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<article id='ReleaseNotes'>
<articleinfo>
<title>Release Notes for X11R&relvers;</title>
<corpauthor>
<ulink url="http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgFoundation">
The X.Org Foundation
</ulink>
</corpauthor>
<pubdate>&reldate;</pubdate>
<abstract>
<para>
These release notes contain information about features and their
status in the X.Org Foundation X11R&relvers; release.
</para>
</abstract>
</articleinfo>
<sect1 id='Introduction_to_the_X11R&relvers;_Release'>
<title>Introduction to the X11R&relvers; Release</title>
<para>
This release is the &whichfullrel; modular release of the
<productname>X Window System</productname>.
The next full release will be X11R&nextrelvers; and is expected in
&nextfullreldate;.
</para>
<para>
Unlike X11R1 through X11R6.9, X11R7.x releases are not built from one
monolithic source tree, but many individual modules. These modules
are distributed as individual source code releases, and each one is
released when it is ready, instead of only when the overall window
system is ready for release. The X11R7.x releases are made by
“rolling up” the individual module releases into a
collection that is often affectionately called the
“<foreignphrase>katamari</foreignphrase>” by the developers.
</para>
<para>
The X11R&relvers; release does not include all of the software
formerly included in the previous X Window System releases.
It is designed to be a reasonable baseline from which to start
when building the window system for the first time for a new
installation, distribution, or package set. It does not provide
a full desktop environment, expecting a more feature rich set of
applications to be installed from one of the several excellent
desktop environments available for the X Window System. The
X.Org developers continue to maintain and produce new releases
of much of the software that was formerly in the main window
system releases but is no longer included in the katamari
releases, including many of the Athena Widgets desktop
applications that were provided as samples in previous window
system versions.
</para>
<para>
Once their window system build is established, most builders watch for
announcements of individual module updates on the <ulink
url="http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-announce"
>xorg-announce mailing list</ulink> and update to those as needed.
The X.Org Foundation currently releases the X Window System
katamari releases approximately once a year, but many modules,
especially the X servers and drivers, are updated more frequently
between those releases.
</para>
<para>
For help with how to build and develop in the modular tree see the
<ulink url="http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide">Modular
Developer's Guide</ulink> in the X.Org wiki.
</para>
<para>
We encourage you to report bugs using
freedesktop.org's <ulink url="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/">
bug tracking system</ulink> using the xorg product, and to
submit bug fixes and enhancements to
<email>xorg-devel@lists.x.org</email>.
More details on patch submission and review process are available on the
<ulink
url="http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches">
SubmittingPatches</ulink> page of the X.Org wiki.
</para>
<para>
The release numbering is based on the original MIT X numbering system.
X11 refers to the version of the network protocol that the X Window
system is based on: Version 11 was first released in 1988 and has been
stable for nearly 25 years, with only upward compatible additions to the core X
protocol, a record of stability envied in computing. Formal releases of
X started with X version 9 from MIT; the first commercial X products
were based on X version 10. The MIT X Consortium and its successors,
the X Consortium, the Open Group X Project Team, and the X.Org Group
released versions X11R3 through X11R6.6. Since the founding of the
X.Org Foundation in early 2004, many further releases have been
issued, from X11R6.7 to the current &relvers;.
</para>
<para>
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<sect1 id='Summary_of_new_features_in_X11R&relvers;'>
<title>Summary of new features in X11R&relvers;</title>
<para>
This is a sampling of the new features in X11R&relvers;.
A more complete list of changes can be found in the ChangeLog files that
are part of the source of each X module.
</para>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<firstterm>Multi-touch</firstterm> events are now supported for
touchpads and touchscreens which can report position information
on more than one finger providing input at the same time, such as
found on many tablets and recent laptops. These are exposed by
Xorg server 1.12 and later via the Xinput extension version 2.2.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Additional <firstterm>Xinput extension</firstterm> features were
introduced in version 2.1, as supported in Xorg server 1.11,
including allowing clients to track raw events from input devices,
additional detail in scrolling events so that clients may perform
smoother scrolling, and additional constants in the Xlib-based
libXi API.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
More progress has been made on the X.Org Documentation
modernization - the rest of the library and protocol specifications
have been converted to DocBook XML from the variety of formats they
were previously in, and support for cross-linking between documents
hase been added. On most systems these documents will be
installed under <filename>/usr/share/doc/</filename>. They
are also posted on the X.Org website at
<ulink url="http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/" />.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<firstterm>Fence</firstterm> objects are now available in Version
3.1 of the <olink targetdoc="sync" targetptr="sync">Synchronization
(<quote>Sync</quote>) extension</olink>. These allow clients
to create a object that is either in <quote>triggered</quote>
or <quote>not-triggered</quote> state, and to perform actions
when the object becomes triggered. When a client requests a
fence be triggered, the X server will first complete all rendering
from previous requests that affects resources owned by the fence's
screen before changing the state, so that clients may synchronize
with such rendering. Support for these has been added to both
the <filename class="libraryfile">libxcb-sync</filename> and
<filename class="libraryfile">libXext</filename> API's.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<firstterm>Pointer barriers</firstterm> were added by X Fixes
extension Version 5.0. Compositing managers and desktop
environments may have UI elements in particular screen locations
such that for a single-headed display they correspond to easy
targets, for example, the top left corner. For a multi-headed
environment these corners should still be semi-impermeable.
Pointer barriers allow the application to define additional
constraint on cursor motion so that these areas behave as
expected even in the face of multiple displays.
</para>
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<para>
Version 1.2 of the X Resource extension provides new requests
that allow clients to query for additional identification
information about other clients, such as their process id,
and to request size information about the resources clients
have allocated in the X server, to allow better observability
and easier debugging of client resource allocations in the server.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
The XCB libraries have begun adding support for the GLX and XKB
extensions. This work is not yet complete in this release,
and not all of the functionality available through these extensions
is accessible via the XCB APIs. Some of this effort was funded
by past Google Summer of Code projects.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<firstterm>Video and input driver enhancements</firstterm>.
Please see the ChangeLog files for individual drivers; there are
far too many updates to list here.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
... and the usual assortment of correctness and crash fixes.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id='Overview_of_X11R&relvers;'>
<title>Overview of X11R&relvers;</title>
<para>
On most platforms, X11R&relvers; has a single hardware-driving
X server binary called <command>Xorg</command>. This binary can
dynamically load the video drivers, input drivers, and other modules
that are needed.
<command>Xorg</command> currently has support for Linux, Solaris,
and some BSD OSs on Alpha, PowerPC, IA-64, AMD64, Intel x86, Sparc,
and MIPS platforms.
</para>
<para>
Additional specialized X server binaries may be found depending on
the platform and build configuration, including:
<glosslist>
<glossentry>
<glossterm><command>Xdmx</command></glossterm>
<glossdef><para>
is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers as its
display devices. It provides multi-head X functionality for
displays that might be located on different machines.
