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diff --git a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6fa334cc3 --- /dev/null +++ b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man @@ -0,0 +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. |