Release Notes for X11R7.7
The X.Org Foundation
April 2012
These release notes contain information about features and their status in the
X.Org Foundation X11R7.7 release.
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Table of Contents
Introduction to the X11R7.7 Release
Summary of new features in X11R7.7
Overview of X11R7.7
Details of X11R7.7 components
Video Drivers
Input Drivers
Xorg server
Font support
Build changes and issues
Strict compilation flags
Silent build rules
New configure options for font modules
New configure options for documentation in modules
Miscellaneous
Socket directory ownership and permissions
Deprecated components and removal plans
Future Removals
Removed in this Release
Attributions/Acknowledgements/Credits
Introduction to the X11R7.7 Release
This release is the eighth modular release of the X Window Systemâ„¢. The next
full release will be X11R7.8 and is expected in 2013.
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 “katamariâ€
by the developers.
The X11R7.7 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.
Once their window system build is established, most builders watch for
announcements of individual module updates on the xorg-announce mailing list
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.
For help with how to build and develop in the modular tree see the Modular
Developer's Guide in the X.Org wiki.
We encourage you to report bugs using freedesktop.org's bug tracking system
using the xorg product, and to submit bug fixes and enhancements to <
xorg-devel@lists.x.org>. More details on patch submission and review process
are available on the SubmittingPatches page of the X.Org wiki.
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 7.7.
The next section describes what is new in the latest full release (7.7)
compared with the previous full release (7.6).
Summary of new features in X11R7.7
This is a sampling of the new features in X11R7.7. A more complete list of
changes can be found in the ChangeLog files that are part of the source of each
X module.
â— Multi-touch 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.
â— Additional Xinput extension 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.
â— 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 /usr/share/doc/. They are
also posted on the X.Org website at http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/.
â— Fence objects are now available in Version 3.1 of the Synchronization
(“Syncâ€) extension. These allow clients to create a object that is either
in “triggered†or “not-triggered†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 libxcb-sync and libXext API's.
â— Pointer barriers 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.
â— 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.
â— 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 accessibile via the XCB
APIs. Some of this effort was funded by past Google Summer of Code
projects.
â— Video and input driver enhancements. Please see the ChangeLog files for
individual drivers; there are far too many updates to list here.
â— ... and the usual assortment of correctness and crash fixes.
Overview of X11R7.7
On most platforms, X11R7.7 has a single hardware-driving X server binary called
Xorg. This binary can dynamically load the video drivers, input drivers, and
other modules that are needed. Xorg has currently has support for Linux,
Solaris, and some BSD OSs on Alpha, PowerPC, IA-64, AMD64, Intel x86, Sparc,
and MIPS platforms.
Additional specialized X server binaries may be found depending on the platform
and build configuration, including:
Xdmx
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.
Xnest
is a nested X server, that operates as both an X client and X server. Xnest
is a client of the real server which manages windows and graphics requests
on its behalf. Xnest 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.
Xephyr
is a X server that outputs to a window on a pre-existing “host†X display.
Unlike Xnest which is an X proxy, and thus limited to the capabilities of
the host X server, Xephyr is a full X server which uses the host X server
window as a “framebuffer†via fast SHM XImages.
Xvfb
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.
Xquartz
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.
Xwin
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.
