <hostname> +is the machine's hostname as reported by +.BR gethostname (__libmansuffix__). +.PP +When the __xservername__ server is started by the \(lqroot\(rq user, the config file +search locations are as follows: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +<cmdline> +.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline> +.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/ <cmdline> +.B $XORGCONFIG +.IB /etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG +.IB __projectroot__/etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG +.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ +.I /etc/__xconfigfile__ +.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> +.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ +.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__ +.fi +.RE +.PP +where +.I <cmdline> +is the path specified with the +.B \-config +command line option (which may be absolute or relative), +.B $XORGCONFIG +is the path specified by that +environment variable (absolute or relative), +.B $HOME +is the path specified by that environment variable (usually the home +directory), and +.I <hostname> +is the machine's hostname as reported by +.BR gethostname (__libmansuffix__). +.PP +Additional configuration files are searched for in the following +directories when the server is started as a normal user: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline> +.IR __sysconfdir__/X11/ <cmdline> +.I /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__ +.I __sysconfdir__/X11/__xconfigdir__ +.fi +.RE +.PP +where +.I <cmdline> +is a relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified with the +.B \-configdir +command line option. +.PP +When the __xservername__ server is started by the \(lqroot\(rq user, the +config directory search locations are as follows: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +<cmdline> +.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline> +.IR __sysconfdir__/X11/ <cmdline> +.I /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__ +.I __sysconfdir__/X11/__xconfigdir__ +.fi +.RE +.PP +where +.I <cmdline> +is the path specified with the +.B \-configdir +command line option (which may be absolute or relative). +.PP +Finally, configuration files will also be searched for in directories +reserved for system use. These are to separate configuration files from +the vendor or 3rd party packages from those of local administration. +These files are found in the following directories: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.I /usr/share/X11/__xconfigdir__ +.I __datadir__/X11/__xconfigdir__ +.fi +.RE +.PP +The +.I __xconfigfile__ +and +.I __xconfigdir__ +files are composed of a number of sections which may be present in any order, +or omitted to use default configuration values. +Each section has the form: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.BI "Section \*q" SectionName \*q +.RI " " SectionEntry + ... +.B EndSection +.fi +.RE +.PP +The section names are: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.BR "Files " "File pathnames" +.BR "ServerFlags " "Server flags" +.BR "Module " "Dynamic module loading" +.BR "Extensions " "Extension enabling" +.BR "InputDevice " "Input device description" +.BR "InputClass " "Input class description" +.BR "Device " "Graphics device description" +.BR "VideoAdaptor " "Xv video adaptor description" +.BR "Monitor " "Monitor description" +.BR "Modes " "Video modes descriptions" +.BR "Screen " "Screen configuration" +.BR "ServerLayout " "Overall layout" +.BR "DRI " "DRI\-specific configuration" +.BR "Vendor " "Vendor\-specific configuration" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The following obsolete section names are still recognised for compatibility +purposes. +In new config files, the +.B InputDevice +section should be used instead. +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.BR "Keyboard " "Keyboard configuration" +.BR "Pointer " "Pointer/mouse configuration" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The old +.B XInput +section is no longer recognised. +.PP +The +.B ServerLayout +sections are at the highest level. +They bind together the input and output devices that will be used in a session. +The input devices are described in the +.B InputDevice +sections. +Output devices usually consist of multiple independent components (e.g., +a graphics board and a monitor). +These multiple components are bound together in the +.B Screen +sections, and it is these that are referenced by the +.B ServerLayout +section. +Each +.B Screen +section binds together a graphics board and a monitor. +The graphics boards are described in the +.B Device +sections, and the monitors are described in the +.B Monitor +sections. +.PP +Config file keywords are case\-insensitive, and \(lq_\(rq characters are +ignored. +Most strings (including +.B Option +names) are also case-insensitive, and insensitive to white space and +\(lq_\(rq characters. +.PP +Each config file entry usually takes up a single line in the file. They +consist of a keyword, which is possibly followed by one or more arguments, +with the number and types of the arguments depending on the keyword. +The argument types are: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.BR "Integer " "an integer number in decimal, hex or octal" +.BR "Real " "a floating point number" +.BR "String " "a string enclosed in double quote marks (\*q)" +.fi +.RE +.PP +Note: hex integer values must be prefixed with \(lq0x\(rq, and octal values +with \(lq0\(rq. +.PP +A special keyword called +.B Option +may be used to provide free\-form data to various components of the server. +The +.B Option +keyword takes either one or two string arguments. +The first is the option name, and the optional second argument is the +option value. +Some commonly used option value types include: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.BR "Integer " "an integer number in decimal, hex or octal" +.BR "Real " "a floating point number" +.BR "String " "a sequence of characters" +.BR "Boolean " "a boolean value (see below)" +.BR "Frequency " "a frequency value (see below)" +.fi +.RE +.PP +Note that +.I all +.B Option +values, not just strings, must be enclosed in quotes. +.PP +Boolean options may optionally have a value specified. +When no value is specified, the option's value is +.BR TRUE . +The following boolean option values are recognised as +.BR TRUE : +.PP +.RS 4 +.BR 1 , +.BR on , +.BR true , +.B yes +.RE +.PP +and the following boolean option values are recognised as +.BR FALSE : +.PP +.RS 4 +.BR 0 , +.BR off , +.BR false , +.B no +.RE +.PP +If an option name is prefixed with +.RB \*q No \*q, +then the option value is negated. +.PP +Example: the following option entries are equivalent: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qOff\*q" +.B "Option \*qNoAccel\*q" +.B "Option \*qNoAccel\*q \*qOn\*q" +.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qfalse\*q" +.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qno\*q" +.fi +.RE +.PP +Frequency option values consist of a real number that is optionally +followed by one of the following frequency units: +.PP +.RS 4 +.BR Hz , +.BR k , +.BR kHz , +.BR M , +.B MHz +.RE +.PP +When the unit name is omitted, the correct units will be determined from +the value and the expectations of the appropriate range of the value. +It is recommended that the units always be specified when using frequency +option values to avoid any errors in determining the value. +.SH "FILES SECTION" +The +.B Files +section is used to specify some path names required by the server. +Some of these paths can also be set from the command line (see +.BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__) +and +.BR __xservername__ (__appmansuffix__)). +The command line settings override the values specified in the config +file. +The +.B Files +section is optional, as are all of the entries that may appear in it. +.PP +The entries that can appear in this section are: +.TP 7 +.BI "FontPath \*q" path \*q +sets the search path for fonts. +This path is a comma separated list of font path elements which the __xservername__ +server searches for font databases. +Multiple +.B FontPath +entries may be specified, and they will be concatenated to build up the +fontpath used by the server. Font path elements can be absolute +directory paths, catalogue directories or a font server identifier. The +formats of the later two are explained below: +.PP +.RS 7 +Catalogue directories: +.PP +.RS 4 +Catalogue directories can be specified using the prefix \fBcatalogue:\fR +before the directory name. The directory can then be populated with +symlinks pointing to the real font directories, using the following +syntax in the symlink name: +.PP +.RS 4 +.IR <identifier> : [attribute]: pri= <priority> +.RE +.PP +where +.I <identifier> +is an alphanumeric identifier, +.I [attribute] +is an attribute which will be passed to the underlying FPE and +.I <priority> +is a number used to order the fontfile FPEs. Examples: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.I 75dpi:unscaled:pri=20 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi +.I gscript:pri=60 -> /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript +.I misc:unscaled:pri=10 \-> /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc +.fi +.PP +.RE .RE .RE +.PP +.RS 7 +Font server identifiers: +.PP +.RS 4 +Font server identifiers have the form: +.RS 4 +.PP +.IR <trans> / <hostname> : <port\-number> +.RE +.PP +where +.I <trans> +is the transport type to use to connect to the font server (e.g., +.B unix +for UNIX\-domain sockets or +.B tcp +for a TCP/IP connection), +.I <hostname> +is the hostname of the machine running the font server, and +.I <port\-number> +is the port number that the font server is listening on (usually 7100). +.RE +.PP +When this entry is not specified in the config file, the server falls back +to the compiled\-in default font path, which contains the following +font path elements (which can be set inside a catalogue directory): +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/misc/ +.