6 The X Window System; Manually Configuring The X Window System - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 08-05-2008 Installation Manual

The X Window System
The X Window System (X11) is the de facto standard for graphical user interfaces in
UNIX. X is network-based, enabling applications started on one host to be displayed
on another host connected over any kind of network (LAN or Internet). This chapter
describes the setup and optimization of the X Window System environment, and provides
background information about the use of fonts in SUSE Linux Enterprise®.
TIP: IBM System z: Configuring the Graphical User Interface
IBM System z do not have any input and output devices supported by X.Org.
Therefore, none of the configuration procedures described in this section apply.
More relevant information for IBM System z can be found in
"Network Devices"
26.1 Manually Configuring the X
Window System
By default, the X Window System is configured with the SaX2 interface, described in
Section 8.14, "SaX2"
the its configuration files.
(page 164).
(page 191). Alternatively it can be configured manually by editing
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