{ "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "# Xorg (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nXorg - X11R7 X server\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nXorg [:display] [option ...]\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nXorg is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX and UNIX-like operat‐\ning systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now runs on a wider range of hardware and OS\nplatforms.\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION**\n- **PLATFORMS**\n- **NETWORK CONNECTIONS**\n- **OPTIONS** (36 subsections)\n- **KEYBOARD** (4 subsections)\n- **CONFIGURATION**\n- **FILES**\n- **SEE ALSO**\n- **AUTHORS**\n- **LEGAL**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n" } ], "structuredContent": { "command": "Xorg", "section": "", "mode": "man", "summary": "Xorg - X11R7 X server", "synopsis": "Xorg [:display] [option ...]", "tldr_summary": null, "tldr_examples": [], "tldr_source": null, "flags": [ { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Allow the server to start up even if the mouse device can't be opened or initialised. This is equivalent to the AllowMouseOpenFail xorg.conf(5) file option." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Make the VidMode extension available to remote clients. This allows the xvidtune client to connect from another host. This is equivalent to the AllowNonLocalXvidtune xorg.conf(5) file option. By default non-local connections are not allowed." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Set the blue gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. Not all drivers support this. See also the -gamma, -rgamma, and -ggamma op‐ tions." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "need to force a non-default framebuffer (hardware) pixel format." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Read the server configuration from file. This option will work for any file when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0), or for files relative to a directory in the config search path for all other users." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Read the server configuration files from directory. This option will work for any directory when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0), or for directories relative to a directory in the config directory search path for all other users." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "When this option is specified, the Xorg server loads all video driver modules, probes for available hardware, and writes out an initial xorg.conf(5) file based on what was detected. This option currently has some problems on some platforms, but in most cases it is a good way to bootstrap the configuration process. This option is only available when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0)." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "SCO only. This is the same as the vt option, and is provided for compatibility with the native SCO X server." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Sets the default color depth. Legal values are 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, and 24. Not all drivers support all values." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Disable the parts of the VidMode extension (used by the xvidtune client) that can be used to change the video modes. This is equivalent to the DisableVidModeExtension xorg.conf(5) file option." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Sets the number of framebuffer bits per pixel. You should only set this if you're sure it's necessary; normally the server can deduce the correct value from -depth above. Useful if you want to run a depth 24 configuration with a 24 bpp framebuffer rather than the (possibly default) 32 bpp framebuffer (or vice versa). Legal values are 1, 8, 16, 24, 32. Not all drivers support all values." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Set the gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. This value is applied equally to the R, G and B values. Those values can be set in‐ dependently with the -rgamma, -bgamma, and -ggamma options. Not all drivers support this." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Set the green gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. Not all drivers support this. See also the -gamma, -rgamma, and -bgamma op‐ tions." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "The Xorg server checks the ABI revision levels of each module that it loads. It will normally refuse to load modules with ABI revisions that are newer than the server's. This is because such modules might use interfaces that the server does not have. When this option is specified, mismatches like this are downgraded from fatal errors to warnings. This option should be used with care." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Restrict device resets to the device at bus-id. The bus-id string has the form bustype:bus:device:function (e.g., ‘PCI:1:0:0’). At present, only isolation of PCI devices is supported; i.e., this option is ignored if bustype is anything other than ‘PCI’." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Prevent the server from detaching its initial controlling terminal. If you want to use systemd-logind integration you must specify this option. Not all platforms sup‐ port (or can use) this option." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Use the xorg.conf(5) file InputDevice section called keyboard-name as the core key‐ board. This option is ignored when the Layout section specifies a core keyboard. In the absence of both a Layout section and this option, the first relevant InputDevice section is used for the core keyboard." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Use the xorg.conf(5) file Layout section called layout-name. By default the first Layout section is used." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Use the file called filename as the Xorg server log file. The default log file when running as root is /var/log/Xorg.n.log and for non root it is $XDGDATAHOME/xorg/Xorg.n.log where n is the display number of the Xorg server. The default may be in a different directory on some platforms. This option is only available when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0)." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Sets the verbosity level for information printed to the Xorg server log file. If the n value isn't supplied, each occurrence of this option increments the log file ver‐ bosity level. When the n value is supplied, the log file verbosity level is set to that value. The default log file verbosity level is 3." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Set the module search path to searchpath. searchpath is a comma separated list of directories to search for Xorg server modules. This option is only available when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0)." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Disable automatically setting secondary GPUs up as output sinks and offload sources. This is equivalent to setting the AutoBindGPU xorg.conf(5) file option. To false." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "" }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Disable the automatic switching on X server reset and shutdown to the VT that was ac‐ tive when the server started, if supported by the OS." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Use the xorg.conf(5) file InputDevice section called pointer-name as the core pointer. This option is ignored when the Layout section specifies a core pointer. In the absence of both a Layout section and this option, the first relevant InputDe‐‐ vice section is used for the core pointer." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "" }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Set the red gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. Not all drivers support this. See also the -gamma, -bgamma, and -ggamma options." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Share virtual terminals with another X server, if supported by the OS." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Use the xorg.conf(5) file Screen section called screen-name. By default the screens referenced by the default Layout section are used, or the first Screen section when there are no Layout sections." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "This is the same as the -version option, and is included for compatibility reasons. It may be removed in a future release, so the -version option should be used instead." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Print out the default module path the server was compiled with." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Print out the path libraries should be installed to." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "For each driver module installed, print out the list of options and their argument types." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Set RGB weighting at 16 bpp. The default is 565. 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It now runs on a wider range of hardware and OS\nplatforms.\n\nThis work was derived by the X.Org Foundation from the XFree86 Project's XFree86 4.4rc2 re‐\nlease. The XFree86 release was originally derived from X386 1.2 by Thomas Roell which was\ncontributed to X11R5 by Snitily Graphics Consulting Service.\n", "subsections": [] }, "PLATFORMS": { "content": "Xorg operates under a wide range of operating systems and hardware platforms. The Intel x86\n(IA32) architecture is the most widely supported hardware platform. Other hardware platforms\ninclude Compaq Alpha, Intel IA64, AMD64, SPARC and PowerPC. The most widely supported oper‐\nating systems are the free/OpenSource UNIX-like systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Open‐\nBSD, and Solaris. Commercial UNIX operating systems such as UnixWare are also supported.\nOther supported operating systems include GNU Hurd. Mac OS X is supported with the\nXquartz(1) X server. Win32/Cygwin is supported with the XWin(1) X server.\n", "subsections": [] }, "NETWORK CONNECTIONS": { "content": "Xorg supports connections made using the following reliable byte-streams:\n\nLocal\nOn most platforms, the \"Local\" connection type is a UNIX-domain socket. On some System V\nplatforms, the \"local\" connection types also include STREAMS pipes, named pipes, and some\nother mechanisms. See the \"LOCAL CONNECTIONS\" section of X(7) for details.\n\nTCP/IP\nXorg listens on port 6000+n, where n is the display number. This connection type is usu‐\nally disabled by default, but may be enabled with the -listen option (see the Xserver(1)\nman page for details).\n", "subsections": [] }, "OPTIONS": { "content": "Xorg supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and run-time parame‐\nters: command line options, environment variables, the xorg.conf(5) configuration files,\nauto-detection, and fallback defaults. When the same information is supplied in more than\none way, the highest precedence mechanism is used. The list of mechanisms is ordered from\nhighest precedence to lowest. Note that not all parameters can be supplied via all methods.