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/TTF/ +.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/OTF/ +.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/Type1/ +.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/100dpi/ +.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/75dpi/ +.fi +.RE +.PP +Font path elements that are found to be invalid are removed from the +font path when the server starts up. +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "ModulePath \*q" path \*q +sets the search path for loadable __xservername__ server modules. +This path is a comma separated list of directories which the __xservername__ server +searches for loadable modules loading in the order specified. +Multiple +.B ModulePath +entries may be specified, and they will be concatenated to build the +module search path used by the server. The default module path is +.PP +.RS 11 +__modulepath__ +.RE +.\" The LogFile keyword is not currently implemented +.ig +.TP 7 +.BI "LogFile \*q" path \*q +sets the name of the __xservername__ server log file. +The default log file name is +.PP +.RS 11 +.RI __logdir__/__xservername__. <n> .log +.RE +.PP +.RS 7 +where +.I <n> +is the display number for the __xservername__ server. +.. +.TP 7 +.BI "XkbDir \*q" path \*q +sets the base directory for keyboard layout files. The +.B \-xkbdir +command line option can be used to override this. The default directory is +.PP +.RS 11 +__xkbdir__ +.RE +.SH "SERVERFLAGS SECTION" +In addition to options specific to this section (described below), the +.B ServerFlags +section is used to specify some global +__xservername__ server options. +All of the entries in this section are +.BR Options , +although for compatibility purposes some of the old style entries are +still recognised. +Those old style entries are not documented here, and using them is +discouraged. +The +.B ServerFlags +section is optional, as are the entries that may be specified in it. +.PP +.B Options +specified in this section (with the exception of the +.B \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q +.BR Option ) +may be overridden by +.B Options +specified in the active +.B ServerLayout +section. +Options with command line equivalents are overridden when their command +line equivalent is used. +The options recognised by this section are: +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q \*q" layout\-id \*q +This specifies the default +.B ServerLayout +section to use in the absence of the +.B \-layout +command line option. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qNoTrapSignals\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This prevents the __xservername__ server from trapping a range of unexpected fatal +signals and exiting cleanly. +Instead, the __xservername__ server will die and drop core where the fault occurred. +The default behaviour is for the __xservername__ server to exit cleanly, but still drop a +core file. +In general you never want to use this option unless you are debugging an __xservername__ +server problem and know how to deal with the consequences. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qUseSIGIO\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This controls whether the __xservername__ server requests that events from +input devices be reported via a SIGIO signal handler (also known as SIGPOLL +on some platforms), or only reported via the standard select(3) loop. +The default behaviour is platform specific. In general you do not want to +use this option unless you are debugging the __xservername__ server, or +working around a specific bug until it is fixed, and understand the +consequences. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qDontVTSwitch\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This disallows the use of the +.BI Ctrl+Alt+F n +sequence (where +.RI F n +refers to one of the numbered function keys). +That sequence is normally used to switch to another \*qvirtual terminal\*q +on operating systems that have this feature. +When this option is enabled, that key sequence has no special meaning and +is passed to clients. +Default: off. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qDontZap\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This disallows the use of the +.B Terminate_Server +XKB action (usually on Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, depending on XKB options). +This action is normally used to terminate the __xservername__ server. +When this option is enabled, the action has no effect. +Default: off. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qDontZoom\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This disallows the use of the +.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Plus +and +.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Minus +sequences. +These sequences allows you to switch between video modes. +When this option is enabled, those key sequences have no special meaning +and are passed to clients. +Default: off. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qDisableVidModeExtension\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This disables the parts of the VidMode extension used by the xvidtune client +that can be used to change the video modes. +Default: the VidMode extension is enabled. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAllowNonLocalXvidtune\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This allows the xvidtune client (and other clients that use the VidMode +extension) to connect from another host. +Default: off. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAllowMouseOpenFail\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This tells the mousedrv(__drivermansuffix__) and vmmouse(__drivermansuffix__) +drivers to not report failure if the mouse device can't be opened/initialised. +It has no effect on the evdev(__drivermansuffix__) or other drivers. +Default: false. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qVTSysReq\*q \*q" boolean \*q +enables the SYSV\-style VT switch sequence for non\-SYSV systems +which support VT switching. +This sequence is +.B Alt\-SysRq +followed by a function key +.RB ( Fn ). +This prevents the __xservername__ server trapping the +keys used for the default VT switch sequence, which means that clients can +access them. +Default: off. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qBlankTime\*q \*q" time \*q +sets the inactivity timeout for the +.B blank +phase of the screensaver. +.I time +is in minutes. +This is equivalent to the __xservername__ server's +.B \-s +flag, and the value can be changed at run\-time with +.BR xset(__appmansuffix__). +Default: 10 minutes. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qStandbyTime\*q \*q" time \*q +sets the inactivity timeout for the +.B standby +phase of DPMS mode. +.I time +is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with +.BR xset(__appmansuffix__). +Default: 10 minutes. +This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be +supported by all video drivers. +It is only enabled for screens that have the +.B \*qDPMS\*q +option set (see the MONITOR section below). +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qSuspendTime\*q \*q" time \*q +sets the inactivity timeout for the +.B suspend +phase of DPMS mode. +.I time +is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with +.BR xset(__appmansuffix__). +Default: 10 minutes. +This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be +supported by all video drivers. +It is only enabled for screens that have the +.B \*qDPMS\*q +option set (see the MONITOR section below). +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qOffTime\*q \*q" time \*q +sets the inactivity timeout for the +.B off +phase of DPMS mode. +.I time +is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with +.BR xset(__appmansuffix__). +Default: 10 minutes. +This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be +supported by all video drivers. +It is only enabled for screens that have the +.B \*qDPMS\*q +option set (see the MONITOR section below). +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qPixmap\*q \*q" bpp \*q +This sets the pixmap format to use for depth 24. +Allowed values for +.I bpp +are 24 and 32. +Default: 32 unless driver constraints don't allow this (which is rare). +Note: some clients don't behave well when this value is set to 24. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qPC98\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Specify that the machine is a Japanese PC\-98 machine. +This should not be enabled for anything other than the Japanese\-specific +PC\-98 architecture. +Default: auto\-detected. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qNoPM\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Disables something to do with power management events. +Default: PM enabled on platforms that support it. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXinerama\*q \*q" boolean \*q +enable or disable XINERAMA extension. +Default is disabled. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAIGLX\*q \*q" boolean \*q +enable or disable AIGLX. AIGLX is enabled by default. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qDRI2\*q \*q" boolean \*q +enable or disable DRI2. DRI2 is disabled by default. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qGlxVisuals\*q \*q" string \*q +This option controls how many GLX visuals the GLX modules sets up. +The default value is +.BR "typical" , +which will setup up a typical subset of +the GLXFBConfigs provided by the driver as GLX visuals. Other options are +.BR "minimal" , +which will set up the minimal set allowed by the GLX specification and +.BR "all" +which will setup GLX visuals for all GLXFBConfigs. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qUseDefaultFontPath\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Include the default font path even if other paths are specified in +xorg.conf. If enabled, other font paths are included as well. Enabled by +default. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qIgnoreABI\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Allow modules built for a different, potentially incompatible version of +the X server to load. Disabled by default. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAutoAddDevices\*q \*q" boolean \*q +If this option is disabled, then no devices will be added from HAL events. +Enabled by default. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAutoEnableDevices\*q \*q" boolean \*q +If this option is disabled, then the devices will be added (and the +DevicePresenceNotify event sent), but not enabled, thus leaving policy up +to the client. +Enabled by default. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qLog\*q \*q" string \*q +This option controls whether the log is flushed and/or synced to disk after +each message. +Possible values are +.B flush +or +.BR sync . +Unset by default. +.SH "MODULE SECTION" +The +.B Module +section is used to specify which __xservername__ server modules should be loaded. +This section is ignored when the __xservername__ server is built in static form. +The type of modules normally loaded in this section are __xservername__ server +extension modules. +Most other module types are loaded automatically when they are needed via +other mechanisms. +The +.B Module +section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in +it. +.PP +Entries in this section may be in two forms. +The first and most commonly used form is an entry that uses the +.B Load +keyword, as described here: +.TP 7 +.BI "Load \*q" modulename \*q +This instructs the server to load the module called +.IR modulename . +The module name given should be the module's standard name, not the +module file name. +The standard name is case\-sensitive, and does not include the \(lqlib\(rq +prefix, or the \(lq.a\(rq, \(lq.o\(rq, or \(lq.so\(rq suffixes. +.PP +.RS 7 +Example: the DRI extension module can be loaded with the following entry: +.PP +.RS 4 +.B "Load \*qdri\*q" +.RE +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "Disable \*q" modulename \*q +This instructs the server to not load the module called +.IR modulename . +Some modules are loaded by default in the server, and this overrides that +default. If a +.B Load +instruction is given for the same module, it overrides the +.B Disable +instruction and the module is loaded. The module name given should be the +module's standard name, not the module file name. As with the +.B Load +instruction, the standard name is case-sensitive, and does not include the +"lib" prefix, or the ".a", ".o", or ".so" suffixes. +.PP +The second form of entry is a +.BR SubSection, +with the subsection name being the module name, and the contents of the +.B SubSection +being +.B Options +that are passed to the module when it is loaded. +.PP +Example: the extmod module (which contains a miscellaneous group of +server extensions) can be loaded, with the XFree86\-DGA extension +disabled by using the following entry: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "SubSection \*qextmod\*q" +.B " Option \*qomit XFree86\-DGA\*q" +.B EndSubSection +.fi +.RE +.PP +Modules are searched for in each directory specified in the +.B ModulePath +search path, and in the drivers, extensions, input, internal, and +multimedia subdirectories of each of those directories. +In addition to this, operating system specific subdirectories of all +the above are searched first if they exist. +.PP +To see what extension modules are available, check the extensions +subdirectory under: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +__modulepath__ +.fi +.RE +.PP +The \(lqextmod\(rq, \(lqdbe\(rq, \(lqdri\(rq, \(lqdri2\(rq, \(lqglx\(rq, +and \(lqrecord\(rq extension modules are loaded automatically, if they +are present, unless disabled with \*qDisable\*q entries. +It is recommended +that at very least the \(lqextmod\(rq extension module be loaded. +If it isn't, some commonly used server extensions (like the SHAPE +extension) will not be available. +.SH "EXTENSIONS SECTION" +The +.B Extensions +section is used to specify which X11 protocol extensions should be enabled +or disabled. +The +.B Extensions +section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in +it. +.PP +Entries in this section are listed as Option statements with the name of +the extension as the first argument, and a boolean value as the second. +The extension name is case\-sensitive, and matches the form shown in the output +of \*qXorg -extension ?\*q. +.PP +.RS 7 +Example: the MIT-SHM extension can be disabled with the following entry: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qExtensions\*q" +.B " Option \*qMIT-SHM\*q \*qDisable\*q" +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.RE +.SH "INPUTDEVICE SECTION" +The config file may have multiple +.B InputDevice +sections. +Recent X servers employ input hotplugging to add input devices, with the HAL +backend being the default backend for X servers since 1.4. It is usually not +necessary to provide +.B InputDevice +sections in the xorg.conf if hotplugging is enabled. +.PP +If hotplugging is disabled, there will normally +be at least two: one for the core (primary) keyboard +and one for the core pointer. +If either of these two is missing, a default configuration for the missing +ones will be used. In the absence of an explicitly specified core input +device, the first +.B InputDevice +marked as +.B CorePointer +(or +.BR CoreKeyboard ) +is used. +If there is no match there, the first +.B InputDevice +that uses the \(lqmouse\(rq (or \(lqkbd\(rq) driver is used. +The final fallback is to use built\-in default configurations. +Currently the default configuration may not work as expected on all platforms. +.PP +.B InputDevice +sections have the following format: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qInputDevice\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q +.BI " Driver \*q" inputdriver \*q +.I " options" +.I " ..." +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The +.B Identifier +and +.B Driver +entries are required in all +.B InputDevice +sections. +All other entries are optional. +.PP +The +.B Identifier +entry specifies the unique name for this input device. +The +.B Driver +entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this input device. +When using the loadable server, the input driver module +.RI \*q inputdriver \*q +will be loaded for each active +.B InputDevice +section. +An +.B InputDevice +section is considered active if it is referenced by an active +.B ServerLayout +section, if it is referenced by the +.B \-keyboard +or +.B \-pointer +command line options, or if it is selected implicitly as the core pointer +or keyboard device in the absence of such explicit references. +The most commonly used input drivers are +.BR evdev (__drivermansuffix__) +on Linux systems, and +.BR kbd (__drivermansuffix__) +and +.BR mousedrv (__drivermansuffix__) +on other platforms. +.PP +.PP +.B InputDevice +sections recognise some driver\-independent +.BR Options , +which are described here. +See the individual input driver manual pages for a description of the +device\-specific options. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAutoServerLayout\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Always add the device to the ServerLayout section used by this instance of +the server. This affects implied layouts as well as explicit layouts +specified in the configuration and/or on the command line. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qCorePointer\*q" +Deprecated, see +.B Floating +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qCoreKeyboard\*q" +Deprecated, see +.B Floating +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAlwaysCore\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Deprecated, see +.B Floating +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qSendCoreEvents\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Deprecated, see +.B Floating + +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qFloating\*q \*q" boolean \*q +When enabled, the input device is set up floating and does not +report events through any master device or control a cursor. The device is +only available to clients using the X Input Extension API. This option is +disabled by default. +The options +.B CorePointer, +.B CoreKeyboard, +.B AlwaysCore, +and +.B SendCoreEvents, +are the inverse of option +.B Floating +(i.e. +.B SendCoreEvents \*qon\*q +is equivalent to +.B Floating \*qoff\*q +). + +This option controls the startup behavior only, a device +may be reattached or set floating at runtime. +.PP +For pointing devices, the following options control how the pointer +is accelerated or decelerated with respect to physical device motion. Most of +these can be adjusted at runtime, see the xinput(1) man page for details. Only +the most important acceleration options are discussed here. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAccelerationProfile\*q \*q" integer \*q +Select the profile. In layman's terms, the profile constitutes the "feeling" of +the acceleration. More formally, it defines how the transfer function (actual +acceleration as a function of current device velocity and acceleration controls) +is constructed. This is mainly a matter of personal preference. +.PP +.RS 6 +.nf +.B " 0 classic (mostly compatible)" +.B "-1 none (only constant deceleration is applied)" +.B " 1 device-dependent" +.B " 2 polynomial (polynomial function)" +.B " 3 smooth linear (soft knee, then linear)" +.B " 4 simple (normal when slow, otherwise accelerated)" +.B " 5 power (power function)" +.B " 6 linear (more speed, more acceleration)" +.B " 7 limited (like linear, but maxes out at threshold)" +.fi +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qConstantDeceleration\*q \*q" real \*q +Makes the pointer go +.B deceleration +times slower than normal. Most useful for high-resolution devices. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAdaptiveDeceleration\*q \*q" real \*q +Allows to actually decelerate the pointer when going slow. At most, it will be +.B adaptive deceleration +times slower. Enables precise pointer placement without sacrificing speed. