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diff --git a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man index 4bec31695..ce0c177bc 100644 --- a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man +++ b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man @@ -1,2485 +1,2485 @@ -.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. -.ds q \N'34' -.TH __xconfigfile__ __filemansuffix__ __vendorversion__ -.SH NAME -__xconfigfile__ and __xconfigdir__ \- configuration files for -__xservername__ X server -.SH INTRODUCTION -.B __xservername__ -supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and -run-time parameters: command line options, environment variables, the -__xconfigfile__ and __xconfigdir__ configuration files, auto-detection, -and fallback defaults. When the same information is supplied in more -than one way, the highest precedence mechanism is used. The list of -mechanisms is ordered from highest precedence to lowest. Note that not -all parameters can be supplied via all methods. The available command -line options and environment variables (and some defaults) are -described in the Xserver(__appmansuffix__) and -__xservername__(__appmansuffix__) manual pages. Most configuration file -parameters, with their defaults, are described below. Driver and module -specific configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver -or module manual page. -.SH DESCRIPTION -.B __xservername__ -uses a configuration file called -.I __xconfigfile__ -and files ending in the suffix -.I .conf -from the directory -.I __xconfigdir__ -for its initial setup. -The -.I __xconfigfile__ -configuration file is searched for in the following places when the -server is started as a normal user: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline> -.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/ <cmdline> -.IB /etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG -.IB __projectroot__/etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG -.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ -.I /etc/__xconfigfile__ -.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> -.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ -.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> -.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__ -.fi -.RE -.PP -where -.I <cmdline> -is a relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified with the -.B \-config -command line option, -.B $XORGCONFIG -is the relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified by that -environment variable, and -.I <hostname> -is the machine's hostname as reported by -.BR gethostname (__libmansuffix__). -.PP -When the __xservername__ server is started by the \(lqroot\(rq user, the config file -search locations are as follows: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -<cmdline> -.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline> -.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/ <cmdline> -.B $XORGCONFIG -.IB /etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG -.IB __projectroot__/etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG -.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ -.I /etc/__xconfigfile__ -.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> -.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__ -.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname> -.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__ -.fi -.RE -.PP -where -.I <cmdline> -is the path specified with the -.B \-config -command line option (which may be absolute or relative), -.B $XORGCONFIG -is the path specified by that -environment variable (absolute or relative), -.B $HOME -is the path specified by that environment variable (usually the home -directory), and -.I <hostname> -is the machine's hostname as reported by -.BR gethostname (__libmansuffix__). -.PP -Additional configuration files are searched for in the following -directories when the server is started as a normal user: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline> -.IR __sysconfdir__/X11/ <cmdline> -.I /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__ -.I __sysconfdir__/X11/__xconfigdir__ -.fi -.RE -.PP -where -.I <cmdline> -is a relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified with the -.B \-configdir -command line option. -.PP -When the __xservername__ server is started by the \(lqroot\(rq user, the -config directory search locations are as follows: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -<cmdline> -.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline> -.IR __sysconfdir__/X11/ <cmdline> -.I /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__ -.I __sysconfdir__/X11/__xconfigdir__ -.fi -.RE -.PP -where -.I <cmdline> -is the path specified with the -.B \-configdir -command line option (which may be absolute or relative). -.PP -Finally, configuration files will also be searched for in directories -reserved for system use. These are to separate configuration files from -the vendor or 3rd party packages from those of local administration. -These files are found in the following directories: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.I /usr/share/X11/__xconfigdir__ -.I __datadir__/X11/__xconfigdir__ -.fi -.RE -.PP -The -.I __xconfigfile__ -and -.I __xconfigdir__ -files are composed of a number of sections which may be present in any order, -or omitted to use default configuration values. -Each section has the form: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.BI "Section \*q" SectionName \*q -.RI " " SectionEntry - ... -.B EndSection -.fi -.RE -.PP -The section names are: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.BR "Files " "File pathnames" -.BR "ServerFlags " "Server flags" -.BR "Module " "Dynamic module loading" -.BR "Extensions " "Extension enabling" -.BR "InputDevice " "Input device description" -.BR "InputClass " "Input class description" -.BR "Device " "Graphics device description" -.BR "VideoAdaptor " "Xv video adaptor description" -.BR "Monitor " "Monitor description" -.BR "Modes " "Video modes descriptions" -.BR "Screen " "Screen configuration" -.BR "ServerLayout " "Overall layout" -.BR "DRI " "DRI\-specific configuration" -.BR "Vendor " "Vendor\-specific configuration" -.fi -.RE -.PP -The following obsolete section names are still recognised for compatibility -purposes. -In new config files, the -.B InputDevice -section should be used instead. -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.BR "Keyboard " "Keyboard configuration" -.BR "Pointer " "Pointer/mouse configuration" -.fi -.RE -.PP -The old -.B XInput -section is no longer recognised. -.PP -The -.B ServerLayout -sections are at the highest level. -They bind together the input and output devices that will be used in a session. -The input devices are described in the -.B InputDevice -sections. -Output devices usually consist of multiple independent components (e.g., -a graphics board and a monitor). -These multiple components are bound together in the -.B Screen -sections, and it is these that are referenced by the -.B ServerLayout -section. -Each -.B Screen -section binds together a graphics board and a monitor. -The graphics boards are described in the -.B Device -sections, and the monitors are described in the -.B Monitor -sections. -.PP -Config file keywords are case\-insensitive, and \(lq_\(rq characters are -ignored. -Most strings (including -.B Option -names) are also case-insensitive, and insensitive to white space and -\(lq_\(rq characters. -.PP -Each config file entry usually takes up a single line in the file. They -consist of a keyword, which is possibly followed by one or more arguments, -with the number and types of the arguments depending on the keyword. -The argument types are: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.BR "Integer " "an integer number in decimal, hex or octal" -.BR "Real " "a floating point number" -.BR "String " "a string enclosed in double quote marks (\*q)" -.fi -.RE -.PP -Note: hex integer values must be prefixed with \(lq0x\(rq, and octal values -with \(lq0\(rq. -.PP -A special keyword called -.B Option -may be used to provide free\-form data to various components of the server. -The -.B Option -keyword takes either one or two string arguments. -The first is the option name, and the optional second argument is the -option value. -Some commonly used option value types include: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.BR "Integer " "an integer number in decimal, hex or octal" -.BR "Real " "a floating point number" -.BR "String " "a sequence of characters" -.BR "Boolean " "a boolean value (see below)" -.BR "Frequency " "a frequency value (see below)" -.fi -.RE -.PP -Note that -.I all -.B Option -values, not just strings, must be enclosed in quotes. -.PP -Boolean options may optionally have a value specified. -When no value is specified, the option's value is -.BR TRUE . -The following boolean option values are recognised as -.BR TRUE : -.PP -.RS 4 -.BR 1 , -.BR on , -.BR true , -.B yes -.RE -.PP -and the following boolean option values are recognised as -.BR FALSE : -.PP -.RS 4 -.BR 0 , -.BR off , -.BR false , -.B no -.RE -.PP -If an option name is prefixed with -.RB \*q No \*q, -then the option value is negated. -.PP -Example: the following option entries are equivalent: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qOff\*q" -.B "Option \*qNoAccel\*q" -.B "Option \*qNoAccel\*q \*qOn\*q" -.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qfalse\*q" -.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qno\*q" -.fi -.RE -.PP -Frequency option values consist of a real number that is optionally -followed by one of the following frequency units: -.PP -.RS 4 -.BR Hz , -.BR k , -.BR kHz , -.BR M , -.B MHz -.RE -.PP -When the unit name is omitted, the correct units will be determined from -the value and the expectations of the appropriate range of the value. -It is recommended that the units always be specified when using frequency -option values to avoid any errors in determining the value. -.SH "FILES SECTION" -The -.B Files -section is used to specify some path names required by the server. -Some of these paths can also be set from the command line (see -.BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__) -and -.BR __xservername__ (__appmansuffix__)). -The command line settings override the values specified in the config -file. -The -.B Files -section is optional, as are all of the entries that may appear in it. -.PP -The entries that can appear in this section are: -.TP 7 -.BI "FontPath \*q" path \*q -sets the search path for fonts. -This path is a comma separated list of font path elements which the __xservername__ -server searches for font databases. -Multiple -.B FontPath -entries may be specified, and they will be concatenated to build up the -fontpath used by the server. Font path elements can be absolute -directory paths, catalogue directories or a font server identifier. The -formats of the later two are explained below: -.PP -.RS 7 -Catalogue directories: -.PP -.RS 4 -Catalogue directories can be specified using the prefix \fBcatalogue:\fR -before the directory name. The directory can then be populated with -symlinks pointing to the real font directories, using the following -syntax in the symlink name: -.PP -.RS 4 -.IR <identifier> : [attribute]: pri= <priority> -.RE -.PP -where -.I <identifier> -is an alphanumeric identifier, -.I [attribute] -is an attribute which will be passed to the underlying FPE and -.I <priority> -is a number used to order the fontfile FPEs. Examples: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.I 75dpi:unscaled:pri=20 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi -.I gscript:pri=60 -> /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript -.I misc:unscaled:pri=10 \-> /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc -.fi -.PP -.RE .RE .RE -.PP -.RS 7 -Font server identifiers: -.PP -.RS 4 -Font server identifiers have the form: -.RS 4 -.PP -.IR <trans> / <hostname> : <port\-number> -.RE -.PP -where -.I <trans> -is the transport type to use to connect to the font server (e.g., -.B unix -for UNIX\-domain sockets or -.B tcp -for a TCP/IP connection), -.I <hostname> -is the hostname of the machine running the font server, and -.I <port\-number> -is the port number that the font server is listening on (usually 7100). -.RE -.PP -When this entry is not specified in the config file, the server falls back -to the compiled\-in default font path, which contains the following -font path elements (which can be set inside a catalogue directory): -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/misc/ -.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/TTF/ -.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/OTF/ -.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/Type1/ -.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/100dpi/ -.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/75dpi/ -.fi -.RE -.PP -Font path elements that are found to be invalid are removed from the -font path when the server starts up. -.RE -.TP 7 -.BI "ModulePath \*q" path \*q -sets the search path for loadable __xservername__ server modules. -This path is a comma separated list of directories which the __xservername__ server -searches for loadable modules loading in the order specified. -Multiple -.B ModulePath -entries may be specified, and they will be concatenated to build the -module search path used by the server. The default module path is -.PP -.RS 11 -__modulepath__ -.RE -.\" The LogFile keyword is not currently implemented -.ig -.TP 7 -.BI "LogFile \*q" path \*q -sets the name of the __xservername__ server log file. -The default log file name is -.PP -.RS 11 -.RI __logdir__/__xservername__. <n> .log -.RE -.PP -.RS 7 -where -.I <n> -is the display number for the __xservername__ server. -.. -.TP 7 -.BI "XkbDir \*q" path \*q -sets the base directory for keyboard layout files. The -.B \-xkbdir -command line option can be used to override this. The default directory is -.PP -.RS 11 -__xkbdir__ -.RE -.SH "SERVERFLAGS SECTION" -In addition to options specific to this section (described below), the -.B ServerFlags -section is used to specify some global -__xservername__ server options. -All of the entries in this section are -.BR Options , -although for compatibility purposes some of the old style entries are -still recognised. -Those old style entries are not documented here, and using them is -discouraged. -The -.B ServerFlags -section is optional, as are the entries that may be specified in it. -.PP -.B Options -specified in this section (with the exception of the -.B \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q -.BR Option ) -may be overridden by -.B Options -specified in the active -.B ServerLayout -section. -Options with command line equivalents are overridden when their command -line equivalent is used. -The options recognised by this section are: -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q \*q" layout\-id \*q -This specifies the default -.B ServerLayout -section to use in the absence of the -.B \-layout -command line option. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qNoTrapSignals\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This prevents the __xservername__ server from trapping a range of unexpected fatal -signals and exiting cleanly. -Instead, the __xservername__ server will die and drop core where the fault occurred. -The default behaviour is for the __xservername__ server to exit cleanly, but still drop a -core file. -In general you never want to use this option unless you are debugging an __xservername__ -server problem and know how to deal with the consequences. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qUseSIGIO\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This controls whether the __xservername__ server requests that events from -input devices be reported via a SIGIO signal handler (also known as SIGPOLL -on some platforms), or only reported via the standard select(3) loop. -The default behaviour is platform specific. In general you do not want to -use this option unless you are debugging the __xservername__ server, or -working around a specific bug until it is fixed, and understand the -consequences. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qDontVTSwitch\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This disallows the use of the -.BI Ctrl+Alt+F n -sequence (where -.RI F n -refers to one of the numbered function keys). -That sequence is normally used to switch to another \*qvirtual terminal\*q -on operating systems that have this feature. -When this option is enabled, that key sequence has no special meaning and -is passed to clients. -Default: off. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qDontZap\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This disallows the use of the -.B Terminate_Server -XKB action (usually on Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, depending on XKB options). -This action is normally used to terminate the __xservername__ server. -When this option is enabled, the action has no effect. -Default: off. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qDontZoom\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This disallows the use of the -.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Plus -and -.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Minus -sequences. -These sequences allows you to switch between video modes. -When this option is enabled, those key sequences have no special meaning -and are passed to clients. -Default: off. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qDisableVidModeExtension\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This disables the parts of the VidMode extension used by the xvidtune client -that can be used to change the video modes. -Default: the VidMode extension is enabled. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAllowNonLocalXvidtune\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This allows the xvidtune client (and other clients that use the VidMode -extension) to connect from another host. -Default: off. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAllowMouseOpenFail\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This tells the mousedrv(__drivermansuffix__) and vmmouse(__drivermansuffix__) -drivers to not report failure if the mouse device can't be opened/initialised. -It has no effect on the evdev(__drivermansuffix__) or other drivers. -Default: false. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qVTSysReq\*q \*q" boolean \*q -enables the SYSV\-style VT switch sequence for non\-SYSV systems -which support VT switching. -This sequence is -.B Alt\-SysRq -followed by a function key -.RB ( Fn ). -This prevents the __xservername__ server trapping the -keys used for the default VT switch sequence, which means that clients can -access them. -Default: off. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qBlankTime\*q \*q" time \*q -sets the inactivity timeout for the -.B blank -phase of the screensaver. -.I time -is in minutes. -This is equivalent to the __xservername__ server's -.B \-s -flag, and the value can be changed at run\-time with -.BR xset(__appmansuffix__). -Default: 10 minutes. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qStandbyTime\*q \*q" time \*q -sets the inactivity timeout for the -.B standby -phase of DPMS mode. -.I time -is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with -.BR xset(__appmansuffix__). -Default: 10 minutes. -This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be -supported by all video drivers. -It is only enabled for screens that have the -.B \*qDPMS\*q -option set (see the MONITOR section below). -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qSuspendTime\*q \*q" time \*q -sets the inactivity timeout for the -.B suspend -phase of DPMS mode. -.I time -is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with -.BR xset(__appmansuffix__). -Default: 10 minutes. -This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be -supported by all video drivers. -It is only enabled for screens that have the -.B \*qDPMS\*q -option set (see the MONITOR section below). -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qOffTime\*q \*q" time \*q -sets the inactivity timeout for the -.B off -phase of DPMS mode. -.I time -is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with -.BR xset(__appmansuffix__). -Default: 10 minutes. -This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be -supported by all video drivers. -It is only enabled for screens that have the -.B \*qDPMS\*q -option set (see the MONITOR section below). -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qPixmap\*q \*q" bpp \*q -This sets the pixmap format to use for depth 24. -Allowed values for -.I bpp -are 24 and 32. -Default: 32 unless driver constraints don't allow this (which is rare). -Note: some clients don't behave well when this value is set to 24. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qPC98\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Specify that the machine is a Japanese PC\-98 machine. -This should not be enabled for anything other than the Japanese\-specific -PC\-98 architecture. -Default: auto\-detected. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qNoPM\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Disables something to do with power management events. -Default: PM enabled on platforms that support it. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXinerama\*q \*q" boolean \*q -enable or disable XINERAMA extension. -Default is disabled. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAIGLX\*q \*q" boolean \*q -enable or disable AIGLX. AIGLX is enabled by default. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qDRI2\*q \*q" boolean \*q -enable or disable DRI2. DRI2 is disabled by default. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qGlxVisuals\*q \*q" string \*q -This option controls how many GLX visuals the GLX modules sets up. -The default value is -.BR "typical" , -which will setup up a typical subset of -the GLXFBConfigs provided by the driver as GLX visuals. Other options are -.BR "minimal" , -which will set up the minimal set allowed by the GLX specification and -.BR "all" -which will setup GLX visuals for all GLXFBConfigs. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qUseDefaultFontPath\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Include the default font path even if other paths are specified in -xorg.conf. If enabled, other font paths are included as well. Enabled by -default. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qIgnoreABI\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Allow modules built for a different, potentially incompatible version of -the X server to load. Disabled by default. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAutoAddDevices\*q \*q" boolean \*q -If this option is disabled, then no devices will be added from HAL events. -Enabled by default. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAutoEnableDevices\*q \*q" boolean \*q -If this option is disabled, then the devices will be added (and the -DevicePresenceNotify event sent), but not enabled, thus leaving policy up -to the client. -Enabled by default. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qLog\*q \*q" string \*q -This option controls whether the log is flushed and/or synced to disk after -each message. -Possible values are -.B flush -or -.BR sync . -Unset by default. -.SH "MODULE SECTION" -The -.B Module -section is used to specify which __xservername__ server modules should be loaded. -This section is ignored when the __xservername__ server is built in static form. -The type of modules normally loaded in this section are __xservername__ server -extension modules. -Most other module types are loaded automatically when they are needed via -other mechanisms. -The -.B Module -section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in -it. -.PP -Entries in this section may be in two forms. -The first and most commonly used form is an entry that uses the -.B Load -keyword, as described here: -.TP 7 -.BI "Load \*q" modulename \*q -This instructs the server to load the module called -.IR modulename . -The module name given should be the module's standard name, not the -module file name. -The standard name is case\-sensitive, and does not include the \(lqlib\(rq -prefix, or the \(lq.a\(rq, \(lq.o\(rq, or \(lq.so\(rq suffixes. -.PP -.RS 7 -Example: the DRI extension module can be loaded with the following entry: -.PP -.RS 4 -.B "Load \*qdri\*q" -.RE -.RE -.TP 7 -.BI "Disable \*q" modulename \*q -This instructs the server to not load the module called -.IR modulename . -Some modules are loaded by default in the server, and this overrides that -default. If a -.B Load -instruction is given for the same module, it overrides the -.B Disable -instruction and the module is loaded. The module name given should be the -module's standard name, not the module file name. As with the -.B Load -instruction, the standard name is case-sensitive, and does not include the -"lib" prefix, or the ".a", ".o", or ".so" suffixes. -.PP -The second form of entry is a -.BR SubSection, -with the subsection name being the module name, and the contents of the -.B SubSection -being -.B Options -that are passed to the module when it is loaded. -.PP -Example: the extmod module (which contains a miscellaneous group of -server extensions) can be loaded, with the XFree86\-DGA extension -disabled by using the following entry: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "SubSection \*qextmod\*q" -.B " Option \*qomit XFree86\-DGA\*q" -.B EndSubSection -.fi -.RE -.PP -Modules are searched for in each directory specified in the -.B ModulePath -search path, and in the drivers, extensions, input, internal, and -multimedia subdirectories of each of those directories. -In addition to this, operating system specific subdirectories of all -the above are searched first if they exist. -.PP -To see what extension modules are available, check the extensions -subdirectory under: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -__modulepath__ -.fi -.RE -.PP -The \(lqextmod\(rq, \(lqdbe\(rq, \(lqdri\(rq, \(lqdri2\(rq, \(lqglx\(rq, -and \(lqrecord\(rq extension modules are loaded automatically, if they -are present, unless disabled with \*qDisable\*q entries. -It is recommended -that at very least the \(lqextmod\(rq extension module be loaded. -If it isn't, some commonly used server extensions (like the SHAPE -extension) will not be available. -.SH "EXTENSIONS SECTION" -The -.B Extensions -section is used to specify which X11 protocol extensions should be enabled -or disabled. -The -.B Extensions -section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in -it. -.PP -Entries in this section are listed as Option statements with the name of -the extension as the first argument, and a boolean value as the second. -The extension name is case\-sensitive, and matches the form shown in the output -of \*qXorg -extension ?\*q. -.PP -.RS 7 -Example: the MIT-SHM extension can be disabled with the following entry: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Section \*qExtensions\*q" -.B " Option \*qMIT-SHM\*q \*qDisable\*q" -.B "EndSection" -.fi -.RE -.RE -.SH "INPUTDEVICE SECTION" -The config file may have multiple -.B InputDevice -sections. -Recent X servers employ HAL or udev backends for input device enumeration -and input hotplugging. It is usually not -necessary to provide -.B InputDevice -sections in the xorg.conf if hotplugging is in use. If hotplugging is -enabled, -.B InputDevice -sections using the -.B mouse, kbd -and -.B vmmouse -driver will be ignored. -.PP -If hotplugging is disabled, there will normally -be at least two: one for the core (primary) keyboard -and one for the core pointer. -If either of these two is missing, a default configuration for the missing -ones will be used. In the absence of an explicitly specified core input -device, the first -.B InputDevice -marked as -.B CorePointer -(or -.BR CoreKeyboard ) -is used. -If there is no match there, the first -.B InputDevice -that uses the \(lqmouse\(rq (or \(lqkbd\(rq) driver is used. -The final fallback is to use built\-in default configurations. -Currently the default configuration may not work as expected on all platforms. -.PP -.B InputDevice -sections have the following format: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Section \*qInputDevice\*q" -.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q -.BI " Driver \*q" inputdriver \*q -.I " options" -.I " ..." -.B "EndSection" -.fi -.RE -.PP -The -.B Identifier -and -.B Driver -entries are required in all -.B InputDevice -sections. -All other entries are optional. -.PP -The -.B Identifier -entry specifies the unique name for this input device. -The -.B Driver -entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this input device. -When using the loadable server, the input driver module -.RI \*q inputdriver \*q -will be loaded for each active -.B InputDevice -section. -An -.B InputDevice -section is considered active if it is referenced by an active -.B ServerLayout -section, if it is referenced by the -.B \-keyboard -or -.B \-pointer -command line options, or if it is selected implicitly as the core pointer -or keyboard device in the absence of such explicit references. -The most commonly used input drivers are -.BR evdev (__drivermansuffix__) -on Linux systems, and -.BR kbd (__drivermansuffix__) -and -.BR mousedrv (__drivermansuffix__) -on other platforms. -.PP -.PP -.B InputDevice -sections recognise some driver\-independent -.BR Options , -which are described here. -See the individual input driver manual pages for a description of the -device\-specific options. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAutoServerLayout\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Always add the device to the ServerLayout section used by this instance of -the server. This affects implied layouts as well as explicit layouts -specified in the configuration and/or on the command line. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qCorePointer\*q" -Deprecated, see -.B Floating -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qCoreKeyboard\*q" -Deprecated, see -.B Floating -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAlwaysCore\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Deprecated, see -.B Floating -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qSendCoreEvents\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Deprecated, see -.B Floating - -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qFloating\*q \*q" boolean \*q -When enabled, the input device is set up floating and does not -report events through any master device or control a cursor. The device is -only available to clients using the X Input Extension API. This option is -disabled by default. -The options -.B CorePointer, -.B CoreKeyboard, -.B AlwaysCore, -and -.B SendCoreEvents, -are the inverse of option -.B Floating -(i.e. -.B SendCoreEvents \*qon\*q -is equivalent to -.B Floating \*qoff\*q -). - -This option controls the startup behavior only, a device -may be reattached or set floating at runtime. -.PP -For pointing devices, the following options control how the pointer -is accelerated or decelerated with respect to physical device motion. Most of -these can be adjusted at runtime, see the xinput(1) man page for details. Only -the most important acceleration options are discussed here. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAccelerationProfile\*q \*q" integer \*q -Select the profile. In layman's terms, the profile constitutes the "feeling" of -the acceleration. More formally, it defines how the transfer function (actual -acceleration as a function of current device velocity and acceleration controls) -is constructed. This is mainly a matter of personal preference. -.PP -.RS 6 -.nf -.B " 0 classic (mostly compatible)" -.B "-1 none (only constant deceleration is applied)" -.B " 1 device-dependent" -.B " 2 polynomial (polynomial function)" -.B " 3 smooth linear (soft knee, then linear)" -.B " 4 simple (normal when slow, otherwise accelerated)" -.B " 5 power (power function)" -.B " 6 linear (more speed, more acceleration)" -.B " 7 limited (like linear, but maxes out at threshold)" -.fi -.RE -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qConstantDeceleration\*q \*q" real \*q -Makes the pointer go -.B deceleration -times slower than normal. Most useful for high-resolution devices. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAdaptiveDeceleration\*q \*q" real \*q -Allows to actually decelerate the pointer when going slow. At most, it will be -.B adaptive deceleration -times slower. Enables precise pointer placement without sacrificing speed. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAccelerationScheme\*q \*q" string \*q -Selects the scheme, which is the underlying algorithm. -.PP -.RS 7 -.nf -.B "predictable default algorithm (behaving more predictable)" -.B "lightweight old acceleration code (as specified in the X protocol spec)" -.B "none no acceleration or deceleration" -.fi -.RE -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAccelerationNumerator\*q \*q" integer \*q -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAccelerationDenominator\*q \*q" integer \*q -Set numerator and denominator of the acceleration factor. The acceleration -factor is a rational which, together with threshold, can be used to tweak -profiles to suit the users needs. The -.B simple -and -.B limited -profiles use it directly (i.e. they accelerate by the factor), for other -profiles it should hold that a higher acceleration factor leads to a faster -pointer. Typically, 1 is unaccelerated and values up to 5 are sensible. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAccelerationThreshold\*q \*q" integer \*q -Set the threshold, which is roughly the velocity (usually device units per 10 -ms) required for acceleration to become effective. The precise effect varies -with the profile however. - -.SH "INPUTCLASS SECTION" -The config file may have multiple -.B InputClass -sections. -These sections are optional and are used to provide configuration for a -class of input devices as they are automatically added. An input device can -match more than one -.B InputClass -section. Each class can override settings from a previous class, so it is -best to arrange the sections with the most generic matches first. -.PP -.B InputClass -sections have the following format: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Section \*qInputClass\*q" -.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q -.I " entries" -.I " ..." -.I " options" -.I " ..." -.B "EndSection" -.fi -.RE -.PP -The -.B Identifier -entry is required in all -.B InputClass -sections. -All other entries are optional. -.PP -The -.B Identifier -entry specifies the unique name for this input class. -The -.B Driver -entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this input device. -After all classes have been examined, the -.RI \*q inputdriver \*q -module from the first -.B Driver -entry will be enabled when using the loadable server. -.PP -When an input device is automatically added, its characteristics are -checked against all -.B InputClass -sections. Each section can contain optional entries to narrow the match -of the class. If none of the optional entries appear, the -.B InputClass -section is generic and will match any input device. If more than one of -these entries appear, they all must match for the configuration to apply. -.PP -There are two types of match entries used in -.B InputClass -sections. The first allows various tokens to be matched against attributes -of the device. An entry can be constructed to match attributes from different -devices by separating arguments with a '|' character. Multiple entries of the -same type may be supplied to add multiple matching conditions on the same -attribute. For example: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Section \*qInputClass\*q" -.B " Identifier \*qMy Class\*q" -.B " # product string must contain example and -.B " # either gizmo or gadget -.B " MatchProduct \*qexample\*q -.B " MatchProduct \*qgizmo|gadget\*q -.I " ..." -.B "EndSection" -.fi -.RE -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchProduct \*q" matchproduct \*q -This entry can be used to check if the substring -.RI \*q matchproduct \*q -occurs in the device's product name. -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchVendor \*q" matchvendor \*q -This entry can be used to check if the substring -.RI \*q matchvendor \*q -occurs in the device's vendor name. -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchDevicePath \*q" matchdevice \*q -This entry can be used to check if the device file matches the -.RI \*q matchdevice \*q -pathname pattern. -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchOS \*q" matchos \*q -This entry can be used to check if the operating system matches the -case-insensitive -.RI \*q matchos \*q -string. This entry is only supported on platforms providing the -.BR uname (2) -system call. -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchPnPID \*q" matchpnp \*q -The device's Plug and Play (PnP) ID can be checked against the -.RI \*q matchpnp \*q -shell wildcard pattern. -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchUSBID \*q" matchusb \*q -The device's USB ID can be checked against the -.RI \*q matchusb \*q -shell wildcard pattern. The ID is constructed as lowercase hexadecimal numbers -separated by a ':'. This is the same format as the -.BR lsusb (8) -program. -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchDriver \*q" matchdriver \*q -Check the case-sensitive string -.RI \*q matchdriver \*q -against the currently configured driver of the device. Ordering of sections -using this entry is important since it will not match unless the driver has -been set by the config backend or a previous -.B InputClass -section. -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchTag \*q" matchtag \*q -This entry can be used to check if tags assigned by the config backend -matches the -.RI \*q matchtag \*q -pattern. A match is found if at least one of the tags given in -.RI \*q matchtag \*q -matches at least one of the tags assigned by the backend. -.PP -The second type of entry is used to match device types. These entries take a -boolean argument similar to -.B Option -entries. -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchIsKeyboard \*q" bool \*q -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchIsPointer \*q" bool \*q -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchIsJoystick \*q" bool \*q -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchIsTablet \*q" bool \*q -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchIsTouchpad \*q" bool \*q -.TP 7 -.BI "MatchIsTouchscreen \*q" bool \*q -.PP -When an input device has been matched to the -.B InputClass -section, any -.B Option -entries are applied to the device. One -.B InputClass -specific -.B Option -is recognized. See the -.B InputDevice -section above for a description of the remaining -.B Option -entries. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qIgnore\*q \*q" boolean \*q -This optional entry specifies that the device should be ignored entirely, -and not added to the server. This can be useful when the device is handled -by another program and no X events should be generated. -.SH "DEVICE SECTION" -The config file may have multiple -.B Device -sections. -There must be at least one, for the video card being used. -.PP -.B Device -sections have the following format: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Section \*qDevice\*q" -.