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+++ b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
.\" $XdotOrg: xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre,v 1.3 2005/07/04 18:41:01 ajax Exp $
.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
.ds q \N'34'
-.TH __xservername__ __appmansuffix__ __vendorversion__
+.TH Xorg __appmansuffix__ __vendorversion__
.SH NAME
-__xservername__ - X11R7 X server
+Xorg - X11R7 X server
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
.RI [\fB:\fP display ]
.RI [ option
.IR ... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX and
UNIX-like operating systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now runs
on a wider range of hardware and OS platforms.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ by Thomas Roell which was contributed to X11R5 by Snitily Graphics
Consulting Service.
.SH PLATFORMS
.PP
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
operates under a wide range of operating systems and hardware platforms.
The Intel x86 (IA32) architecture is the most widely supported hardware
platform. Other hardware platforms include Compaq Alpha, Intel IA64, AMD64,
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Xquartz(__appmansuffix__) X server. Win32/Cygwin is supported with the
XWin(__appmansuffix__) X server.
.PP
.SH "NETWORK CONNECTIONS"
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
supports connections made using the following reliable
byte-streams:
.TP 4
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ On some System V platforms, the "local" connection types also include
STREAMS pipes, named pipes, and some other mechanisms.
.TP 4
.I TCP\/IP
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
listens on port
.RI 6000+ n ,
where
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ file. If you use xdm(1), the definitions should be early on in the
.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession
script.
.SH OPTIONS
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and
run-time parameters: command line options, environment variables, the
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) configuration files, auto-detection, and
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) configuration files, auto-detection, and
fallback defaults. When the same information is supplied in more than
one way, the highest precedence mechanism is used. The list of mechanisms
is ordered from highest precedence to lowest. Note that not all parameters
@@ -119,21 +119,21 @@ can be supplied via all methods. The available command line options
and environment variables (and some defaults) are described here and in
the Xserver(__appmansuffix__) manual page. Most configuration file
parameters, with their defaults, are described in the
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page. Driver and module specific
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) manual page. Driver and module specific
configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver or module
manual page.
.PP
In addition to the normal server options described in the
Xserver(__appmansuffix__) manual page,
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
accepts the following command line switches:
.TP 8
.BI vt XX
.I XX
specifies the Virtual Terminal device number which
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
will use. Without this option,
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
will pick the first available Virtual Terminal that it can locate. This
option applies only to platforms that have virtual terminal support, such
as Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, SVR3, and SVR4.
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ as Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, SVR3, and SVR4.
Allow the server to start up even if the mouse device can't be opened
or initialised. This is equivalent to the
.B AllowMouseOpenFail
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file option.
.TP 8
.B \-allowNonLocalXvidtune
Make the VidMode extension available to remote clients. This allows
the xvidtune client to connect from another host. This is equivalent
to the
.B AllowNonLocalXvidtune
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. By default non-local
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file option. By default non-local
connections are not allowed.
.TP 8
.BI \-bgamma " value"
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ config directory search path for all other users.
.TP 8
.B \-configure
When this option is specified, the
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
server loads all video driver modules, probes for available hardware,
-and writes out an initial __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file based on
+and writes out an initial xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file based on
what was detected. This option currently has some problems on some
platforms, but in most cases it is a good way to bootstrap the
configuration process. This option is only available when the server
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Disable the parts of the VidMode extension (used by the xvidtune
client) that can be used to change the video modes. This is equivalent
to the
.B DisableVidModeExtension
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file option.
.TP 8
.B \-fbbpp \fIn\fP
Sets the number of framebuffer bits per pixel. You should only set this
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ options.
.TP 8
.B \-ignoreABI
The
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
server checks the ABI revision levels of each module that it loads. It
will normally refuse to load modules with ABI revisions that are newer
than the server's. This is because such modules might use interfaces
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ This option is only useful when debugging the server. Not all platforms
support (or can use) this option.
.TP 8
.BI \-keyboard " keyboard-name"
-Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file
+Use the xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file
.B InputDevice
section called
.I keyboard-name
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ section and this option, the first relevant
section is used for the core keyboard.
.TP 8
.BI \-layout " layout-name"
-Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file
+Use the xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file
.B Layout
section called
.IR layout-name .
@@ -300,20 +300,20 @@ section is used.
Use the file called
.I filename
as the
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
server log file. The default log file is
-.BI __logdir__/__xservername__. n .log
+.BI __logdir__/Xorg. n .log
on most platforms, where
.I n
is the display number of the
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
server. The default may be in a different directory on some platforms.
This option is only available when the server is run as root (i.e, with
real-uid 0).
.TP 8
.BR \-logverbose " [\fIn\fP]"
Sets the verbosity level for information printed to the
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
server log file. If the
.I n
value isn't supplied, each occurrence of this option increments the log
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ Set the module search path to
.IR searchpath .
.I searchpath
is a comma separated list of directories to search for
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
server modules. This option is only available when the server is run
as root (i.e, with real-uid 0).
.TP 8
@@ -345,16 +345,16 @@ reason to use this option. Some client applications don't like this
pixmap format, even though it is a perfectly legal format. This is
equivalent to the
.B Pixmap
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file option.
.TP 8
.B \-pixmap32
Set the internal pixmap format for depth 24 pixmaps to 32 bits per pixel.
This is usually the default. This is equivalent to the
.B Pixmap
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file option.
.TP 8
.BI \-pointer " pointer-name"
-Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file
+Use the xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file
.B InputDevice
section called
.I pointer-name
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ options.