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAccelerationScheme\*q \*q" string \*q +Selects the scheme, which is the underlying algorithm. +.PP +.RS 7 +.nf +.B "predictable default algorithm (behaving more predictable)" +.B "lightweight old acceleration code (as specified in the X protocol spec)" +.B "none no acceleration or deceleration" +.fi +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAccelerationNumerator\*q \*q" integer \*q +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAccelerationDenominator\*q \*q" integer \*q +Set numerator and denominator of the acceleration factor. The acceleration +factor is a rational which, together with threshold, can be used to tweak +profiles to suit the users needs. The +.B simple +and +.B limited +profiles use it directly (i.e. they accelerate by the factor), for other +profiles it should hold that a higher acceleration factor leads to a faster +pointer. Typically, 1 is unaccelerated and values up to 5 are sensible. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAccelerationThreshold\*q \*q" integer \*q +Set the threshold, which is roughly the velocity (usually device units per 10 +ms) required for acceleration to become effective. The precise effect varies +with the profile however. + +.SH "INPUTCLASS SECTION" +The config file may have multiple +.B InputClass +sections. +These sections are optional and are used to provide configuration for a +class of input devices as they are automatically added. An input device can +match more than one +.B InputClass +section. Each class can override settings from a previous class, so it is +best to arrange the sections with the most generic matches first. +.PP +.B InputClass +sections have the following format: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qInputClass\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q +.I " entries" +.I " ..." +.I " options" +.I " ..." +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The +.B Identifier +entry is required in all +.B InputClass +sections. +All other entries are optional. +.PP +The +.B Identifier +entry specifies the unique name for this input class. +The +.B Driver +entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this input device. +After all classes have been examined, the +.RI \*q inputdriver \*q +module from the first +.B Driver +entry will be enabled when using the loadable server. +.PP +When an input device is automatically added, its characteristics are +checked against all +.B InputClass +sections. Each section can contain optional entries to narrow the match +of the class. If none of the optional entries appear, the +.B InputClass +section is generic and will match any input device. If more than one of +these entries appear, they all must match for the configuration to apply. +.PP +There are two types of match entries used in +.B InputClass +sections. The first allows various tokens to be matched against attributes +of the device. An entry can be constructed to match attributes from different +devices by separating arguments with a '|' character. Multiple entries of the +same type may be supplied to add multiple matching conditions on the same +attribute. For example: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qInputClass\*q" +.B " Identifier \*qMy Class\*q" +.B " # product string must contain example and +.B " # either gizmo or gadget +.B " MatchProduct \*qexample\*q +.B " MatchProduct \*qgizmo|gadget\*q +.I " ..." +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchProduct \*q" matchproduct \*q +This entry can be used to check if the substring +.RI \*q matchproduct \*q +occurs in the device's product name. +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchVendor \*q" matchvendor \*q +This entry can be used to check if the substring +.RI \*q matchvendor \*q +occurs in the device's vendor name. +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchDevicePath \*q" matchdevice \*q +This entry can be used to check if the device file matches the +.RI \*q matchdevice \*q +pathname pattern. +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchOS \*q" matchos \*q +This entry can be used to check if the operating system matches the +case-insensitive +.RI \*q matchos \*q +string. This entry is only supported on platforms providing the +.BR uname (2) +system call. +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchPnPID \*q" matchpnp \*q +The device's Plug and Play (PnP) ID can be checked against the +.RI \*q matchpnp \*q +shell wildcard pattern. +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchUSBID \*q" matchusb \*q +The device's USB ID can be checked against the +.RI \*q matchusb \*q +shell wildcard pattern. The ID is constructed as lowercase hexadecimal numbers +separated by a ':'. This is the same format as the +.BR lsusb (8) +program. +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchDriver \*q" matchdriver \*q +Check the case-sensitive string +.RI \*q matchdriver \*q +against the currently configured driver of the device. Ordering of sections +using this entry is important since it will not match unless the driver has +been set by the config backend or a previous +.B InputClass +section. +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchTag \*q" matchtag \*q +This entry can be used to check if tags assigned by the config backend +matches the +.RI \*q matchtag \*q +pattern. A match is found if at least one of the tags given in +.RI \*q matchtag \*q +matches at least one of the tags assigned by the backend. +.PP +The second type of entry is used to match device types. These entries take a +boolean argument similar to +.B Option +entries. +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchIsKeyboard \*q" bool \*q +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchIsPointer \*q" bool \*q +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchIsJoystick \*q" bool \*q +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchIsTablet \*q" bool \*q +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchIsTouchpad \*q" bool \*q +.TP 7 +.BI "MatchIsTouchscreen \*q" bool \*q +.PP +When an input device has been matched to the +.B InputClass +section, any +.B Option +entries are applied to the device. One +.B InputClass +specific +.B Option +is recognized. See the +.B InputDevice +section above for a description of the remaining +.B Option +entries. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qIgnore\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This optional entry specifies that the device should be ignored entirely, +and not added to the server. This can be useful when the device is handled +by another program and no X events should be generated. +.SH "DEVICE SECTION" +The config file may have multiple +.B Device +sections. +There must be at least one, for the video card being used. +.PP +.B Device +sections have the following format: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qDevice\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q +.BI " Driver \*q" driver \*q +.I " entries" +.I " ..." +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The +.B Identifier +and +.B Driver +entries are required in all +.B Device +sections. All other entries are optional. +.PP +The +.B Identifier +entry specifies the unique name for this graphics device. +The +.B Driver +entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this graphics device. +When using the loadable server, the driver module +.RI \*q driver \*q +will be loaded for each active +.B Device +section. +A +.B Device +section is considered active if it is referenced by an active +.B Screen +section. +.PP +.B Device +sections recognise some driver\-independent entries and +.BR Options , +which are described here. +Not all drivers make use of these +driver\-independent entries, and many of those that do don't require them +to be specified because the information is auto\-detected. +See the individual graphics driver manual pages for further information +about this, and for a description of the device\-specific options. +Note that most of the +.B Options +listed here (but not the other entries) may be specified in the +.B Screen +section instead of here in the +.B Device +section. +.TP 7 +.BI "BusID \*q" bus\-id \*q +This specifies the bus location of the graphics card. +For PCI/AGP cards, +the +.I bus\-id +string has the form +.BI PCI: bus : device : function +(e.g., \(lqPCI:1:0:0\(rq might be appropriate for an AGP card). +This field is usually optional in single-head configurations when using +the primary graphics card. +In multi-head configurations, or when using a secondary graphics card in a +single-head configuration, this entry is mandatory. +Its main purpose is to make an unambiguous connection between the device +section and the hardware it is representing. +This information can usually be found by running the pciaccess tool +scanpci. +.TP 7 +.BI "Screen " number +This option is mandatory for cards where a single PCI entity can drive more +than one display (i.e., multiple CRTCs sharing a single graphics accelerator +and video memory). +One +.B Device +section is required for each head, and this +parameter determines which head each of the +.B Device +sections applies to. +The legal values of +.I number +range from 0 to one less than the total number of heads per entity. +Most drivers require that the primary screen (0) be present. +.TP 7 +.BI "Chipset \*q" chipset \*q +This usually optional entry specifies the chipset used on the graphics +board. +In most cases this entry is not required because the drivers will probe the +hardware to determine the chipset type. +Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you +do. +.TP 7 +.BI "Ramdac \*q" ramdac\-type \*q +This optional entry specifies the type of RAMDAC used on the graphics +board. +This is only used by a few of the drivers, and in most cases it is not +required because the drivers will probe the hardware to determine the +RAMDAC type where possible. +Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you +do. +.TP 7 +.BI "DacSpeed " speed +.TP 7 +.BI "DacSpeed " "speed\-8 speed\-16 speed\-24 speed\-32" +This optional entry specifies the