Details of X11R7.7 components
Video Drivers
X11R7.7 includes the following video drivers:
┌─────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────â”
│Driver Name │Description │Further Information │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│ark │Ark Logic │ │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│ast │ASPEED Technology │ │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│cirrus │Cirrus Logic │ │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│fbdev │Linux framebuffer device │fbdev(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│geode (*) │AMD Geode GX and LX │ │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│glint │3Dlabs, TI │glint(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│i128 │Number Nine │README.I128, i128(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│intel │Intel Integrated Graphics Processors│README.intel, intel(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│mach64 │ATI Mach64 │README.ati │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│mga │Matrox │mga(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│neomagic │NeoMagic │neomagic(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│newport (-) │SGI Newport │README.newport, newport(4)│
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│nv │NVIDIA │nv(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│r128 │ATI Rage128 │README.r128, r128(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│radeon │ATI Radeon │radeon(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│savage │S3 Savage │savage(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│siliconmotion│Silicon Motion │siliconmotion(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│sis │SiS │README.SiS, sis(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│suncg6 (+) │Sun GX and Turbo GX │ │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│sunffb (+) │Sun Creator/3D, Elite 3D │ │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│tdfx │3Dfx Voodoo Banshee, 3, 4 & 5 │tdfx(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│tga │DEC TGA │README.DECtga │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│trident │Trident │trident(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│v4l │Video4Linux │v4l(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│vesa │VESA │vesa(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│vmware │VMware guest OS │vmware(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│voodoo │3Dfx Voodoo 1 & 2 │voodoo(4) │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│wsfb │Workstation Framebuffer │wsfb(4) │
└─────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┘
Drivers marked with (*) are present in a preliminary form in this release, but
are not complete and/or stable yet.
Drivers marked with (+) are for Linux/Sparc only.
Drivers marked with (-) are for Linux/mips only.
Input Drivers
X11R7.7 includes the following input drivers:
┌───────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────â”
│Driver Name│Description │Further Information│
├───────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│evdev(*) │Linux kernel EvDev │evdev(4) │
├───────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│joystick │Joystick │joystick(4) │
├───────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│kbd │generic keyboards (non-evdev systems) │kbd(4) │
├───────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│mouse │most mouse devices (non-evdev systems)│mousedrv(4) │
├───────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│synaptics │Synaptics & ALP touchpads │synaptics(4) │
├───────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│vmmouse │VMWare virtual mouse │vmmouse(4) │
├───────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│void │dummy device │void(4) │
└───────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────┘
Drivers marked with (*) are available for Linux only.
Xorg server
Loader and Modules
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).
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).
Note about module security
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.
Configuration File
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 xorg.conf(5) manual page.
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 xorg.conf.d directory.
If you do need to customize the configuration file, see the xorg.conf manual
page . You can also check the driver-specific manual pages and the related
documentation (found at driver tables) also.
The recommended method for generating a configuration file is to use the Xorg
server itself. Run as root:
Xorg -configure
and follow the instructions.
Command Line Options
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 Xserver(1)
manual page. Command line options specific to the Xorg server are described in
the Xorg(1) manual page.
Multi-head
Some multi-head configurations are supported in X11R7.7. Support for multiple
PCI/AGP cards may require a kernel with changes to support VGA arbitration.
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).
Xinerama
Xinerama 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.
Xinerama is not enabled by default, and can be enabled with the +xinerama
command line option for the X server. Note that enabling Xinerama may disable
certain other extensions which are not compatible with Xinerama.
DDC
The VESA® Display Data Channel (DDC™) 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.
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:
Option "NoDDC". We have support for DDC versions 1 and 2; these can be disabled
independently with Option "NoDDC1" and Option "NoDDC2".
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.
Changed behavior in handling information from DDC
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 -dpi option, a DPI setting in
their graphical enironment, or an alternate scaling mechanism provided by their
environment.
GLX and the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
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 DRI Project's web site. The 3D core rendering component is
provided by Mesa.
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.
Terminate Server keystroke
The Xorg server has previously allowed users to exit the server by pressing the
keys Control + Alt + Backspace. 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.
Users who wish to have this functionality available by default may enable it
via the XKB configuration option “terminate:ctrl_alt_bkspâ€. For instance, the
setxkbmap command can be used to enable this by running:
setxkbmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
The XKB Configuration Guide also includes an example xorg.conf.d file that sets
the “terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp†option by default on all keyboards. Many desktop
environments include XKB configuration options in their preferences to enable
this as well.
Grab debugging keystrokes
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.
The keysyms XF86LogGrabInfo and XF86LogWindowTree 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.
The keysym XF86Ungrab forces the X server to release all active grabs, which
may leave the clients holding them in an inconsistent state. XF86ClearGrab 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.
