xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man

16 line options and environment variables (and some defaults) are
19 parameters, with their defaults, are described below. Driver and module
20 specific configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver
64 search locations are as follows:
98 Additional configuration files are searched for in the following
117 config directory search locations are as follows:
139 These files are found in the following directory:
151 files are composed of a number of sections which may be present in any order,
164 The section names are:
186 The following obsolete section names are still recognised for compatibility
205 sections are at the highest level.
207 The input devices are described in the
212 These multiple components are bound together in the
214 sections, and it is these that are referenced by the
220 The graphics boards are described in the
222 sections, and the monitors are described in the
226 Config file keywords are case\-insensitive, and \(lq_\(rq characters are
230 names) are also case-insensitive, and insensitive to white space and
236 The argument types are:
277 The following boolean option values are recognised as
287 and the following boolean option values are recognised as
301 Example: the following option entries are equivalent:
340 section is optional, as are all of the entries that may appear in it.
342 The entries that can appear in this section are:
353 formats of the later two are explained below:
425 Font path elements that are found to be invalid are removed from the
475 All of the entries in this section are
477 although for compatibility purposes some of the old style entries are
479 Those old style entries are not documented here, and using them is
483 section is optional, as are the entries that may be specified in it.
494 Options with command line equivalents are overridden when their command
496 The options recognised by this section are:
518 In general you never want to use this option unless you are debugging an Xorg
549 and are passed to clients.
624 Acceptable values are 64, 128, 256 or 512.
635 enable or disable indirect GLX contexts. Indirect GLX contexts are disabled by
646 the GLXFBConfigs provided by the driver as GLX visuals.  Other options are
653 Include the default font path even if other paths are specified in
654 xorg.conf. If enabled, other font paths are included as well. Enabled by
678 Possible values are
688 The type of modules normally loaded in this section are Xorg server
690 Most other module types are loaded automatically when they are needed via
694 section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in
721 Some modules are loaded by default in the server, and this overrides that
738 that are passed to the module when it is loaded.
752 Modules are searched for in each directory specified in the
757 the above are searched first if they exist.
759 To see what extension modules are available, check the extensions
769 and \(lqrecord\(rq extension modules are loaded automatically, if they
782 section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in
785 Entries in this section are listed as Option statements with the name of
854 entries are required in all
857 All other entries are optional.
880 The most commonly used input drivers are
892 which are described here.
954 the most important acceleration options are discussed here.
1009 pointer. Typically, 1 is unaccelerated and values up to 5 are sensible.
1020 These sections are optional and are used to provide configuration for a
1021 class of input devices as they are automatically added. An input device can
1047 All other entries are optional.
1061 When an input device is automatically added, its characteristics are
1070 There are two types of match entries used in
1192 entries are applied to the device. One
1210 These sections are optional and are used to provide configuration for a
1211 class of output devices as they are automatically added.
1236 All other entries are optional.
1250 When an output device is automatically added, its characteristics are
1287 entries are applied to the device. One
1342 entries are required in all
1344 sections.  All other entries are optional.
1366 which are described here.
1436 When multiple values are given, they apply to the framebuffer pixel sizes
1445 specifies the pixel that are on your graphics board.
1446 The clocks are in MHz, and may be specified as a floating point number.
1449 It must match the order in which they are selected on the graphics board.
1520 The former are described in the driver\-specific documentation.
1521 Some of the latter are described below in the section about the
1584 When modes are specified explicitly in the
1591 keywords), built-in modes with the same names are not included.
1592 Built-in modes with different names are, however, still implicitly included,
1597 sections are described below.
1612 By default the values are in units of kHz.
1620 modes are within the specifications of the monitor.
1631 By default the values are in units of Hz.
1639 modes are within the specifications of the monitor.
1656 Not all drivers are capable of using this information.
1725 Values less than 1 are treated as 1, which is the default.
1743 is in four sections, the first three of which are mandatory.
1749 These numbers are the
1758 These numbers are the
1818 All these keypad available modes are selected from the screen mode list.
1880 Valid values for rotation are \*qnormal\*q, \*qleft\*q, \*qright\*q, and
1899 sections are not necessary because the built\-in set of VESA standard modes
1920 sections are the
1924 entries that are described above in the
1972 All others are optional.
1986 for this section are:
1991 section to be used for this screen.  When multiple graphics cards are
2003 section to be used as a secondary GPU device for this screen.  When multiple graphics cards are
2056 Some are driver\-specific and are described in the driver documentation.
2057 Others are driver\-independent, and will eventually be described here.
2063 there are bugs in the driver.
2064 There are many options to disable specific accelerated operations, listed
2078 Normally, only secondary cards are soft-booted using the Int10 module, as the
2112 subsections are optional.
2140 values that are allowed depends on the driver.
2145 means the number of bits in a pixel that are actually used to determine
2177 Video modes which are too large for the specified virtual size will be
2222 The visual types available for depth 8 are (default is
2237 The visual type available for the depths 15, 16 and 24 are (default is
2251 The visual types available for the depth 4 are (default is
2282 The former are described in the driver\-specific documentation.
2283 Some of the latter are described above in the section about the
2306 If those options are not used, the first
2311 sections are present, the single active screen and two active (core)
2312 input devices are selected as described in the relevant sections above.
2354 The entries that may be used in this section are described here.
2369 they are listed in.
2373 field describes the way multiple screens are positioned.
2374 There are a number of different ways that this information can be provided:
2380 These both specify that the upper left corner's coordinates are
2401 When positioning to the right or left, the top edges are aligned.
2402 When positioning above or below, the left edges are aligned.
2412 Normally at least two are required, one each for the core pointer and
2416 entries are searched for using the method described above in the
2426 The options permitted here are any that may also be given in the
2430 The most commonly used options are:
2525 .B "Not all modules or interfaces are available on all platforms."