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diff --git a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre new file mode 100644 index 000000000..de93aaf36 --- /dev/null +++ b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre @@ -0,0 +1,2223 @@ +.\" $XdotOrg: xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre,v 1.7 2006/05/26 00:12:18 reed Exp $ +.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. +.ds q \N'34' +.TH __xconfigfile__ __filemansuffix__ __vendorversion__ +.SH NAME +__xconfigfile__ \- configuration File 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__ configuration file, 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__ +for its initial setup. +This 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__\-4 +.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ +.I /etc/__xconfigfile__ +.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> +.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__\-4 +.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ +.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__\-4 +.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 (__oslibmansuffix__). +.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 +.BI $HOME /__xconfigfile__ +.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__\-4 +.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ +.I /etc/__xconfigfile__ +.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> +.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__\-4 +.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ +.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__\-4 +.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 (__oslibmansuffix__). +.PP +The +.I __xconfigfile__ +file is composed of a number of sections which may be present in any order. +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 "InputDevice " "Input device 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 wich 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 __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ +.fi +.RE +.PP +The recommended font path contains the following font path elements: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/local/ +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ +.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 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. +.. +.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 \*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 Ctrl+Alt+Backspace +sequence. +That sequence is normally used to terminate the __xservername__ server. +When this option is enabled, that key sequence has no special meaning and +is passed to clients. +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 \*qDisableModInDev\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This disables the parts of the XFree86\-Misc extension that can be used to +modify the input device settings dynamically. +Default: that functionality is enabled. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAllowNonLocalModInDev\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This allows a client to connect from another host and change keyboard +and mouse settings in the running server. +Default: off. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAllowMouseOpenFail\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This allows the server to start up even if the mouse device can't be +opened/initialised. +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 \*qXkbDisable\*q \*q" boolean \*q +disable/enable the XKEYBOARD extension. +The \-kb command line option overrides this config file option. +Default: XKB is enabled. +.\" The following four options are "undocumented". +.ig +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qPciProbe1\*q" +Use PCI probe method 1. +Default: set. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qPciProbe2\*q" +Use PCI probe method 2. +Default: not set. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qPciForceConfig1\*q" +Force the use PCI config type 1. +Default: not set. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qPciForceConfig2\*q" +Force the use PCI config type 2. +Default: not set. +.. +.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: 20 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: 30 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: 40 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. +.\" Doubt this should be documented. +.ig +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qEstimateSizesAggressively\*q \*q" value \*q +This option affects the way that bus resource sizes are estimated. +Default: 0. +.. +.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 \*qAllowDeactivateGrabs\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This option enables the use of the +.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Divide +key sequence to deactivate any active keyboard and mouse grabs. +Default: off. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAllowClosedownGrabs\*q \*q" boolean \*q +This option enables the use of the +.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Multiply +key sequence to kill clients with an active keyboard or mouse grab as well +as killing any application that may have locked the server, normally using +the +.BR XGrabServer(__libmansuffix__) +Xlib function. +Default: off. +.br +Note that the options +.B AllowDeactivateGrabs +and +.B AllowClosedownGrabs +will allow users to remove the grab used by screen saver/locker programs. +An API was written to such cases. +If you enable this option, make sure your screen saver/locker is updated. +Default: off. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qHandleSpecialKeys\*q \*q" when \*q +This option controls when the server uses the builtin handler to process +special key combinations (such as +.BR Ctrl+Alt+Backspace ). +Normally the XKEYBOARD extension keymaps will provide mappings for each of +the special key combinations, so the builtin handler is not needed unless +the XKEYBOARD extension is disabled. +The value of +.I when +can be +.BR Always , +.BR Never , +or +.BR WhenNeeded . +Default: Use the builtin handler only if needed. +The server will scan the keymap for a mapping to the +.B Terminate +action and, if found, use XKEYBOARD for processing actions, otherwise +the builtin handler will be used. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAIGLX\*q \*q" boolean \*q +enable or disable AIGLX. AIGLX is enabled 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 \*qAllowEmptyInput\*q \*q" boolean \*q +If enabled, don't add the standard keyboard and mouse drivers, if there are no +input devices in the config file. Enabled by default if AutoAddDevices and +AutoEnableDevices is enabled, otherwise disabled. +If AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using the kbd or mouse driver are ignored. +.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. +.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 types of modules normally loaded in this section are __xservername__ server +extension modules, and font rasteriser 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 FreeType font rasteriser can be loaded with the following entry: +.PP +.RS 4 +.B "Load \*qfreetype\*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, input, extensions, fonts, and +internal 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 font and extension modules are available, check the contents +of the following directories: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +__projectroot__/lib/modules/fonts +__projectroot__/lib/modules/extensions +.fi +.RE +.PP +The \(lqbitmap\(rq font module is loaded automatically. +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 "INPUTDEVICE SECTION" +The config file may have multiple +.B InputDevice +sections. +There will normally be at least two: one for the core (primary) keyboard, +and one of the core pointer. +If either of these two is missing, a default configuration for the missing +ones will be used. +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 keyboard (__drivermansuffix__) +and +.BR mouse (__drivermansuffix__). +.PP +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 \(lqkeyboard\(rq or \(lqkbd\(rq) driver is used. +The final fallback is to use built\-in default configurations. +.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 \*qCorePointer\*q" +When this is set, the input device is installed as the core (primary) +pointer device. +There must be exactly one core pointer. +If this option is not set here, or in the +.B ServerLayout +section, or from the +.B \-pointer +command line option, then the first input device that is capable of +being used as a core pointer will be selected as the core pointer. +This option is implicitly set when the obsolete +.B Pointer +section is used. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qCoreKeyboard\*q" +When this is set, the input device is to be installed as the core +(primary) keyboard device. +There must be exactly one core keyboard. +If this option is not set here, in the +.B ServerLayout +section, or from the +.B \-keyboard +command line option, then the first input device that is capable of +being used as a core keyboard will be selected as the core keyboard. +This option is implicitly set when the obsolete +.B Keyboard +section is used. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAlwaysCore\*q \*q" boolean \*q +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qSendCoreEvents\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Both of these options are equivalent, and when enabled cause the +input device to always report core events. +This can be used, for example, to allow an additional pointer device to +generate core pointer events (like moving the cursor, etc). +.TP 4 +.BI "Option \*qHistorySize\*q \*q" number \*q +Sets the motion history size. +Default: 0. +.TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qSendDragEvents\*q \*q" boolean \*q +??? +.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 " "\*qTargetRefresh\*q " \*qrate\*q +This optional entry specifies the vertical refresh rate that the server +should aim for when selecting video modes. Without this option, the +default is to prefer modes with higher refresh rates. +.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 " "\*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 in the README.DRI document, which is also available 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 i810 (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR imstt (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR mga (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR neomagic (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR nv (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR r128 (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR rendition (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR savage (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR s3virge (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR siliconmotion (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR sis (__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 vga (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR via (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR vmware (__drivermansuffix__). +.PP +Input drivers: +.\" .BR acecad (__drivermansuffix__), +.\" .BR calcomp (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR citron (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR dmc (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR dynapro (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR elographics (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR fpit (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR js_x (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR kbd (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR keyboard (__drivermansuffix__), +.\" .BR magictouch (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR microtouch (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR mouse (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR mutouch (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR palmax (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR penmount (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR tek4957 (__drivermansuffix__), +.\" .BR ur98 (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR void (__drivermansuffix__), +.BR wacom (__drivermansuffix__). +.PP +Other modules and interfaces: +.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> . |