Users who are willing to accept the security risk and wish to enable this
functionality may do so via the XKB configuration option “grab:break_actionsâ€.
Security issue in older xkeyboard-config releases
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 advisories for CVE-2012-0064.
X Server startup state
The X servers in the X11R7.7 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 -retro option.
Font support
Details about the font support in X11R7.7 can be found in the “Fonts in X11R7.7
†document.
Default font installation directory
Previous versions of X installed font files under the lib/X11/fonts
subdirectory of the X installation directory (for instance, in X11R6 releases,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts was commonly used). This release uses the default
installation path of the fonts subdirectory of the datadir setting from the GNU
autoconf configuration. For instance, if the fonts are configured with ./
configure --prefix=/usr, they will be installed under subdirectories of /usr/
share/fonts/X11. The font module configure scripts all take an option of
--with-fontrootdir=PATH to override the default. If --with-fontrootdir is not
specified, the fontutil pkg-config file will be consulted to find the
fontrootdir specified when the fontutil module was installed.
Bitmap font compression methods
The X11R7.7 release supports PCF format bitmap fonts stored uncompressed or
compressed via the compress, gzip, or bzip2 programs. To utilize bzip2
compression, the libXfont and mkfontscale modules must be built with the
--with-bzip2 — all other methods are enabled by default.
To specify which compression method to use when installing a font module from
X11R7.7 the configure scripts accept an option of --with-compression=TYPE,
where TYPE may be none, compress, gzip, or bzip2.
Type1 Font support
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.
CID Font support
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.
Build changes and issues
Strict compilation flags
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
--disable-selective-werror 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 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Builders seeking even stricter compiler checks can instead pass
--enable-strict-compilation to the configure command to make all warnings
become errors.
Silent build rules
Most of the modules in this release use the AM_SILENT_RULES option of GNU
automake 1.11. When building the software, most output will show an abbreviated
format for the commands being run, such as:
CC xmen.o
To enable verbose output, showing all the arguments to the commands being run,
add the flag V=1 to the make command line or add the flag
--disable-silent-rules to the configure command.
New configure options for font modules
The bitmap font modules now accept a configure option of
--disable-all-encodings to set the default for all encodings to off, requiring
builders to then pass --enable-<encoding> flags for each encoding to be built.
New configure options for documentation in modules
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.
Enables or disables use of the xmlto command to translate
--with-xmlto=yes|no DocBook XML to other formats. All DocBook XML conversions
require use of this command.
--with-fop=yes|no Enables or disables use of the Apache fop command to
translate DocBook XML to PostScript and PDF formats.
--enable-docs=yes| Enables or disables the build and installation of all
no documentation except traditional man pages or those covered
by the --enable-devel-docs and --enable-specs options.
--enable-devel-docs Enables or disables the build and installation of
=yes|no documentation for developers of the X.Org software modules.
--enable-specs=yes| Enables or disables the build and installation of the
no formal specification documents for protocols and APIs.
Miscellaneous
This section describes other items of note for the X11R7.7 release.
Socket directory ownership and permissions
The socket directories created in /tmp 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:
/tmp/.font-unix
/tmp/.ICE-unix
/tmp/.X11-unix
These directories are used by the font server (xfs), applications using the
Inter-Client Exchange protocol (ICE) and the X server, respectively.
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 /tmp dir
is persistent. They could be created at boot time by the system's boot scripts
(e.g., the init.d scripts). Or, they could be created by PAM modules at service
startup or user login time.
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.
Deprecated components and removal plans
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 <xorg-devel@lists.x.org> to volunteer to take
over maintainership, either inside or outside of the Xorg release process.
Future Removals
DGA 2.0 is included in 7.7. Documentation for the client libraries
can be found in the XDGA(3) man page. DGA should be considered
DGA deprecated; if you are relying on it, please let us know what you
version 2 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.
