XFree86(1) XFree86(1)
NAME
XFree86 - X11R6 for UNIX on x86 platforms
DESCRIPTION
XFree86 is a collection of X servers for UNIX-like OSs on Intel x86 platforms. This work is derived from X386 1.2 which was contributed to X11R5 by Snitily Graphics Con- sulting Service.
CONFIGURATIONS
XFree86 operates under the following operating systems: -- SVR3.2: SCO 3.2.2, 3.2.4, ISC 3.x, 4.x -- SVR4.0: ESIX, Microport, Dell, UHC, Consensys, MST, ISC, AT&T, NCR, PANIX -- SVR4.2: Consensys, Univel (UnixWare) -- Solaris (x86) 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6 -- FreeBSD 2.0.5, 2.1, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.7, 2.1.7.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.5, 2.2.6, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 -- NetBSD 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.4 (i386 port only) -- OpenBSD 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 -- BSD/386 version 1.1 and BSD/OS 2.0 -- Mach (from CMU) -- Linux -- Amoeba version 5.1 -- Minix-386vm version 1.6.25.1 -- LynxOS versions 2.3.0, 2.4.0, 2.5.x and 3.0.x (except 68k and Mips platforms, X servers for x86 and microSPARC only)
NETWORK CONNECTIONS
XFree86 supports connections made using the following reliable byte-streams: Local XFree86 supports local connections via Streams pipe via various mechanisms, using the following paths (n represents the display number): /dev/X/server.n (SVR3 and SVR4) /dev/X/Nserver.n (SVR4) /dev/XnS and /dev/XnR (SCO SVR3) On SVR4.0.4, if the Advanced Compatibility Package is installed, and in SVR4.2, XFree86 supports local con- nections from clients for SCO XSight/ODT, and (with modifications to the binary) clients for ISC SVR3. Unix Domain XFree86 uses /tmp/.X11-unix/Xn as the filename for the socket, where n is the display number. XFree86 Version 3.3.5 1 XFree86(1) XFree86(1) TCPIP XFree86 listens on port htons(6000+n), where n is the display number. Amoeba RPC This is the default communication medium used under native Amoeba. Note that under Amoeba, the server should be started with a ``hostname:displaynumber'' argument.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
For operating systems that support local connections other than Unix Domain sockets (SVR3 and SVR4), there is a com- piled-in list specifying the order in which local connec- tions should be attempted. This list can be overridden by the XLOCAL environment variable described below. If the display name indicates a best-choice connection should be made (e.g. :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 unix:0.0. The XLOCAL environment variable should contain a list of one more more of the following: NAMED PTS SCO ISC 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. XLOCAL=NAMED), or an ordered list (e.g. XLO- CAL="NAMED:PTS:SCO"). This variable overrides the com- piled-in defaults. For SVR4 it is recommended that NAMED be the first preference connection. The default setting is PTS:NAMED:ISC:SCO. To globally override the compiled-in defaults, you should define (and export if using sh or ksh) XLOCAL globally. If you use startx/xinit, the definition should be at the top of your .xinitrc file. If you use xdm, the defini- tions should be early on in the <XRoot>/lib/X11/xdm/Xses- sion script.