\nThe available command line options and environment variables (and some defaults) are de‐\nscribed here and in the Xserver(1) manual page. Most configuration file parameters, with\ntheir defaults, are described in the xorg.conf(5) manual page. Driver and module specific\nconfiguration parameters are described in the relevant driver or module manual page.\n\nIn addition to the normal server options described in the Xserver(1) manual page, Xorg ac‐\ncepts the following command line switches:\n\nvtXX XX specifies the Virtual Terminal device number which Xorg will use. Without this\noption, Xorg will pick the first available Virtual Terminal that it can locate. This\noption applies only to platforms that have virtual terminal support, such as Linux,\nBSD, OpenSolaris, SVR3, and SVR4.\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "-allowMouseOpenFail", "content": "Allow the server to start up even if the mouse device can't be opened or initialised.\nThis is equivalent to the AllowMouseOpenFail xorg.conf(5) file option.\n" }, { "name": "-allowNonLocalXvidtune", "content": "Make the VidMode extension available to remote clients. This allows the xvidtune\nclient to connect from another host. This is equivalent to the AllowNonLocalXvidtune\nxorg.conf(5) file option. By default non-local connections are not allowed.\n" }, { "name": "-bgamma", "content": "Set the blue gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is\n1.0. Not all drivers support this. See also the -gamma, -rgamma, and -ggamma op‐\ntions.\n" }, { "name": "-bpp -depth -fbbpp", "content": "need to force a non-default framebuffer (hardware) pixel format.\n" }, { "name": "-config", "content": "Read the server configuration from file. This option will work for any file when the\nserver is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0), or for files relative to a directory in\nthe config search path for all other users.\n" }, { "name": "-configdir", "content": "Read the server configuration files from directory. This option will work for any\ndirectory when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0), or for directories\nrelative to a directory in the config directory search path for all other users.\n" }, { "name": "-configure", "content": "When this option is specified, the Xorg server loads all video driver modules, probes\nfor available hardware, and writes out an initial xorg.conf(5) file based on what was\ndetected. This option currently has some problems on some platforms, but in most\ncases it is a good way to bootstrap the configuration process. This option is only\navailable when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0).\n" }, { "name": "-crt", "content": "SCO only. This is the same as the vt option, and is provided for compatibility with\nthe native SCO X server.\n" }, { "name": "-depth", "content": "Sets the default color depth. Legal values are 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, and 24. Not all\ndrivers support all values.\n" }, { "name": "-disableVidMode", "content": "Disable the parts of the VidMode extension (used by the xvidtune client) that can be\nused to change the video modes. This is equivalent to the DisableVidModeExtension\nxorg.conf(5) file option.\n" }, { "name": "-fbbpp", "content": "Sets the number of framebuffer bits per pixel. You should only set this if you're\nsure it's necessary; normally the server can deduce the correct value from -depth\nabove. Useful if you want to run a depth 24 configuration with a 24 bpp framebuffer\nrather than the (possibly default) 32 bpp framebuffer (or vice versa). Legal values\nare 1, 8, 16, 24, 32. Not all drivers support all values.\n" }, { "name": "-gamma", "content": "Set the gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0.\nThis value is applied equally to the R, G and B values. Those values can be set in‐\ndependently with the -rgamma, -bgamma, and -ggamma options. Not all drivers support\nthis.\n" }, { "name": "-ggamma", "content": "Set the green gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is\n1.0. Not all drivers support this. See also the -gamma, -rgamma, and -bgamma op‐\ntions.\n" }, { "name": "-ignoreABI", "content": "The Xorg server checks the ABI revision levels of each module that it loads. It will\nnormally refuse to load modules with ABI revisions that are newer than the server's.\nThis is because such modules might use interfaces that the server does not have.\nWhen this option is specified, mismatches like this are downgraded from fatal errors\nto warnings. This option should be used with care.\n" }, { "name": "-isolateDevice", "content": "Restrict device resets to the device at bus-id. The bus-id string has the form\nbustype:bus:device:function (e.g., ‘PCI:1:0:0’). At present, only isolation of PCI\ndevices is supported; i.e., this option is ignored if bustype is anything other than\n‘PCI’.\n" }, { "name": "-keeptty", "content": "Prevent the server from detaching its initial controlling terminal. If you want to\nuse systemd-logind integration you must specify this option. Not all platforms sup‐\nport (or can use) this option.\n" }, { "name": "-keyboard", "content": "Use the xorg.conf(5) file InputDevice section called keyboard-name as the core key‐\nboard. This option is ignored when the Layout section specifies a core keyboard. In\nthe absence of both a Layout section and this option, the first relevant InputDevice\nsection is used for the core keyboard.