</para></glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm><command>Xnest</command></glossterm>
<glossdef><para>
is a nested X server, that operates as both an X client and X
server. <command>Xnest</command> is a client of the real server
which manages windows and graphics requests on its behalf.
<command>Xnest</command> is a server to its own clients, and
manages windows and graphics requests on their behalf.
To these clients, it appears to be a conventional server.
</para></glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm><command>Xephyr</command></glossterm>
<glossdef><para>
is a X server that outputs to a window on a pre-existing
“host” X display. Unlike <command>Xnest</command>
which is an X proxy, and thus limited to the capabilities of
the host X server, <command>Xephyr</command> is a full X server
which uses the host X server window as a
“framebuffer” via fast SHM XImages.
</para></glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm><command>Xvfb</command></glossterm>
<glossdef><para>
is a virtual framebuffer X server that can run on machines with
no display hardware and no physical input devices. It emulates
a dumb framebuffer using virtual memory.
</para></glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm><command>Xquartz</command></glossterm>
<glossdef><para>
is an X server that interacts with the MacOS X native Aqua window
system, displaying windows on the Mac desktop and accepting
input from the Mac system devices, allowing X11 applications
to be used in a native Mac desktop session.
</para></glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm><command>Xwin</command></glossterm>
<glossdef><para>
is an X server that runs under the Cygwin environment,
interacting with the Microsoft Windows native window
system, displaying windows on the Windows desktop and accepting
input from the Windows system devices, allowing X11 applications
to be used in a native Windows desktop session.
</para></glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glosslist>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id='Details_of_X11R&relvers;_components'>
<title>Details of X11R&relvers; components</title>
<sect2 id='Video_Drivers'>
<title>Video Drivers</title>
<para>
X11R&relvers; includes the following video drivers:
</para>
<para>
<informaltable id="drivertables" xreflabel="driver tables" frame='topbot'>
<tgroup cols="3" colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
<colspec align="left" colwidth="1.0*"/>
<colspec align="left" colwidth="2.0*"/>
<colspec align="left" colwidth="2.0*"/>
<thead>
<row rowsep='1'>
<entry>Driver Name</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Further Information</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">ark</literal></entry>
<entry>Ark Logic</entry>
<entry> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">ast</literal></entry>
<entry>ASPEED Technology</entry>
<entry> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">cirrus</literal></entry>
<entry>Cirrus Logic</entry>
<entry> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">dummy</literal></entry>
<entry>Virtual/offscreen framebuffer</entry>
<entry> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">fbdev</literal></entry>
<entry>Linux framebuffer device</entry>
<entry><ulink url="fbdev.4.html">fbdev(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">geode</literal> (*)</entry>
<entry>AMD Geode GX and LX</entry>
<entry> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">glide</literal></entry>
<entry>3Dfx Voodoo 1, 2, Banshee, 3, 4 & 5</entry>
<entry><ulink url="glide.4.html">glide(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">glint</literal></entry>
<entry>3Dlabs, TI</entry>
<entry><ulink url="glint.4.html">glint(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">i128</literal></entry>
<entry>Number Nine</entry>
<entry><ulink url="I128.txt">README.I128</ulink>,
<ulink url="i128.4.html">i128(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">intel</literal></entry>
<entry>Intel Integrated Graphics Processors</entry>
<entry><ulink url="intel.txt">README.intel</ulink>,
<ulink url="intel.4.html">intel(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">mach64</literal></entry>
<entry>ATI Mach64</entry>
<entry><ulink url="ati.txt">README.ati</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">mga</literal></entry>
<entry>Matrox</entry>
<entry><ulink url="mga.4.html">mga(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">neomagic</literal></entry>
<entry>NeoMagic</entry>
<entry><ulink url="neomagic.4.html">neomagic(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">newport</literal> (-)</entry>
<entry>SGI Newport</entry>
<entry><ulink url="newport.txt">README.newport</ulink>,
<ulink url="newport.4.html">newport(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">nv</literal></entry>
<entry>NVIDIA</entry>
<entry><ulink url="nv.4.html">nv(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">r128</literal></entry>
<entry>ATI Rage128</entry>
<entry><ulink url="r128.txt">README.r128</ulink>,
<ulink url="r128.4.html">r128(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">radeon</literal></entry>
<entry>ATI Radeon</entry>
<entry><ulink url="radeon.4.html">radeon(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">savage</literal></entry>
<entry>S3 Savage</entry>
<entry><ulink url="savage.4.html">savage(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">siliconmotion</literal></entry>
<entry>Silicon Motion</entry>
<entry><ulink url="siliconmotion.4.html">siliconmotion(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">sis</literal></entry>
<entry>SiS</entry>
<entry><ulink url="SiS.txt">README.SiS</ulink>,
<ulink url="sis.4.html">sis(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">suncg6</literal> (+)</entry>
<entry>Sun GX and Turbo GX</entry>
<entry> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">sunffb</literal> (+)</entry>
<entry>Sun Creator/3D, Elite 3D</entry>
<entry> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">tdfx</literal></entry>
<entry>3Dfx Voodoo Banshee, 3, 4 & 5</entry>
<entry><ulink url="tdfx.4.html">tdfx(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">tga</literal></entry>
<entry>DEC TGA</entry>
<entry><ulink url="DECtga.html">README.DECtga</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">trident</literal></entry>
<entry>Trident</entry>
<entry><ulink url="trident.4.html">trident(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">v4l</literal></entry>
<entry>Video4Linux</entry>
<entry><ulink url="v4l.4.html">v4l(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">vesa</literal></entry>
<entry>VESA</entry>
<entry><ulink url="vesa.4.html">vesa(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">vmware</literal></entry>
<entry>VMware guest OS</entry>
<entry><ulink url="vmware.4.html">vmware(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">voodoo</literal></entry>
<entry>3Dfx Voodoo 1 & 2</entry>
<entry><ulink url="voodoo.4.html">voodoo(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">wsfb</literal></entry>
<entry>Workstation Framebuffer</entry>
<entry><ulink url="wsfb.4.html">wsfb(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
<para>
Drivers marked with (*) are present in a preliminary form in this release,
but are not complete and/or stable yet.
</para>
<para>
Drivers marked with (+) are for Linux/Sparc only.