RAMDAC speed rating (which is usually +printed on the RAMDAC chip). +The speed is in MHz. +When one value is given, it applies to all framebuffer pixel sizes. +When multiple values are given, they apply to the framebuffer pixel sizes +8, 16, 24 and 32 respectively. +This is not used by many drivers, and only needs to be specified when the +speed rating of the RAMDAC is different from the defaults built in to +driver, or when the driver can't auto-detect the correct defaults. +Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you +do. +.TP 7 +.BI "Clocks " "clock ..." +specifies the pixel that are on your graphics board. +The clocks are in MHz, and may be specified as a floating point number. +The value is stored internally to the nearest kHz. +The ordering of the clocks is important. +It must match the order in which they are selected on the graphics board. +Multiple +.B Clocks +lines may be specified, and each is concatenated to form the list. +Most drivers do not use this entry, and it is only required for some older +boards with non-programmable clocks. +Don't specify this entry unless the driver-specific documentation explicitly +recommends that you do. +.TP +.BI "ClockChip \*q" clockchip\-type \*q +This optional entry is used to specify the clock chip type on graphics +boards which have a programmable clock generator. +Only a few __xservername__ drivers support programmable clock chips. +For details, see the appropriate driver manual page. +.TP 7 +.BI "VideoRam " "mem" +This optional entry specifies the amount of video ram that is installed +on the graphics board. +This is measured in kBytes. +In most cases this is not required because the __xservername__ server probes +the graphics board to determine this quantity. +The driver-specific documentation should indicate when it might be needed. +.TP 7 +.BI "BiosBase " "baseaddress" +This optional entry specifies the base address of the video BIOS for +the VGA board. +This address is normally auto-detected, and should only be specified if the +driver-specific documentation recommends it. +.TP 7 +.BI "MemBase " "baseaddress" +This optional entry specifies the memory base address of a graphics +board's linear frame buffer. +This entry is not used by many drivers, and it should only be specified if +the driver-specific documentation recommends it. +.TP 7 +.BI "IOBase " "baseaddress" +This optional entry specifies the IO base address. +This entry is not used by many drivers, and it should only be specified if +the driver-specific documentation recommends it. +.TP 7 +.BI "ChipID " "id" +This optional entry specifies a numerical ID representing the chip type. +For PCI cards, it is usually the device ID. +This can be used to override the auto-detection, but that should only be done +when the driver-specific documentation recommends it. +.TP 7 +.BI "ChipRev " "rev" +This optional entry specifies the chip revision number. +This can be used to override the auto-detection, but that should only be done +when the driver-specific documentation recommends it. +.TP 7 +.BI "TextClockFreq " "freq" +This optional entry specifies the pixel clock frequency that is used +for the regular text mode. +The frequency is specified in MHz. +This is rarely used. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qModeDebug\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Enable printing of additional debugging information about modesetting to +the server log. +.ig +.TP 7 +This optional entry allows an IRQ number to be specified. +.. +.TP 7 +.B Options +Option flags may be specified in the +.B Device +sections. +These include driver\-specific options and driver\-independent options. +The former are described in the driver\-specific documentation. +Some of the latter are described below in the section about the +.B Screen +section, and they may also be included here. + +.SH "VIDEOADAPTOR SECTION" +Nobody wants to say how this works. +Maybe nobody knows ... + +.SH "MONITOR SECTION" +The config file may have multiple +.B Monitor +sections. +There should normally be at least one, for the monitor being used, +but a default configuration will be created when one isn't specified. +.PP +.B Monitor +sections have the following format: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qMonitor\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q +.I " entries" +.I " ..." +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The only mandatory entry in a +.B Monitor +section is the +.B Identifier +entry. +.PP +The +.B Identifier +entry specifies the unique name for this monitor. +The +.B Monitor +section may be used to provide information about the specifications of the +monitor, monitor-specific +.BR Options , +and information about the video modes to use with the monitor. +.PP +With RandR 1.2-enabled drivers, monitor sections may be tied to specific +outputs of the video card. Using the name of the output defined by the video +driver plus the identifier of a monitor section, one associates a monitor +section with an output by adding an option to the Device section in the +following format: + +.B Option \*qMonitor-outputname\*q \*qmonitorsection\*q + +(for example, +.B Option \*qMonitor-VGA\*q \*qVGA monitor\*q +for a VGA output) +.PP +In the absence of specific association of monitor sections to outputs, if a +monitor section is present the server will associate it with an output to +preserve compatibility for previous single-head configurations. +.PP +Specifying video modes is optional because the server will use the DDC or other +information provided by the monitor to automatically configure the list of +modes available. +When modes are specified explicitly in the +.B Monitor +section (with the +.BR Modes , +.BR ModeLine , +or +.B UseModes +keywords), built-in modes with the same names are not included. +Built-in modes with different names are, however, still implicitly included, +when they meet the requirements of the monitor. +.PP +The entries that may be used in +.B Monitor +sections are described below. +.TP 7 +.BI "VendorName \*q" vendor \*q +This optional entry specifies the monitor's manufacturer. +.TP 7 +.BI "ModelName \*q" model \*q +This optional entry specifies the monitor's model. +.TP 7 +.BI "HorizSync " "horizsync\-range" +gives the range(s) of horizontal sync frequencies supported by the +monitor. +.I horizsync\-range +may be a comma separated list of either discrete values or ranges of +values. +A range of values is two values separated by a dash. +By default the values are in units of kHz. +They may be specified in MHz or Hz +if +.B MHz +or +.B Hz +is added to the end of the line. +The data given here is used by the __xservername__ server to determine if video +modes are within the specifications of the monitor. +This information should be available in the monitor's handbook. +If this entry is omitted, a default range of 28\-33kHz is used. +.TP 7 +.BI "VertRefresh " "vertrefresh\-range" +gives the range(s) of vertical refresh frequencies supported by the +monitor. +.I vertrefresh\-range +may be a comma separated list of either discrete values or ranges of +values. +A range of values is two values separated by a dash. +By default the values are in units of Hz. +They may be specified in MHz or kHz +if +.B MHz +or +.B kHz +is added to the end of the line. +The data given here is used by the __xservername__ server to determine if video +modes are within the specifications of the monitor. +This information should be available in the monitor's handbook. +If this entry is omitted, a default range of 43\-72Hz is used. +.TP 7 +.BI "DisplaySize " "width height" +This optional entry gives the width and height, in millimetres, of the +picture area of the monitor. +If given this is used to calculate the horizontal and vertical pitch (DPI) of +the screen. +.TP 7 +.BI "Gamma " "gamma\-value" +.TP 7 +.BI "Gamma " "red\-gamma green\-gamma blue\-gamma" +This is an optional entry that can be used to specify the gamma correction +for the monitor. +It may be specified as either a single value or as three separate RGB values. +The values should be in the range 0.1 to 10.0, and the default is 1.0. +Not all drivers are capable of using this information. +.TP 7 +.BI "UseModes \*q" modesection\-id \*q +Include the set of modes listed in the +.B Modes +section called +.IR modesection\-id. +This makes all of the modes defined in that section available for use by +this monitor. +.TP 7 +.BI "Mode \*q" name \*q +This is an optional multi-line entry that can be used to provide +definitions for video modes for the monitor. +In most cases this isn't necessary because the built-in set of VESA standard +modes will be sufficient. +The +.B Mode +keyword indicates the start of a multi-line video mode description. +The mode description is terminated with the +.B EndMode +keyword. +The mode description consists of the following entries: +.RS 7 +.TP 4 +.BI "DotClock " clock +is the dot (pixel) clock rate to be used for the mode. +.TP 4 +.BI "HTimings " "hdisp hsyncstart hsyncend htotal" +specifies the horizontal timings for the mode. +.TP 4 +.BI "VTimings " "vdisp vsyncstart vsyncend vtotal" +specifies the vertical timings for the mode. +.TP 4 +.BI "Flags \*q" flag \*q " ..." +specifies an optional set of mode flags, each of which is a separate +string in double quotes. +.B \*qInterlace\*q +indicates that the mode is interlaced. +.B \*qDoubleScan\*q +indicates a mode where each scanline is doubled. +.B \*q+HSync\*q +and +.B \*q\-HSync\*q +can be used to select the polarity of the HSync signal. +.B \*q+VSync\*q +and +.B \*q\-VSync\*q +can be used to select the polarity of the VSync signal. +.B \*qComposite\*q +can be used to specify composite sync on hardware where this is supported. +Additionally, on some hardware, +.B \*q+CSync\*q +and +.B \*q\-CSync\*q +may be used to select the composite sync polarity. +.TP 4 +.BI "HSkew " hskew +specifies the number of pixels (towards the right edge of the screen) by +which the display enable signal is to be skewed. +Not all drivers use this information. +This option might become necessary to override the default value supplied +by the server (if