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q -.BI " Driver \*q" driver \*q -.I " entries" -.I " ..." -.B "EndSection" -.fi -.RE -.PP -The -.B Identifier -and -.B Driver -entries are required in all -.B Device -sections. All other entries are optional. -.PP -The -.B Identifier -entry specifies the unique name for this graphics device. -The -.B Driver -entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this graphics device. -When using the loadable server, the driver module -.RI \*q driver \*q -will be loaded for each active -.B Device -section. -A -.B Device -section is considered active if it is referenced by an active -.B Screen -section. -.PP -.B Device -sections recognise some driver\-independent entries and -.BR Options , -which are described here. -Not all drivers make use of these -driver\-independent entries, and many of those that do don't require them -to be specified because the information is auto\-detected. -See the individual graphics driver manual pages for further information -about this, and for a description of the device\-specific options. -Note that most of the -.B Options -listed here (but not the other entries) may be specified in the -.B Screen -section instead of here in the -.B Device -section. -.TP 7 -.BI "BusID \*q" bus\-id \*q -This specifies the bus location of the graphics card. -For PCI/AGP cards, -the -.I bus\-id -string has the form -.BI PCI: bus : device : function -(e.g., \(lqPCI:1:0:0\(rq might be appropriate for an AGP card). -This field is usually optional in single-head configurations when using -the primary graphics card. -In multi-head configurations, or when using a secondary graphics card in a -single-head configuration, this entry is mandatory. -Its main purpose is to make an unambiguous connection between the device -section and the hardware it is representing. -This information can usually be found by running the pciaccess tool -scanpci. -.TP 7 -.BI "Screen " number -This option is mandatory for cards where a single PCI entity can drive more -than one display (i.e., multiple CRTCs sharing a single graphics accelerator -and video memory). -One -.B Device -section is required for each head, and this -parameter determines which head each of the -.B Device -sections applies to. -The legal values of -.I number -range from 0 to one less than the total number of heads per entity. -Most drivers require that the primary screen (0) be present. -.TP 7 -.BI "Chipset \*q" chipset \*q -This usually optional entry specifies the chipset used on the graphics -board. -In most cases this entry is not required because the drivers will probe the -hardware to determine the chipset type. -Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you -do. -.TP 7 -.BI "Ramdac \*q" ramdac\-type \*q -This optional entry specifies the type of RAMDAC used on the graphics -board. -This is only used by a few of the drivers, and in most cases it is not -required because the drivers will probe the hardware to determine the -RAMDAC type where possible. -Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you -do. -.TP 7 -.BI "DacSpeed " speed -.TP 7 -.BI "DacSpeed " "speed\-8 speed\-16 speed\-24 speed\-32" -This optional entry specifies the RAMDAC speed rating (which is usually -printed on the RAMDAC chip). -The speed is in MHz. -When one value is given, it applies to all framebuffer pixel sizes. -When multiple values are given, they apply to the framebuffer pixel sizes -8, 16, 24 and 32 respectively. -This is not used by many drivers, and only needs to be specified when the -speed rating of the RAMDAC is different from the defaults built in to -driver, or when the driver can't auto-detect the correct defaults. -Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you -do. -.TP 7 -.BI "Clocks " "clock ..." -specifies the pixel that are on your graphics board. -The clocks are in MHz, and may be specified as a floating point number. -The value is stored internally to the nearest kHz. -The ordering of the clocks is important. -It must match the order in which they are selected on the graphics board. -Multiple -.B Clocks -lines may be specified, and each is concatenated to form the list. -Most drivers do not use this entry, and it is only required for some older -boards with non-programmable clocks. -Don't specify this entry unless the driver-specific documentation explicitly -recommends that you do. -.TP -.BI "ClockChip \*q" clockchip\-type \*q -This optional entry is used to specify the clock chip type on graphics -boards which have a programmable clock generator. -Only a few __xservername__ drivers support programmable clock chips. -For details, see the appropriate driver manual page. -.TP 7 -.BI "VideoRam " "mem" -This optional entry specifies the amount of video ram that is installed -on the graphics board. -This is measured in kBytes. -In most cases this is not required because the __xservername__ server probes -the graphics board to determine this quantity. -The driver-specific documentation should indicate when it might be needed. -.TP 7 -.BI "BiosBase " "baseaddress" -This optional entry specifies the base address of the video BIOS for -the VGA board. -This address is normally auto-detected, and should only be specified if the -driver-specific documentation recommends it. -.TP 7 -.BI "MemBase " "baseaddress" -This optional entry specifies the memory base address of a graphics -board's linear frame buffer. -This entry is not used by many drivers, and it should only be specified if -the driver-specific documentation recommends it. -.TP 7 -.BI "IOBase " "baseaddress" -This optional entry specifies the IO base address. -This entry is not used by many drivers, and it should only be specified if -the driver-specific documentation recommends it. -.TP 7 -.BI "ChipID " "id" -This optional entry specifies a numerical ID representing the chip type. -For PCI cards, it is usually the device ID. -This can be used to override the auto-detection, but that should only be done -when the driver-specific documentation recommends it. -.TP 7 -.BI "ChipRev " "rev" -This optional entry specifies the chip revision number. -This can be used to override the auto-detection, but that should only be done -when the driver-specific documentation recommends it. -.TP 7 -.BI "TextClockFreq " "freq" -This optional entry specifies the pixel clock frequency that is used -for the regular text mode. -The frequency is specified in MHz. -This is rarely used. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qModeDebug\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Enable printing of additional debugging information about modesetting to -the server log. -.ig -.TP 7 -This optional entry allows an IRQ number to be specified. -.. -.TP 7 -.B Options -Option flags may be specified in the -.B Device -sections. -These include driver\-specific options and driver\-independent options. -The former are described in the driver\-specific documentation. -Some of the latter are described below in the section about the -.B Screen -section, and they may also be included here. - -.SH "VIDEOADAPTOR SECTION" -Nobody wants to say how this works. -Maybe nobody knows ... - -.SH "MONITOR SECTION" -The config file may have multiple -.B Monitor -sections. -There should normally be at least one, for the monitor being used, -but a default configuration will be created when one isn't specified. -.PP -.B Monitor -sections have the following format: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Section \*qMonitor\*q" -.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q -.I " entries" -.I " ..." -.B "EndSection" -.fi -.RE -.PP -The only mandatory entry in a -.B Monitor -section is the -.B Identifier -entry. -.PP -The -.B Identifier -entry specifies the unique name for this monitor. -The -.B Monitor -section may be used to provide information about the specifications of the -monitor, monitor-specific -.BR Options , -and information about the video modes to use with the monitor. -.PP -With RandR 1.2-enabled drivers, monitor sections may be tied to specific -outputs of the video card. Using the name of the output defined by the video -driver plus the identifier of a monitor section, one associates a monitor -section with an output by adding an option to the Device section in the -following format: - -.B Option \*qMonitor-outputname\*q \*qmonitorsection\*q - -(for example, -.B Option \*qMonitor-VGA\*q \*qVGA monitor\*q -for a VGA output) -.PP -In the absence of specific association of monitor sections to outputs, if a -monitor section is present the server will associate it with an output to -preserve compatibility for previous single-head configurations. -.PP -Specifying video modes is optional because the server will use the DDC or other -information provided by the monitor to automatically configure the list of -modes available. -When modes are specified explicitly in the -.B Monitor -section (with the -.BR Modes , -.BR ModeLine , -or -.B UseModes -keywords), built-in modes with the same names are not included. -Built-in modes with different names are, however, still implicitly included, -when they meet the requirements of the monitor. -.PP -The entries that may be used in -.B Monitor -sections are described below. -.TP 7 -.BI "VendorName \*q" vendor \*q -This optional entry specifies the monitor's manufacturer. -.TP 7 -.BI "ModelName \*q" model \*q -This optional entry specifies the monitor's model. -.TP 7 -.BI "HorizSync " "horizsync\-range" -gives the range(s) of horizontal sync frequencies supported by the -monitor. -.I horizsync\-range -may be a comma separated list of either discrete values or ranges of -values. -A range of values is two values separated by a dash. -By default the values are in units of kHz. -They may be specified in MHz or Hz -if -.B MHz -or -.B Hz -is added to the end of the line. -The data given here is used by the __xservername__ server to determine if video -modes are within the specifications of the monitor. -This information should be available in the monitor's handbook. -If this entry is omitted, a default range of 28\-33kHz is used. -.TP 7 -.BI "VertRefresh " "vertrefresh\-range" -gives the range(s) of vertical refresh frequencies supported by the -monitor. -.I vertrefresh\-range -may be a comma separated list of either discrete values or ranges of -values. -A range of values is two values separated by a dash. -By default the values are in units of Hz. -They may be specified in MHz or kHz -if -.B MHz -or -.B kHz -is added to the end of the line. -The data given here is used by the __xservername__ server to determine if video -modes are within the specifications of the monitor. -This information should be available in the monitor's handbook. -If this entry is omitted, a default range of 43\-72Hz is used. -.TP 7 -.BI "DisplaySize " "width height" -This optional entry gives the width and height, in millimetres, of the -picture area of the monitor. -If given this is used to calculate the horizontal and vertical pitch (DPI) of -the screen. -.TP 7 -.BI "Gamma " "gamma\-value" -.TP 7 -.BI "Gamma " "red\-gamma green\-gamma blue\-gamma" -This is an optional entry that can be used to specify the gamma correction -for the monitor. -It may be specified as either a single value or as three separate RGB values. -The values should be in the range 0.1 to 10.0, and the default is 1.0. -Not all drivers are capable of using this information. -.TP 7 -.BI "UseModes \*q" modesection\-id \*q -Include the set of modes listed in the -.B Modes -section called -.IR modesection\-id. -This makes all of the modes defined in that section available for use by -this monitor. -.TP 7 -.BI "Mode \*q" name \*q -This is an optional multi-line entry that can be used to provide -definitions for video modes for the monitor. -In most cases this isn't necessary because the built-in set of VESA standard -modes will be sufficient. -The -.B Mode -keyword indicates the start of a multi-line video mode description. -The mode description is terminated with the -.B EndMode -keyword. -The mode description consists of the following entries: -.RS 7 -.TP 4 -.BI "DotClock " clock -is the dot (pixel) clock rate to be used for the mode. -.TP 4 -.BI "HTimings " "hdisp hsyncstart hsyncend htotal" -specifies the horizontal timings for the mode. -.TP 4 -.BI "VTimings " "vdisp vsyncstart vsyncend vtotal" -specifies the vertical timings for the mode. -.TP 4 -.BI "Flags \*q" flag \*q " ..." -specifies an optional set of mode flags, each of which is a separate -string in double quotes. -.B \*qInterlace\*q -indicates that the mode is interlaced. -.B \*qDoubleScan\*q -indicates a mode where each scanline is doubled. -.B \*q+HSync\*q -and -.B \*q\-HSync\*q -can be used to select the polarity of the HSync signal. -.B \*q+VSync\*q -and -.B \*q\-VSync\*q -can be used to select the polarity of the VSync signal. -.B \*qComposite\*q -can be used to specify composite sync on hardware where this is supported. -Additionally, on some hardware, -.B \*q+CSync\*q -and -.B \*q\-CSync\*q -may be used to select the composite sync polarity. -.TP 4 -.BI "HSkew " hskew -specifies the number of pixels (towards the right edge of the screen) by -which the display enable signal is to be skewed. -Not all drivers use this information. -This option might become necessary to override the default value supplied -by the server (if any). -\(lqRoving\(rq horizontal lines indicate this value needs to be increased. -If the last few pixels on a scan line appear on the left of the screen, -this value should be decreased. -.TP 4 -.BI "VScan " vscan -specifies the number of times each scanline is painted on the screen. -Not all drivers use this information. -Values less than 1 are treated as 1, which is the default. -Generally, the -.B \*qDoubleScan\*q -.B Flag -mentioned above doubles this value. -.RE -.TP 7 -.BI "ModeLine \*q" name \*q " mode\-description" -This entry is a more compact version of the -.B Mode -entry, and it also can be used to specify video modes for the monitor. -is a single line format for specifying video modes. -In most cases this isn't necessary because the built\-in set of VESA -standard modes will be sufficient. -.PP -.RS 7 -The -.I mode\-description -is in four sections, the first three of which are mandatory. -The first is the dot (pixel) clock. -This is a single number specifying the pixel clock rate for the mode in -MHz. -The second section is a list of four numbers specifying the horizontal -timings. -These numbers are the -.IR hdisp , -.IR hsyncstart , -.IR hsyncend , -and -.I htotal -values. -The third section is a list of four numbers specifying the vertical -timings. -These numbers are the -.IR vdisp , -.IR vsyncstart , -.IR vsyncend , -and -.I vtotal -values. -The final section is a list of flags specifying other characteristics of -the mode. -.B Interlace -indicates that the mode is interlaced. -.B DoubleScan -indicates a mode where each scanline is doubled. -.B +HSync -and -.B \-HSync -can be used to select the polarity of the HSync signal. -.B +VSync -and -.B \-VSync -can be used to select the polarity of the VSync signal. -.B Composite -can be used to specify composite sync on hardware where this is supported. -Additionally, on some hardware, -.B +CSync -and -.B \-CSync -may be used to select the composite sync polarity. -The -.B HSkew -and -.B VScan -options mentioned above in the -.B Modes -entry description can also be used here. -.RE -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qDPMS\*q " \*qbool\*q -This option controls whether the server should enable the DPMS extension -for power management for this screen. The default is to enable the -extension. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qSyncOnGreen\*q " \*qbool\*q -This option controls whether the video card should drive the sync signal -on the green color pin. Not all cards support this option, and most -monitors do not require it. The default is off. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qPrimary\*q " \*qbool\*q -This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be treated as the primary -monitor. (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qPreferredMode\*q " \*qstring\*q -This optional entry specifies a mode to be marked as the preferred initial mode -of the monitor. -(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qPosition\*q " "\*qx y\*q" -This optional entry specifies the position of the monitor within the X -screen. -(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qLeftOf\*q " \*qoutput\*q -This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned to the -left of the output (not monitor) of the given name. -(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qRightOf\*q " \*qoutput\*q -This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned to the -right of the output (not monitor) of the given name. -(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qAbove\*q " \*qoutput\*q -This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned above the -output (not monitor) of the given name. -(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qBelow\*q " \*qoutput\*q -This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned below the -output (not monitor) of the given name. -(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qEnable\*q " \*qbool\*q -This optional entry specifies whether the monitor should be turned on -at startup. By default, the server will attempt to enable all connected -monitors. -(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qDefaultModes\*q " \*qbool\*q -This optional entry specifies whether the server should add supported default -modes to the list of modes offered on this monitor. By default, the server -will add default modes; you should only disable this if you can guarantee -that EDID will be available at all times, or if you have added custom modelines -which the server can use. -(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qMinClock\*q " \*qfrequency\*q -This optional entry specifies the minimum dot clock, in kHz, that is supported -by the monitor. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qMaxClock\*q " \*qfrequency\*q -This optional entry specifies the maximum dot clock, in kHz, that is supported -by the monitor. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qIgnore\*q " \*qbool\*q -This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be ignored entirely, -and not reported through RandR. This is useful if the hardware reports the -presence of outputs that don't exist. -(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) -.TP 7 -.BI "Option " "\*qRotate\*q " \*qrotation\*q -This optional entry specifies the initial rotation of the given monitor. -Valid values for rotation are \*qnormal\*q, \*qleft\*q, \*qright\*q, and -\*qinverted\*q. -(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only) - -.SH "MODES SECTION" -The config file may have multiple -.B Modes -sections, or none. -These sections provide a way of defining sets of video modes independently -of the -.B Monitor -sections. -.B Monitor -sections may include the definitions provided in these sections by -using the -.B UseModes -keyword. -In most cases the -.B Modes -sections are not necessary because the built\-in set of VESA standard modes -will be sufficient. -.PP -.B Modes -sections have the following format: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Section \*qModes\*q" -.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q -.I " entries" -.I " ..." -.B "EndSection" -.fi -.RE -.PP -The -.B Identifier -entry specifies the unique name for this set of mode descriptions. -The other entries permitted in -.B Modes -sections are the -.B Mode -and -.B ModeLine -entries that are described above in the -.B Monitor -section. -.SH "SCREEN SECTION" -The config file may have multiple -.B Screen -sections. -There must be at least one, for the \(lqscreen\(rq being used. -A \(lqscreen\(rq represents the binding of a graphics device -.RB ( Device -section) and a monitor -.RB ( Monitor -section). -A -.B Screen -section is considered \(lqactive\(rq if it is referenced by an active -.B ServerLayout -section or by the -.B \-screen -command line option. -If neither of those is present, the first -.B Screen -section found in the config file is considered the active one. -.PP -.B Screen -sections have the following format: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Section \*qScreen\*q" -.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q -.BI " Device \*q" devid \*q -.BI " Monitor \*q" monid \*q -.I " entries" -.I " ..." -.BI " SubSection \*qDisplay\*q" -.I " entries" -.I " ... -.B " EndSubSection" -.I " ..." -.B "EndSection" -.fi -.RE -.PP -The -.B Identifier -and -.B Device -entries are mandatory. -All others are optional. -.PP -The -.B Identifier -entry specifies the unique name for this screen. -The -.B Screen -section provides information specific to the whole screen, including -screen\-specific -.BR Options . -In multi\-head configurations, there will be multiple active -.B Screen -sections, one for each head. -The entries available -for this section are: -.TP 7 -.BI "Device \*q" device\-id \*q -This mandatory entry specifies the -.B Device -section to be used for this screen. -This is what ties a specific graphics card to a screen. -The -.I device\-id -must match the -.B Identifier -of a -.B Device -section in the config file. -.TP 7 -.BI "Monitor \*q" monitor\-id \*q -specifies which monitor description is to be used for this screen. -If a -.B Monitor -name is not specified, a default configuration is used. -Currently the default configuration may not function as expected on all -platforms. -.TP 7 -.BI "VideoAdaptor \*q" xv\-id \*q -specifies an optional Xv video adaptor description to be used with this -screen. -.TP 7 -.BI "DefaultDepth " depth -specifies which color depth the server should use by default. -The -.B \-depth -command line option can be used to override this. -If neither is specified, the default depth is driver\-specific, but in most -cases is 8. -.TP 7 -.BI "DefaultFbBpp " bpp -specifies which framebuffer layout to use by default. -The -.B \-fbbpp -command line option can be used to override this. -In most cases the driver will chose the best default value for this. -The only case where there is even a choice in this value is for depth 24, -where some hardware supports both a packed 24 bit framebuffer layout and a -sparse 32 bit framebuffer layout. -.TP 7 -.B Options -Various -.B Option -flags may be specified in the -.B Screen -section. -Some are driver\-specific and are described in the driver documentation. -Others are driver\-independent, and will eventually be described here. -.\" XXX These should really be in an xaa man page. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qAccel\*q" -Enables XAA (X Acceleration Architecture), a mechanism that makes video cards' -2D hardware acceleration available to the __xservername__ server. -This option is on by default, but it may be necessary to turn it off if -there are bugs in the driver. -There are many options to disable specific accelerated operations, listed -below. -Note that disabling an operation will have no effect if the operation is -not accelerated (whether due to lack of support in the hardware or in the -driver). -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qInitPrimary\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Use the Int10 module to initialize the primary graphics card. -Normally, only secondary cards are soft-booted using the Int10 module, as the -primary card has already been initialized by the BIOS at boot time. -Default: false. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qNoInt10\*q \*q" boolean \*q -Disables the Int10 module, a module that uses the int10 call to the BIOS -of the graphics card to initialize it. -Default: false. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qNoMTRR\*q" -Disables MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support, a feature of modern -processors which can improve video performance by a factor of up to 2.5. -Some hardware has buggy MTRR support, and some video drivers have been -known to exhibit problems when MTRR's are used. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoCPUToScreenColorExpandFill\*q" -Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns -stored in system memory (using a memory\-mapped aperture). -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoColor8x8PatternFillRect\*q" -Disables accelerated fills of a rectangular region with a full\-color -pattern. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoColor8x8PatternFillTrap\*q" -Disables accelerated fills of a trapezoidal region with a full\-color -pattern. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoDashedBresenhamLine\*q" -Disables accelerated dashed Bresenham line draws. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoDashedTwoPointLine\*q" -Disables accelerated dashed line draws between two arbitrary points. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoImageWriteRect\*q" -Disables accelerated transfers of full\-color rectangular patterns from -system memory to video memory (using a memory\-mapped aperture). -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoMono8x8PatternFillRect\*q" -Disables accelerated fills of a rectangular region with a monochrome -pattern. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoMono8x8PatternFillTrap\*q" -Disables accelerated fills of a trapezoidal region with a monochrome -pattern. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoOffscreenPixmaps\*q" -Disables accelerated draws into pixmaps stored in offscreen video memory. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoPixmapCache\*q" -Disables caching of patterns in offscreen video memory. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill\*q" -Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns -stored in system memory (one scan line at a time). -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScanlineImageWriteRect\*q" -Disables accelerated transfers of full\-color rectangular patterns from -system memory to video memory (one scan line at a time). -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScreenToScreenColorExpandFill\*q" -Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns -stored in offscreen video memory. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScreenToScreenCopy\*q" -Disables accelerated copies of rectangular regions from one part of -video memory to another part of video memory. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidBresenhamLine\*q" -Disables accelerated solid Bresenham line draws. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidFillRect\*q" -Disables accelerated solid\-color fills of rectangles. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidFillTrap\*q" -Disables accelerated solid\-color fills of Bresenham trapezoids. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidHorVertLine\*q" -Disables accelerated solid horizontal and vertical line draws. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidTwoPointLine\*q" -Disables accelerated solid line draws between two arbitrary points. -.PP -Each -.B Screen -section may optionally contain one or more -.B Display -subsections. -Those subsections provide depth/fbbpp specific configuration information, -and the one chosen depends on the depth and/or fbbpp that is being used for -the screen. -The -.B Display -subsection format is described in the section below. - -.SH "DISPLAY SUBSECTION" -Each -.B Screen -section may have multiple -.B Display -subsections. -The \(lqactive\(rq -.B Display -subsection is the first that matches the depth and/or fbbpp values being -used, or failing that, the first that has neither a depth or fbbpp value -specified. -The -.B Display -subsections are optional. -When there isn't one that matches the depth and/or fbbpp values being used, -all the parameters that can be specified here fall back to their defaults. -.PP -.B Display -subsections have the following format: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B " SubSection \*qDisplay\*q" -.BI " Depth " depth -.I " entries" -.I " ..." -.B " EndSubSection" -.fi -.RE -.TP 7 -.BI "Depth " depth -This entry specifies what colour depth the -.B Display -subsection is to be used for. -This entry is usually specified, but it may be omitted to create a match\-all -.B Display -subsection or when wishing to match only against the -.B FbBpp -parameter. -The range of -.I depth -values that are allowed depends on the driver. -Most drivers support 8, 15, 16 and 24. -Some also support 1 and/or 4, and some may support other values (like 30). -Note: -.I depth -means the number of bits in a pixel that are actually used to determine -the pixel colour. -32 is not a valid -.I depth -value. -Most hardware that uses 32 bits per pixel only uses 24 of them to hold the -colour information, which means that the colour depth is 24, not 32. -.TP 7 -.BI "FbBpp " bpp -This entry specifies the framebuffer format this -.B Display -subsection is to be used for. -This entry is only needed when providing depth 24 configurations that allow -a choice between a 24 bpp packed framebuffer format and a 32bpp sparse -framebuffer format. -In most cases this entry should not be used. -.TP 7 -.BI "Weight " "red\-weight green\-weight blue\-weight" -This optional entry specifies the relative RGB weighting to be used -for a screen is being used at depth 16 for drivers that allow multiple -formats. -This may also be specified from the command line with the -.B \-weight -option (see -.BR __xservername__(__appmansuffix__)). -.TP 7 -.BI "Virtual " "xdim ydim" -This optional entry specifies the virtual screen resolution to be used. -.I xdim -must be a multiple of either 8 or 16 for most drivers, and a multiple -of 32 when running in monochrome mode. -The given value will be rounded down if this is not the case. -Video modes which are too large for the specified virtual size will be -rejected. -If this entry is not present, the virtual screen resolution will be set to -accommodate all the valid video modes given in the -.B Modes -entry. -Some drivers/hardware combinations do not support virtual screens. -Refer to the appropriate driver\-specific documentation for details. -.TP 7 -.BI "ViewPort " "x0 y0" -This optional entry sets the upper left corner of the initial display. -This is only relevant when the virtual screen resolution is different -from the resolution of the initial video mode. -If this entry is not given, then the initial display will be centered in -the virtual display area. -.TP 7 -.BI "Modes \*q" mode\-name \*q " ..." -This optional entry specifies the list of video modes to use. -Each -.I mode\-name -specified must be in double quotes. -They must correspond to those specified or referenced in the appropriate -.B Monitor -section (including implicitly referenced built\-in VESA standard modes). -The server will delete modes from this list which don't satisfy various -requirements. -The first valid mode in this list will be the default display mode for -startup. -The list of valid modes is converted internally into a circular list. -It is possible to switch to the next mode with -.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Plus -and to the previous mode with -.BR Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Minus . -When this entry is omitted, the valid modes referenced by the appropriate -.B Monitor -section will be used. If the -.B Monitor -section contains no modes, then the selection will be taken from the -built-in VESA standard modes. -.TP 7 -.BI "Visual \*q" visual\-name \*q -This optional entry sets the default root visual type. -This may also be specified from the command line (see the -.BR Xserver(__appmansuffix__) -man page). -The visual types available for depth 8 are (default is -.BR PseudoColor ): -.PP -.RS 11 -.nf -.B StaticGray -.B GrayScale -.B StaticColor -.B PseudoColor -.B TrueColor -.B DirectColor -.fi -.RE -.PP -.RS 7 -The visual type available for the depths 15, 16 and 24 are (default is -.BR TrueColor ): -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B TrueColor -.B DirectColor -.fi -.RE -.PP -Not all drivers support -.B DirectColor -at these depths. -.PP -The visual types available for the depth 4 are (default is -.BR StaticColor ): -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B StaticGray -.B GrayScale -.B StaticColor -.B PseudoColor -.fi -.RE -.PP -The visual type available for the depth 1 (monochrome) is -.BR StaticGray . -.RE -.TP 7 -.BI "Black " "red green blue" -This optional entry allows the \(lqblack\(rq colour to be specified. -This is only supported at depth 1. -The default is black. -.TP 7 -.BI "White " "red green blue" -This optional entry allows the \(lqwhite\(rq colour to be specified. -This is only supported at depth 1. -The default is white. -.TP 7 -.B Options -Option flags may be specified in the -.B Display -subsections. -These may include driver\-specific options and driver\-independent options. -The former are described in the driver\-specific documentation. -Some of the latter are described above in the section about the -.B Screen -section, and they may also be included here. -.SH "SERVERLAYOUT SECTION" -The config file may have multiple -.B ServerLayout -sections. -A \(lqserver layout\(rq represents the binding of one or more screens -.RB ( Screen -sections) and one or more input devices -.RB ( InputDevice -sections) to form a complete configuration. -In multi\-head configurations, it also specifies the relative layout of the -heads. -A -.B ServerLayout -section is considered \(lqactive\(rq if it is referenced by the -.B \-layout -command line option or by an -.B "Option \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q" -entry in the -.B ServerFlags -section (the former takes precedence over the latter). -If those options are not used, the first -.B ServerLayout -section found in the config file is considered the active one. -If no -.B ServerLayout -sections are present, the single active screen and two active (core) -input devices are selected as described in the relevant sections above. -.PP -.B ServerLayout -sections have the following format: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Section \*qServerLayout\*q" -.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q -.BI " Screen \*q" screen\-id \*q -.I " ..." -.BI " InputDevice \*q" idev\-id \*q -.I " ..." -.I " options" -.I " ..." -.B "EndSection" -.fi -.RE -.PP -Each -.B ServerLayout -section must have an -.B Identifier -entry and at least one -.B Screen -entry. -.PP -The -.B Identifier -entry specifies the unique name for this server layout. -The -.B ServerLayout -section provides information specific to the whole session, including -session\-specific -.BR Options . -The -.B ServerFlags -options (described above) may be specified here, and ones given here -override those given in the -.B ServerFlags -section. -.PP -The entries that may be used in this section are described here. -.TP 7 -.BI "Screen " "screen\-num" " \*qscreen\-id\*q " "position\-information" -One of these entries must be given for each screen being used in -a session. -The -.I screen\-id -field is mandatory, and specifies the -.B Screen -section being referenced. -The -.I screen\-num -field is optional, and may be used to specify the screen number -in multi\-head configurations. -When this field is omitted, the screens will be numbered in the order that -they are listed in. -The numbering starts from 0, and must be consecutive. -The -.I position\-information -field describes the way multiple screens are positioned. -There are a number of different ways that this information can be provided: -.RS 7 -.TP 4 -.I "x y" -.TP 4 -.BI "Absolute " "x y" -These both specify that the upper left corner's coordinates are -.RI ( x , y ). -The -.B Absolute -keyword is optional. -Some older versions of XFree86 (4.2 and earlier) don't recognise the -.B Absolute -keyword, so it's safest to just specify the coordinates without it. -.TP 4 -.BI "RightOf \*q" screen\-id \*q -.TP 4 -.BI "LeftOf \*q" screen\-id \*q -.TP 4 -.BI "Above \*q" screen\-id \*q -.TP 4 -.BI "Below \*q" screen\-id \*q -.TP 4 -.BI "Relative \*q" screen\-id \*q " x y" -These give the screen's location relative to another screen. -The first four position the screen immediately to the right, left, above or -below the other screen. -When positioning to the right or left, the top edges are aligned. -When positioning above or below, the left edges are aligned. -The -.B Relative -form specifies the offset of the screen's origin (upper left corner) -relative to the origin of another screen. -.RE -.TP 7 -.BI "InputDevice \*q" idev\-id "\*q \*q" option \*q " ..." -One of these entries should be given for each input device being used in -a session. -Normally at least two are required, one each for the core pointer and -keyboard devices. -If either of those is missing, suitable -.B InputDevice -entries are searched for using the method described above in the -.B INPUTDEVICE -section. The -.I idev\-id -field is mandatory, and specifies the name of the -.B InputDevice -section being referenced. -Multiple -.I option -fields may be specified, each in double quotes. -The options permitted here are any that may also be given in the -.B InputDevice -sections. -Normally only session\-specific input device options would be used here. -The most commonly used options are: -.PP -.RS 11 -.nf -.B \*qCorePointer\*q -.B \*qCoreKeyboard\*q -.B \*qSendCoreEvents\*q -.fi -.RE -.PP -.RS 7 -and the first two should normally be used to indicate the core pointer -and core keyboard devices respectively. -.RE -.TP 7 -.B Options -In addition to the following, any option permitted in the -.B ServerFlags -section may also be specified here. -When the same option appears in both places, the value given here overrides -the one given in the -.B ServerFlags -section. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qIsolateDevice\*q \*q" bus\-id \*q -Restrict device resets to the specified -.IR bus\-id . -See the -.B BusID -option (described in -.BR "DEVICE SECTION" , -above) for the format of the -.I bus\-id -parameter. -This option overrides -.BR SingleCard , -if specified. -At present, only PCI devices can be isolated in this manner. -.TP 7 -.BI "Option \*qSingleCard\*q \*q" boolean \*q -As -.BR IsolateDevice , -except that the bus ID of the first device in the layout is used. -.PP -Here is an example of a -.B ServerLayout -section for a dual headed configuration with two mice: -.PP -.RS 4 -.nf -.B "Section \*qServerLayout\*q" -.B " Identifier \*qLayout 1\*q" -.B " Screen \*qMGA 1\*q" -.B " Screen \*qMGA 2\*q RightOf \*qMGA 1\*q" -.B " InputDevice \*qKeyboard 1\*q \*qCoreKeyboard\*q" -.B " InputDevice \*qMouse 1\*q \*qCorePointer\*q" -.B " InputDevice \*qMouse 2\*q \*qSendCoreEvents\*q" -.B " Option \*qBlankTime\*q \*q5\*q" -.B "EndSection" -.fi -.RE -.SH "DRI SECTION" -This optional section is used to provide some information for the -Direct Rendering Infrastructure. -Details about the format of this section can be found on-line at -.IR <http://dri.freedesktop.org/> . -.SH "VENDOR SECTION" -The optional -.B Vendor -section may be used to provide vendor\-specific configuration information. -Multiple -.B Vendor -sections may be present, and they may contain an -.B Identifier -entry and multiple -.B Option -flags. -The data therein is not used in this release. -.PP -.SH "SEE ALSO" -General: -.BR X (__miscmansuffix__), -.BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__), -.BR __xservername__ (__appmansuffix__), -.BR cvt (__appmansuffix__), -.BR gtf (__appmansuffix__). -.PP -.B "Not all modules or interfaces are available on all platforms." -.PP -Display drivers: -.BR apm (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR ati (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR chips (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR cirrus (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR cyrix (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR fbdev (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR glide (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR glint (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR i128 (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR i740 (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR imstt (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR intel (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR mga (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR neomagic (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR nv (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR openchrome (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR r128 (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR radeon (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR rendition (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR savage (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR s3virge (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR siliconmotion (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR sis (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR sisusb (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR sunbw2 (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR suncg14 (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR suncg3 (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR suncg6 (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR sunffb (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR sunleo (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR suntcx (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR tdfx (__drivermansuffix__), -.\" .BR tga (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR trident (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR tseng (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR vesa (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR vmware (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR voodoo (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR wsfb (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR xgi (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR xgixp (__drivermansuffix__). -.PP -Input drivers: -.BR acecad (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR citron (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR elographics (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR evdev (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR fpit (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR joystick (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR kbd (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR mousedrv (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR mutouch (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR penmount (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR synaptics (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR vmmouse (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR void (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR wacom (__drivermansuffix__). -.PP -Other modules and interfaces: -.BR exa (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR fbdevhw (__drivermansuffix__), -.\" .BR shadowfb (__drivermansuffix__), -.BR v4l (__drivermansuffix__). -.br -.SH AUTHORS -This manual page was largely rewritten by David Dawes -.IR <dawes@xfree86.org> . +.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
+.ds q \N'34'
+.TH __xconfigfile__ __filemansuffix__ __vendorversion__
+.SH NAME
+__xconfigfile__ and __xconfigdir__ \- configuration files for
+__xservername__ X server
+.SH INTRODUCTION
+.B __xservername__
+supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and
+run-time parameters: command line options, environment variables, the
+__xconfigfile__ and __xconfigdir__ configuration files, auto-detection,
+and fallback defaults. When the same information is supplied in more
+than one way, the highest precedence mechanism is used. The list of
+mechanisms is ordered from highest precedence to lowest. Note that not
+all parameters can be supplied via all methods. The available command
+line options and environment variables (and some defaults) are
+described in the Xserver(__appmansuffix__) and
+__xservername__(__appmansuffix__) manual pages. Most configuration file
+parameters, with their defaults, are described below. Driver and module
+specific configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver
+or module manual page.
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B __xservername__
+uses a configuration file called
+.I __xconfigfile__
+and files ending in the suffix
+.I .conf
+from the directory
+.I __xconfigdir__
+for its initial setup.
