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Modified: xorg-config.xml |
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Coding style |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.26 xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?rev=1.26&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?rev=1.26&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?r1=1.25&r2=1.26 |
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Index: xorg-config.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.25 |
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retrieving revision 1.26 |
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diff -u -r1.25 -r1.26 |
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--- xorg-config.xml 18 Oct 2007 18:20:10 -0000 1.25 |
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+++ xorg-config.xml 23 May 2008 19:40:35 -0000 1.26 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v 1.25 2007/10/18 18:20:10 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v 1.26 2008/05/23 19:40:35 swift Exp $ --> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/xorg-config.xml"> |
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<title>The X Server Configuration HOWTO</title> |
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<abstract> |
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Xorg is the X Window server which allows users to have a graphical |
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-environment at their fingertips. This HOWTO explains what Xorg is, how to |
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+environment at their fingertips. This HOWTO explains what Xorg is, how to |
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install it and what the various configuration options are. |
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</abstract> |
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The average user may be frightened at the thought of having to type in commands. |
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Why wouldn't he be able to point and click his way through the freedom provided |
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by Gentoo (and Linux in general)? Well, *big smile*, of course you are able to |
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-do this. :-) Linux offers a wide variety of flashy user interfaces and |
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+do this. :-) Linux offers a wide variety of flashy user interfaces and |
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environments which you can install on top of your existing installation. |
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</p> |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-The application that provides Linux users with the ability to run graphical |
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+The application that provides Linux users with the ability to run graphical |
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user interfaces and that uses the X11 standard is Xorg-X11, a fork of |
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the XFree86 project. XFree86 has decided to use a license that might not be |
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-compatible with the GPL license; the use of Xorg is therefore recommended. |
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+compatible with the GPL license; the use of Xorg is therefore recommended. |
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The official Portage tree does not provide an XFree86 package anymore. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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The <uri link="http://www.x.org">X.org</uri> project created and |
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maintains a freely redistributable, open-source implementation of the X11 |
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-system. It is an open source X11-based desktop infrastructure. |
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+system. It is an open source X11-based desktop infrastructure. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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Xorg provides an interface between your hardware and the graphical software |
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you want to run. Besides that, Xorg is also fully network-aware, meaning you |
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are able to run an application on one system while viewing it on a different |
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-one. |
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+one. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Enough chitchat, let's get to business shall we? To install Xorg, you just |
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-need to run <c>emerge xorg-x11</c>. Installing Xorg does take a while |
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+Enough chitchat, let's get to business shall we? To install Xorg, you just |
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+need to run <c>emerge xorg-x11</c>. Installing Xorg does take a while |
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though, so you might want to grab a snack while you are waiting. |
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</p> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Xorg itself is able to guess most parameters for you. In most cases, you |
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-will only have to change some lines to get the resolution you want up and |
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-running. If you are interested in more in-depth tweaking, be sure to check the |
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-resources at the end of this chapter. But first, let us generate a (hopefully |
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-working) Xorg configuration file. |
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+Xorg itself is able to guess most parameters for you. In most cases, you |
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+will only have to change some lines to get the resolution you want up and |
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+running. If you are interested in more in-depth tweaking, be sure to check the |
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+resources at the end of this chapter. But first, let us generate a (hopefully |
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+working) Xorg configuration file. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Generating an xorg.conf file"> |
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If your mouse isn't working, you will first need to find out if it is detected |
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by the kernel at all. Mice are (device-wise) seen as |
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<path>/dev/input/mouse0</path> (or <path>/dev/input/mice</path> if you want to |
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-use several mice). In some cases <path>/dev/psaux</path> is used. In either |
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+use several mice). In some cases <path>/dev/psaux</path> is used. In either |
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case you can check if the devices do represent |
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your mouse by checking the output of those files when you move your mouse. You |
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will usually see some junk on your screen. To end the session press |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-If your mouse is detected, fill in the device in the appropriate |
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+If your mouse is detected, fill in the device in the appropriate |
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<e>InputDevice</e> section. In the next example you'll see we also set two other |
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options: <c>Protocol</c> (which lists the mouse protocol to be used -- most |
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users will use PS/2 or IMPS/2) and <c>ZAxisMapping</c> (which allows for the |
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