</para>
<para>
Drivers marked with (-) are for Linux/mips only.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id='Input_Drivers'>
<title>Input Drivers</title>
<para>
X11R&relvers; includes the following input drivers:
</para>
<para>
<informaltable frame='topbot'>
<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?>
<tgroup cols="3" colsep='0' rowsep='0'>
<colspec colname='c1' align="left" colwidth="1.0*"/>
<colspec colname='c2' align="left" colwidth="1.0*"/>
<colspec colname='c3' align="left" colwidth="1.0*"/>
<thead>
<row rowsep='1'>
<entry>Driver Name</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Further Information</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">evdev(*)</literal></entry>
<entry>Linux kernel EvDev</entry>
<entry><ulink url="evdev.4.html">evdev(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">joystick</literal></entry>
<entry>Joystick</entry>
<entry><ulink url="joystick.4.html">joystick(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">kbd</literal></entry>
<entry>generic keyboards (non-evdev systems)</entry>
<entry><ulink url="kbd.4.html">kbd(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">mouse</literal></entry>
<entry>most mouse devices (non-evdev systems)</entry>
<entry><ulink url="mousedrv.4.html">mousedrv(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">synaptics</literal></entry>
<entry>Synaptics & ALP touchpads</entry>
<entry><ulink url="synaptics.4.html">synaptics(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">vmmouse</literal></entry>
<entry>VMWare virtual mouse</entry>
<entry><ulink url="vmmouse.4.html">vmmouse(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal remap="tt">void</literal></entry>
<entry>dummy device</entry>
<entry><ulink url="void.4.html">void(4)</ulink></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
<para>
Drivers marked with (*) are available for Linux only.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id='Xorg_server'>
<title>Xorg server</title>
<sect3 id='Loader_and_Modules'>
<title>Loader and Modules</title>
<para>
The Xorg server relies on the operating system's native
module loader support for handling program modules. The X
server makes use of modules for video drivers, X server
extensions, input device drivers, framebuffer layers, and
internal components used by some drivers (like XAA & EXA).
</para>
<para>
The module interfaces (both API and ABI) used in this release are
subject to change without notice. While we will attempt to provide
backward compatibility for the module interfaces in stable releases,
we cannot guarantee this. Compatibility in the other direction is
explicitly not guaranteed because new modules may rely on interfaces
added in new releases, nor is compatibility across stable release
branches (such as between Xorg 1.11 and 1.12).
</para>
<warning>
<title>Note about module security</title>
<para>The Xorg server runs with root privileges, so
the Xorg server loadable modules also run with these privileges.
For this reason we recommend that all users be careful to only
use loadable modules from reliable sources, otherwise the
introduction of malware and contaminated code can occur and
wreak havoc on your system.
</para></warning>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='Configuration_File'>
<title>Configuration File</title>
<para>
The Xorg server uses a configuration file as the primary mechanism
for providing configuration and run-time parameters. The configuration
file format is described in detail in the <ulink url="xorg.conf.5.html">
xorg.conf(5)</ulink> manual page.
</para>
<para>
Note that this release features significant improvements
for running the server without a configuration file, so many users
may find that that they don't need a configuration file, or may
rely on just snippets of configuration placed in the
<filename class="directory">xorg.conf.d</filename> directory.
</para>
<para>
If you do need to customize the configuration file, see the <ulink
url="xorg.conf.5.html"
>xorg.conf manual page</ulink> . You can also
check the driver-specific manual pages and the related
documentation (found at <xref linkend="drivertables"></xref>) also.
</para>
<para>
The recommended method for generating a configuration file is to use
the Xorg server itself. Run as root:
<screen>
Xorg -configure
</screen>
and follow the instructions.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='Command_Line_Options'>
<title>Command Line Options</title>
<para>
Command line options can be used to override some default
parameters and parameters provided in the configuration file.
Command line options available for use with all X servers in
this release are described in the <ulink
url="Xserver.1.html">Xserver(1)</ulink> manual page.
Command line options specific to the Xorg server are described in
the <ulink url="Xorg.1.html">Xorg(1)</ulink> manual page.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='Multi-head'>
<title>Multi-head</title>
<para>
Some multi-head configurations are supported in X11R&relvers;.
Support for multiple PCI/AGP cards may require a kernel with
changes to support VGA arbitration.
</para>
<para>
One of the main problems is with drivers not sufficiently
initializing cards that were not initialized at boot time. This
has been improved somewhat with the INT10 support that is used by
most drivers (which allows secondary card to be "soft-booted", but
in some cases there are other issues that still need to be
resolved. Some combinations can be made to work better by changing
which card is the primary card (either by using a different PCI
slot, or by changing the system BIOS's preference for the primary
card).
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='Xinerama'>
<title>Xinerama</title>
<para>
<firstterm>Xinerama</firstterm> is an X server extension that
allows multiple physical screens connected to multiple video devices
to behave as a single screen. With traditional multi-head in X11,
windows cannot span or cross physical screens. Xinerama removes this
limitation. Xinerama does, however, require that the physical screens
all have the same root depth, so it isn't possible, for example, to use
an 8-bit screen together with a 16-bit screen in Xinerama mode.
</para>
<para>
Xinerama is not enabled by default, and can be enabled with the
<option>+xinerama</option> command line option for the X server.
Note that enabling Xinerama may disable certain other extensions
which are not compatible with Xinerama.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='DDC'>
<title>DDC</title>
<para>
The <acronym>VESA</acronym>® Display Data Channel
(<acronym><trademark>DDC</trademark></acronym>) standard allows
the monitor to tell the video card (or in some cases the
computer directly) about itself; particularly the supported
screen resolutions and refresh rates.
</para>
<para>
Partial or complete DDC support is available in most of the video
drivers. DDC is enabled by default, but can be disabled with a
"Device" section entry: <literal remap="tt">Option
"NoDDC"</literal>. We have support for DDC versions 1 and 2; these
can be disabled independently with <literal remap="tt">Option
"NoDDC1"</literal> and <literal remap="tt">Option
"NoDDC2"</literal>.
</para>
<para>
At startup the server prints out DDC information from the display,
and can use this information to set the default monitor parameters,
or to warn about monitor sync limits if those provided in the
configuration file don't match those that are detected.
</para>
<sect4 id='Changed_behavior_in_handling_information_from_DDC'>
<title>Changed behavior in handling information from DDC</title>
<para>
The X server previously used DDC information to detect screen
size and pitch, and compute DPI automatically, allowing fonts
and other UI elements to automatically scale to appropriate
sizes. This mechanism worked reasonably well for many
single-monitor cases, but did not compute accurate DPI values
for multi-monitor cases or less common single-display setups.
Thus, this autodetection has been removed, and the X server no
longer tries to compute an appropriate DPI value. All users
wanting fonts, physical measurement units, and other UI elements
scaled appropriately for their display (including users for whom
autodetection previously worked) must now set DPI or some other
scaling factor explicitly, either via the X server's
<option>-dpi</option> option, a DPI setting in their graphical
enironment, or an alternate scaling mechanism provided by their
environment.
</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='GLX_and_the_Direct_Rendering_Infrastructure_DRI'>
<title>GLX and the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)</title>
<para>
Direct rendered OpenGL® support is provided for several
hardware platforms by the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI).