Xorg server 1.4 started using the HAL framework to discover connected
input devices, receive notification of hotplug events for them, and
Input to retrieve configuration parameters for them. The HAL maintainers
device have since deprecated HAL, so the X.Org developers have begun
discovery replacement with alternatives. As a result, configuration of input
via HAL devices via HAL *.fdi files is no longer supported on Linux platforms
using udev, and may not be supported on other platforms in future
Xorg server releases.
As described in the section called “Overview of X11R7.7â€, this
Nested release contains several X servers that either display onto another X
and server (Xephyr & Xnest), or render into a virtual memory framebuffer
virtual X (Xvfb & Xfake). These may be replaced in a future release by use of
servers the Xorg server with the xf86-video-nested and xf86-video-dummy
drivers which perform the same tasks.
Removed in this Release
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.
â— xf86-input-acecad: Acecad Flair
â— xf86-input-aiptek: Aiptek USB tablet
â— xf86-video-apm: Alliance Pro Motion
â— xf86-video-chips: Chips & Technologies
â— xf86-video-i740: Intel i740
â— xf86-video-rendition: Rendition Verite
Unmaintained â— xf86-video-s3: S3 (not ViRGE or Savage)
drivers
â— xf86-video-s3virge: S3 ViRGE
â— xf86-video-sisusb: SiS Net2280-based USB
â— xf86-video-suncg14: Sun CG14
â— xf86-video-suncg3: Sun CG3
â— xf86-video-sunleo: Sun Leo (ZX)
â— xf86-video-suntcx: Sun TCX
â— xf86-video-tseng: Tseng Labs
â— xf86-video-xgi: XGI
â— xf86-video-xgixp: XGI Volari 8300
Attributions/Acknowledgements/Credits
This section lists the credits for the X11R7.7 release. For a more detailed
breakdown, refer to the ChangeLog file in the source tree for each module, the
history in the xorg product in freedesktop.org's git repositories or the 'git
log' information for individual source files.
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.
These people contributed in some way to X11R7.7 since the release of X11R7.6:
Aapo Rantalainen Lev Nezhdanov
Aaron Culich Linus Arver
Aaron Plattner Luc Verhaegen
Abdoulaye Walsimou Gaye Maarten Lankhorst
Adam Jackson Maarten Maathuis
Adam Tkac Macpaul Lin
Adrian Bunk Magnus Kessler
Alan Coopersmith Marcin Kościelnicki
Alan Curry Marcin Slusarz
Alan Hourihane Marcin Woliński
Alban Browaeys Marek Olšák
Albert Damen Mario Kleiner
Aldis Berjoza Mark Dokter
Alessandro Guido Mark Kettenis
Alex Deucher Mark Schreiber
Alex Plotnick Marko Macek
Alexander Polakov Marko Myllynen
Alexandr Shadchin Markus Duft
Alexandre Julliard Markus Fleschutz
Alexey Shumitsky Mart Raudsepp
Alistair Leslie-Hughes Martin Langhoff
Ander Conselvan de Oliveira Martin-Éric Racine
Andrea Canciani Marton Balint
Andreas Schwab Matěj Cepl
Andreas Wettstein Mathias Krause
Andrew Randrianasulu Mathieu Bérard
Andrew Turner Mathieu Taillefumier
Andy Furniss Matt Dew
Anssi Hannula Matt Turner
Antoine Martin Matthew D. Fuller
Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz matthew green
Armin K Matthias Clasen
Arnaud Fontaine Matthias Hopf
Arthur Taylor Matthieu Herrb
Arvind Umrao Matti Hamalainen
Avram Lyon Max Schwarz
Bartosz Brachaczek Maxim Iorsh
Bartosz Kosiorek Mehdi Dogguy
Bastian Blank meng
Bastien Nocera Michael Chang
Ben Hutchings Michael Larabel
Benjamin Close Michael Olbrich
Benjamin Herrenschmidt Michael Stapelberg
Benjamin Otte Michael Thayer
Benjamin Tissoires Michał Górny
Bernie Innocenti Michal Marek
Bill Nottingham Michał Masłowski
Bjørn Mork Michal Suchanek
Bodo Graumann Michel Dänzer
Bryce Harrington Michel Hummel
Carl Worth Mikael Magnusson
Carlos Garnacho Mike Frysinger
Casper Dik Mike Stroyan
Cédric Cano Mikhail Gusarov
Chad Versace Modestas Vainius
Chase Douglas Mohammed Sameer
Choe Hwanjin Nick Bowler
Chris Bagwell Nicolai Stange
Chris Ball Nicolas Cavallari
Chris Halse Rogers Nicolas Joly
Chris Wilson Nicolas Kaiser
Christian König Nicolas Kalkhof
Christian Toutant Nicolas Peninguy
Christian Weisgerber Nikolai Kondrashov
Christoph Brill Nils Wallménius
Christoph Reimann Nithin Nayak Sujir
Christophe Roland Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
Christopher James Halse Rogers Olaf Buddenhagen
Christopher Yeleighton OldÅ™ich JedliÄka
Clemens Eisserer Oleh Nykyforchyn
Colin Harrison Oliver McFadden
Cristian RodrÃguez Oliver Schmidt
Cyril Brulebois Olivier Fourdan
Daiki Ueno Olli Vertanen
Dan Horák Ondrej Zary
Dan Nicholson Owen Taylor
Daniel A. Steffen Pander
Daniel Drake Pär Lidberg
Daniel Kurtz Parag Nemade
Daniel Stone Patrick Curran
Daniel Vetter Patrick E. Kane
Dave Airlie Paul Fox
David Barksdale Paul Menzel
David Coles Paul Neumann
David Coppa Pauli Nieminen
David Fries Paulius Zaleckas
David Ge Paulo Zanoni
David Nusinow Pelle Johansson
David Reveman Pete Beardmore
David Ronis Peter Clifton
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli Peter Harris
Derek Buitenhuis Peter Hutterer
Derek Foreman Peter Korsgaard
Derek Wang Peter Zotov
Devin J. Pohly Philip Langdale
Diego Elio Pettenò Philipp Reh
Dirk Wallenstein Phillp Haddad
dtakahashi42 Pierre-Loup A. Griffais
Eamon Walsh Priit Laes
Ed Schouten Promathesh Mandal
Edward Sheldrake Rami Ylimäki
Egbert Eich Reinhard Karcher
Eitan Adler Rémi Cardona
Elias Probst Richard Hartmann
Elie Bleton Rob Clark
Elvis Pranskevichus Robert Ancell
Emanuele Giaquinta Robert Bragg
Eoghan Sherry Robert Hooker
Eric Anholt Robert Morell
Erik Kilfoil Roberto Branciforti
Erik Saule Roger Cruz
Erkki Seppälä Roland Cassard
Eugeni Dodonov Roland Scheidegger
Evan Broder Roman Jarosz
Fabio Pedretti Ross Burton
Federico Mena Quintero Rui Matos
Fernando Carrijo Ryan Pavlik
Ferry Huberts Sam Spilsbury
Francisco Jerez Samuel Thibault
Frank Huang Sascha Hlusiak
Frank Mariak Satoshi KImura
Frédéric Boiteux Scott James Remnant
Fredrik Höglund Sebastian Glita
Fryderyk Dziarmagowski Sedat Dilek
Gaetan Nadon Sergey Samokhin
George Staplin Sergey V. Udaltsov
Giuseppe Bilotta Servaas Vandenberghe