OPTIONS
In addition to the normal server options described in the Xserver(1) manual page, XFree86 accepts the following com- mand line switches: vtXX XX specifies the Virtual Terminal device number which XFree86 will use. Without this option, XFree86 will pick the first available Virtual Ter- minal that it can locate. This option applies XFree86 Version 3.3.5 2 XFree86(1) XFree86(1) only to SVR3, SVR4, Linux, and BSD OSs with the `syscons' or `pcvt' driver. -crt /dev/ttyXX SCO only. This is the same as the vt option, and is provided for compatibility with the native SCO X server. -probeonly Causes the server to exit after the device probing stage. The XF86Config file is still used when this option is given, so information that can be auto-detected should be commented out. -quiet Suppress most informational messages at startup. -bpp n Set number of bits per pixel. The default is 8. Legal values are 8, 15, 16, 24, 32. Not all servers support all values. -weight nnn Set RGB weighting at 16 bpp. The default is 565. This applies only to those servers which support 16 bpp. -flipPixels Swap the default values for the black and white pixels. -disableVidMode Disable the the parts of the VidMode extension used by the xvidtune client that can be used to change the video modes. -allowNonLocalXvidtune Allow the xvidtune client to connect from another host. By default non-local connections are not allowed. -disableModInDev Disable dynamic modification of input device set- tings. -allowNonLocalModInDev Allow changes to keyboard and mouse settings from non-local clients. By default, connections from non-local clients are not allowed to do this. -allowMouseOpenFail Allow the server to start up even if the mouse device can't be opened or initialised. -gamma value Set the gamma correction. value must be between XFree86 Version 3.3.5 3 XFree86(1) XFree86(1) 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0 This value is applied equally to the R, G and B values. Not all servers support this. -rgamma value Set the red gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0 Not all servers support this. -ggamma value Set the green gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0 Not all servers support this. -bgamma value Set the blue gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0 Not all servers support this. -showconfig Print out the server version, patchlevel, and a list of screen drivers configured in the server. -verbose Multiple occurrences of this flag increase the amount of information printed on stderr (more than the default). -version Same as -showconfig. -xf86config file Read the server configuration from file. This option is only available when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0). -keeptty Prevent the server from detaching its initial con- trolling terminal. This option is only useful when debugging the server.
KEYBOARD
Multiple key presses recognized directly by XFree86 are: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace Immediately kills the server -- no questions asked. (Can be disabled by specifying "DontZap" in the ServerFlags section of the XF86Config file.) Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus Change video mode to next one specified in the configuration file, (increasing video resolution order). XFree86 Version 3.3.5 4 XFree86(1) XFree86(1) Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus Change video mode to previous one specified in the configuration file, (decreasing video resolution order). Ctrl+Alt+F1...F12 For BSD systems using the syscons driver and Linux, these keystroke combinations are used to switch to Virtual Console 1 through 12.
SETUP
XFree86 uses a configuration file called XF86Config for its initial setup. Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) manual page for more information.
FILES
<XRoot>/bin/XF86_SVGA The color SVGA X server <XRoot>/bin/XF86_Mono The monochrome X server for VGA and other mono cards <XRoot>/bin/XF86_S3 The accelerated S3 X server <XRoot>/bin/XF86_Mach8 The accelerated Mach8 X server <XRoot>/bin/XF86_Mach32 The accelerated Mach32 X server <XRoot>/bin/XF86_Mach64 The accelerated Mach64 X server <XRoot>/bin/XF86_P9000 The accelerated P9000 X server <XRoot>/bin/XF86_AGX The accelerated AGX X server <XRoot>/bin/XF86_W32 The accelerated ET4000/W32 and ET6000 X server <XRoot>/bin/XF86_8514 The accelerated 8514/A X server /etc/XF86Config Server configuration file <XRoot>/lib/X11/XF86Config.hostname Server configuration file <XRoot>/lib/X11/XF86Config Server configuration file <XRoot>/bin/* Client binaries <XRoot>/include/* Header files XFree86 Version 3.3.5 5 XFree86(1) XFree86(1) <XRoot>/lib/* Libraries <XRoot>/lib/X11/fonts/* Fonts <XRoot>/lib/X11/rgb.txt Color names to RGB mapping <XRoot>/lib/X11/XErrorDB Client error message database <XRoot>/lib/X11/app-defaults/* Client resource specifica- tions <XRoot>/man/man?/* Manual pages /etc/Xn.hosts Initial access control list for display n Note: <XRoot> refers to the root of the X11 install tree.