\n" }, { "name": "-layout", "content": "Use the xorg.conf(5) file Layout section called layout-name. By default the first\nLayout section is used.\n" }, { "name": "-logfile", "content": "Use the file called filename as the Xorg server log file. The default log file when\nrunning as root is /var/log/Xorg.n.log and for non root it is\n$XDGDATAHOME/xorg/Xorg.n.log where n is the display number of the Xorg server. The\ndefault may be in a different directory on some platforms. This option is only\navailable when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0).\n" }, { "name": "-logverbose", "content": "Sets the verbosity level for information printed to the Xorg server log file. If the\nn value isn't supplied, each occurrence of this option increments the log file ver‐\nbosity level. When the n value is supplied, the log file verbosity level is set to\nthat value. The default log file verbosity level is 3.\n" }, { "name": "-modulepath", "content": "Set the module search path to searchpath. searchpath is a comma separated list of\ndirectories to search for Xorg server modules. This option is only available when\nthe server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0).\n" }, { "name": "-noautoBindGPU", "content": "Disable automatically setting secondary GPUs up as output sinks and offload sources.\nThis is equivalent to setting the AutoBindGPU xorg.conf(5) file option. To false.\n" }, { "name": "-nosilk", "content": "" }, { "name": "-novtswitch", "content": "Disable the automatic switching on X server reset and shutdown to the VT that was ac‐\ntive when the server started, if supported by the OS.\n" }, { "name": "-pointer", "content": "Use the xorg.conf(5) file InputDevice section called pointer-name as the core\npointer. This option is ignored when the Layout section specifies a core pointer.\nIn the absence of both a Layout section and this option, the first relevant InputDe‐‐\nvice section is used for the core pointer.\n" }, { "name": "-quiet", "content": "" }, { "name": "-rgamma", "content": "Set the red gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0.\nNot all drivers support this. See also the -gamma, -bgamma, and -ggamma options.\n" }, { "name": "-sharevts", "content": "Share virtual terminals with another X server, if supported by the OS.\n" }, { "name": "-screen", "content": "Use the xorg.conf(5) file Screen section called screen-name. By default the screens\nreferenced by the default Layout section are used, or the first Screen section when\nthere are no Layout sections.\n" }, { "name": "-showconfig", "content": "This is the same as the -version option, and is included for compatibility reasons.\nIt may be removed in a future release, so the -version option should be used instead.\n" }, { "name": "-showDefaultModulePath", "content": "Print out the default module path the server was compiled with.\n" }, { "name": "-showDefaultLibPath", "content": "Print out the path libraries should be installed to.\n" }, { "name": "-showopts", "content": "For each driver module installed, print out the list of options and their argument\ntypes.\n" }, { "name": "-weight", "content": "Set RGB weighting at 16 bpp. The default is 565. This applies only to those drivers\nwhich support 16 bpp.\n" }, { "name": "-verbose", "content": "Sets the verbosity level for information printed on stderr. If the n value isn't\nsupplied, each occurrence of this option increments the verbosity level. When the n\nvalue is supplied, the verbosity level is set to that value. The default verbosity\nlevel is 0.\n" }, { "name": "-version", "content": "Print out the server version, patchlevel, release date, the operating system/platform\nit was built on, and whether it includes module loader support.\n" } ] }, "KEYBOARD": { "content": "The Xorg server is normally configured to recognize various special combinations of key\npresses that instruct the server to perform some action, rather than just sending the key\npress event to a client application. These actions depend on the XKB keymap loaded by a par‐\nticular keyboard device and may or may not be available on a given configuration.\n\nThe following key combinations are commonly part of the default XKEYBOARD keymap.\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "Ctrl+Alt+Backspace", "content": "Immediately kills the server -- no questions asked. It can be disabled by setting the\nDontZap xorg.conf(5) file option to a TRUE value.\n\nIt should be noted that zapping is triggered by the TerminateServer action in the\nkeyboard map. This action is not part of the default keymaps but can be enabled with\nthe XKB option \"terminate:ctrlaltbksp\".\n" }, { "name": "Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus", "content": "Change video mode to next one specified in the configuration file. This can be dis‐\nabled with the DontZoom xorg.conf(5) file option.\n" }, { "name": "Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus", "content": "Change video mode to previous one specified in the configuration file. This can be\ndisabled with the DontZoom xorg.conf(5) file option.\n" }, { "name": "Ctrl+Alt+F1...F12", "content": "For systems with virtual terminal support, these keystroke combinations are used to\nswitch to virtual terminals 1 through 12, respectively. This can be disabled with\nthe DontVTSwitch xorg.conf(5) file option.