Further information about DRI can be found at the <ulink
url="http://dri.sf.net/">DRI Project's web site</ulink>. The 3D
core rendering component is provided by <ulink
url="http://www.mesa3d.org">Mesa</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Of note is that this release supports building the X server using
the system-wide libdrm. Previously, drm was kept in the server's
tree and loaded as a module, rather than using the standard OS
mechanisms for managing shared libraries of code. This requires
that the server be built using a version of libdrm of 2.3.0 or
newer if it is to use DRM.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='Terminate_Server_keystroke'>
<title>Terminate Server keystroke</title>
<para>
The Xorg server has previously allowed users to exit the server
by pressing the keys
<keycap function="control">Control</keycap> +
<keycap function="alt">Alt</keycap> +
<keycap function="backspace">Backspace</keycap>.
While this function is still enabled by default in this release,
the keymap data usually used with Xorg, from the
xkeyboard-config project, has been modified to not map that
sequence by default, in order to reduce the chance that
inexperienced users will accidentally destroy their work.
</para>
<para>
Users who wish to have this functionality available by default
may enable it via the XKB configuration option
“<option>terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</option>”. For
instance, the <command>setxkbmap</command> command can be used
to enable this by running:
<screen>
setxkbmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
</screen>
<olink targetdoc="XKB-Config" targetptr="XKB-Config">The XKB
Configuration Guide</olink> also includes
<olink targetdoc="XKB-Config" targetptr="zap">an example
xorg.conf.d file that sets the
“<option>terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</option>”
option by default on all keyboards</olink>.
Many desktop environments include XKB configuration options in
their preferences to enable this as well.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='Grab_debugging_keystrokes'>
<title>Grab debugging keystrokes</title>
<para>
The Xorg server in this release provides various functions
that can be mapped to keystrokes to aid in the debugging of
programs with errant input grabs.
</para>
<para>
The keysyms <keysym>XF86LogGrabInfo</keysym> and
<keysym>XF86LogWindowTree</keysym> are defined to
print information to the Xorg log file on the current set
of input grabs, and the window tree of the current display.
By default, these are available for use, but not mapped to any key.
</para>
<para>
The keysym <keysym>XF86Ungrab</keysym> forces the X server
to release all active grabs, which may leave the clients holding
them in an inconsistent state. <keysym>XF86ClearGrab</keysym>
goes further, killing the client connection of any client holding
an active grab when it is pressed. These keystrokes are
intended to allow developers to debug clients which are not
properly releasing grabs or have problems occur while input is
grabbed. Since grabs are a fundamental part of the X
client security model, these keystrokes come with risks, such
as the ability to bypass or kill screen locks without knowing
the password, and thus are not available by default.
</para>
<para>
Users who are willing to accept the security risk and wish to enable
this functionality may do so via the XKB configuration option
“<option>grab:break_actions</option>”.
</para>
<warning>
<title>Security issue in older xkeyboard-config releases</title>
<para>
The xkeyboard-config data files included in this release have
the grab disabling keys correctly disabled by default, but
versions before xkeyboard-config 2.5 had them enabled, leading
to the security risk described above. When upgrading to the
X server in this release be sure to also ensure xkeyboard-config
is a safe version. More details about this issue may be found
in <ulink
url="http://who-t.blogspot.com/2012/01/xkb-breaking-grabs-cve-2012-0064.html"
>advisories for CVE-2012-0064</ulink>.
</para>
</warning>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='X_Server_startup_state'>
<title>X Server startup state</title>
<para>
The X servers in the X11R&relvers; release now start by default
with an empty black screen and do not draw the mouse cursor until
a client sets the cursor image. To restore the classic behavior
of starting with the grey weave pattern and × cursor, start
the X server with the <option>-retro</option> option.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<!--
<sect2 id='Other_extensions'>
<title>Other extensions</title>
<para></para>
</sect2>
-->
<!--
<sect1 id='X_libraries_and_clients'>
<title>X libraries and clients</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect1>
-->
<!--
<sect1 id='Fonts_and_Internationalisation'>
<title>Fonts and Internationalisation</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect1>
-->
<sect2 id='Font_support'>
<title>Font support</title>
<para>
Details about the font support in X11R&relvers; can be
found in the <quote><olink targetdoc="fonts" targetptr="fonts"
>Fonts in X11R&relvers;</olink></quote> document.
</para>
<sect3 id='Default_font_installation_directory'>
<title>Default font installation directory</title>
<para>
Previous versions of X installed font files under the
<filename class="directory">lib/X11/fonts</filename> subdirectory
of the X installation directory (for instance, in X11R6 releases,
<filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts</filename>
was commonly used). This release uses the default installation
path of the <filename class="directory">fonts</filename>
subdirectory of the <varname>datadir</varname> setting from the
GNU autoconf configuration. For instance, if the fonts are
configured with <userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput>,
they will be installed under subdirectories of
<filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts/X11</filename>.
The font module configure scripts all take an option of
<option>--with-fontrootdir=<parameter>PATH</parameter></option>
to override the default. If <option>--with-fontrootdir</option>
is not specified, the <filename>fontutil</filename> pkg-config
file will be consulted to find the <varname>fontrootdir</varname>
specified when the <filename>fontutil</filename> module was
installed.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='Bitmap_font_compression_methods'>
<title>Bitmap font compression methods</title>
<para>
The X11R&relvers; release supports PCF format bitmap fonts stored
uncompressed or compressed via the <command>compress</command>,
<command>gzip</command>, or <command>bzip2</command> programs.
To utilize bzip2 compression, the <literal>libXfont</literal>
and <command>mkfontscale</command> modules must be built with
the <option>--with-bzip2</option> — all other methods are
enabled by default.
</para>
<para>
To specify which compression method to use when installing
a font module from X11R&relvers; the configure scripts accept
an option of
<option>--with-compression=<parameter>TYPE</parameter></option>,
where <parameter>TYPE</parameter> may be <literal>none</literal>,
<literal>compress</literal>, <literal>gzip</literal>, or
<literal>bzip2</literal>.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='Type1_Font_support'>
<title>Type1 Font support</title>
<para>
Previous versions of X came with two Postscript Type1 font
backends. The functionality from the “Type1”
backend has been replaced by the Type1 support in the
“FreeType” backend.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id='CID_Font_support'>
<title>CID Font support</title>
<para>
The CID-keyed font format was designed by Adobe Systems for
fonts with large character sets. The CID-keyed format is
obsolete, as it has been superseded by other formats such as
OpenType/CFF and support for CID-keyed fonts has been removed
from X11.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id='Build_changes_and_issues'>
<title>Build changes and issues</title>
<sect2 id='Strict_compilation_flags'>
<title>Strict compilation flags</title>
<para>
Most of the modules in this release use stricter compiler flags
when building with the GNU gcc, LLVM clang, Oracle Solaris Studio,
or Intel compilers. These flags both enable more warnings, and
promote some warnings to fatal errors in the build. If these
flags cause your build to fail, you can disable the flags that
turn these selected warnings into errors by adding
<option>--disable-selective-werror</option> to the configure command
for the affected module. If that is necessary for any X.Org modules,
please report a bug in the xorg product on
<ulink url="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" />.