any). +\(lqRoving\(rq horizontal lines indicate this value needs to be increased. +If the last few pixels on a scan line appear on the left of the screen, +this value should be decreased. +.TP 4 +.BI "VScan " vscan +specifies the number of times each scanline is painted on the screen. +Not all drivers use this information. +Values less than 1 are treated as 1, which is the default. +Generally, the +.B \*qDoubleScan\*q +.B Flag +mentioned above doubles this value. +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "ModeLine \*q" name \*q " mode\-description" +This entry is a more compact version of the +.B Mode +entry, and it also can be used to specify video modes for the monitor. +is a single line format for specifying video modes. +In most cases this isn't necessary because the built\-in set of VESA +standard modes will be sufficient. +.PP +.RS 7 +The +.I mode\-description +is in four sections, the first three of which are mandatory. +The first is the dot (pixel) clock. +This is a single number specifying the pixel clock rate for the mode in +MHz. +The second section is a list of four numbers specifying the horizontal +timings. +These numbers are the +.IR hdisp , +.IR hsyncstart , +.IR hsyncend , +and +.I htotal +values. +The third section is a list of four numbers specifying the vertical +timings. +These numbers are the +.IR vdisp , +.IR vsyncstart , +.IR vsyncend , +and +.I vtotal +values. +The final section is a list of flags specifying other characteristics of +the mode. +.B Interlace +indicates that the mode is interlaced. +.B DoubleScan +indicates a mode where each scanline is doubled. +.B +HSync +and +.B \-HSync +can be used to select the polarity of the HSync signal. +.B +VSync +and +.B \-VSync +can be used to select the polarity of the VSync signal. +.B Composite +can be used to specify composite sync on hardware where this is supported. +Additionally, on some hardware, +.B +CSync +and +.B \-CSync +may be used to select the composite sync polarity. +The +.B HSkew +and +.B VScan +options mentioned above in the +.B Modes +entry description can also be used here. +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qDPMS\*q " \*qbool\*q +This option controls whether the server should enable the DPMS extension +for power management for this screen. The default is to enable the +extension. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qSyncOnGreen\*q " \*qbool\*q +This option controls whether the video card should drive the sync signal +on the green color pin. Not all cards support this option, and most +monitors do not require it. The default is off. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qPrimary\*q " \*qbool\*q +This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be treated as the primary +monitor. (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qPreferredMode\*q " \*qstring\*q +This optional entry specifies a mode to be marked as the preferred initial mode +of the monitor. +(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qPosition\*q " "\*qx y\*q" +This optional entry specifies the position of the monitor within the X +screen. +(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qLeftOf\*q " \*qoutput\*q +This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned to the +left of the output (not monitor) of the given name. +(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qRightOf\*q " \*qoutput\*q +This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned to the +right of the output (not monitor) of the given name. +(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qAbove\*q " \*qoutput\*q +This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned above the +output (not monitor) of the given name. +(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qBelow\*q " \*qoutput\*q +This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned below the +output (not monitor) of the given name. +(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qEnable\*q " \*qbool\*q +This optional entry specifies whether the monitor should be turned on +at startup. By default, the server will attempt to enable all connected +monitors. +(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qDefaultModes\*q " \*qbool\*q +This optional entry specifies whether the server should add supported default +modes to the list of modes offered on this monitor. By default, the server +will add default modes; you should only disable this if you can guarantee +that EDID will be available at all times, or if you have added custom modelines +which the server can use. +(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qMinClock\*q " \*qfrequency\*q +This optional entry specifies the minimum dot clock, in kHz, that is supported +by the monitor. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qMaxClock\*q " \*qfrequency\*q +This optional entry specifies the maximum dot clock, in kHz, that is supported +by the monitor. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qIgnore\*q " \*qbool\*q +This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be ignored entirely, +and not reported through RandR. This is useful if the hardware reports the +presence of outputs that don't exist. +(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) +.TP 7 +.BI "Option " "\*qRotate\*q " \*qrotation\*q +This optional entry specifies the initial rotation of the given monitor. +Valid values for rotation are \*qnormal\*q, \*qleft\*q, \*qright\*q, and +\*qinverted\*q. +(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) + +.SH "MODES SECTION" +The config file may have multiple +.B Modes +sections, or none. +These sections provide a way of defining sets of video modes independently +of the +.B Monitor +sections. +.B Monitor +sections may include the definitions provided in these sections by +using the +.B UseModes +keyword. +In most cases the +.B Modes +sections are not necessary because the built\-in set of VESA standard modes +will be sufficient. +.PP +.B Modes +sections have the following format: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qModes\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q +.I " entries" +.I " ..." +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The +.B Identifier +entry specifies the unique name for this set of mode descriptions. +The other entries permitted in +.B Modes +sections are the +.B Mode +and +.B ModeLine +entries that are described above in the +.B Monitor +section. +.SH "SCREEN SECTION" +The config file may have multiple +.B Screen +sections. +There must be at least one, for the \(lqscreen\(rq being used. +A \(lqscreen\(rq represents the binding of a graphics device +.RB ( Device +section) and a monitor +.RB ( Monitor +section). +A +.B Screen +section is considered \(lqactive\(rq if it is referenced by an active +.B ServerLayout +section or by the +.B \-screen +command line option. +If neither of those is present, the first +.B Screen +section found in the config file is considered the active one. +.PP +.B Screen +sections have the following format: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qScreen\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q +.BI " Device \*q" devid \*q +.BI " Monitor \*q" monid \*q +.I " entries" +.I " ..." +.BI " SubSection \*qDisplay\*q" +.I " entries" +.I " ... +.B " EndSubSection" +.I " ..." +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The +.B Identifier +and +.B Device +entries are mandatory. +All others are optional. +.PP +The +.B Identifier +entry specifies the unique name for this screen. +The +.B Screen +section provides information specific to the whole screen, including +screen\-specific +.BR Options . +In multi\-head configurations, there will be multiple active +.B Screen +sections, one for each head. +The entries available +for this section are: +.TP 7 +.BI "Device \*q" device\-id \*q +This mandatory entry specifies the +.B Device +section to be used for this screen. +This is what ties a specific graphics card to a screen. +The +.I device\-id +must match the +.B Identifier +of a +.B Device +section in the config file. +.TP 7 +.BI "Monitor \*q" monitor\-id \*q +specifies which monitor description is to be used for this screen. +If a +.B Monitor +name is not specified, a default configuration is used. +Currently the default configuration may not function as expected on all +platforms. +.TP 7 +.BI "VideoAdaptor \*q" xv\-id \*q +specifies an optional Xv video adaptor description to be used with this +screen. +.TP 7 +.BI "DefaultDepth " depth +specifies which color depth the server should use by default. +The +.B \-depth +command line option can be used to override this. +If neither is specified, the default depth is driver\-specific, but in most +cases is 8. +.TP 7 +.BI "DefaultFbBpp " bpp +specifies which framebuffer layout to use by default. +The +.B \-fbbpp +command line option can be used to override this. +In most cases the driver will chose the best default value for this. +The only case where there is even a choice in this value is for depth 24, +where some hardware supports both a packed 24 bit framebuffer layout and a +sparse 32 bit framebuffer layout. +.TP 7 +.B Options +Various +.B Option +flags may be specified in the +.B Screen +section. +Some are driver\-specific and are described in the driver documentation. +Others are driver\-independent, and will eventually be described here. +.\" XXX These should really be in an xaa man page. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAccel\*q" +Enables XAA (X Acceleration Architecture), a mechanism that makes video cards' +2D hardware acceleration available to the __xservername__ server. +This option is on by default, but it may be necessary to turn it off if +there are bugs in the driver. +There are many options to disable specific accelerated operations, listed +below. +Note that disabling an operation will have no effect if the operation is +not accelerated (whether due to lack of support in the hardware or in the +driver). +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qInitPrimary\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Use the Int10 module to initialize the primary graphics card. +Normally, only secondary cards are soft-booted using the Int10 module, as the +primary card has already been initialized by the BIOS at boot time. +Default: false. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qNoInt10\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Disables the Int10 module, a module that uses the int10 call to the BIOS +of the graphics card to initialize it. +Default: false. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qNoMTRR\*q" +Disables MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support, a feature of modern +processors which can improve video performance by a factor of up to 2.5. +Some hardware has buggy MTRR support, and some video drivers have been +known to exhibit problems when MTRR's are used. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoCPUToScreenColorExpandFill\*q" +Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns +stored in system memory (using a memory\-mapped aperture). +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoColor8x8PatternFillRect\*q" +Disables accelerated fills of a rectangular region with a full\-color +pattern. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoColor8x8PatternFillTrap\*q" +Disables accelerated fills of a trapezoidal region with a full\-color +pattern. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoDashedBresenhamLine\*q" +Disables accelerated dashed Bresenham line draws. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoDashedTwoPointLine\*q" +Disables accelerated dashed line draws between two arbitrary points. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoImageWriteRect\*q" +Disables accelerated transfers of full\-color rectangular patterns from +system memory to video memory (using a memory\-mapped aperture). +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoMono8x8PatternFillRect\*q" +Disables accelerated fills of a rectangular region with a monochrome +pattern. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoMono8x8PatternFillTrap\*q" +Disables accelerated fills of a trapezoidal region with a monochrome +pattern. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoOffscreenPixmaps\*q" +Disables accelerated draws into pixmaps stored in offscreen video memory. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoPixmapCache\*q" +Disables caching of patterns in offscreen video memory. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill\*q" +Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns +stored in system memory (one scan line at a time). +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScanlineImageWriteRect\*q" +Disables accelerated transfers of full\-color rectangular patterns from +system memory to video memory (one scan line at a time). +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScreenToScreenColorExpandFill\*q" +Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns +stored in offscreen video memory. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScreenToScreenCopy\*q" +Disables accelerated copies of rectangular regions from one part of +video memory to another part of video memory. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidBresenhamLine\*q" +Disables accelerated solid Bresenham line draws. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidFillRect\*q" +Disables accelerated solid\-color fills of rectangles. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidFillTrap\*q" +Disables accelerated solid\-color fills of Bresenham trapezoids. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidHorVertLine\*q" +Disables accelerated solid horizontal and vertical line draws. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidTwoPointLine\*q" +Disables accelerated solid line draws between two arbitrary points. +.PP +Each +.B Screen +section may optionally contain one or more +.B Display +subsections. +Those subsections provide depth/fbbpp specific configuration information, +and the one chosen depends on the depth and/or fbbpp that is being used for +the screen. +The +.B Display +subsection format is described in the section below. + +.SH "DISPLAY SUBSECTION" +Each +.B Screen +section may have multiple +.B Display +subsections. +The \(lqactive\(rq +.B Display +subsection is the first that matches the depth and/or fbbpp values being +used, or failing that, the first that has neither a depth or fbbpp value +specified. +The +.B Display +subsections are optional. +When there isn't one that matches the depth and/or fbbpp values being used, +all the parameters that can be specified here fall back to their defaults. +.PP +.B Display +subsections have the following format: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B " SubSection \*qDisplay\*q" +.BI " Depth " depth +.I " entries" +.I " ..." +.B " EndSubSection" +.fi +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "Depth " depth +This entry specifies what colour depth the +.B Display +subsection is to be used for. +This entry is usually specified, but it may be omitted to create a match\-all +.B Display +subsection or when wishing to match only against the +.B FbBpp +parameter. +The range of +.I depth +values that are allowed depends on the driver. +Most drivers support 8, 15, 16 and 24. +Some also support 1 and/or 4, and some may support other values (like 30). +Note: +.I depth +means the number of bits in a pixel that are actually used to determine +the pixel colour. +32 is not a valid +.I depth +value. +Most hardware that uses 32 bits per pixel only uses 24 of them to hold the +colour information, which means that the colour depth is 24, not 32. +.TP 7 +.BI "FbBpp " bpp +This entry specifies the framebuffer format this +.B Display +subsection is to be used for. +This entry is only needed when providing depth 24 configurations that allow +a choice between a 24 bpp packed framebuffer format and a 32bpp sparse +framebuffer format. +In most cases this entry should not be used. +.TP 7 +.BI "Weight " "red\-weight green\-weight blue\-weight" +This optional entry specifies the relative RGB weighting to be used +for a screen is being used at depth 16 for drivers that allow multiple +formats. +This may also be specified from the command line with the +.B \-weight +option (see +.BR __xservername__(__appmansuffix__)). +.TP 7 +.BI "Virtual " "xdim ydim" +This optional entry specifies the virtual screen resolution to be used. +.I xdim +must be a multiple of either 8 or 16 for most drivers, and a multiple +of 32 when running in monochrome mode. +The given value will be rounded down if this is not the case. +Video modes which are too large for the specified virtual size will be +rejected. +If this entry is not present, the virtual screen resolution will be set to +accommodate all the valid video modes given in the +.B Modes +entry. +Some drivers/hardware combinations do not support virtual screens. +Refer to the appropriate driver\-specific documentation for details. +.TP 7 +.BI "ViewPort " "x0 y0" +This optional entry sets the upper left corner of the initial display. +This is only relevant when the virtual screen resolution is different +from the resolution of the initial video mode. +If this entry is not given, then the initial display will be centered in +the virtual display area. +.TP 7 +.BI "Modes \*q" mode\-name \*q " ..." +This optional entry specifies the list of video modes to use. +Each +.I mode\-name +specified must be in double quotes. +They must correspond to those specified or referenced in the appropriate +.B Monitor +section (including implicitly referenced built\-in VESA standard modes). +The server will delete modes from this list which don't satisfy various +requirements. +The first valid mode in this list will be the default display mode for +startup. +The list of valid modes is converted internally into a circular list. +It is possible to switch to the next mode with +.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Plus +and to the previous mode with +.BR Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Minus . +When this entry is omitted, the valid modes referenced by the appropriate +.B Monitor +section will be used. If the +.B Monitor +section contains no modes, then the selection will be taken from the +built-in VESA standard modes. +.TP 7 +.BI "Visual \*q" visual\-name \*q +This optional entry sets the default root visual type. +This may also be specified from the command line (see the +.BR Xserver(__appmansuffix__) +man page). +The visual types available for depth 8 are (default is +.BR PseudoColor ): +.PP +.RS 11 +.nf +.B StaticGray +.B GrayScale +.B StaticColor +.B PseudoColor +.B TrueColor +.B DirectColor +.fi +.RE +.PP +.RS 7 +The visual type available for the depths 15, 16 and 24 are (default is +.BR TrueColor ): +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B TrueColor +.B DirectColor +.fi +.RE +.PP +Not all drivers support +.B DirectColor +at these depths. +.PP +The visual types available for the depth 4 are (default is +.BR StaticColor ): +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B StaticGray +.B GrayScale +.B StaticColor +.B PseudoColor +.fi +.RE +.PP +The visual type available for the depth 1 (monochrome) is +.BR StaticGray . +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "Black " "red green blue" +This optional entry allows the \(lqblack\(rq colour to be specified. +This is only supported at depth 1. +The default is black. +.TP 7 +.BI "White " "red green blue" +This optional entry allows the \(lqwhite\(rq colour to be specified. +This is only supported at depth 1. +The default is white. +.TP 7 +.B Options +Option flags may be specified in the +.B Display +subsections. +These may include driver\-specific options and driver\-independent options. +The former are described in the driver\-specific documentation. +Some of the latter are described above in the section about the +.B Screen +section, and they may also be included here. +.SH "SERVERLAYOUT SECTION" +The config file may have multiple +.B ServerLayout +sections. +A \(lqserver layout\(rq represents the binding of one or more screens +.RB ( Screen +sections) and one or more input devices +.RB ( InputDevice +sections) to form a complete configuration. +In multi\-head configurations, it also specifies the relative layout of the +heads. +A +.B ServerLayout +section is considered \(lqactive\(rq if it is referenced by the +.B \-layout +command line option or by an +.B "Option \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q" +entry in the +.B ServerFlags +section (the former takes precedence over the latter). +If those options are not used, the first +.B ServerLayout +section found in the config file is considered the active one. +If no +.B ServerLayout +sections are present, the single active screen and two active (core) +input devices are selected as described in the relevant sections above. +.PP +.B ServerLayout +sections have the following format: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qServerLayout\*q" +.