\n" } ] }, "CONFIGURATION": { "content": "Xorg typically uses a configuration file called xorg.conf and configuration files with the\nsuffix .conf in a directory called xorg.conf.d for its initial setup. Refer to the\nxorg.conf(5) manual page for information about the format of this file.\n\nXorg has a mechanism for automatically generating a built-in configuration at run-time when\nno xorg.conf file or xorg.conf.d files are present. The current version of this automatic\nconfiguration mechanism works in two ways.\n\nThe first is via enhancements that have made many components of the xorg.conf file optional.\nThis means that information that can be probed or reasonably deduced doesn't need to be spec‐\nified explicitly, greatly reducing the amount of built-in configuration information that\nneeds to be generated at run-time.\n\nThe second is to have \"safe\" fallbacks for most configuration information. This maximises\nthe likelihood that the Xorg server will start up in some usable configuration even when in‐\nformation about the specific hardware is not available.\n\nThe automatic configuration support for Xorg is work in progress. It is currently aimed at\nthe most popular hardware and software platforms supported by Xorg. Enhancements are planned\nfor future releases.\n", "subsections": [] }, "FILES": { "content": "The Xorg server config files can be found in a range of locations. These are documented\nfully in the xorg.conf(5) manual page. The most commonly used locations are shown here.\n\n/etc/X11/xorg.conf Server configuration file.\n\n/etc/X11/xorg.conf-4 Server configuration file.\n\n/etc/xorg.conf Server configuration file.\n\n/usr/etc/xorg.conf Server configuration file.\n\n/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf Server configuration file.\n\n/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d Server configuration directory.\n\n/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d-4 Server configuration directory.\n\n/etc/xorg.conf.d Server configuration directory.\n\n/usr/etc/xorg.conf.d Server configuration directory.\n\n/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d Server configuration directory.\n\n/var/log/Xorg.n.log Server log file for display n.\n\n/usr/bin/∗∗ Client binaries.\n\n/usr/include/∗∗ Header files.\n\n/usr/lib/∗∗ Libraries.\n\n/usr/share/fonts/X11/∗∗ Fonts.\n\n/usr/share/X11/XErrorDB Client error message database.\n\n/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/∗∗ Client resource specifications.\n\n/usr/share/man/man?/∗∗ Manual pages.\n\n/etc/Xn.hosts Initial access control list for display n.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "X(7), Xserver(1), xdm(1), xinit(1), xorg.conf(5), xvidtune(1), xkeyboard-config (7), apm(4),\nati(4), chips(4), cirrus(4), cyrix(4), fbdev(4), glide(4), glint(4), i128(4), i740(4), im‐\nstt(4), intel(4), mga(4), neomagic(4), nsc(4), nv(4), openchrome (4), r128(4), rendition(4),\ns3virge(4), siliconmotion(4), sis(4), sunbw2(4), suncg14(4), suncg3(4), suncg6(4), sunffb(4),\nsunleo(4), suntcx(4), tdfx(4), tga(4), trident(4), tseng(4), v4l(4), vesa(4), vmware(4),\nWeb site .\n\n", "subsections": [] }, "AUTHORS": { "content": "Xorg has many contributors world wide. The names of most of them can be found in the docu‐\nmentation, ChangeLog files in the source tree, and in the actual source code.\n\nXorg was originally based on XFree86 4.4rc2. That was originally based on X386 1.2 by Thomas\nRoell, which was contributed to the then X Consortium's X11R5 distribution by SGCS.\n\nXorg is released by the X.Org Foundation.\n\nThe project that became XFree86 was originally founded in 1992 by David Dawes, Glenn Lai, Jim\nTsillas and David Wexelblat.\n\nXFree86 was later integrated in the then X Consortium's X11R6 release by a group of dedicated\nXFree86 developers, including the following:\n\nStuart Anderson anderson@metrolink.com\nDoug Anson danson@lgc.com\nGertjan Akkerman akkerman@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl\nMike Bernson mike@mbsun.mlb.org\nRobin Cutshaw robin@XFree86.org\nDavid Dawes dawes@XFree86.org\nMarc Evans marc@XFree86.org\nPascal Haible haible@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de\nMatthieu Herrb Matthieu.Herrb@laas.fr\nDirk Hohndel hohndel@XFree86.org\nDavid Holland davidh@use.com\nAlan Hourihane alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk\nJeffrey Hsu hsu@soda.berkeley.edu\nGlenn Lai glenn@cs.utexas.edu\nTed Lemon mellon@ncd.com\nRich Murphey rich@XFree86.org\nHans Nasten nasten@everyware.se\nMark Snitily mark@sgcs.com\nRandy Terbush randyt@cse.unl.edu\nJon Tombs tombs@XFree86.org\nKees Verstoep versto@cs.vu.nl\nPaul Vixie paul@vix.com\nMark Weaver MarkWeaver@brown.edu\nDavid Wexelblat dwex@XFree86.org\nPhilip Wheatley Philip.Wheatley@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM\nThomas Wolfram wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de\nOrest Zborowski orestz@eskimo.com\n\nXorg source is available from the FTP server , and from the X.Org server\n. Documentation and other information can be found\nfrom the X.Org web site .\n\n", "subsections": [] }, "LEGAL": { "content": "Xorg is copyright software, provided under licenses that permit modification and redistribu‐\ntion in source and binary form without fee. Xorg is copyright by numerous authors and con‐\ntributors from around the world. Licensing information can be found at .\nRefer to the source code for specific copyright notices.\n\nXFree86(TM) is a trademark of The XFree86 Project, Inc.\n\nX11(TM) and X Window System(TM) are trademarks of The Open Group.\n\n\n\nX Version 11 xorg-server 21.1.4 Xorg(1)", "subsections": [] } } } }