</para>
<para>
Builders seeking even stricter compiler checks can instead pass
<option>--enable-strict-compilation</option> to the configure command
to make all warnings become errors.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id='Silent_build_rules'>
<title>Silent build rules</title>
<para>
Most of the modules in this release use the
<function>AM_SILENT_RULES</function> option of GNU automake 1.11.
When building the software, most output will show an abbreviated
format for the commands being run, such as:
<screen>
CC xmen.o
</screen>
To enable verbose output, showing all the arguments to the commands
being run, add the flag <option>V=1</option> to the
<command>make</command> command line or add the flag
<option>--disable-silent-rules</option> to the configure command.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id='New_configure_options_for_font_modules'>
<title>New configure options for font modules</title>
<para>
The bitmap font modules now accept a configure option of
<option>--disable-all-encodings</option> to set the default for
all encodings to off, requiring builders to then pass
<option>--enable-<replaceable><encoding></replaceable></option>
flags for each encoding to be built.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id='New_configure_options_for_documentation_in_modules'>
<title>New configure options for documentation in modules</title>
<para>
As many more modules now contain documentation to be converted
from DocBook XML to text, HTML, PostScript, and/or PDF formats,
new standard options have been added to the configure macros
to control the build of these in the modules.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--with-xmlto=<parameter>yes|no</parameter></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enables or disables use of the <ulink
url="https://fedorahosted.org/xmlto/"
><command>xmlto</command></ulink> command to translate
DocBook XML to other formats. All DocBook XML conversions
require use of this command.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--with-fop=<parameter>yes|no</parameter></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enables or disables use of the <ulink
url="http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/"
>Apache <command>fop</command></ulink> command to translate
DocBook XML to PostScript and PDF formats.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--enable-docs=<parameter>yes|no</parameter></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enables or disables the build and installation of all
documentation except traditional man pages or those
covered by the --enable-devel-docs and --enable-specs options.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--enable-devel-docs=<parameter>yes|no</parameter></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enables or disables the build and installation of documentation
for developers of the X.Org software modules.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--enable-specs=<parameter>yes|no</parameter></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enables or disables the build and installation of the
formal specification documents for protocols and APIs.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id='Miscellaneous'>
<title>Miscellaneous</title>
<para>
This section describes other items of note for the
X11R&relvers; release.
</para>
<sect2 id='Socket_directory_ownership_and_permissions'>
<title>Socket directory ownership and permissions</title>
<para>
The socket directories created in <filename>/tmp</filename>
are now required to be owned by root and have their sticky-bit
set. If the permissions are not set correctly, the component
using this directory will print an error message and fail to
start. Common socket directories that are known to be
affected include:
<screen>
/tmp/.font-unix
/tmp/.ICE-unix
/tmp/.X11-unix
</screen>
These directories are used by the font server
(<command>xfs</command>), applications using the Inter-Client
Exchange protocol (<acronym>ICE</acronym>) and the X server,
respectively.
</para>
<para>
There are several solutions to the problem of when to create these
directories. They could be created at install time by the system's
installer if the <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> dir is
persistent. They could be created at boot time by the system's
boot scripts (e.g., the <filename class="directory" >init.d</filename>
scripts). Or, they could be created by PAM modules at service
startup or user login time.
</para>
<para>
The solution chosen is platform dependent, and the system administrator
should be able to handle creating those directories on any systems that
do not have the correct ownership or permissions.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id='Deprecated_components_and_removal_plans'>
<title>Deprecated components and removal plans</title>
<para>
This section lists current plans for removal of obsolete or deprecated
components in the X.Org releases. As our releases are open source,
users who continue to require these can find the source in previous
releases and continue to use these, but the X.Org Foundation and its
volunteers have decided the burden of continued maintenance and
distribution in the core X11 releases outweighs the benefits of doing
so. In some cases, this is simply because no one has volunteered to do
continued maintenance, so if software is listed here that you need, you
can contact <email>xorg-devel@lists.x.org</email> to volunteer to
take over maintainership, either inside or outside of the Xorg release
process.
</para>
<sect2 id='Future_Removals'>
<title>Future Removals</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>DGA version 2</term>
<listitem>
<para>
DGA 2.0 is included in &relvers;. Documentation for the client
libraries can be found in the
<ulink url="XDGA.3.man">XDGA(3)</ulink> man page. DGA should be
considered deprecated; if you are relying on it, please let us
know what you need it for so we can find better solutions.
In this release, support has been removed for all DGA
rendering and mapping code, leaving just mode setting and
raw input device access.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Input device discovery via HAL</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Xorg server 1.4 started using the <ulink
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">HAL
framework</ulink> to discover connected input devices,
receive notification of hotplug events for them, and to
retrieve configuration parameters for them. The HAL
maintainers have since deprecated HAL, so the X.Org developers
have begun replacement with alternatives. As a result,
configuration of input devices via HAL
<filename>*.fdi</filename> files is no longer supported
on Linux platforms using udev, and may not be supported
on other platforms in future Xorg server releases.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Nested and virtual X servers</term>
<listitem>
<para>
As described in <xref linkend='Overview_of_X11R&relvers;' />,
this release contains several X servers that either display
onto another X server (<command>Xephyr</command> &
<command>Xnest</command>), or render into a virtual memory
framebuffer (<command>Xvfb</command> &
<command>Xfake</command>). These may be replaced in a future
release by use of the <command>Xorg</command> server with the
<literal remap="tt">xf86-video-nested</literal> and
<literal remap="tt">xf86-video-dummy</literal> drivers
which perform the same tasks.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id='Removed_in_this_Release'>
<title>Removed in this Release</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Unmaintained drivers</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This release no longer contains the following drivers,
due to lack of maintainers with relevant hardware.
Existing driver versions may work with current Xorg servers,
but they are not being actively updated to support Xorg
driver API & ABI changes.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>xf86-input-acecad: Acecad Flair</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-input-aiptek: Aiptek USB tablet</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-apm: Alliance Pro Motion</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-chips: Chips & Technologies</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-i740: Intel i740</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-rendition: Rendition Verite</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-s3: S3 (not ViRGE or Savage)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-s3virge: S3 ViRGE</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-sisusb: SiS Net2280-based USB</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-suncg14: Sun CG14</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-suncg3: Sun CG3</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-sunleo: Sun Leo (ZX)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-suntcx: Sun TCX</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-tseng: Tseng Labs</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-xgi: XGI</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xf86-video-xgixp: XGI Volari 8300</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<!--
<varlistentry>
<term>Unmaintained extensions</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Support has been removed from the X servers for the
following extensions, which were obsolete, not widely
used, or not working:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Multi-Buffering</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-->
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id='Attributions_Acknowledgements_Credits'>
<title>Attributions/Acknowledgements/Credits</title>
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<note>
<title>THIS IS A DRAFT OF THE X11R&relvers; CREDITS SECTION.</title>
<para>
If you find missing credits, incorrect attributions, or other errors,
please send details to <email>xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</email>.
