Manually Configuring The X Window System - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment 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®.
23.1 Manually Configuring the X
Window System
By default, the X Window System is configured with the SaX2 interface, described in
Section 8.15, "SaX2"
the its configuration files.
WARNING: Faulty X Configurations can Damage Your Hardware
Be very careful when configuring your X Window System. Never start the X
Window System until the configuration is finished. A misconfigured system can
cause irreparable damage to your hardware (this applies especially to fixed-
frequency monitors). The creators of this book and SUSE Linux Enterprise
cannot be held responsible for any resulting damage. This information has been
carefully researched, but this does not guarantee that all methods presented
here are correct and cannot damage your hardware.
(page 182). Alternatively it can be configured manually by editing
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