+The
+.I __xconfigfile__
+configuration file is searched for in the following places when the
+server is started as a normal user:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline>
+.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/ <cmdline>
+.IB /etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG
+.IB __projectroot__/etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG
+.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__
+.I /etc/__xconfigfile__
+.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname>
+.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__
+.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname>
+.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+where
+.I <cmdline>
+is a relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified with the
+.B \-config
+command line option,
+.B $XORGCONFIG
+is the relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified by that
+environment variable, and
+.I <hostname>
+is the machine's hostname as reported by
+.BR gethostname (__libmansuffix__).
+.PP
+When the __xservername__ server is started by the \(lqroot\(rq user, the config file
+search locations are as follows:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+<cmdline>
+.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline>
+.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/ <cmdline>
+.B $XORGCONFIG
+.IB /etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG
+.IB __projectroot__/etc/X11/ $XORGCONFIG
+.I /etc/X11/__xconfigfile__
+.I /etc/__xconfigfile__
+.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname>
+.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigfile__
+.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__. <hostname>
+.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+where
+.I <cmdline>
+is the path specified with the
+.B \-config
+command line option (which may be absolute or relative),
+.B $XORGCONFIG
+is the path specified by that
+environment variable (absolute or relative),
+.B $HOME
+is the path specified by that environment variable (usually the home
+directory), and
+.I <hostname>
+is the machine's hostname as reported by
+.BR gethostname (__libmansuffix__).
+.PP
+Additional configuration files are searched for in the following
+directories when the server is started as a normal user:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline>
+.IR __sysconfdir__/X11/ <cmdline>
+.I /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__
+.I __sysconfdir__/X11/__xconfigdir__
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+where
+.I <cmdline>
+is a relative path (with no \(lq..\(rq components) specified with the
+.B \-configdir
+command line option.
+.PP
+When the __xservername__ server is started by the \(lqroot\(rq user, the
+config directory search locations are as follows:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+<cmdline>
+.IR /etc/X11/ <cmdline>
+.IR __sysconfdir__/X11/ <cmdline>
+.I /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__
+.I __sysconfdir__/X11/__xconfigdir__
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+where
+.I <cmdline>
+is the path specified with the
+.B \-configdir
+command line option (which may be absolute or relative).
+.PP
+Finally, configuration files will also be searched for in directories
+reserved for system use. These are to separate configuration files from
+the vendor or 3rd party packages from those of local administration.
+These files are found in the following directories:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.I /usr/share/X11/__xconfigdir__
+.I __datadir__/X11/__xconfigdir__
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The
+.I __xconfigfile__
+and
+.I __xconfigdir__
+files are composed of a number of sections which may be present in any order,
+or omitted to use default configuration values.
+Each section has the form:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.BI "Section \*q" SectionName \*q
+.RI " " SectionEntry
+ ...
+.B EndSection
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The section names are:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.BR "Files " "File pathnames"
+.BR "ServerFlags " "Server flags"
+.BR "Module " "Dynamic module loading"
+.BR "Extensions " "Extension enabling"
+.BR "InputDevice " "Input device description"
+.BR "InputClass " "Input class description"
+.BR "Device " "Graphics device description"
+.BR "VideoAdaptor " "Xv video adaptor description"
+.BR "Monitor " "Monitor description"
+.BR "Modes " "Video modes descriptions"
+.BR "Screen " "Screen configuration"
+.BR "ServerLayout " "Overall layout"
+.BR "DRI " "DRI\-specific configuration"
+.BR "Vendor " "Vendor\-specific configuration"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The following obsolete section names are still recognised for compatibility
+purposes.
+In new config files, the
+.B InputDevice
+section should be used instead.
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.BR "Keyboard " "Keyboard configuration"
+.BR "Pointer " "Pointer/mouse configuration"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The old
+.B XInput
+section is no longer recognised.
+.PP
+The
+.B ServerLayout
+sections are at the highest level.
+They bind together the input and output devices that will be used in a session.
+The input devices are described in the
+.B InputDevice
+sections.
+Output devices usually consist of multiple independent components (e.g.,
+a graphics board and a monitor).
+These multiple components are bound together in the
+.B Screen
+sections, and it is these that are referenced by the
+.B ServerLayout
+section.
+Each
+.B Screen
+section binds together a graphics board and a monitor.
+The graphics boards are described in the
+.B Device
+sections, and the monitors are described in the
+.B Monitor
+sections.
+.PP
+Config file keywords are case\-insensitive, and \(lq_\(rq characters are
+ignored.
+Most strings (including
+.B Option
+names) are also case-insensitive, and insensitive to white space and
+\(lq_\(rq characters.
+.PP
+Each config file entry usually takes up a single line in the file. They
+consist of a keyword, which is possibly followed by one or more arguments,
+with the number and types of the arguments depending on the keyword.
+The argument types are:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.BR "Integer " "an integer number in decimal, hex or octal"
+.BR "Real " "a floating point number"
+.BR "String " "a string enclosed in double quote marks (\*q)"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Note: hex integer values must be prefixed with \(lq0x\(rq, and octal values
+with \(lq0\(rq.
+.PP
+A special keyword called
+.B Option
+may be used to provide free\-form data to various components of the server.
+The
+.B Option
+keyword takes either one or two string arguments.
+The first is the option name, and the optional second argument is the
+option value.
+Some commonly used option value types include:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.BR "Integer " "an integer number in decimal, hex or octal"
+.BR "Real " "a floating point number"
+.BR "String " "a sequence of characters"
+.BR "Boolean " "a boolean value (see below)"
+.BR "Frequency " "a frequency value (see below)"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Note that
+.I all
+.B Option
+values, not just strings, must be enclosed in quotes.
+.PP
+Boolean options may optionally have a value specified.
+When no value is specified, the option's value is
+.BR TRUE .
+The following boolean option values are recognised as
+.BR TRUE :
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.BR 1 ,
+.BR on ,
+.BR true ,
+.B yes
+.RE
+.PP
+and the following boolean option values are recognised as
+.BR FALSE :
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.BR 0 ,
+.BR off ,
+.BR false ,
+.B no
+.RE
+.PP
+If an option name is prefixed with
+.RB \*q No \*q,
+then the option value is negated.
+.PP
+Example: the following option entries are equivalent:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qOff\*q"
+.B "Option \*qNoAccel\*q"
+.B "Option \*qNoAccel\*q \*qOn\*q"
+.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qfalse\*q"
+.B "Option \*qAccel\*q \*qno\*q"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Frequency option values consist of a real number that is optionally
+followed by one of the following frequency units:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.BR Hz ,
+.BR k ,
+.BR kHz ,
+.BR M ,
+.B MHz
+.RE
+.PP
+When the unit name is omitted, the correct units will be determined from
+the value and the expectations of the appropriate range of the value.
+It is recommended that the units always be specified when using frequency
+option values to avoid any errors in determining the value.
+.SH "FILES SECTION"
+The
+.B Files
+section is used to specify some path names required by the server.
+Some of these paths can also be set from the command line (see
+.BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__)
+and
+.BR __xservername__ (__appmansuffix__)).
+The command line settings override the values specified in the config
+file.
+The
+.B Files
+section is optional, as are all of the entries that may appear in it.
+.PP
+The entries that can appear in this section are:
+.TP 7
+.BI "FontPath \*q" path \*q
+sets the search path for fonts.
+This path is a comma separated list of font path elements which the __xservername__
+server searches for font databases.
+Multiple
+.B FontPath
+entries may be specified, and they will be concatenated to build up the
+fontpath used by the server. Font path elements can be absolute
+directory paths, catalogue directories or a font server identifier. The
+formats of the later two are explained below:
+.PP
+.RS 7
+Catalogue directories:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+Catalogue directories can be specified using the prefix \fBcatalogue:\fR
+before the directory name. The directory can then be populated with
+symlinks pointing to the real font directories, using the following
+syntax in the symlink name:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.IR <identifier> : [attribute]: pri= <priority>
+.RE
+.PP
+where
+.I <identifier>
+is an alphanumeric identifier,
+.I [attribute]
+is an attribute which will be passed to the underlying FPE and
+.I <priority>
+is a number used to order the fontfile FPEs. Examples:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.I 75dpi:unscaled:pri=20 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi
+.I gscript:pri=60 -> /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript
+.I misc:unscaled:pri=10 \-> /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc
+.fi
+.PP
+.RE .RE .RE
+.PP
+.RS 7
+Font server identifiers:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+Font server identifiers have the form:
+.RS 4
+.PP
+.IR <trans> / <hostname> : <port\-number>
+.RE
+.PP
+where
+.I <trans>
+is the transport type to use to connect to the font server (e.g.,
+.B unix
+for UNIX\-domain sockets or
+.B tcp
+for a TCP/IP connection),
+.I <hostname>
+is the hostname of the machine running the font server, and
+.I <port\-number>
+is the port number that the font server is listening on (usually 7100).
+.RE
+.PP
+When this entry is not specified in the config file, the server falls back
+to the compiled\-in default font path, which contains the following
+font path elements (which can be set inside a catalogue directory):
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/misc/
+.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/TTF/
+.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/OTF/
+.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/Type1/
+.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/100dpi/
+.I __datadir__/fonts/X11/75dpi/
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Font path elements that are found to be invalid are removed from the
+font path when the server starts up.
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "ModulePath \*q" path \*q
+sets the search path for loadable __xservername__ server modules.
+This path is a comma separated list of directories which the __xservername__ server
+searches for loadable modules loading in the order specified.
+Multiple
+.B ModulePath
+entries may be specified, and they will be concatenated to build the
+module search path used by the server. The default module path is
+.PP
+.RS 11
+__modulepath__
+.RE
+.\" The LogFile keyword is not currently implemented
+.ig
+.TP 7
+.BI "LogFile \*q" path \*q
+sets the name of the __xservername__ server log file.
+The default log file name is
+.PP
+.RS 11
+.RI __logdir__/__xservername__. <n> .log
+.RE
+.PP
+.RS 7
+where
+.I <n>
+is the display number for the __xservername__ server.
+..
+.TP 7
+.BI "XkbDir \*q" path \*q
+sets the base directory for keyboard layout files. The
+.B \-xkbdir
+command line option can be used to override this. The default directory is
+.PP
+.RS 11
+__xkbdir__
+.RE
+.SH "SERVERFLAGS SECTION"
+In addition to options specific to this section (described below), the
+.B ServerFlags
+section is used to specify some global
+__xservername__ server options.
+All of the entries in this section are
+.BR Options ,
+although for compatibility purposes some of the old style entries are
+still recognised.
+Those old style entries are not documented here, and using them is
+discouraged.
+The
+.B ServerFlags
+section is optional, as are the entries that may be specified in it.
+.PP
+.B Options
+specified in this section (with the exception of the
+.B \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q
+.BR Option )
+may be overridden by
+.B Options
+specified in the active
+.B ServerLayout
+section.
+Options with command line equivalents are overridden when their command
+line equivalent is used.
+The options recognised by this section are:
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q \*q" layout\-id \*q
+This specifies the default
+.B ServerLayout
+section to use in the absence of the
+.B \-layout
+command line option.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qNoTrapSignals\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This prevents the __xservername__ server from trapping a range of unexpected fatal
+signals and exiting cleanly.
+Instead, the __xservername__ server will die and drop core where the fault occurred.
+The default behaviour is for the __xservername__ server to exit cleanly, but still drop a
+core file.
+In general you never want to use this option unless you are debugging an __xservername__
+server problem and know how to deal with the consequences.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qUseSIGIO\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This controls whether the __xservername__ server requests that events from
+input devices be reported via a SIGIO signal handler (also known as SIGPOLL
+on some platforms), or only reported via the standard select(3) loop.
+The default behaviour is platform specific. In general you do not want to
+use this option unless you are debugging the __xservername__ server, or
+working around a specific bug until it is fixed, and understand the
+consequences.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qDontVTSwitch\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This disallows the use of the
+.BI Ctrl+Alt+F n
+sequence (where
+.RI F n
+refers to one of the numbered function keys).
+That sequence is normally used to switch to another \*qvirtual terminal\*q
+on operating systems that have this feature.
+When this option is enabled, that key sequence has no special meaning and
+is passed to clients.
+Default: off.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qDontZap\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This disallows the use of the
+.B Terminate_Server
+XKB action (usually on Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, depending on XKB options).
+This action is normally used to terminate the __xservername__ server.
+When this option is enabled, the action has no effect.
+Default: off.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qDontZoom\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This disallows the use of the
+.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Plus
+and
+.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Minus
+sequences.
+These sequences allows you to switch between video modes.
+When this option is enabled, those key sequences have no special meaning
+and are passed to clients.
+Default: off.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qDisableVidModeExtension\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This disables the parts of the VidMode extension used by the xvidtune client
+that can be used to change the video modes.
+Default: the VidMode extension is enabled.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAllowNonLocalXvidtune\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This allows the xvidtune client (and other clients that use the VidMode
+extension) to connect from another host.
+Default: off.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAllowMouseOpenFail\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This tells the mousedrv(__drivermansuffix__) and vmmouse(__drivermansuffix__)
+drivers to not report failure if the mouse device can't be opened/initialised.
+It has no effect on the evdev(__drivermansuffix__) or other drivers.
+Default: false.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qVTSysReq\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+enables the SYSV\-style VT switch sequence for non\-SYSV systems
+which support VT switching.
+This sequence is
+.B Alt\-SysRq
+followed by a function key
+.RB ( Fn ).
+This prevents the __xservername__ server trapping the
+keys used for the default VT switch sequence, which means that clients can
+access them.
+Default: off.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qBlankTime\*q \*q" time \*q
+sets the inactivity timeout for the
+.B blank
+phase of the screensaver.
+.I time
+is in minutes.
+This is equivalent to the __xservername__ server's
+.B \-s
+flag, and the value can be changed at run\-time with
+.BR xset(__appmansuffix__).
+Default: 10 minutes.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qStandbyTime\*q \*q" time \*q
+sets the inactivity timeout for the
+.B standby
+phase of DPMS mode.
+.I time
+is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with
+.BR xset(__appmansuffix__).
+Default: 10 minutes.
+This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be
+supported by all video drivers.
+It is only enabled for screens that have the
+.B \*qDPMS\*q
+option set (see the MONITOR section below).
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qSuspendTime\*q \*q" time \*q
+sets the inactivity timeout for the
+.B suspend
+phase of DPMS mode.
+.I time
+is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with
+.BR xset(__appmansuffix__).
+Default: 10 minutes.
+This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be
+supported by all video drivers.
+It is only enabled for screens that have the
+.B \*qDPMS\*q
+option set (see the MONITOR section below).
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qOffTime\*q \*q" time \*q
+sets the inactivity timeout for the
+.B off
+phase of DPMS mode.
+.I time
+is in minutes, and the value can be changed at run\-time with
+.BR xset(__appmansuffix__).
+Default: 10 minutes.
+This is only suitable for VESA DPMS compatible monitors, and may not be
+supported by all video drivers.
+It is only enabled for screens that have the
+.B \*qDPMS\*q
+option set (see the MONITOR section below).
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qPixmap\*q \*q" bpp \*q
+This sets the pixmap format to use for depth 24.
+Allowed values for
+.I bpp
+are 24 and 32.
+Default: 32 unless driver constraints don't allow this (which is rare).
+Note: some clients don't behave well when this value is set to 24.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qPC98\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Specify that the machine is a Japanese PC\-98 machine.
+This should not be enabled for anything other than the Japanese\-specific
+PC\-98 architecture.
+Default: auto\-detected.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qNoPM\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Disables something to do with power management events.
+Default: PM enabled on platforms that support it.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXinerama\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+enable or disable XINERAMA extension.
+Default is disabled.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAIGLX\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+enable or disable AIGLX. AIGLX is enabled by default.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qDRI2\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+enable or disable DRI2. DRI2 is disabled by default.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qGlxVisuals\*q \*q" string \*q
+This option controls how many GLX visuals the GLX modules sets up.
+The default value is
+.BR "typical" ,
+which will setup up a typical subset of
+the GLXFBConfigs provided by the driver as GLX visuals. Other options are
+.BR "minimal" ,
+which will set up the minimal set allowed by the GLX specification and
+.BR "all"
+which will setup GLX visuals for all GLXFBConfigs.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qUseDefaultFontPath\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Include the default font path even if other paths are specified in
+xorg.conf. If enabled, other font paths are included as well. Enabled by
+default.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qIgnoreABI\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Allow modules built for a different, potentially incompatible version of
+the X server to load. Disabled by default.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAutoAddDevices\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+If this option is disabled, then no devices will be added from HAL events.
+Enabled by default.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAutoEnableDevices\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+If this option is disabled, then the devices will be added (and the
+DevicePresenceNotify event sent), but not enabled, thus leaving policy up
+to the client.