</para>
</note>
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<para>
This section lists the credits for the X11R&relvers; release.
For a more detailed breakdown, refer to the ChangeLog file in
the source tree for each module, the history in <ulink
url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/">the xorg product in
freedesktop.org's git repositories</ulink> or the
'<userinput>git log</userinput>' information for individual source files.
</para>
<para>
The X Window System has been a collaborative effort from its inception.
Our apologies for anyone or organization inadvertently overlooked.
Many individuals (including major contributors) who worked on X are
represented by their employers in this list. If you feel we have left
anyone out, please let us know.
</para>
<para>
These people contributed in some way to X11R&relvers;
since the release of X11R&prevrelvers;:
<simplelist type='vert' columns='2'>
<member>Aapo Rantalainen</member>
<member>Aaron Culich</member>
<member>Aaron Plattner</member>
<member>Abdoulaye Walsimou Gaye</member>
<member>Adam Jackson</member>
<member>Adam Tkac</member>
<member>Adrian Bunk</member>
<member>Alan Coopersmith</member>
<member>Alan Curry</member>
<member>Alan Hourihane</member>
<member>Alban Browaeys</member>
<member>Albert Damen</member>
<member>Aldis Berjoza</member>
<member>Alessandro Guido</member>
<member>Alex Deucher</member>
<member>Alex Plotnick</member>
<member>Alexander Polakov</member>
<member>Alexandr Shadchin</member>
<member>Alexandre Julliard</member>
<member>Alexey Shumitsky</member>
<member>Alistair Leslie-Hughes</member>
<member>Ander Conselvan de Oliveira</member>
<member>Andrea Canciani</member>
<member>Andreas Schwab</member>
<member>Andreas Wettstein</member>
<member>Andrew Randrianasulu</member>
<member>Andrew Turner</member>
<member>Andy Furniss</member>
<member>Anssi Hannula</member>
<member>Antoine Martin</member>
<member>Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz</member>
<member>Armin K</member>
<member>Arnaud Fontaine</member>
<member>Arthur Taylor</member>
<member>Arvind Umrao</member>
<member>Avram Lyon</member>
<member>Bartosz Brachaczek</member>
<member>Bartosz Kosiorek</member>
<member>Bastian Blank</member>
<member>Bastien Nocera</member>
<member>Ben Hutchings</member>
<member>Benjamin Close</member>
<member>Benjamin Herrenschmidt</member>
<member>Benjamin Otte</member>
<member>Benjamin Tissoires</member>
<member>Bernie Innocenti</member>
<member>Bill Nottingham</member>
<member>Bjørn Mork</member>
<member>Bodo Graumann</member>
<member>Bryce Harrington</member>
<member>Carl Worth</member>
<member>Carlos Garnacho</member>
<member>Casper Dik</member>
<member>Cédric Cano</member>
<member>Chad Versace</member>
<member>Chase Douglas</member>
<member>Choe Hwanjin</member>
<member>Chris Bagwell</member>
<member>Chris Ball</member>
<member>Chris Halse Rogers</member>
<member>Chris Wilson</member>
<member>Christian König</member>
<member>Christian Toutant</member>
<member>Christian Weisgerber</member>
<member>Christoph Brill</member>
<member>Christoph Reimann</member>
<member>Christophe Roland</member>
<member>Christopher James Halse Rogers</member>
<member>Christopher Yeleighton</member>
<member>Clemens Eisserer</member>
<member>Colin Harrison</member>
<member>Cristian Rodríguez</member>
<member>Cyril Brulebois</member>
<member>Daiki Ueno</member>
<member>Dan Horák</member>
<member>Dan Nicholson</member>
<member>Daniel A. Steffen</member>
<member>Daniel Drake</member>
<member>Daniel Kurtz</member>
<member>Daniel Stone</member>
<member>Daniel Vetter</member>
<member>Dave Airlie</member>
<member>David Barksdale</member>
<member>David Coles</member>
<member>David Coppa</member>
<member>David Fries</member>
<member>David Ge</member>
<member>David Nusinow</member>
<member>David Reveman</member>
<member>David Ronis</member>
<member>Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli</member>
<member>Derek Buitenhuis</member>
<member>Derek Foreman</member>
<member>Derek Wang</member>
<member>Devin J. Pohly</member>
<member>Diego Elio Pettenò</member>
<member>Dirk Wallenstein</member>
<member>dtakahashi42</member>
<member>Eamon Walsh</member>
<member>Ed Schouten</member>
<member>Edward Sheldrake</member>
<member>Egbert Eich</member>
<member>Eitan Adler</member>
<member>Elias Probst</member>
<member>Elie Bleton</member>
<member>Elvis Pranskevichus</member>
<member>Emanuele Giaquinta</member>
<member>Eoghan Sherry</member>
<member>Eric Anholt</member>
<member>Erik Kilfoil</member>
<member>Erik Saule</member>
<member>Erkki Seppälä</member>
<member>Eugeni Dodonov</member>
<member>Evan Broder</member>
<member>Fabio Pedretti</member>
<member>Federico Mena Quintero</member>
<member>Fernando Carrijo</member>
<member>Ferry Huberts</member>
<member>Francisco Jerez</member>
<member>Frank Huang</member>
<member>Frank Mariak</member>
<member>Frédéric Boiteux</member>
<member>Fredrik Höglund</member>
<member>Fryderyk Dziarmagowski</member>
<member>Gaetan Nadon</member>
<member>George Staplin</member>
<member>Giuseppe Bilotta</member>
<member>Glenn Burkhardt</member>
<member>Guillem Jover</member>
<member>György Balló</member>
<member>Hans Verkuil</member>
<member>Hans-Juergen Mauser</member>
<member>Hans-Peter Budek</member>
<member>Harshula Jayasuriya</member>
<member>Havoc Pennington</member>
<member>Henry Zhao</member>
<member>Ian Osgood</member>
<member>Ian Romanick</member>
<member>Ilija Hadzic</member>
<member>Ivan Bulatovic</member>
<member>Jakob Bornecrantz</member>
<member>James Cloos</member>
<member>James Jones</member>
<member>James Simmons</member>
<member>Jamey Sharp</member>
<member>Jamie Kennea</member>
<member>Jan Hauffa</member>
<member>Jan Kriho</member>
<member>Janne Huttunen</member>
<member>Jari Aalto</member>
<member>Javier Acosta</member>
<member>Javier Jardón</member>
<member>Javier Pello</member>
<member>Jay Cotton</member>
<member>Jeetu Golani</member>
<member>Jeff Chua</member>