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q +.BI " Screen \*q" screen\-id \*q +.I " ..." +.BI " InputDevice \*q" idev\-id \*q +.I " ..." +.I " options" +.I " ..." +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.PP +Each +.B ServerLayout +section must have an +.B Identifier +entry and at least one +.B Screen +entry. +.PP +The +.B Identifier +entry specifies the unique name for this server layout. +The +.B ServerLayout +section provides information specific to the whole session, including +session\-specific +.BR Options . +The +.B ServerFlags +options (described above) may be specified here, and ones given here +override those given in the +.B ServerFlags +section. +.PP +The entries that may be used in this section are described here. +.TP 7 +.BI "Screen " "screen\-num" " \*qscreen\-id\*q " "position\-information" +One of these entries must be given for each screen being used in +a session. +The +.I screen\-id +field is mandatory, and specifies the +.B Screen +section being referenced. +The +.I screen\-num +field is optional, and may be used to specify the screen number +in multi\-head configurations. +When this field is omitted, the screens will be numbered in the order that +they are listed in. +The numbering starts from 0, and must be consecutive. +The +.I position\-information +field describes the way multiple screens are positioned. +There are a number of different ways that this information can be provided: +.RS 7 +.TP 4 +.I "x y" +.TP 4 +.BI "Absolute " "x y" +These both specify that the upper left corner's coordinates are +.RI ( x , y ). +The +.B Absolute +keyword is optional. +Some older versions of XFree86 (4.2 and earlier) don't recognise the +.B Absolute +keyword, so it's safest to just specify the coordinates without it. +.TP 4 +.BI "RightOf \*q" screen\-id \*q +.TP 4 +.BI "LeftOf \*q" screen\-id \*q +.TP 4 +.BI "Above \*q" screen\-id \*q +.TP 4 +.BI "Below \*q" screen\-id \*q +.TP 4 +.BI "Relative \*q" screen\-id \*q " x y" +These give the screen's location relative to another screen. +The first four position the screen immediately to the right, left, above or +below the other screen. +When positioning to the right or left, the top edges are aligned. +When positioning above or below, the left edges are aligned. +The +.B Relative +form specifies the offset of the screen's origin (upper left corner) +relative to the origin of another screen. +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "InputDevice \*q" idev\-id "\*q \*q" option \*q " ..." +One of these entries should be given for each input device being used in +a session. +Normally at least two are required, one each for the core pointer and +keyboard devices. +If either of those is missing, suitable +.B InputDevice +entries are searched for using the method described above in the +.B INPUTDEVICE +section. The +.I idev\-id +field is mandatory, and specifies the name of the +.B InputDevice +section being referenced. +Multiple +.I option +fields may be specified, each in double quotes. +The options permitted here are any that may also be given in the +.B InputDevice +sections. +Normally only session\-specific input device options would be used here. +The most commonly used options are: +.PP +.RS 11 +.nf +.B \*qCorePointer\*q +.B \*qCoreKeyboard\*q +.B \*qSendCoreEvents\*q +.fi +.RE +.PP +.RS 7 +and the first two should normally be used to indicate the core pointer +and core keyboard devices respectively. +.RE +.TP 7 +.B Options +In addition to the following, any option permitted in the +.B ServerFlags +section may also be specified here. +When the same option appears in both places, the value given here overrides +the one given in the +.B ServerFlags +section. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qIsolateDevice\*q \*q" bus\-id \*q +Restrict device resets to the specified +.IR bus\-id . +See the +.B BusID +option (described in +.BR "DEVICE SECTION" , +above) for the format of the +.I bus\-id +parameter. +This option overrides +.BR SingleCard , +if specified. +At present, only PCI devices can be isolated in this manner. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qSingleCard\*q \*q" boolean \*q +As +.BR IsolateDevice , +except that the bus ID of the first device in the layout is used. +.PP +Here is an example of a +.B ServerLayout +section for a dual headed configuration with two mice: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.B "Section \*qServerLayout\*q" +.B " Identifier \*qLayout 1\*q" +.B " Screen \*qMGA 1\*q" +.B " Screen \*qMGA 2\*q RightOf \*qMGA 1\*q" +.B " InputDevice \*qKeyboard 1\*q \*qCoreKeyboard\*q" +.B " InputDevice \*qMouse 1\*q \*qCorePointer\*q" +.B " InputDevice \*qMouse 2\*q \*qSendCoreEvents\*q" +.B " Option \*qBlankTime\*q \*q5\*q" +.B "EndSection" +.fi +.RE +.SH "DRI SECTION" +This optional section is used to provide some information for the +Direct Rendering Infrastructure. +Details about the format of this section can be found on-line at +.IR <http://dri.freedesktop.org/> . +.SH "VENDOR SECTION" +The optional +.B Vendor +section may be used to provide vendor\-specific configuration information. +Multiple +.B Vendor +sections may be present, and they may contain an +.B Identifier +entry and multiple +.B Option +flags. +The data therein is not used in this release. +.PP +.SH "SEE ALSO" +General: +.BR X (__miscmansuffix__), +.BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__), +.BR __xservername__ (__appmansuffix__), +.BR cvt (__appmansuffix__), +.BR gtf (__appmansuffix__). +.PP +.B "Not all modules or interfaces are available on all platforms." +.PP +Display drivers: +.BR apm (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR ati (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR chips (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR cirrus (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR cyrix (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR fbdev (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR glide (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR glint (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR i128 (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR i740 (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR imstt (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR intel (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR mga (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR neomagic (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR nv (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR openchrome (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR r128 (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR radeon (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR rendition (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR savage (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR s3virge (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR siliconmotion (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR sis (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR sisusb (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR sunbw2 (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR suncg14 (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR suncg3 (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR suncg6 (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR sunffb (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR sunleo (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR suntcx (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR tdfx (__drivermansuffix__), +.\" .BR tga (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR trident (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR tseng (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR vesa (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR vmware (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR voodoo (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR wsfb (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR xgi (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR xgixp (__drivermansuffix__). +.PP +Input drivers: +.BR acecad (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR citron (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR elographics (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR evdev (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR fpit (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR joystick (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR kbd (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR mousedrv (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR mutouch (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR penmount (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR synaptics (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR vmmouse (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR void (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR wacom (__drivermansuffix__). +.PP +Other modules and interfaces: +.BR exa (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR fbdevhw (__drivermansuffix__), +.\" .BR shadowfb (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR v4l (__drivermansuffix__). +.br +.SH AUTHORS +This manual page was largely rewritten by David Dawes +.IR <dawes@xfree86.org> . |