Glenn Burkhardt Siddhesh Poyarekar
Guillem Jover Simon Farnsworth
György Balló Simon Que
Hans Verkuil Simon Thum
Hans-Juergen Mauser Sitsofe Wheeler
Hans-Peter Budek Søren Sandmann Pedersen
Harshula Jayasuriya Stefan Dirsch
Havoc Pennington Stefan Glasenhardt
Henry Zhao Stefan Kost
Ian Osgood Stefan Potyra
Ian Romanick Stephan Hilb
Ilija Hadzic Stephane Marchesin
Ivan Bulatovic Stephen Turnbull
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James Cloos Takashi Iwai
James Jones Terry Lambert
James Simmons Thierry Vignaud
Jamey Sharp Thomas Bächler
Jamie Kennea Thomas Fjellstrom
Jan Hauffa Thomas Hellström
Jan Kriho Thomas Hoger
Janne Huttunen Thordur Bjornsson
Jari Aalto Tiago Vignatti
Javier Acosta Till Matthiesen
Javier Jardón Tim van der Molen
Javier Pello Tim Yamin
Jay Cotton Timo Aaltonen
Jeetu Golani Tobias Droste
Jeff Chua Tollef Fog Heen
Jens Elkner Tom "spot" Callaway
Jeremy Huddleston Tom Fogal
Jerome Carretero Tomas Carnecky
Jerome Glisse Tomas Frydrych
Jesse Adkins Tomas Hoger
Jesse Barnes Tomáš Trnka
Jian Zhao Toralf Förster
JJ Ding Tormod Volden
Joe Nahmias Trevor Woerner
Joe Shaw U. Artie Eoff
Joerg Sonnenberger Uli Schlachter
Johannes Obermayr Ulrich Müller
John Martin Van de Bugger
Jon Nettleton Vasily Khoruzhick
Jon TURNEY Vasyĺ V. Vercynśkyj
Jools Wills Victor Machado
Jordan Hayes Ville Skyttä
Jörn Horstmann Ville Syrjälä
Josh Triplett Vincent Torri
Julien Cristau Walter Bender
Julien Danjou Walter Harms
Justin Dou William Jon McCann
Justin Mattock Xavier Bachelot
Kai-Uwe Behrmann Xiang, Haihao
Kees Cook Xue Wei
Keith Packard Xunx Fang
Kenneth Graunke Y.C. Chen
Kent Baxley Yaakov Selkowitz
Kirill Elagin Yann Droneaud
Knut Petersen Yannick Heneault
Konstantin Belousov Zack Rusin
Kristian Høgsberg Zhao Yakui
Kristof Szabo Zhenyu Wang
Krzysztof Halasa Zhigang Gong
Kusanagi Kouichi Zou Nan hai
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3Dlabs Inc. Ltd. Kim woelders
Aaron Plattner Kristian Høgsberg
Adam de Boor Larry Wall
Adam Jackson Lars Knoll
Adobe Systems Inc. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Leif Delgass
After X-TT Project Lennart Augustsson
AGE Logic Inc. Leon Shiman
Alan Coopersmith Lexmark International Inc.
Alan Cox Linus Torvalds
Alan Hourihane Linuxcare Inc.
Alexander Gottwald Lorens Younes
Alex Deucher Luc Verhaegen
Alex Williamson Machine Vision Holdings Inc.
Alexei Gilchrist Mandriva Linux
Anders Carlsson Manfred Brands
Andreas Luik Manish Singh
Andreas Monitzer Marc Aurele La France
Andreas Robinson Mark Adler
Andrei Barbu Mark J. Kilgard
Andrew C Aitchison Mark Kettenis
Andrey A. Chernov Mark Leisher
Andy Ritger Mark Smulders
Angus Lees Mark Vojkovich
Ani Joshi Martin Husemann
Anton Zioviev Marvin Solomon
Apollo Computer Inc. Massachusetts Inst. Of Technology
Apple Computer Inc. Matrox Graphics
Apple Inc. Matt Dew
Ares Software Corp. Matthew Grossman
Arnaud LE HORS Matthias Hopf
Arne Schwabe Matthias Ihmig
ASPEED Technology Inc. Matthieu Herrb
AT&T Inc. Metro Link Inc.
