diff --git a/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man b/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man index 646a90c2c..b23db3df2 100644 --- a/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man +++ b/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ byte-streams: .I "Local" On most platforms, the "Local" connection type is a UNIX-domain socket. On some System V platforms, the "local" connection types also include -STREAMS pipes, named pipes, and some other mechanisms. +STREAMS pipes, named pipes, and some other mechanisms. See the +"LOCAL CONNECTIONS" section of X(__miscmansuffix__) for details. .TP 4 .I TCP/IP .B Xorg @@ -55,58 +56,6 @@ where is the display number. This connection type can be disabled with the .B \-nolisten option (see the Xserver(1) man page for details). -.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" -For operating systems that support local connections other than Unix -Domain sockets (SVR3 and SVR4), there is a compiled-in list specifying -the order in which local connections should be attempted. This list -can be overridden by the -.I XLOCAL -environment variable described below. If the display name indicates a -best-choice connection should be made (e.g. -.BR :0.0 ), -each connection mechanism is tried until a connection succeeds or no -more mechanisms are available. Note: for these OSs, the Unix Domain -socket connection is treated differently from the other local connection -types. To use it the connection must be made to -.BR unix:0.0 . -.PP -The -.I XLOCAL -environment variable should contain a list of one more -more of the following: -.PP -.RS 8 -.nf -NAMED -PTS -SCO -ISC -.fi -.RE -.PP -which represent SVR4 Named Streams pipe, Old-style USL Streams pipe, -SCO XSight Streams pipe, and ISC Streams pipe, respectively. You can -select a single mechanism (e.g. -.IR XLOCAL=NAMED ), -or an ordered list (e.g. \fIXLOCAL="NAMED:PTS:SCO"\fP). -his variable overrides the compiled-in defaults. For SVR4 it is -recommended that -.I NAMED -be the first preference connection. The default setting is -.IR PTS:NAMED:ISC:SCO . -.PP -To globally override the compiled-in defaults, you should define (and -export if using -.B sh -or -.BR ksh ) -.I XLOCAL -globally. If you use startx(1) or xinit(1), the definition should be -at the top of your -.I .xinitrc -file. If you use xdm(1), the definitions should be early on in the -.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession -script. .SH OPTIONS .B Xorg supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and