Xfree86 Server Configuration Files - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 Reference Manual

Chapter 7. The X Window System
— The Motif window manager is a basic, standalone window manager. Since it is designed to
• mwm
be a standalone window manager, it should not be used in conjunction with GNOME or KDE.
— The minimalist Tab Window Manager, which provides the most basic tool set of any of the
• twm
window managers and can be used either standalone or with a desktop environment. It is installed
as part of XFree86.
These window managers can be run without desktop environments to gain a better sense of
their differences. To do this, type the
where
path-to-window-manager
file. The binary file can be found by typing
window-manager-name is the name of the window manager you are querying.
7.3. XFree86 Server Configuration Files
The XFree86 server is a single binary executable (
loads any necessary X server modules at runtime from the
Some of these modules are automatically loaded by the server, while others are optional and must be
specified in the XFree86 server configuration file.
The XFree86 server and associated configuration files are stored in the
figuration file for the XFree86 server is
installed, the configuration files for XFree86 are created using information gathered about the system
hardware during the installation process.
7.3.1.
XF86Config
While there is rarely a need to manually edit
various sections and optional parameters available, especially when troubleshooting.
7.3.1.1. The Structure
The
/etc/X11/XF86Config
aspects of the system hardware.
Each section begins with a
the title for the section) and ends with an
containing option names and at least one option value, sometimes surrounded with double quotes (
Lines beginning with a hash mark (
readable comments.
Some options within the
on or off. Acceptable boolean values are:
, , , or
•
1 on true yes
, , , or
• 0 off false
The following are some of the more important sections in the order they appear in a typical
/etc/X11/XF86Config
can be found in the
XF86Config
/etc/X11/XF86Config
file is comprised of many different sections which address specific
Section " section-name "
) are not read by the XFree86 server and are used for human-
#
/etc/X11/XF86Config
— Turns the option on.
— Turns the option off.
no
file. More detailed information about the XFree86 server configuration file
man page.
xinit -e path-to-window-manager
is the location of the window manager binary
which
/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/
/etc/X11/XF86Config
line (where
line. Within each of the sections are lines
EndSection
file accept a boolean switch which turns the feature
window-manager-name
) that dynamically
directory. The con-
/etc/X11/
. When Red Hat Enterprise Linux is
, it is useful to understand the
section-name
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command,
, where
directory.
is
).
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