ATI Technologies Inc. Michal Rehacek
Bart Massey Michael Bax
Bart Trojanowski, Symbio Technologies, LLC Michael H. Schimek
BEAM Ltd. Michael P. Marking
Benjamin Herrenschmidt Michael Schimek
Benjamin Rienfenstahl Michael Smith
Ben Skeggs Michel Dänzer
Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute Mike A. Harris
Bigelow and Holmes Mike Harris
Bill Reynolds Ming Yu
Bitstream Inc. MIPS Computer Systems Inc.
Bogdan Diaconescu MontaVista Software Inc.
Branden Robinson National Security Agency
Brian Fundakowski Feldman National Semiconductor
Brian Goines NCR Corporation Inc.
Bogdan D. Neil Brown
Brian Paul NetBSD Foundation
Bruce Kalk Netscape Communications Corp.
Bruno Haible Network Computing Devices Inc.
Bryan Stine New Mexico State University
Bryan W. Headley. Nicholas Joly
C. Scott Ananian Nicholas Miell
Carl Switzky Nicholas Wourms
Catharon Productions Inc. Nicolai Haehnle
Charles Murcko Noah Levitt
Chen Xiangyang Nolan Leake
Chisato Yamauchi Nokia Corporation
Chris Constello Nokia Home Communications
Chris Salch Novell Inc.
Christian Thaeter Nozomi YTOW
Christian Zietz NTT Software Corporation
Cognition Corp. Number Nine Computer Corp.
Compaq Computer Corporation Number Nine Visual Technologies
Concurrent Computer Corporation NVIDIA Corporation
Conectiva S.A. Oivier Danet
Corin Anderson Oki Technosystems Laboratory Inc.
Corvin Zahn. Olivetti Research Limited
Cronyx Ltd. OMRON Corporation
Craig Struble Open Software Foundation
Daewoo Electronics Co. Ltd. Open Text Corporation
Dag-Erling Smørgrav OpenedHand Ltd.
Dale Schumacher Oracle Corp.
Damien Miller Orest Zborowski
Daniel Berrange Owen Taylor
Daniel Borca Pablo Saratxaga
Daniel Stone Panacea Inc.
Daniver Limited Panagiotis Tsirigotis
Daryll Strauss Paolo Severini
Data General Corporation Pascal Haible
Dave Airlie Patrick Lecoanet
David Bateman Patrick Lerda
David Dawes Paul Anderson
David E. Wexelblat Paul Elliott
David Holland Paul Mackerras
David J. McKay Peter Breitenlohner
David McCullough Peter Hutterer
David Mosberger-Tang Peter Kunzmann
David Reveman Peter Osterlund
David S. Miller Peter Trattler
David Woodhouse Phil Karlton
Davor Matic Philip Blundell
Deron Johnson Philip Homburg
Digeo Inc. Philip Langdale
Dennis De Winter Precision Insight Inc.
Digital Equipment Corporation Prentice Hall
Dirk Hohndel Quarterdeck Office Systems
Dmitry Golubev Radek Doulik
Donnie Berkholz Ralf Habacker
DOS-EMU-Development-Team Randy Hendry
Doug Anson Ranier Keller
Drew Parsons Red Hat Inc.
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Eduard Fuchs Richard A. Hecker
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Egbert Eich Rich Murphey
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Eric Anholt Robert Chesler
Eric Fortune Robert Millan
Eric Sunshine Robert V. Baron
Erik Fortune Robert W. Scheifler
Erik Nygren Robin Cutshaw
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Fabio Massimo Di Nitto Roland Scheidegger
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Fedor P. Goncharov Russ Blaine
Felix Kühling Ryan Breen
Finn Thoegersen Ryan Lortie
Francesco Zappa Nardelli Ryan Underwood
Frank C. Earl S. Lehner
Florian Loitsch S3 Graphics Inc.
Francisco Jerez Sam Leffler
Fred Hucht Santa Cruz Operation Inc.
Frederic Lepied Sascha Hlusiak.
Fredrik Höglund SciTech Software
Free Software Foundation Scott Laird
Fujitsu Limited Sebastien Marineau
Fujitsu Open Systems Solutions Inc. Serge Winitzki
Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. Sergey Vovk
Gaetan Nadon Shigehiro Nomura
Gareth Hughes ShoGraphics Inc.
