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Section 6.2:The XFree86 Server
• DefaultDepth — Tells the Screen section the default color depth to try, in bits. 8 is
the default, 16 provides thousands of colors, and 32 displays millions of colors.
• Device — Signifies the name of the Device section to use with this Screen section.
• Identifier — Identifies the Screen section, so that it can be referred to by a Server-
Layout section and be utilized.
• Monitor — Tells the name of the Monitor section to be used with this Screen section.
You may also have a Display subsection within the Screen section which tells the XFree86
server the color depth (Depth) and resolution (Mode) to try first when using this particular
monitor and video card.
ServerFlags
Contains miscellaneous global XFree86 server settings. These settings may be overridden by
options placed in the ServerLayout section. Among the most useful settings:
• DontZap — Prevents the use of the
terminate the XFree86 server.
• DontZoom — Prevents the use of the
nus] to cycle through configured video resolutions.
ServerLayout
Binds together a Screen section with the necessary InputDevice sections and various op-
tions to create a unified collection of preferences used by the XFree86 server as it starts. If
you have more than one ServerLayout section and the one to use is not specified on the
command line when bringing up the XFree86 server, the first ServerLayout section in the
configuration file is used.
The following options are used in a ServerLayout section:
• Identifier — A unique name used to describe this ServerLayout section.
• InputDevice — The names of any InputDevice sections to be used with the XFree86
server. Most users will only have two lines here, Keyboard0 and Mouse0, the first key-
board and mouse configured for the system. The options CoreKeyboard and Core-
Pointer refer to the fact that these are the preferred keyboard and mouse, respectively, to
use with the XFree86 server.
• Screen — The name of the Screen section to use. The number to the left of the name
of the Screen section refers to the particular screen number to use in a multi-head config-
uration. For standard single-head video cards, this value is 0. The numbers to the right give
the X and Y absolute coordinates for the upper-left corner of the screen, by default 0 0.
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