+Enabled by default.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qLog\*q \*q" string \*q
+This option controls whether the log is flushed and/or synced to disk after
+each message.
+Possible values are
+.B flush
+or
+.BR sync .
+Unset by default.
+.SH "MODULE SECTION"
+The
+.B Module
+section is used to specify which __xservername__ server modules should be loaded.
+This section is ignored when the __xservername__ server is built in static form.
+The type of modules normally loaded in this section are __xservername__ server
+extension modules.
+Most other module types are loaded automatically when they are needed via
+other mechanisms.
+The
+.B Module
+section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in
+it.
+.PP
+Entries in this section may be in two forms.
+The first and most commonly used form is an entry that uses the
+.B Load
+keyword, as described here:
+.TP 7
+.BI "Load \*q" modulename \*q
+This instructs the server to load the module called
+.IR modulename .
+The module name given should be the module's standard name, not the
+module file name.
+The standard name is case\-sensitive, and does not include the \(lqlib\(rq
+prefix, or the \(lq.a\(rq, \(lq.o\(rq, or \(lq.so\(rq suffixes.
+.PP
+.RS 7
+Example: the DRI extension module can be loaded with the following entry:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.B "Load \*qdri\*q"
+.RE
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "Disable \*q" modulename \*q
+This instructs the server to not load the module called
+.IR modulename .
+Some modules are loaded by default in the server, and this overrides that
+default. If a
+.B Load
+instruction is given for the same module, it overrides the
+.B Disable
+instruction and the module is loaded. The module name given should be the
+module's standard name, not the module file name. As with the
+.B Load
+instruction, the standard name is case-sensitive, and does not include the
+"lib" prefix, or the ".a", ".o", or ".so" suffixes.
+.PP
+The second form of entry is a
+.BR SubSection,
+with the subsection name being the module name, and the contents of the
+.B SubSection
+being
+.B Options
+that are passed to the module when it is loaded.
+.PP
+Example: the extmod module (which contains a miscellaneous group of
+server extensions) can be loaded, with the XFree86\-DGA extension
+disabled by using the following entry:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "SubSection \*qextmod\*q"
+.B " Option \*qomit XFree86\-DGA\*q"
+.B EndSubSection
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Modules are searched for in each directory specified in the
+.B ModulePath
+search path, and in the drivers, extensions, input, internal, and
+multimedia subdirectories of each of those directories.
+In addition to this, operating system specific subdirectories of all
+the above are searched first if they exist.
+.PP
+To see what extension modules are available, check the extensions
+subdirectory under:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+__modulepath__
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The \(lqextmod\(rq, \(lqdbe\(rq, \(lqdri\(rq, \(lqdri2\(rq, \(lqglx\(rq,
+and \(lqrecord\(rq extension modules are loaded automatically, if they
+are present, unless disabled with \*qDisable\*q entries.
+It is recommended
+that at very least the \(lqextmod\(rq extension module be loaded.
+If it isn't, some commonly used server extensions (like the SHAPE
+extension) will not be available.
+.SH "EXTENSIONS SECTION"
+The
+.B Extensions
+section is used to specify which X11 protocol extensions should be enabled
+or disabled.
+The
+.B Extensions
+section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in
+it.
+.PP
+Entries in this section are listed as Option statements with the name of
+the extension as the first argument, and a boolean value as the second.
+The extension name is case\-sensitive, and matches the form shown in the output
+of \*qXorg -extension ?\*q.
+.PP
+.RS 7
+Example: the MIT-SHM extension can be disabled with the following entry:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qExtensions\*q"
+.B " Option \*qMIT-SHM\*q \*qDisable\*q"
+.B "EndSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.RE
+.SH "INPUTDEVICE SECTION"
+The config file may have multiple
+.B InputDevice
+sections.
+Recent X servers employ HAL or udev backends for input device enumeration
+and input hotplugging. It is usually not
+necessary to provide
+.B InputDevice
+sections in the xorg.conf if hotplugging is in use. If hotplugging is
+enabled,
+.B InputDevice
+sections using the
+.B mouse, kbd
+and
+.B vmmouse
+driver will be ignored.
+.PP
+If hotplugging is disabled, there will normally
+be at least two: one for the core (primary) keyboard
+and one for the core pointer.
+If either of these two is missing, a default configuration for the missing
+ones will be used. In the absence of an explicitly specified core input
+device, the first
+.B InputDevice
+marked as
+.B CorePointer
+(or
+.BR CoreKeyboard )
+is used.
+If there is no match there, the first
+.B InputDevice
+that uses the \(lqmouse\(rq (or \(lqkbd\(rq) driver is used.
+The final fallback is to use built\-in default configurations.
+Currently the default configuration may not work as expected on all platforms.
+.PP
+.B InputDevice
+sections have the following format:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qInputDevice\*q"
+.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
+.BI " Driver \*q" inputdriver \*q
+.I " options"
+.I " ..."
+.B "EndSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+and
+.B Driver
+entries are required in all
+.B InputDevice
+sections.
+All other entries are optional.
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+entry specifies the unique name for this input device.
+The
+.B Driver
+entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this input device.
+When using the loadable server, the input driver module
+.RI \*q inputdriver \*q
+will be loaded for each active
+.B InputDevice
+section.
+An
+.B InputDevice
+section is considered active if it is referenced by an active
+.B ServerLayout
+section, if it is referenced by the
+.B \-keyboard
+or
+.B \-pointer
+command line options, or if it is selected implicitly as the core pointer
+or keyboard device in the absence of such explicit references.
+The most commonly used input drivers are
+.BR evdev (__drivermansuffix__)
+on Linux systems, and
+.BR kbd (__drivermansuffix__)
+and
+.BR mousedrv (__drivermansuffix__)
+on other platforms.
+.PP
+.PP
+.B InputDevice
+sections recognise some driver\-independent
+.BR Options ,
+which are described here.
+See the individual input driver manual pages for a description of the
+device\-specific options.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAutoServerLayout\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Always add the device to the ServerLayout section used by this instance of
+the server. This affects implied layouts as well as explicit layouts
+specified in the configuration and/or on the command line.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qCorePointer\*q"
+Deprecated, see
+.B Floating
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qCoreKeyboard\*q"
+Deprecated, see
+.B Floating
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAlwaysCore\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Deprecated, see
+.B Floating
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qSendCoreEvents\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Deprecated, see
+.B Floating
+
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qFloating\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+When enabled, the input device is set up floating and does not
+report events through any master device or control a cursor. The device is
+only available to clients using the X Input Extension API. This option is
+disabled by default.
+The options
+.B CorePointer,
+.B CoreKeyboard,
+.B AlwaysCore,
+and
+.B SendCoreEvents,
+are the inverse of option
+.B Floating
+(i.e.
+.B SendCoreEvents \*qon\*q
+is equivalent to
+.B Floating \*qoff\*q
+).
+
+This option controls the startup behavior only, a device
+may be reattached or set floating at runtime.
+.PP
+For pointing devices, the following options control how the pointer
+is accelerated or decelerated with respect to physical device motion. Most of
+these can be adjusted at runtime, see the xinput(1) man page for details. Only
+the most important acceleration options are discussed here.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAccelerationProfile\*q \*q" integer \*q
+Select the profile. In layman's terms, the profile constitutes the "feeling" of
+the acceleration. More formally, it defines how the transfer function (actual
+acceleration as a function of current device velocity and acceleration controls)
+is constructed. This is mainly a matter of personal preference.
+.PP
+.RS 6
+.nf
+.B " 0 classic (mostly compatible)"
+.B "-1 none (only constant deceleration is applied)"
+.B " 1 device-dependent"
+.B " 2 polynomial (polynomial function)"
+.B " 3 smooth linear (soft knee, then linear)"
+.B " 4 simple (normal when slow, otherwise accelerated)"
+.B " 5 power (power function)"
+.B " 6 linear (more speed, more acceleration)"
+.B " 7 limited (like linear, but maxes out at threshold)"
+.fi
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qConstantDeceleration\*q \*q" real \*q
+Makes the pointer go
+.B deceleration
+times slower than normal. Most useful for high-resolution devices.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAdaptiveDeceleration\*q \*q" real \*q
+Allows to actually decelerate the pointer when going slow. At most, it will be
+.B adaptive deceleration
+times slower. Enables precise pointer placement without sacrificing speed.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAccelerationScheme\*q \*q" string \*q
+Selects the scheme, which is the underlying algorithm.
+.PP
+.RS 7
+.nf
+.B "predictable default algorithm (behaving more predictable)"
+.B "lightweight old acceleration code (as specified in the X protocol spec)"
+.B "none no acceleration or deceleration"
+.fi
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAccelerationNumerator\*q \*q" integer \*q
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAccelerationDenominator\*q \*q" integer \*q
+Set numerator and denominator of the acceleration factor. The acceleration
+factor is a rational which, together with threshold, can be used to tweak
+profiles to suit the users needs. The
+.B simple
+and
+.B limited
+profiles use it directly (i.e. they accelerate by the factor), for other
+profiles it should hold that a higher acceleration factor leads to a faster
+pointer. Typically, 1 is unaccelerated and values up to 5 are sensible.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAccelerationThreshold\*q \*q" integer \*q
+Set the threshold, which is roughly the velocity (usually device units per 10
+ms) required for acceleration to become effective. The precise effect varies
+with the profile however.
+
+.SH "INPUTCLASS SECTION"
+The config file may have multiple
+.B InputClass
+sections.
+These sections are optional and are used to provide configuration for a
+class of input devices as they are automatically added. An input device can
+match more than one
+.B InputClass
+section. Each class can override settings from a previous class, so it is
+best to arrange the sections with the most generic matches first.
+.PP
+.B InputClass
+sections have the following format:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qInputClass\*q"
+.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
+.I " entries"
+.I " ..."
+.I " options"
+.I " ..."
+.B "EndSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+entry is required in all
+.B InputClass
+sections.
+All other entries are optional.
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+entry specifies the unique name for this input class.
+The
+.B Driver
+entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this input device.
+After all classes have been examined, the
+.RI \*q inputdriver \*q
+module from the first
+.B Driver
+entry will be enabled when using the loadable server.
+.PP
+When an input device is automatically added, its characteristics are
+checked against all
+.B InputClass
+sections. Each section can contain optional entries to narrow the match
+of the class. If none of the optional entries appear, the
+.B InputClass
+section is generic and will match any input device. If more than one of
+these entries appear, they all must match for the configuration to apply.
+.PP
+There are two types of match entries used in
+.B InputClass
+sections. The first allows various tokens to be matched against attributes
+of the device. An entry can be constructed to match attributes from different
+devices by separating arguments with a '|' character. Multiple entries of the
+same type may be supplied to add multiple matching conditions on the same
+attribute. For example:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qInputClass\*q"
+.B " Identifier \*qMy Class\*q"
+.B " # product string must contain example and
+.B " # either gizmo or gadget
+.B " MatchProduct \*qexample\*q
+.B " MatchProduct \*qgizmo|gadget\*q
+.I " ..."
+.B "EndSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchProduct \*q" matchproduct \*q
+This entry can be used to check if the substring
+.RI \*q matchproduct \*q
+occurs in the device's product name.
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchVendor \*q" matchvendor \*q
+This entry can be used to check if the substring
+.RI \*q matchvendor \*q
+occurs in the device's vendor name.
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchDevicePath \*q" matchdevice \*q
+This entry can be used to check if the device file matches the
+.RI \*q matchdevice \*q
+pathname pattern.
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchOS \*q" matchos \*q
+This entry can be used to check if the operating system matches the
+case-insensitive
+.RI \*q matchos \*q
+string. This entry is only supported on platforms providing the
+.BR uname (2)
+system call.
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchPnPID \*q" matchpnp \*q
+The device's Plug and Play (PnP) ID can be checked against the
+.RI \*q matchpnp \*q
+shell wildcard pattern.
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchUSBID \*q" matchusb \*q
+The device's USB ID can be checked against the
+.RI \*q matchusb \*q
+shell wildcard pattern. The ID is constructed as lowercase hexadecimal numbers
+separated by a ':'. This is the same format as the
+.BR lsusb (8)
+program.
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchDriver \*q" matchdriver \*q
+Check the case-sensitive string
+.RI \*q matchdriver \*q
+against the currently configured driver of the device. Ordering of sections
+using this entry is important since it will not match unless the driver has
+been set by the config backend or a previous
+.B InputClass
+section.
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchTag \*q" matchtag \*q
+This entry can be used to check if tags assigned by the config backend
+matches the
+.RI \*q matchtag \*q
+pattern. A match is found if at least one of the tags given in
+.RI \*q matchtag \*q
+matches at least one of the tags assigned by the backend.
+.PP
+The second type of entry is used to match device types. These entries take a
+boolean argument similar to
+.B Option
+entries.
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchIsKeyboard \*q" bool \*q
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchIsPointer \*q" bool \*q
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchIsJoystick \*q" bool \*q
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchIsTablet \*q" bool \*q
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchIsTouchpad \*q" bool \*q
+.TP 7
+.BI "MatchIsTouchscreen \*q" bool \*q
+.PP
+When an input device has been matched to the
+.B InputClass
+section, any
+.B Option
+entries are applied to the device. One
+.B InputClass
+specific
+.B Option
+is recognized. See the
+.B InputDevice
+section above for a description of the remaining
+.B Option
+entries.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qIgnore\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+This optional entry specifies that the device should be ignored entirely,
+and not added to the server. This can be useful when the device is handled
+by another program and no X events should be generated.
+.SH "DEVICE SECTION"
+The config file may have multiple
+.B Device
+sections.
+There must be at least one, for the video card being used.
+.PP
+.B Device
+sections have the following format:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qDevice\*q"
+.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
+.BI " Driver \*q" driver \*q
+.I " entries"
+.I " ..."
+.B "EndSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+and
+.B Driver
+entries are required in all
+.B Device
+sections. All other entries are optional.
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+entry specifies the unique name for this graphics device.
+The
+.B Driver
+entry specifies the name of the driver to use for this graphics device.
+When using the loadable server, the driver module
+.RI \*q driver \*q
+will be loaded for each active
+.B Device
+section.
+A
+.B Device
+section is considered active if it is referenced by an active
+.B Screen
+section.
+.PP
+.B Device
+sections recognise some driver\-independent entries and
+.BR Options ,
+which are described here.
+Not all drivers make use of these
+driver\-independent entries, and many of those that do don't require them
+to be specified because the information is auto\-detected.
+See the individual graphics driver manual pages for further information
+about this, and for a description of the device\-specific options.
+Note that most of the
+.B Options
+listed here (but not the other entries) may be specified in the
+.B Screen
+section instead of here in the
+.B Device
+section.
+.TP 7
+.BI "BusID \*q" bus\-id \*q
+This specifies the bus location of the graphics card.
+For PCI/AGP cards,
+the
+.I bus\-id
+string has the form
+.BI PCI: bus : device : function
+(e.g., \(lqPCI:1:0:0\(rq might be appropriate for an AGP card).
+This field is usually optional in single-head configurations when using
+the primary graphics card.
+In multi-head configurations, or when using a secondary graphics card in a
+single-head configuration, this entry is mandatory.
+Its main purpose is to make an unambiguous connection between the device
+section and the hardware it is representing.
+This information can usually be found by running the pciaccess tool
+scanpci.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Screen " number
+This option is mandatory for cards where a single PCI entity can drive more
+than one display (i.e., multiple CRTCs sharing a single graphics accelerator
+and video memory).
+One
+.B Device
+section is required for each head, and this
+parameter determines which head each of the
+.B Device
+sections applies to.
+The legal values of
+.I number
+range from 0 to one less than the total number of heads per entity.
+Most drivers require that the primary screen (0) be present.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Chipset \*q" chipset \*q
+This usually optional entry specifies the chipset used on the graphics
+board.
+In most cases this entry is not required because the drivers will probe the
+hardware to determine the chipset type.
+Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you
+do.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Ramdac \*q" ramdac\-type \*q
+This optional entry specifies the type of RAMDAC used on the graphics
+board.
+This is only used by a few of the drivers, and in most cases it is not
+required because the drivers will probe the hardware to determine the
+RAMDAC type where possible.
+Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you
+do.
+.TP 7
+.BI "DacSpeed " speed
+.TP 7
+.BI "DacSpeed " "speed\-8 speed\-16 speed\-24 speed\-32"
+This optional entry specifies the RAMDAC speed rating (which is usually
+printed on the RAMDAC chip).
+The speed is in MHz.
+When one value is given, it applies to all framebuffer pixel sizes.
+When multiple values are given, they apply to the framebuffer pixel sizes
+8, 16, 24 and 32 respectively.