<member>Jens Elkner</member>
<member>Jeremy Huddleston</member>
<member>Jerome Carretero</member>
<member>Jerome Glisse</member>
<member>Jesse Adkins</member>
<member>Jesse Barnes</member>
<member>Jian Zhao</member>
<member>JJ Ding</member>
<member>Joe Nahmias</member>
<member>Joe Shaw</member>
<member>Joerg Sonnenberger</member>
<member>Johannes Obermayr</member>
<member>John Martin</member>
<member>Jon Nettleton</member>
<member>Jon TURNEY</member>
<member>Jools Wills</member>
<member>Jordan Hayes</member>
<member>Jörn Horstmann</member>
<member>Josh Triplett</member>
<member>Julien Cristau</member>
<member>Julien Danjou</member>
<member>Justin Dou</member>
<member>Justin Mattock</member>
<member>Kai-Uwe Behrmann</member>
<member>Kees Cook</member>
<member>Keith Packard</member>
<member>Kenneth Graunke</member>
<member>Kent Baxley</member>
<member>Kirill Elagin</member>
<member>Knut Petersen</member>
<member>Konstantin Belousov</member>
<member>Kristian Høgsberg</member>
<member>Kristof Szabo</member>
<member>Krzysztof Halasa</member>
<member>Kusanagi Kouichi</member>
<member>Lennart Poettering</member>
<member>Lev Nezhdanov</member>
<member>Linus Arver</member>
<member>Luc Verhaegen</member>
<member>Maarten Lankhorst</member>
<member>Maarten Maathuis</member>
<member>Macpaul Lin</member>
<member>Magnus Kessler</member>
<member>Marcin Kościelnicki</member>
<member>Marcin Slusarz</member>
<member>Marcin Woliński</member>
<member>Marek Olšák</member>
<member>Mario Kleiner</member>
<member>Mark Dokter</member>
<member>Mark Kettenis</member>
<member>Mark Schreiber</member>
<member>Marko Macek</member>
<member>Marko Myllynen</member>
<member>Markus Duft</member>
<member>Markus Fleschutz</member>
<member>Mart Raudsepp</member>
<member>Martin Langhoff</member>
<member>Martin-Éric Racine</member>
<member>Marton Balint</member>
<member>Matěj Cepl</member>
<member>Mathias Krause</member>
<member>Mathieu Bérard</member>
<member>Mathieu Taillefumier</member>
<member>Matt Dew</member>
<member>Matt Turner</member>
<member>Matthew D. Fuller</member>
<member>matthew green</member>
<member>Matthias Clasen</member>
<member>Matthias Hopf</member>
<member>Matthieu Herrb</member>
<member>Matti Hamalainen</member>
<member>Max Schwarz</member>
<member>Maxim Iorsh</member>
<member>Mehdi Dogguy</member>
<member>meng</member>
<member>Michael Chang</member>
<member>Michael Larabel</member>
<member>Michael Olbrich</member>
<member>Michael Stapelberg</member>
<member>Michael Thayer</member>
<member>Michał Górny</member>
<member>Michal Marek</member>
<member>Michał Masłowski</member>
<member>Michal Suchanek</member>
<member>Michel Dänzer</member>
<member>Michel Hummel</member>
<member>Mikael Magnusson</member>
<member>Mike Frysinger</member>
<member>Mike Stroyan</member>
<member>Mikhail Gusarov</member>
<member>Modestas Vainius</member>
<member>Mohammed Sameer</member>
<member>Nick Bowler</member>
<member>Nicolai Stange</member>
<member>Nicolas Cavallari</member>
<member>Nicolas Joly</member>
<member>Nicolas Kaiser</member>
<member>Nicolas Kalkhof</member>
<member>Nicolas Peninguy</member>
<member>Nikolai Kondrashov</member>
<member>Nils Wallménius</member>
<member>Nithin Nayak Sujir</member>
<member>Nobuhiro Iwamatsu</member>
<member>Olaf Buddenhagen</member>
<member>Oldřich Jedlička</member>
<member>Oleh Nykyforchyn</member>
<member>Oliver McFadden</member>
<member>Oliver Schmidt</member>
<member>Olivier Fourdan</member>
<member>Olli Vertanen</member>
<member>Ondrej Zary</member>
<member>Owen Taylor</member>
<member>Pander</member>
<member>Pär Lidberg</member>
<member>Parag Nemade</member>
<member>Patrick Curran</member>
<member>Patrick E. Kane</member>
<member>Paul Fox</member>
<member>Paul Menzel</member>
<member>Paul Neumann</member>
<member>Pauli Nieminen</member>
<member>Paulius Zaleckas</member>
<member>Paulo Zanoni</member>
<member>Pelle Johansson</member>
<member>Pete Beardmore</member>
<member>Peter Clifton</member>
<member>Peter Harris</member>
<member>Peter Hutterer</member>
<member>Peter Korsgaard</member>
<member>Peter Zotov</member>
<member>Philip Langdale</member>
<member>Philipp Reh</member>
<member>Phillp Haddad</member>
<member>Pierre-Loup A. Griffais</member>
<member>Priit Laes</member>
<member>Promathesh Mandal</member>
<member>Rami Ylimäki</member>
<member>Reinhard Karcher</member>
<member>Rémi Cardona</member>
<member>Richard Hartmann</member>
<member>Rob Clark</member>
<member>Robert Ancell</member>
<member>Robert Bragg</member>
<member>Robert Hooker</member>
<member>Robert Morell</member>
<member>Roberto Branciforti</member>
<member>Roger Cruz</member>
<member>Roland Cassard</member>
<member>Roland Scheidegger</member>
<member>Roman Jarosz</member>
<member>Ross Burton</member>
<member>Rui Matos</member>
<member>Ryan Pavlik</member>
<member>Sam Spilsbury</member>
<member>Samuel Thibault</member>
<member>Sascha Hlusiak</member>
<member>Satoshi KImura</member>
<member>Scott James Remnant</member>
<member>Sebastian Glita</member>
<member>Sedat Dilek</member>
<member>Sergey Samokhin</member>
<member>Sergey V. Udaltsov</member>
<member>Servaas Vandenberghe</member>
<member>Siddhesh Poyarekar</member>
<member>Simon Farnsworth</member>
<member>Simon Que</member>
<member>Simon Thum</member>
<member>Sitsofe Wheeler</member>
<member>Søren Sandmann Pedersen</member>
<member>Stefan Dirsch</member>
<member>Stefan Glasenhardt</member>
<member>Stefan Kost</member>
<member>Stefan Potyra</member>
<member>Stephan Hilb</member>
<member>Stephane Marchesin</member>
<member>Stephen Turnbull</member>
<member>Stuart Kreitman</member>
<member>Takashi Iwai</member>
<member>Terry Lambert</member>
<member>Thierry Vignaud</member>
<member>Thomas Bächler</member>
<member>Thomas Fjellstrom</member>
<member>Thomas Hellström</member>
<member>Thomas Hoger</member>
<member>Thordur Bjornsson</member>
<member>Tiago Vignatti</member>
<member>Till Matthiesen</member>
<member>Tim van der Molen</member>