Geert Uytterhoeven Shunsuke Akiyama
George Fufutos Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
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Gerrit Jan Akkerman Silicon Integrated Systems Corp
Gerry Toll Silicon Motion Inc.
Ghozlane Toumi Simon P. Cooper
Glenn G. Lai Simon Thum
GNOME Foundation Snitily Graphics Consulting Services
Go Watanabe Sony Corporation
Google Summer of Code participants Søren Sandmann
Greg Kroah-Hartman SRI
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Greg Parker Stefan Bethge
GROUPE BULL Stefan Dirsch
Guillem Jover Stefan Gmeiner
Guy Martin Stephane Marchesin
Hans Oey Stephan Lang
Harald Koenig Steven Lang
Harm Hanemaayer Stuart Kreitman
Harold L Hunt II Sun Microsystems Inc.
Harry Langenbacher SunSoft Inc.
Hartwig Felger SuSE Inc
Henry A. Worth Sven Luther
Henry Davies Takis Psarogiannakopoulos
Hewlett-Packard Company Takuma Murakami
Hideki Hiura Takuya SHIOZAKI
Hitachi Ltd. T. A. Phelps
Holger Veit Tektronix Inc.
Hong Bo Peng Theo de Raadt
Howard Greenwell Theodore Ts'o
Hummingbird Communications Ltd. The Open Group
Ian Romanick The Unichrome Project
IBM Corporation The Weather Channel Inc.
Inst. of Software Academia Sinica Thomas E. Dickey
Intel Corporation Thomas G. Lane
INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation Thomas Hellström
Itai Nahshon Thomas Mueller
Itronix Inc. Thomas Roell
Ivan Kokshaysky Thomas Thanner
Ivan Pascal Thomas Winischhofer
Jakub Jelinek Thomas Wolfram
James Tsillas Thorsten.Ohl
Jamey Sharp Tiago Gons
Jason Bacon Tilman Sauerbeck
Jaymz Julian Todd C. Miller
Jean-loup Gailly Tomohiro KUBOTA
Jeff Hartmann Torrey Lyons
Jeff Kirk Torrey T. Lyons
Jeffrey Hsu TOSHIBA Corp.
Jehan Bing Toshimitsu Tanaka
Jeremy C. Reed Travis Tilley
Jeremy Katz Trolltech AS
Jeremy Huddleston Troy D. Hanson
Jerome Glisse Tungsten Graphics Inc.
Jesse Barnes Tuomas J. Lukka
Jim Gettys Ty Sarna
Jim Tsillas UCHIYAMA Yasushi
Joerg Sonnenberger Unicode Inc.
John Dennis UniSoft Group Limited
John Harper University of California
John Heasley University of South Australia
Jonathan Adamczewski University of Utah
Jon Block University of Wisconsin
Jon Smirl UNIX System Laboratories Inc.
Jon Tombs URW++ GmbH
Jörg Bösner Valery Inozemtsev
Jorge Delgado VA Linux Systems
José Fonseca VIA Technologies Inc.
Josh Triplett Video Electronics Standard Assoc.
Joseph Friedman VMware Inc.
Joseph P. Skudlarek Vrije Universiteit
Joseph V. Moss Wittawat Yamwong
Julio M. Merino Vidal Wyse Technology Inc.
Juan Romero Pardines X Consortium
Juliusz Chroboczek XFree86 Project Inc.
Jyunji Takagi Xi Graphics Inc.
Kaleb Keithley X-Oz Technologies
Kazushi (Jam) Marukawa X-TrueType Server Project
Kazuyuki (ikko-) Okamoto X.Org Foundation
Kazutaka YOKOTA XGI Technology
Kean Johnston Yu Shao
Keith Packard Zack Rusin
Keith Whitwell Zephaniah E. Hull
Kensuke Matsuzaki Zhenyu Wang
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