Xorg & Xserver man page updates for 1.2 release
- Added -extension & +extension to Xserver man page - Changed Xorg synopsis from X11R6 to X11R7 - Clarified Xorg ancestry description - Moved Solaris to free/Open Source OS list - Removed references to MetroLink module loader & getconfig - Converted (1) to (__appmansuffix__) in a few more places - Replaced http://www.freedesktop.org/cvs/ with http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/
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disables DPMS (display power management services). The default state
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is platform and configuration specific.
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.TP 8
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.BI \-extension extensionName
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disables named extension. If an unknown extension name is specified,
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a list of accepted extension names is printed.
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.TP 8
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.BI \+extension extensionName
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enables named extension. If an unknown extension name is specified,
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a list of accepted extension names is printed.
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.TP 8
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.B \-f \fIvolume\fP
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sets feep (bell) volume (allowable range: 0-100).
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.TP 8
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.\" $XdotOrg: xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre,v 1.3 2005/07/04 18:41:01 ajax Exp $
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.TH __xservername__ __appmansuffix__ __vendorversion__
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.SH NAME
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__xservername__ - X11R6 X server
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__xservername__ - X11R7 X server
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B __xservername__
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.RI [\fB:\fP display ]
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@ -13,30 +13,26 @@ is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX and
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UNIX-like operating systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now runs
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on a wider range of hardware and OS platforms.
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.PP
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This work was derived from
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This work was derived by the X.Org Foundation from the XFree86 Project's
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.I "XFree86\ 4.4rc2"
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by the X.Org Foundation.
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The XFree86 4.4rc2 release was originally derived from
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release.
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The XFree86 release was originally derived from
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.I "X386\ 1.2"
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by Thomas Roell which was contributed to X11R5 by Snitily Graphics
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Consulting Service. The
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.B __xservername__
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server architecture includes
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among many other things a loadable module system derived from code
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donated by Metro Link, Inc. The current __xservername__ release is compatible
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with X11R6.6.
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Consulting Service.
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.SH PLATFORMS
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.PP
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.B __xservername__
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operates under a wide range of operating systems and hardware platforms.
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The Intel x86 (IA32) architecture is the most widely supported hardware
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platform. Other hardware platforms include Compaq Alpha, Intel IA64,
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platform. Other hardware platforms include Compaq Alpha, Intel IA64, AMD64,
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SPARC and PowerPC. The most widely supported operating systems are the
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free/OpenSource UNIX-like systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and
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OpenBSD. Commercial UNIX operating systems such as Solaris (x86) and
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free/OpenSource UNIX-like systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
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OpenBSD, and Solaris. Commercial UNIX operating systems such as
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UnixWare are also supported. Other supported operating systems include
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LynxOS, and GNU Hurd. Darwin and Mac OS X are supported with the
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XDarwin(1) X server. Win32/Cygwin is supported with the XWin X server.
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XDarwin(__appmansuffix__) X server. Win32/Cygwin is supported with the
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XWin(__appmansuffix__) X server.
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.PP
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.SH "NETWORK CONNECTIONS"
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.B __xservername__
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is ordered from highest precedence to lowest. Note that not all parameters
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can be supplied via all methods. The available command line options
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and environment variables (and some defaults) are described here and in
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the Xserver(1) manual page. Most configuration file parameters, with
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their defaults, are described in the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual
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page. Driver and module specific configuration parameters are described
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in the relevant driver or module manual page.
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the Xserver(__appmansuffix__) manual page. Most configuration file
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parameters, with their defaults, are described in the
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__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page. Driver and module specific
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configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver or module
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manual page.
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.PP
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In addition to the normal server options described in the Xserver(1)
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manual page,
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In addition to the normal server options described in the
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Xserver(__appmansuffix__) manual page,
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.B __xservername__
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accepts the following command line switches:
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.TP 8
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When this option is specified, the
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.B __xservername__
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server scans the PCI bus, and prints out some information about each
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device that was detected. See also scanpci(1) and pcitweak(1).
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device that was detected. See also scanpci(__appmansuffix__)
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and pcitweak(__appmansuffix__).
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.TP 8
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.BI \-screen " screen-name"
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Use the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file
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Refer to the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page for information
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about the format of this file.
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.PP
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Starting with version 4.4,
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.B __xservername__
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has a mechanism for automatically generating a built-in configuration
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at run-time when no
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.B __xconfigfile__
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file is present. The current version of this automatic configuration
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mechanism works in three ways.
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mechanism works in two ways.
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.PP
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The first is via enhancements that have made many components of the
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.B __xconfigfile__
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reducing the amount of built-in configuration information that needs to
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be generated at run-time.
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.PP
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The second is to use an external utility called getconfig(1), when
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available, to use meta-configuration information to generate a suitable
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configuration for the primary video device. The meta-configuration
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information can be updated to allow an existing installation to get the
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best out of new hardware or to work around bugs that are found
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post-release.
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.PP
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The third is to have "safe" fallbacks for most configuration information.
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The second is to have "safe" fallbacks for most configuration information.
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This maximises the likelihood that the
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.B __xservername__
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server will start up in some usable configuration even when information
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That was originally based on \fIX386 1.2\fP by Thomas Roell, which
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was contributed to the then X Consortium's X11R5 distribution by SGCS.
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.PP
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__xservername__ is released by the X.org Foundation.
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__xservername__ is released by the X.Org Foundation.
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.PP
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The project that became XFree86 was originally founded in 1992 by
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David Dawes, Glenn Lai, Jim Tsillas and David Wexelblat.
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.RE
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.PP
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__xservername__ source is available from the FTP server
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\fI<ftp://ftp.x.org/>\fP, and from the X.org
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server \fI<http://www.freedesktop.org/cvs/>\fP. Documentation and other
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information can be found from the X.org web site
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\fI<ftp://ftp.x.org/>\fP, and from the X.Org
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server \fI<http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/>\fP. Documentation and other
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information can be found from the X.Org web site
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\fI<http://www.x.org/>\fP.
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.SH LEGAL
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