Share virtual terminals with another X server, if supported by the OS.
.TP 8
.BI \-screen " screen-name"
-Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file
+Use the xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file
.B Screen
section called
.IR screen-name .
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ support.
.SH "KEYBOARD"
.PP
The
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
server is normally configured to recognize various special combinations
of key presses that instruct the server to perform some action, rather
than just sending the key press event to a client application. These actions
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ keymap.
Immediately kills the server -- no questions asked. It can be disabled by
setting the
.B DontZap
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option to a TRUE value.
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file option to a TRUE value.
.PP
.RS 8
It should be noted that zapping is triggered by the
@@ -462,43 +462,43 @@ but can be enabled with the XKB option
Change video mode to next one specified in the configuration file.
This can be disabled with the
.B DontZoom
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file option.
.TP 8
.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus
Change video mode to previous one specified in the configuration file.
This can be disabled with the
.B DontZoom
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file option.
.TP 8
.B Ctrl+Alt+F1...F12
For systems with virtual terminal support, these keystroke
combinations are used to switch to virtual terminals 1 through 12,
respectively. This can be disabled with the
.B DontVTSwitch
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option.
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) file option.
.SH CONFIGURATION
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
typically uses a configuration file called
-.B __xconfigfile__
+.B xorg.conf
and configuration files with the suffix
.I .conf
in a directory called
.B __xconfigdir__
for its initial setup.
-Refer to the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page for information
+Refer to the xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) manual page for information
about the format of this file.
.PP
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
has a mechanism for automatically generating a built-in configuration
at run-time when no
-.B __xconfigfile__
+.B xorg.conf
file or
.B __xconfigdir__
files are present. The current version of this automatic configuration
mechanism works in two ways.
.PP
The first is via enhancements that have made many components of the
-.B __xconfigfile__
+.B xorg.conf
file optional. This means that information that can be probed or
reasonably deduced doesn't need to be specified explicitly, greatly
reducing the amount of built-in configuration information that needs to
@@ -506,33 +506,33 @@ be generated at run-time.
.PP
The second is to have "safe" fallbacks for most configuration information.
This maximises the likelihood that the
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
server will start up in some usable configuration even when information
about the specific hardware is not available.
.PP
-The automatic configuration support for __xservername__ is work in progress.
+The automatic configuration support for Xorg is work in progress.
It is currently aimed at the most popular hardware and software platforms
-supported by __xservername__. Enhancements are planned for future releases.
+supported by Xorg. Enhancements are planned for future releases.
.SH FILES
The
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
server config files can be found in a range of locations. These are
-documented fully in the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page. The
+documented fully in the xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__) manual page. The
most commonly used locations are shown here.
.TP 30
-.B /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__
+.B /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Server configuration file.
.TP 30
-.B /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__-4
+.B /etc/X11/xorg.conf-4
Server configuration file.
.TP 30
-.B /etc/__xconfigfile__
+.B /etc/xorg.conf
Server configuration file.
.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/etc/__xconfigfile__
+.B __projectroot__/etc/xorg.conf
Server configuration file.
.TP 30
-.B __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__
+.B __projectroot__/lib/X11/xorg.conf
Server configuration file.
.TP 30
.B /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ Server configuration directory.
.B __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigdir__
Server configuration directory.
.TP 30
-.BI __logdir__/__xservername__. n .log
+.BI __logdir__/Xorg. n .log
Server log file for display
.IR n .
.TP 30
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ Initial access control list for display
.IR n .
.SH "SEE ALSO"
X(__miscmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), xdm(__appmansuffix__), xinit(__appmansuffix__),
-__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xvidtune(__appmansuffix__),
+xorg.conf(__filemansuffix__), xvidtune(__appmansuffix__),
xkeyboard-config (__miscmansuffix__),
apm(__drivermansuffix__),
ati(__drivermansuffix__),
@@ -623,15 +623,15 @@ Web site
.IR <http://www.x.org> .
.SH AUTHORS
-__xservername__ has many contributors world wide. The names of most of them
+Xorg has many contributors world wide. The names of most of them
can be found in the documentation, ChangeLog files in the source tree,
and in the actual source code.
.PP
-__xservername__ was originally based on XFree86 4.4rc2.
+Xorg was originally based on XFree86 4.4rc2.
That was originally based on \fIX386 1.2\fP by Thomas Roell, which
was contributed to the then X Consortium's X11R5 distribution by SGCS.
.PP
-__xservername__ is released by the X.Org Foundation.
+Xorg is released by the X.Org Foundation.
.PP
The project that became XFree86 was originally founded in 1992 by
David Dawes, Glenn Lai, Jim Tsillas and David Wexelblat.
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ Orest Zborowski \fIorestz@eskimo.com\fP
.fi
.RE
.PP
-__xservername__ source is available from the FTP server
+Xorg source is available from the FTP server
\fI<ftp://ftp.x.org/>\fP, and from the X.Org
server \fI<http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/>\fP. Documentation and other
information can be found from the X.Org web site
@@ -679,10 +679,10 @@ information can be found from the X.Org web site
.SH LEGAL
.PP
-.B __xservername__
+.B Xorg
is copyright software, provided under licenses that permit modification
and redistribution in source and binary form without fee.
-.B __xservername__ is copyright by numerous authors and
+.B Xorg is copyright by numerous authors and
contributors from around the world. Licensing information can be found
at
.IR <http://www.x.org> .