xserver/man/Xserver.man

31 Xserver \- X Window System display server
37 is the generic name for the X Window System display server.  It is
38 frequently a link or a copy of the appropriate server binary for
39 driving the most frequently used server on a given machine.
40 .SH "STARTING THE SERVER"
41 The X server is usually started from the X Display Manager program
44 the server running, prompting for usernames and passwords, and starting up
53 The X server may also be started directly by the user, though this
56 permission to start the X server, often because access to certain
59 When the X server starts up, it typically takes over the display.  If
61 not be able to log into the console while the server is running.
65 server-specific manual pages is provided in the SEE ALSO section below.
73 The X server runs as the given \fIdisplaynumber\fP, which by default is 0.
128 causes the server to generate a core dump on fatal errors.
132 a display number, the X server will attempt to listen on successively higher
138 specifies the types of fonts for which the server should attempt to use
144 To be used when the server cannot determine the screen size(s) from the
174 of directories which the X server searches for font databases.
226 prevents a server reset when the last client connection is closed.  This
235 permits the server to continue running if it fails to establish all of
240 causes the server to exit if it fails to establish all of its well-known
250 starts the server with the classic stipple and cursor visible.  The default
264 used to limit the server to expose only a specific subset of devices
272 causes the server to terminate at server reset, instead of continuing to run.
296 attribute value reported by the server for a window will be the last
298 the server will report the default value, NotUseful.  This behavior is
299 required by the X protocol, which allows the server to exceed the
314 .SH SERVER DEPENDENT OPTIONS
318 sets the data space limit of the server to the specified number of kilobytes.
323 sets the number-of-open-files limit of the server to the specified number.
328 sets the stack space limit of the server to the specified number of kilobytes.
334 Set the maximum number of clients allowed to connect to the X server.
344 server.
402 causes the server to terminate (rather than reset) when the XDMCP session
412 server and the manager.  This option sets the value of that private
430 for setuid X servers (i.e., when the X server's real and effective uids
442 loads keyboard description in \fIfilename\fP on server startup.
444 The X server supports client connections via a platform-dependent subset of
450 The X server implements a platform-dependent subset of the following
457 server in a private file named with the \fB\-auth\fP command line
458 option.  Each time the server is about to accept the first connection
459 after a reset (or when the server is starting), it reads this file.
461 automatically allowed access to the server, and only clients which
468 The X server also uses a host-based access control list for deciding
471 this list initially consists of the host on which the server is running as
473 \fBn\fP is the display number of the server.  Each line of the file should
489 control using the \fIxhost\fP command from the same machine as the server.
493 connect to the X server via the \fIxfwp\fP.  If \fIxfwp\fP is run without
495 is using an X server where xhost + has been run to turn off host-based
496 authorization checks, when a client tries to connect to this X server
497 via \fIxfwp\fP, the X server will deny the connection.  See \fIxfwp\fP(1)
511 use of the hooks in the libraries and the server to provide additional
514 The X server attaches special meaning to the following signals:
517 This signal causes the server to close all existing connections, free all
520 manager) exits to force the server to clean up and prepare for the next
524 This signal causes the server to exit cleanly.
528 server starts, it checks to see if it has inherited SIGUSR1 as SIG_IGN
529 instead of the usual SIG_DFL.  In this case, the server sends a SIGUSR1 to
531 \fIXdm\fP uses this feature to recognize when connecting to the server
534 The X server can obtain fonts from directories and/or from font servers.
536 the X server uses when trying to open a font is controlled
547 after the server has started.
599 Default error log file if the server is run from \fIxdm\fP(1)
618 Starting the server: \fIstartx\fP(1), \fIxdm\fP(1), \fIxinit\fP(1)
620 Controlling the server once started: \fIxset\fP(1), \fIxsetroot\fP(1),
623 Server-specific man pages:
627 Server internal documentation:
628 .I "Definition of the Porting Layer for the X v11 Sample Server"
630 The sample server was originally written by Susan Angebranndt, Raymond