+This is not used by many drivers, and only needs to be specified when the
+speed rating of the RAMDAC is different from the defaults built in to
+driver, or when the driver can't auto-detect the correct defaults.
+Don't specify it unless the driver-specific documentation recommends that you
+do.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Clocks " "clock ..."
+specifies the pixel that are on your graphics board.
+The clocks are in MHz, and may be specified as a floating point number.
+The value is stored internally to the nearest kHz.
+The ordering of the clocks is important.
+It must match the order in which they are selected on the graphics board.
+Multiple
+.B Clocks
+lines may be specified, and each is concatenated to form the list.
+Most drivers do not use this entry, and it is only required for some older
+boards with non-programmable clocks.
+Don't specify this entry unless the driver-specific documentation explicitly
+recommends that you do.
+.TP
+.BI "ClockChip \*q" clockchip\-type \*q
+This optional entry is used to specify the clock chip type on graphics
+boards which have a programmable clock generator.
+Only a few __xservername__ drivers support programmable clock chips.
+For details, see the appropriate driver manual page.
+.TP 7
+.BI "VideoRam " "mem"
+This optional entry specifies the amount of video ram that is installed
+on the graphics board.
+This is measured in kBytes.
+In most cases this is not required because the __xservername__ server probes
+the graphics board to determine this quantity.
+The driver-specific documentation should indicate when it might be needed.
+.TP 7
+.BI "BiosBase " "baseaddress"
+This optional entry specifies the base address of the video BIOS for
+the VGA board.
+This address is normally auto-detected, and should only be specified if the
+driver-specific documentation recommends it.
+.TP 7
+.BI "MemBase " "baseaddress"
+This optional entry specifies the memory base address of a graphics
+board's linear frame buffer.
+This entry is not used by many drivers, and it should only be specified if
+the driver-specific documentation recommends it.
+.TP 7
+.BI "IOBase " "baseaddress"
+This optional entry specifies the IO base address.
+This entry is not used by many drivers, and it should only be specified if
+the driver-specific documentation recommends it.
+.TP 7
+.BI "ChipID " "id"
+This optional entry specifies a numerical ID representing the chip type.
+For PCI cards, it is usually the device ID.
+This can be used to override the auto-detection, but that should only be done
+when the driver-specific documentation recommends it.
+.TP 7
+.BI "ChipRev " "rev"
+This optional entry specifies the chip revision number.
+This can be used to override the auto-detection, but that should only be done
+when the driver-specific documentation recommends it.
+.TP 7
+.BI "TextClockFreq " "freq"
+This optional entry specifies the pixel clock frequency that is used
+for the regular text mode.
+The frequency is specified in MHz.
+This is rarely used.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qModeDebug\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Enable printing of additional debugging information about modesetting to
+the server log.
+.ig
+.TP 7
+This optional entry allows an IRQ number to be specified.
+..
+.TP 7
+.B Options
+Option flags may be specified in the
+.B Device
+sections.
+These include driver\-specific options and driver\-independent options.
+The former are described in the driver\-specific documentation.
+Some of the latter are described below in the section about the
+.B Screen
+section, and they may also be included here.
+
+.SH "VIDEOADAPTOR SECTION"
+Nobody wants to say how this works.
+Maybe nobody knows ...
+
+.SH "MONITOR SECTION"
+The config file may have multiple
+.B Monitor
+sections.
+There should normally be at least one, for the monitor being used,
+but a default configuration will be created when one isn't specified.
+.PP
+.B Monitor
+sections have the following format:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qMonitor\*q"
+.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
+.I " entries"
+.I " ..."
+.B "EndSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The only mandatory entry in a
+.B Monitor
+section is the
+.B Identifier
+entry.
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+entry specifies the unique name for this monitor.
+The
+.B Monitor
+section may be used to provide information about the specifications of the
+monitor, monitor-specific
+.BR Options ,
+and information about the video modes to use with the monitor.
+.PP
+With RandR 1.2-enabled drivers, monitor sections may be tied to specific
+outputs of the video card. Using the name of the output defined by the video
+driver plus the identifier of a monitor section, one associates a monitor
+section with an output by adding an option to the Device section in the
+following format:
+
+.B Option \*qMonitor-outputname\*q \*qmonitorsection\*q
+
+(for example,
+.B Option \*qMonitor-VGA\*q \*qVGA monitor\*q
+for a VGA output)
+.PP
+In the absence of specific association of monitor sections to outputs, if a
+monitor section is present the server will associate it with an output to
+preserve compatibility for previous single-head configurations.
+.PP
+Specifying video modes is optional because the server will use the DDC or other
+information provided by the monitor to automatically configure the list of
+modes available.
+When modes are specified explicitly in the
+.B Monitor
+section (with the
+.BR Modes ,
+.BR ModeLine ,
+or
+.B UseModes
+keywords), built-in modes with the same names are not included.
+Built-in modes with different names are, however, still implicitly included,
+when they meet the requirements of the monitor.
+.PP
+The entries that may be used in
+.B Monitor
+sections are described below.
+.TP 7
+.BI "VendorName \*q" vendor \*q
+This optional entry specifies the monitor's manufacturer.
+.TP 7
+.BI "ModelName \*q" model \*q
+This optional entry specifies the monitor's model.
+.TP 7
+.BI "HorizSync " "horizsync\-range"
+gives the range(s) of horizontal sync frequencies supported by the
+monitor.
+.I horizsync\-range
+may be a comma separated list of either discrete values or ranges of
+values.
+A range of values is two values separated by a dash.
+By default the values are in units of kHz.
+They may be specified in MHz or Hz
+if
+.B MHz
+or
+.B Hz
+is added to the end of the line.
+The data given here is used by the __xservername__ server to determine if video
+modes are within the specifications of the monitor.
+This information should be available in the monitor's handbook.
+If this entry is omitted, a default range of 28\-33kHz is used.
+.TP 7
+.BI "VertRefresh " "vertrefresh\-range"
+gives the range(s) of vertical refresh frequencies supported by the
+monitor.
+.I vertrefresh\-range
+may be a comma separated list of either discrete values or ranges of
+values.
+A range of values is two values separated by a dash.
+By default the values are in units of Hz.
+They may be specified in MHz or kHz
+if
+.B MHz
+or
+.B kHz
+is added to the end of the line.
+The data given here is used by the __xservername__ server to determine if video
+modes are within the specifications of the monitor.
+This information should be available in the monitor's handbook.
+If this entry is omitted, a default range of 43\-72Hz is used.
+.TP 7
+.BI "DisplaySize " "width height"
+This optional entry gives the width and height, in millimetres, of the
+picture area of the monitor.
+If given this is used to calculate the horizontal and vertical pitch (DPI) of
+the screen.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Gamma " "gamma\-value"
+.TP 7
+.BI "Gamma " "red\-gamma green\-gamma blue\-gamma"
+This is an optional entry that can be used to specify the gamma correction
+for the monitor.
+It may be specified as either a single value or as three separate RGB values.
+The values should be in the range 0.1 to 10.0, and the default is 1.0.
+Not all drivers are capable of using this information.
+.TP 7
+.BI "UseModes \*q" modesection\-id \*q
+Include the set of modes listed in the
+.B Modes
+section called
+.IR modesection\-id.
+This makes all of the modes defined in that section available for use by
+this monitor.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Mode \*q" name \*q
+This is an optional multi-line entry that can be used to provide
+definitions for video modes for the monitor.
+In most cases this isn't necessary because the built-in set of VESA standard
+modes will be sufficient.
+The
+.B Mode
+keyword indicates the start of a multi-line video mode description.
+The mode description is terminated with the
+.B EndMode
+keyword.
+The mode description consists of the following entries:
+.RS 7
+.TP 4
+.BI "DotClock " clock
+is the dot (pixel) clock rate to be used for the mode.
+.TP 4
+.BI "HTimings " "hdisp hsyncstart hsyncend htotal"
+specifies the horizontal timings for the mode.
+.TP 4
+.BI "VTimings " "vdisp vsyncstart vsyncend vtotal"
+specifies the vertical timings for the mode.
+.TP 4
+.BI "Flags \*q" flag \*q " ..."
+specifies an optional set of mode flags, each of which is a separate
+string in double quotes.
+.B \*qInterlace\*q
+indicates that the mode is interlaced.
+.B \*qDoubleScan\*q
+indicates a mode where each scanline is doubled.
+.B \*q+HSync\*q
+and
+.B \*q\-HSync\*q
+can be used to select the polarity of the HSync signal.
+.B \*q+VSync\*q
+and
+.B \*q\-VSync\*q
+can be used to select the polarity of the VSync signal.
+.B \*qComposite\*q
+can be used to specify composite sync on hardware where this is supported.
+Additionally, on some hardware,
+.B \*q+CSync\*q
+and
+.B \*q\-CSync\*q
+may be used to select the composite sync polarity.
+.TP 4
+.BI "HSkew " hskew
+specifies the number of pixels (towards the right edge of the screen) by
+which the display enable signal is to be skewed.
+Not all drivers use this information.
+This option might become necessary to override the default value supplied
+by the server (if any).
+\(lqRoving\(rq horizontal lines indicate this value needs to be increased.
+If the last few pixels on a scan line appear on the left of the screen,
+this value should be decreased.
+.TP 4
+.BI "VScan " vscan
+specifies the number of times each scanline is painted on the screen.
+Not all drivers use this information.
+Values less than 1 are treated as 1, which is the default.
+Generally, the
+.B \*qDoubleScan\*q
+.B Flag
+mentioned above doubles this value.
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "ModeLine \*q" name \*q " mode\-description"
+This entry is a more compact version of the
+.B Mode
+entry, and it also can be used to specify video modes for the monitor.
+is a single line format for specifying video modes.
+In most cases this isn't necessary because the built\-in set of VESA
+standard modes will be sufficient.
+.PP
+.RS 7
+The
+.I mode\-description
+is in four sections, the first three of which are mandatory.
+The first is the dot (pixel) clock.
+This is a single number specifying the pixel clock rate for the mode in
+MHz.
+The second section is a list of four numbers specifying the horizontal
+timings.
+These numbers are the
+.IR hdisp ,
+.IR hsyncstart ,
+.IR hsyncend ,
+and
+.I htotal
+values.
+The third section is a list of four numbers specifying the vertical
+timings.
+These numbers are the
+.IR vdisp ,
+.IR vsyncstart ,
+.IR vsyncend ,
+and
+.I vtotal
+values.
+The final section is a list of flags specifying other characteristics of
+the mode.
+.B Interlace
+indicates that the mode is interlaced.
+.B DoubleScan
+indicates a mode where each scanline is doubled.
+.B +HSync
+and
+.B \-HSync
+can be used to select the polarity of the HSync signal.
+.B +VSync
+and
+.B \-VSync
+can be used to select the polarity of the VSync signal.
+.B Composite
+can be used to specify composite sync on hardware where this is supported.
+Additionally, on some hardware,
+.B +CSync
+and
+.B \-CSync
+may be used to select the composite sync polarity.
+The
+.B HSkew
+and
+.B VScan
+options mentioned above in the
+.B Modes
+entry description can also be used here.
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qDPMS\*q " \*qbool\*q
+This option controls whether the server should enable the DPMS extension
+for power management for this screen. The default is to enable the
+extension.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qSyncOnGreen\*q " \*qbool\*q
+This option controls whether the video card should drive the sync signal
+on the green color pin. Not all cards support this option, and most
+monitors do not require it. The default is off.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qPrimary\*q " \*qbool\*q
+This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be treated as the primary
+monitor. (RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qPreferredMode\*q " \*qstring\*q
+This optional entry specifies a mode to be marked as the preferred initial mode
+of the monitor.
+(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qPosition\*q " "\*qx y\*q"
+This optional entry specifies the position of the monitor within the X
+screen.
+(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qLeftOf\*q " \*qoutput\*q
+This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned to the
+left of the output (not monitor) of the given name.
+(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qRightOf\*q " \*qoutput\*q
+This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned to the
+right of the output (not monitor) of the given name.
+(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qAbove\*q " \*qoutput\*q
+This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned above the
+output (not monitor) of the given name.
+(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qBelow\*q " \*qoutput\*q
+This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be positioned below the
+output (not monitor) of the given name.
+(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qEnable\*q " \*qbool\*q
+This optional entry specifies whether the monitor should be turned on
+at startup. By default, the server will attempt to enable all connected
+monitors.
+(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qDefaultModes\*q " \*qbool\*q
+This optional entry specifies whether the server should add supported default
+modes to the list of modes offered on this monitor. By default, the server
+will add default modes; you should only disable this if you can guarantee
+that EDID will be available at all times, or if you have added custom modelines
+which the server can use.
+(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qMinClock\*q " \*qfrequency\*q
+This optional entry specifies the minimum dot clock, in kHz, that is supported
+by the monitor.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qMaxClock\*q " \*qfrequency\*q
+This optional entry specifies the maximum dot clock, in kHz, that is supported
+by the monitor.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qIgnore\*q " \*qbool\*q
+This optional entry specifies that the monitor should be ignored entirely,
+and not reported through RandR. This is useful if the hardware reports the
+presence of outputs that don't exist.
+(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option " "\*qRotate\*q " \*qrotation\*q
+This optional entry specifies the initial rotation of the given monitor.
+Valid values for rotation are \*qnormal\*q, \*qleft\*q, \*qright\*q, and
+\*qinverted\*q.
+(RandR 1.2-supporting drivers only)
+
+.SH "MODES SECTION"
+The config file may have multiple
+.B Modes
+sections, or none.
+These sections provide a way of defining sets of video modes independently
+of the
+.B Monitor
+sections.
+.B Monitor
+sections may include the definitions provided in these sections by
+using the
+.B UseModes
+keyword.
+In most cases the
+.B Modes
+sections are not necessary because the built\-in set of VESA standard modes
+will be sufficient.
+.PP
+.B Modes
+sections have the following format:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qModes\*q"
+.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
+.I " entries"
+.I " ..."
+.B "EndSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+entry specifies the unique name for this set of mode descriptions.
+The other entries permitted in
+.B Modes
+sections are the
+.B Mode
+and
+.B ModeLine
+entries that are described above in the
+.B Monitor
+section.
+.SH "SCREEN SECTION"
+The config file may have multiple
+.B Screen
+sections.
+There must be at least one, for the \(lqscreen\(rq being used.
+A \(lqscreen\(rq represents the binding of a graphics device
+.RB ( Device
+section) and a monitor
+.RB ( Monitor
+section).
+A
+.B Screen
+section is considered \(lqactive\(rq if it is referenced by an active
+.B ServerLayout
+section or by the
+.B \-screen
+command line option.
+If neither of those is present, the first
+.B Screen
+section found in the config file is considered the active one.
+.PP
+.B Screen
+sections have the following format:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qScreen\*q"
+.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
+.BI " Device \*q" devid \*q
+.BI " Monitor \*q" monid \*q
+.I " entries"
+.I " ..."
+.BI " SubSection \*qDisplay\*q"
+.I " entries"
+.I " ...
+.B " EndSubSection"
+.I " ..."
+.B "EndSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+and
+.B Device
+entries are mandatory.
+All others are optional.
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+entry specifies the unique name for this screen.
+The
+.B Screen
+section provides information specific to the whole screen, including
+screen\-specific
+.BR Options .
+In multi\-head configurations, there will be multiple active
+.B Screen
+sections, one for each head.
+The entries available
+for this section are:
+.TP 7
+.BI "Device \*q" device\-id \*q
+This mandatory entry specifies the
+.B Device
+section to be used for this screen.
+This is what ties a specific graphics card to a screen.
+The
+.I device\-id
+must match the
+.B Identifier
+of a
+.B Device
+section in the config file.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Monitor \*q" monitor\-id \*q
+specifies which monitor description is to be used for this screen.
+If a
+.B Monitor
+name is not specified, a default configuration is used.
+Currently the default configuration may not function as expected on all
+platforms.
+.TP 7
+.BI "VideoAdaptor \*q" xv\-id \*q
+specifies an optional Xv video adaptor description to be used with this
+screen.
+.TP 7
+.BI "DefaultDepth " depth
+specifies which color depth the server should use by default.
+The
+.B \-depth
+command line option can be used to override this.
+If neither is specified, the default depth is driver\-specific, but in most
+cases is 8.
+.TP 7
+.BI "DefaultFbBpp " bpp
+specifies which framebuffer layout to use by default.
+The
+.B \-fbbpp
+command line option can be used to override this.
+In most cases the driver will chose the best default value for this.
