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+.\" $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> .