SEE ALSO
X(1), Xserver(1), xdm(1), xinit(1), XF86Config(4/5), xf86config(1), XF86_SVGA(1), XF86_VGA16(1), XF86_Mono(1), XF86_Accel(1), xvidtune(1)
AUTHORS
For X11R5, XF86 1.2 was provided by: Thomas Roell, roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de TU-Muenchen: Server and SVR4 stuff Mark W. Snitily, mark@sgcs.com SGCS: SVR3 support, X Consortium Sponsor ... and many more people out there on the net who helped with ideas and bug-fixes. XFree86 was integrated into X11R6 by the following team: Stuart Anderson anderson@metrolink.com Doug Anson danson@lgc.com Gertjan Akkerman akkerman@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl Mike Bernson mike@mbsun.mlb.org Robin Cutshaw robin@XFree86.org David Dawes dawes@XFree86.org Marc Evans marc@XFree86.org Pascal Haible haible@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de Matthieu Herrb Matthieu.Herrb@laas.fr Dirk Hohndel hohndel@XFree86.org David Holland davidh@use.com Alan Hourihane alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk Jeffrey Hsu hsu@soda.berkeley.edu Glenn Lai glenn@cs.utexas.edu Ted Lemon mellon@ncd.com XFree86 Version 3.3.5 6 XFree86(1) XFree86(1) Rich Murphey rich@XFree86.org Hans Nasten nasten@everyware.se Mark Snitily mark@sgcs.com Randy Terbush randyt@cse.unl.edu Jon Tombs tombs@XFree86.org Kees Verstoep versto@cs.vu.nl Paul Vixie paul@vix.com Mark Weaver Mark_Weaver@brown.edu David Wexelblat dwex@XFree86.org Philip Wheatley Philip.Wheatley@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM Thomas Wolfram wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de Orest Zborowski orestz@eskimo.com The XFree86 enhancement package was provided by: David Dawes, dawes@XFree86.org Release coordination, administration of FTP repos- itory and mailing lists. Source tree management and integration, accelerated server integration, fixing, and coding. Glenn Lai, glenn@cs.utexas.edu The SpeedUp code for ET4000 based SVGA cards, and ET4000/W32 accelerated server. Jim Tsillas, jtsilla@ccs.neu.edu Many server speedups from the fX386 series of enhancements. David Wexelblat, dwex@XFree86.org Integration of the fX386 code into the default server, many driver fixes, and driver documenta- tion, assembly of the VGA card/monitor database, development of the generic video mode listing. Accelerated server integration, fixing, and cod- ing. Dirk Hohndel, hohndel@XFree86.org Linux shared libraries and release coordination. Accelerated server integration and fixing. Generic administrivia and documentation. Amancio Hasty Jr., hasty@netcom.com Porting to 386BSD version 0.1 and XS3 development. Rich Murphey, rich@XFree86.org Ported to 386BSD version 0.1 based on the original port by Pace Willison. Support for 386BSD, FreeBSD, and NetBSD. Robert Baron, Robert.Baron@ernst.mach.cs.cmu.edu Ported to Mach. XFree86 Version 3.3.5 7 XFree86(1) XFree86(1) Orest Zborowski, orestz@eskimo.com Ported to Linux. Doug Anson, danson@lgc.com Ported to Solaris x86. David Holland, davidh@use.com Ported to Solaris x86. Takis Psarogiannakopoulos, takis@dpmms.cam.ac.uk Ported to DG/ux. David McCullough, davidm@stallion.oz.au Ported to SCO SVR3. Michael Rohleder, michael.rohleder@stadt-frankfurt.de Ported to ISC SVR3. Kees Verstoep, versto@cs.vu.nl Ported to Amoeba based on Leendert van Doorn's original Amoeba port of X11R5. Marc Evans, Marc@XFree86.org Ported to OSF/1. Philip Homburg, philip@cs.vu.nl Ported to Minix-386vm. Thomas Mueller, tmueller@sysgo.de Ported to LynxOS. Jon Tombs, tombs@XFree86.org S3 server and accelerated server coordination. Harald Koenig, koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de S3 server development. Bernhard Bender, br@elsa.mhs.compuserve.com S3 server development. Kevin E. Martin, martin@cs.unc.edu Overall work on the base accelerated servers (ATI and 