X power tools / Chris Tyler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyler, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Windows (Computer programs).

X Window System (Computer system).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book puts you in charge of the most flexible and adaptable graphical interface in the computer industry. The X Window System underlies graphical desktops on Linux and Unix systems, and supports advanced features of modern graphics cards. More people use the X Window System than ever before, but there are few books about X in print. X Power Tools fills that hole with the most practical and up-to-date information available. Written in O'Reilly's popular Power Tools format, X Power Tools offers dozens of standalone articles, thoroughly cross-referenced, on

Contents:

X Power Tools; Part II: X Clients; Part III: Colors, Fonts, and Keyboards; Part IV: Using X Remotely; Part V: Special Configurations; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; We&d Like to Hear from You; Safari® Books Online; Acknowledgments; I. The X Server; The History of X; The Renaissance: New X Versus Old X; X by Any Other Name; Seven Layers of an X-based GUI; Where Is the Server?; Why Windows Look and Act Differently; Toolkits and Desktop Environments; The Role of Freedesktop.org; Display Hardware; Keyboards; Monitors; Liquid crystal display (LCD)

Other flat-panel technologiesVideo projectors; Video timing; Monitor connections; Video Cards; Displays, Screens, and Xinerama; Display Specifications; TCP/IP Ports; Local Connection Mechanisms; Server Extensions; Where to Draw the Line: Kernel Versus User-Space Drivers; 2. Starting a Local X Server; Virtual Terminals; Starting a Raw X Server Manually; Using a Display Manager to Start the X Server; Enabling or Disabling the Display Manager at Boot Time; What Started the Display Manager?; Started by an init Script; Starting Multiple X Servers Using a Display Manager

Starting Multiple X Servers Using KDMStarting Multiple X Servers Using GDM; Starting Additional X Servers on Demand Using a Display Manager; Starting Additional X Servers Using KDM; Starting an X Server with Clients Only When Needed; Switching VTs from the Shell Prompt; Starting X Within X; No Mouse!; Bailing Out: Zapping X; Terminating X Automatically; 3. Basic X.org Configuration; Why Only root Can Configure the X Server; Places Your Configuration Could Hide; Let the X Server Configure Itself; The xorg.conf Configuration File; Screen; Monitor; Device; InputDevice

Optional Sections in the xorg.conf Configuration FileConfiguring the Pointer Device; Configuring a Two-Button Mouse; Configuring a Mouse with a Scrollwheel; Configuring a Synaptics TouchPad; Enabling DPMS; Configuring Video Card Driver Options; LightSteelBlue and Other Color Names; Configuring a Monitor&s Scan Rates; Reading Server Log Files; Configuring the Default Depth of a Screen; Configuring the Resolution of a Screen; 4. Advanced X.org Configuration; Xinerama Configuration; Differences Between Multi-Screen and Xinerama Modes; Positioning Screens; Overlapping Xinerama

Scrolling Virtual Screens and XineramaUsing Multiple Outputs from One Video Card; Parallel Pointing Devices; Parallel Keyboards; Using X with GPM or MOUSED; MOUSED Under FreeBSD; 5. Using the X Server; Changing Resolution On-the-Fly; Changing the Resolution and the Screen Size Dynamically; Using the Middle Mouse Button; Using the Clipboard; Keyboard Focus; Keyboard and Mouse Grabs; II. X Clients; Determine the Display Configuration; Getting Window Information; Viewing Server Settings; Control That Bell!; Adjusting the Keyboard Repeat Rate; Adjusting the Mouse Acceleration

Playing with the Lights

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596519483

0596519486

9780596555375

0596555377

OCLC:

609841464