+The only case where there is even a choice in this value is for depth 24,
+where some hardware supports both a packed 24 bit framebuffer layout and a
+sparse 32 bit framebuffer layout.
+.TP 7
+.B Options
+Various
+.B Option
+flags may be specified in the
+.B Screen
+section.
+Some are driver\-specific and are described in the driver documentation.
+Others are driver\-independent, and will eventually be described here.
+.\" XXX These should really be in an xaa man page.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qAccel\*q"
+Enables XAA (X Acceleration Architecture), a mechanism that makes video cards'
+2D hardware acceleration available to the __xservername__ server.
+This option is on by default, but it may be necessary to turn it off if
+there are bugs in the driver.
+There are many options to disable specific accelerated operations, listed
+below.
+Note that disabling an operation will have no effect if the operation is
+not accelerated (whether due to lack of support in the hardware or in the
+driver).
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qInitPrimary\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Use the Int10 module to initialize the primary graphics card.
+Normally, only secondary cards are soft-booted using the Int10 module, as the
+primary card has already been initialized by the BIOS at boot time.
+Default: false.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qNoInt10\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Disables the Int10 module, a module that uses the int10 call to the BIOS
+of the graphics card to initialize it.
+Default: false.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qNoMTRR\*q"
+Disables MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support, a feature of modern
+processors which can improve video performance by a factor of up to 2.5.
+Some hardware has buggy MTRR support, and some video drivers have been
+known to exhibit problems when MTRR's are used.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoCPUToScreenColorExpandFill\*q"
+Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns
+stored in system memory (using a memory\-mapped aperture).
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoColor8x8PatternFillRect\*q"
+Disables accelerated fills of a rectangular region with a full\-color
+pattern.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoColor8x8PatternFillTrap\*q"
+Disables accelerated fills of a trapezoidal region with a full\-color
+pattern.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoDashedBresenhamLine\*q"
+Disables accelerated dashed Bresenham line draws.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoDashedTwoPointLine\*q"
+Disables accelerated dashed line draws between two arbitrary points.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoImageWriteRect\*q"
+Disables accelerated transfers of full\-color rectangular patterns from
+system memory to video memory (using a memory\-mapped aperture).
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoMono8x8PatternFillRect\*q"
+Disables accelerated fills of a rectangular region with a monochrome
+pattern.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoMono8x8PatternFillTrap\*q"
+Disables accelerated fills of a trapezoidal region with a monochrome
+pattern.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoOffscreenPixmaps\*q"
+Disables accelerated draws into pixmaps stored in offscreen video memory.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoPixmapCache\*q"
+Disables caching of patterns in offscreen video memory.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill\*q"
+Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns
+stored in system memory (one scan line at a time).
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScanlineImageWriteRect\*q"
+Disables accelerated transfers of full\-color rectangular patterns from
+system memory to video memory (one scan line at a time).
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScreenToScreenColorExpandFill\*q"
+Disables accelerated rectangular expansion blits from source patterns
+stored in offscreen video memory.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoScreenToScreenCopy\*q"
+Disables accelerated copies of rectangular regions from one part of
+video memory to another part of video memory.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidBresenhamLine\*q"
+Disables accelerated solid Bresenham line draws.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidFillRect\*q"
+Disables accelerated solid\-color fills of rectangles.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidFillTrap\*q"
+Disables accelerated solid\-color fills of Bresenham trapezoids.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidHorVertLine\*q"
+Disables accelerated solid horizontal and vertical line draws.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qXaaNoSolidTwoPointLine\*q"
+Disables accelerated solid line draws between two arbitrary points.
+.PP
+Each
+.B Screen
+section may optionally contain one or more
+.B Display
+subsections.
+Those subsections provide depth/fbbpp specific configuration information,
+and the one chosen depends on the depth and/or fbbpp that is being used for
+the screen.
+The
+.B Display
+subsection format is described in the section below.
+
+.SH "DISPLAY SUBSECTION"
+Each
+.B Screen
+section may have multiple
+.B Display
+subsections.
+The \(lqactive\(rq
+.B Display
+subsection is the first that matches the depth and/or fbbpp values being
+used, or failing that, the first that has neither a depth or fbbpp value
+specified.
+The
+.B Display
+subsections are optional.
+When there isn't one that matches the depth and/or fbbpp values being used,
+all the parameters that can be specified here fall back to their defaults.
+.PP
+.B Display
+subsections have the following format:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B " SubSection \*qDisplay\*q"
+.BI " Depth " depth
+.I " entries"
+.I " ..."
+.B " EndSubSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "Depth " depth
+This entry specifies what colour depth the
+.B Display
+subsection is to be used for.
+This entry is usually specified, but it may be omitted to create a match\-all
+.B Display
+subsection or when wishing to match only against the
+.B FbBpp
+parameter.
+The range of
+.I depth
+values that are allowed depends on the driver.
+Most drivers support 8, 15, 16 and 24.
+Some also support 1 and/or 4, and some may support other values (like 30).
+Note:
+.I depth
+means the number of bits in a pixel that are actually used to determine
+the pixel colour.
+32 is not a valid
+.I depth
+value.
+Most hardware that uses 32 bits per pixel only uses 24 of them to hold the
+colour information, which means that the colour depth is 24, not 32.
+.TP 7
+.BI "FbBpp " bpp
+This entry specifies the framebuffer format this
+.B Display
+subsection is to be used for.
+This entry is only needed when providing depth 24 configurations that allow
+a choice between a 24 bpp packed framebuffer format and a 32bpp sparse
+framebuffer format.
+In most cases this entry should not be used.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Weight " "red\-weight green\-weight blue\-weight"
+This optional entry specifies the relative RGB weighting to be used
+for a screen is being used at depth 16 for drivers that allow multiple
+formats.
+This may also be specified from the command line with the
+.B \-weight
+option (see
+.BR __xservername__(__appmansuffix__)).
+.TP 7
+.BI "Virtual " "xdim ydim"
+This optional entry specifies the virtual screen resolution to be used.
+.I xdim
+must be a multiple of either 8 or 16 for most drivers, and a multiple
+of 32 when running in monochrome mode.
+The given value will be rounded down if this is not the case.
+Video modes which are too large for the specified virtual size will be
+rejected.
+If this entry is not present, the virtual screen resolution will be set to
+accommodate all the valid video modes given in the
+.B Modes
+entry.
+Some drivers/hardware combinations do not support virtual screens.
+Refer to the appropriate driver\-specific documentation for details.
+.TP 7
+.BI "ViewPort " "x0 y0"
+This optional entry sets the upper left corner of the initial display.
+This is only relevant when the virtual screen resolution is different
+from the resolution of the initial video mode.
+If this entry is not given, then the initial display will be centered in
+the virtual display area.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Modes \*q" mode\-name \*q " ..."
+This optional entry specifies the list of video modes to use.
+Each
+.I mode\-name
+specified must be in double quotes.
+They must correspond to those specified or referenced in the appropriate
+.B Monitor
+section (including implicitly referenced built\-in VESA standard modes).
+The server will delete modes from this list which don't satisfy various
+requirements.
+The first valid mode in this list will be the default display mode for
+startup.
+The list of valid modes is converted internally into a circular list.
+It is possible to switch to the next mode with
+.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Plus
+and to the previous mode with
+.BR Ctrl+Alt+Keypad\-Minus .
+When this entry is omitted, the valid modes referenced by the appropriate
+.B Monitor
+section will be used. If the
+.B Monitor
+section contains no modes, then the selection will be taken from the
+built-in VESA standard modes.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Visual \*q" visual\-name \*q
+This optional entry sets the default root visual type.
+This may also be specified from the command line (see the
+.BR Xserver(__appmansuffix__)
+man page).
+The visual types available for depth 8 are (default is
+.BR PseudoColor ):
+.PP
+.RS 11
+.nf
+.B StaticGray
+.B GrayScale
+.B StaticColor
+.B PseudoColor
+.B TrueColor
+.B DirectColor
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+.RS 7
+The visual type available for the depths 15, 16 and 24 are (default is
+.BR TrueColor ):
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B TrueColor
+.B DirectColor
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Not all drivers support
+.B DirectColor
+at these depths.
+.PP
+The visual types available for the depth 4 are (default is
+.BR StaticColor ):
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B StaticGray
+.B GrayScale
+.B StaticColor
+.B PseudoColor
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The visual type available for the depth 1 (monochrome) is
+.BR StaticGray .
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "Black " "red green blue"
+This optional entry allows the \(lqblack\(rq colour to be specified.
+This is only supported at depth 1.
+The default is black.
+.TP 7
+.BI "White " "red green blue"
+This optional entry allows the \(lqwhite\(rq colour to be specified.
+This is only supported at depth 1.
+The default is white.
+.TP 7
+.B Options
+Option flags may be specified in the
+.B Display
+subsections.
+These may include driver\-specific options and driver\-independent options.
+The former are described in the driver\-specific documentation.
+Some of the latter are described above in the section about the
+.B Screen
+section, and they may also be included here.
+.SH "SERVERLAYOUT SECTION"
+The config file may have multiple
+.B ServerLayout
+sections.
+A \(lqserver layout\(rq represents the binding of one or more screens
+.RB ( Screen
+sections) and one or more input devices
+.RB ( InputDevice
+sections) to form a complete configuration.
+In multi\-head configurations, it also specifies the relative layout of the
+heads.
+A
+.B ServerLayout
+section is considered \(lqactive\(rq if it is referenced by the
+.B \-layout
+command line option or by an
+.B "Option \*qDefaultServerLayout\*q"
+entry in the
+.B ServerFlags
+section (the former takes precedence over the latter).
+If those options are not used, the first
+.B ServerLayout
+section found in the config file is considered the active one.
+If no
+.B ServerLayout
+sections are present, the single active screen and two active (core)
+input devices are selected as described in the relevant sections above.
+.PP
+.B ServerLayout
+sections have the following format:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qServerLayout\*q"
+.BI " Identifier \*q" name \*q
+.BI " Screen \*q" screen\-id \*q
+.I " ..."
+.BI " InputDevice \*q" idev\-id \*q
+.I " ..."
+.I " options"
+.I " ..."
+.B "EndSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Each
+.B ServerLayout
+section must have an
+.B Identifier
+entry and at least one
+.B Screen
+entry.
+.PP
+The
+.B Identifier
+entry specifies the unique name for this server layout.
+The
+.B ServerLayout
+section provides information specific to the whole session, including
+session\-specific
+.BR Options .
+The
+.B ServerFlags
+options (described above) may be specified here, and ones given here
+override those given in the
+.B ServerFlags
+section.
+.PP
+The entries that may be used in this section are described here.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Screen " "screen\-num" " \*qscreen\-id\*q " "position\-information"
+One of these entries must be given for each screen being used in
+a session.
+The
+.I screen\-id
+field is mandatory, and specifies the
+.B Screen
+section being referenced.
+The
+.I screen\-num
+field is optional, and may be used to specify the screen number
+in multi\-head configurations.
+When this field is omitted, the screens will be numbered in the order that
+they are listed in.
+The numbering starts from 0, and must be consecutive.
+The
+.I position\-information
+field describes the way multiple screens are positioned.
+There are a number of different ways that this information can be provided:
+.RS 7
+.TP 4
+.I "x y"
+.TP 4
+.BI "Absolute " "x y"
+These both specify that the upper left corner's coordinates are
+.RI ( x , y ).
+The
+.B Absolute
+keyword is optional.
+Some older versions of XFree86 (4.2 and earlier) don't recognise the
+.B Absolute
+keyword, so it's safest to just specify the coordinates without it.
+.TP 4
+.BI "RightOf \*q" screen\-id \*q
+.TP 4
+.BI "LeftOf \*q" screen\-id \*q
+.TP 4
+.BI "Above \*q" screen\-id \*q
+.TP 4
+.BI "Below \*q" screen\-id \*q
+.TP 4
+.BI "Relative \*q" screen\-id \*q " x y"
+These give the screen's location relative to another screen.
+The first four position the screen immediately to the right, left, above or
+below the other screen.
+When positioning to the right or left, the top edges are aligned.
+When positioning above or below, the left edges are aligned.
+The
+.B Relative
+form specifies the offset of the screen's origin (upper left corner)
+relative to the origin of another screen.
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "InputDevice \*q" idev\-id "\*q \*q" option \*q " ..."
+One of these entries should be given for each input device being used in
+a session.
+Normally at least two are required, one each for the core pointer and
+keyboard devices.
+If either of those is missing, suitable
+.B InputDevice
+entries are searched for using the method described above in the
+.B INPUTDEVICE
+section. The
+.I idev\-id
+field is mandatory, and specifies the name of the
+.B InputDevice
+section being referenced.
+Multiple
+.I option
+fields may be specified, each in double quotes.
+The options permitted here are any that may also be given in the
+.B InputDevice
+sections.
+Normally only session\-specific input device options would be used here.
+The most commonly used options are:
+.PP
+.RS 11
+.nf
+.B \*qCorePointer\*q
+.B \*qCoreKeyboard\*q
+.B \*qSendCoreEvents\*q
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+.RS 7
+and the first two should normally be used to indicate the core pointer
+and core keyboard devices respectively.
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.B Options
+In addition to the following, any option permitted in the
+.B ServerFlags
+section may also be specified here.
+When the same option appears in both places, the value given here overrides
+the one given in the
+.B ServerFlags
+section.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qIsolateDevice\*q \*q" bus\-id \*q
+Restrict device resets to the specified
+.IR bus\-id .
+See the
+.B BusID
+option (described in
+.BR "DEVICE SECTION" ,
+above) for the format of the
+.I bus\-id
+parameter.
+This option overrides
+.BR SingleCard ,
+if specified.
+At present, only PCI devices can be isolated in this manner.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qSingleCard\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+As
+.BR IsolateDevice ,
+except that the bus ID of the first device in the layout is used.
+.PP
+Here is an example of a
+.B ServerLayout
+section for a dual headed configuration with two mice:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qServerLayout\*q"
+.B " Identifier \*qLayout 1\*q"
+.B " Screen \*qMGA 1\*q"
+.B " Screen \*qMGA 2\*q RightOf \*qMGA 1\*q"
+.B " InputDevice \*qKeyboard 1\*q \*qCoreKeyboard\*q"
+.B " InputDevice \*qMouse 1\*q \*qCorePointer\*q"
+.B " InputDevice \*qMouse 2\*q \*qSendCoreEvents\*q"
+.B " Option \*qBlankTime\*q \*q5\*q"
+.B "EndSection"
+.fi
+.RE
+.SH "DRI SECTION"
+This optional section is used to provide some information for the
+Direct Rendering Infrastructure.
+Details about the format of this section can be found on-line at
+.IR <http://dri.freedesktop.org/> .
+.SH "VENDOR SECTION"
+The optional
+.B Vendor
+section may be used to provide vendor\-specific configuration information.
+Multiple
+.B Vendor
+sections may be present, and they may contain an
+.B Identifier
+entry and multiple
+.B Option
+flags.
+The data therein is not used in this release.
+.PP
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+General:
+.BR X (__miscmansuffix__),
+.BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__),
+.BR __xservername__ (__appmansuffix__),
+.BR cvt (__appmansuffix__),
+.BR gtf (__appmansuffix__).
+.PP
+.B "Not all modules or interfaces are available on all platforms."
+.PP
+Display drivers:
+.BR apm (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR ati (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR chips (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR cirrus (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR cyrix (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR fbdev (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR glide (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR glint (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR i128 (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR i740 (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR imstt (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR intel (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR mga (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR neomagic (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR nv (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR openchrome (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR r128 (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR radeon (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR rendition (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR savage (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR s3virge (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR siliconmotion (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR sis (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR sisusb (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR sunbw2 (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR suncg14 (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR suncg3 (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR suncg6 (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR sunffb (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR sunleo (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR suntcx (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR tdfx (__drivermansuffix__),
+.\" .BR tga (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR trident (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR tseng (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR vesa (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR vmware (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR voodoo (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR wsfb (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR xgi (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR xgixp (__drivermansuffix__).
+.PP
+Input drivers:
+.BR acecad (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR citron (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR elographics (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR evdev (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR fpit (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR joystick (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR kbd (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR mousedrv (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR mutouch (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR penmount (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR synaptics (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR vmmouse (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR void (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR wacom (__drivermansuffix__).
+.PP
+Other modules and interfaces:
+.BR exa (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR fbdevhw (__drivermansuffix__),
+.\" .BR shadowfb (__drivermansuffix__),
+.BR v4l (__drivermansuffix__).
+.br
+.SH AUTHORS
+This manual page was largely rewritten by David Dawes
+.IR <dawes@xfree86.org> .
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