8514/A), and Mach64 server. Rik Faith, faith@cs.unc.edu Overall work on the base accelerated servers (ATI and 8514/A). Tiago Gons, tiago@comosjn.hobby.nl Mach8 and 8514/A server development Hans Nasten, nasten@everyware.se Mach8, 8514/A, and S3 server development and BSD/386 support XFree86 Version 3.3.5 8 XFree86(1) XFree86(1) Mike Bernson, mike@mbsun.mlb.org Mach32 server development. Mark Weaver, Mark_Weaver@brown.edu Mach32 server development. Craig Groeschel, craig@metrolink.com Mach32 server development. Henry Worth, Henry.Worth@amail.amdahl.com AGX server. Erik Nygren, nygren@mit.edu P9000 server. Harry Langenbacher harry@brain.jpl.nasa.gov P9000 server. Chris Mason, mason@mail.csh.rit.edu P9000 server. Henrik Harmsen harmsen@eritel.se P9000 server. Simon Cooper, scooper@vizlab.rutgers.edu Cirrus accelerated code (based on work by Bill Reynolds). Harm Hanemaayer, hhanemaa@cs.ruu.nl Cirrus accelerated code, and ARK driver. Thomas Zerucha, zerucha@shell.portal.com Support for Cirrus CL-GD7543. Leon Bottou, bottou@laforia.ibp.fr ARK driver. Mike Tierney, floyd@eng.umd.edu WD accelerated code. Bill Conn, conn@bnr.ca WD accelerated code. Brad Bosch, brad@lachman.com WD 90C24A support. Alan Hourihane, alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk Trident SVGA driver, SiS SVGA driver and DEC 21030 server. Marc La France, Marc.La-France@ualberta.ca ATI vgawonder SVGA driver XFree86 Version 3.3.5 9 XFree86(1) XFree86(1) Steve Goldman, sgoldman@encore.com Oak 067/077 SVGA driver. Jorge Delgado, ernar@dit.upm.es Oak SVGA driver, and 087 accelerated code. Bill Conn, conn@bnr.ca WD accelerated code. Paolo Severini, lendl@dist.dist.unige.it AL2101 SVGA driver Ching-Tai Chiu, cchiu@netcom.com Avance Logic ALI SVGA driver Manfred Brands, mb@oceonics.nl Cirrus 64xx SVGA driver Randy Hendry, randy@sgi.com Cirrus 6440 support in the cl64xx SVGA driver Frank Dikker, dikker@cs.utwente.nl MX SVGA driver Regis Cridlig, cridlig@dmi.ens.fr Chips & Technologies driver Jon Block, block@frc.com Chips & Technologies driver Mike Hollick, hollick@graphics.cis.upenn.edu Chips & Technologies driver Nozomi Ytow Chips & Technologies driver Egbert Eich, Egbert.Eich@Physik.TH-Darmstadt.DE Chips & Technologies driver David Bateman, dbateman@ee.uts.edu.au Chips & Technologies driver Xavier Ducoin, xavier@rd.lectra.fr Chips & Technologies driver Peter Trattler, peter@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at RealTek SVGA driver Craig Struble, cstruble@acm.vt.edu Video7 SVGA driver Gertjan Akkerman, akkerman@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl 16 colour VGA server, and XF86Config parser. XFree86 Version 3.3.5 10 XFree86(1) XFree86(1) Davor Matic, dmatic@Athena.MIT.EDU Hercules driver. Pascal Haible, haible@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de Banked monochrome VGA support, Hercules support, and mono frame buffer support for dumb monochrome devices Martin Schaller, Geert Uytterhoeven,Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Linux/m68k Frame Buffer Device driver Andreas Schwab, schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Linux/m68k Frame Buffer Device driver Guenther Kelleter, guenther@Pool.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.de Linux/m68k Frame Buffer Device driver Frederic Lepied, Lepied@XFree86.Org XInput extension integration. Wacom, joystick and extended mouse drivers. Patrick Lecoanet, lecoanet@cena.dgac.fr Elographics touchscreen driver. Steven Lang, tiger@tyger.org SummaSketch tablet driver. ... and many more people out there on the net who helped with beta-testing this enhancement. XFree86 source is available from the FTP server ftp.XFree86.org, among others. Send email to XFree86@XFree86.org for details. XFree86 Version 3.3.5 11
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