<member>Tim Yamin</member>
<member>Timo Aaltonen</member>
<member>Tobias Droste</member>
<member>Tollef Fog Heen</member>
<member>Tom "spot" Callaway</member>
<member>Tom Fogal</member>
<member>Tomas Carnecky</member>
<member>Tomas Frydrych</member>
<member>Tomas Hoger</member>
<member>Tomáš Trnka</member>
<member>Toralf Förster</member>
<member>Tormod Volden</member>
<member>Trevor Woerner</member>
<member>U. Artie Eoff</member>
<member>Uli Schlachter</member>
<member>Ulrich Müller</member>
<member>Van de Bugger</member>
<member>Vasily Khoruzhick</member>
<member>Vasyĺ V. Vercynśkyj</member>
<member>Victor Machado</member>
<member>Ville Skyttä</member>
<member>Ville Syrjälä</member>
<member>Vincent Torri</member>
<member>Walter Bender</member>
<member>Walter Harms</member>
<member>William Jon McCann</member>
<member>Xavier Bachelot</member>
<member>Xiang, Haihao</member>
<member>Xue Wei</member>
<member>Xunx Fang</member>
<member>Y.C. Chen</member>
<member>Yaakov Selkowitz</member>
<member>Yann Droneaud</member>
<member>Yannick Heneault</member>
<member>Zack Rusin</member>
<member>Zhao Yakui</member>
<member>Zhenyu Wang</member>
<member>Zhigang Gong</member>
<member>Zou Nan hai</member>
</simplelist>
and the members of <ulink url="http://translationproject.org/">the
Translation Project</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
This product includes software developed by:
<simplelist type='vert' columns='2'>
<member>2d3d Inc.</member>
<member>3Dlabs Inc. Ltd.</member>
<member>Aaron Plattner</member>
<member>Adam de Boor</member>
<member>Adam Jackson</member>
<member>Adobe Systems Inc.</member>
<member>Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.</member>
<member>After X-TT Project</member>
<member>AGE Logic Inc.</member>
<member>Alan Coopersmith</member>
<member>Alan Cox</member>
<member>Alan Hourihane</member>
<member>Alexander Gottwald</member>
<member>Alex Deucher</member>
<member>Alex Williamson</member>
<member>Alexei Gilchrist</member>
<member>Anders Carlsson</member>
<member>Andreas Luik</member>
<member>Andreas Monitzer</member>
<member>Andreas Robinson</member>
<member>Andrei Barbu</member>
<member>Andrew C Aitchison</member>
<member>Andrey A. Chernov</member>
<member>Andy Ritger</member>
<member>Angus Lees</member>
<member>Ani Joshi</member>
<member>Anton Zioviev</member>
<member>Apollo Computer Inc.</member>
<member>Apple Computer Inc.</member>
<member>Apple Inc.</member>
<member>Ares Software Corp.</member>
<member>Arnaud LE HORS</member>
<member>Arne Schwabe</member>
<member>ASPEED Technology Inc.</member>
<member>AT&T Inc.</member>
<member>ATI Technologies Inc.</member>
<member>Bart Massey</member>
<member>Bart Trojanowski, Symbio Technologies, LLC</member>
<member>BEAM Ltd.</member>
<member>Benjamin Herrenschmidt</member>
<member>Benjamin Rienfenstahl</member>
<member>Ben Skeggs</member>
<member>Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute</member>
<member>Bigelow and Holmes</member>
<member>Bill Reynolds</member>
<member>Bitstream Inc.</member>
<member>Bogdan Diaconescu</member>
<member>Branden Robinson</member>
<member>Brian Fundakowski Feldman</member>
<member>Brian Goines</member>
<member>Bogdan D.</member>
<member>Brian Paul</member>
<member>Bruce Kalk</member>
<member>Bruno Haible</member>
<member>Bryan Stine</member>
<member>Bryan W. Headley.</member>
<member>C. Scott Ananian</member>
<member>Carl Switzky</member>
<member>Catharon Productions Inc.</member>
<member>Charles Murcko</member>
<member>Chen Xiangyang</member>
<member>Chisato Yamauchi</member>
<member>Chris Constello</member>
<member>Chris Salch</member>
<member>Christian Thaeter</member>
<member>Christian Zietz</member>
<member>Cognition Corp.</member>
<member>Compaq Computer Corporation</member>
<member>Concurrent Computer Corporation</member>
<member>Conectiva S.A.</member>
<member>Corin Anderson</member>
<member>Corvin Zahn.</member>
<member>Cronyx Ltd.</member>
<member>Craig Struble</member>
<member>Daewoo Electronics Co. Ltd.</member>
<member>Dag-Erling Smørgrav</member>
<member>Dale Schumacher</member>
<member>Damien Miller</member>
<member>Daniel Berrange</member>
<member>Daniel Borca</member>
<member>Daniel Stone</member>
<member>Daniver Limited</member>
<member>Daryll Strauss</member>
<member>Data General Corporation</member>
<member>Dave Airlie</member>
<member>David Bateman</member>
<member>David Dawes</member>
<member>David E. Wexelblat</member>
<member>David Holland</member>
<member>David J. McKay</member>
<member>David McCullough</member>
<member>David Mosberger-Tang</member>
<member>David Reveman</member>
<member>David S. Miller</member>
<member>David Woodhouse</member>
<member>Davor Matic</member>
<member>Deron Johnson</member>
<member>Digeo Inc.</member>
<member>Dennis De Winter</member>
<member>Digital Equipment Corporation</member>
<member>Dirk Hohndel</member>
<member>Dmitry Golubev</member>
<member>Donnie Berkholz</member>
<member>DOS-EMU-Development-Team</member>
<member>Doug Anson</member>
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</para>
<para>
This product includes software developed by The XFree86 Project, Inc
(<ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/"></ulink>) and its contributors.
</para>
<para>
This product includes software that is based in part on the work of the
FreeType Team (<ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/"></ulink>).
</para>
<para>
This product includes software developed by the University of California,
Berkeley and its contributors.
</para>
<para>
This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou.
</para>
<para>
This product includes software developed by the NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
(<ulink url="http://www.netbsd.org/"></ulink>) and its contributors.
</para>
<para>
This product includes software developed by X-Oz Technologies
(<ulink url="http://www.x-oz.com/"></ulink>).
</para>
</sect1>
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