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_rgamma value Sets the red gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. Not all servers support this.
_ggamma value Sets the green gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. Not all servers support this.
_bgamma value Sets the blue gamma correction. value must be between 0.1 and 10. The default is 1.0. Not all servers support this.
_showconfig Prints out a list of screen drivers configured in the server.
_verbose Maximizes information printed at startup (more than the default).
_xf86config file Reads the server configuration from file. This option is only available when the server is run as root (that is, with real- UID 0).
keeptty Prevents the server from detaching its initial controlling terminal. This option is only useful when debugging the server.

KEYBOARD

Multiple key presses recognized directly by XFree86 are

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace Immediately kills the server—no questions asked. (Can be disabled by specifying "DontZap" in the Server-Flags section of the XF86Config file.)
Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus Changes video mode to next one specified in the configuration file, (increasing video resolution order).
Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus Changes video mode to previous one specified in the configuration file, (decreasing video resolution order).
Ctrl+Alt+F1…F12 For BSD systems using the syscons driver and Linux, these keystroke combinations are used to switch to Virtual Console 1 through 12.

SETUP

XFree86 uses a configuration file called XF86Config for its initial setup. Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) manual page for more information.

FILES

<XRoot>/bin/XF86 SVGA The color SVGA X server
<XRoot>/bin/XF86 Mono The monochrome X server for VGA and other mono cards
<XRoot>/bin/XF86 S3 The accelerated S3 X server
<XRoot>/bin/XF86 Mach8 The accelerated Mach8 X server
<XRoot>/bin/XF86 Mach32 The accelerated Mach32 X server
<XRoot>/bin/XF86 Mach64 The accelerated Mach64 X server
<XRoot>/bin/XF86 P9000 The accelerated P9000 X server
<XRoot>/bin/XF86 AGX The accelerated AGX X server
<XRoot>/bin/XF86 W32 The accelerated ET4000/W32 X server
<XRoot>/bin/XF86 8514 The accelerated 8514/A X server
/etc/XF86Config Server configuration file
<XRoot>/lib/X11/XF86Config.hostname Server configuration file
<XRoot>/lib/X11/XF86Config Server configuration file
<XRoot>/bin/ Client binaries

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<XRoot>/include/ Header files
<XRoot>/lib/ Libraries
<XRoot>/lib/X11/fonts/ Fonts
<XRoot>/lib/X11/rgb.txt Color names to RGB mapping
<XRoot>/lib/X11/XErrorDB Client error message database
<XRoot>/lib/X11/app-defaults/ Client resource specifications
<XRoot>/man/man?/ Manual pages
/etc/Xn.hosts Initial access control list for display n

Note: <XRoot> refers to the root of the X11 install tree.

SEE ALSO

X(1), Xserver(1), xdm(1), xinit(1), XF86Config(4/5), xf86config(1), XF86 SVGA(1), XF86 VGA16(1), XF86 Mono(1), XF86 Accel(1), xvidtune(1)

AUTHORS

For X11R5, XF86 1.2 was provided by the following:

Thomas Roell (roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de; server and SVR4 stuff), Mark W. Snitily (mark@sgcs.com SGCS; SVR3 support, X Consortium Sponsor), and many more people out there on the Net who helped with ideas and bug fixes.

XFree86 was integrated into X11R6 by the following team:

Stuart Anderson (anderson@metrolink.com), Doug Anson (danson@lgc.com), Gertjan Akkerman (akkerman@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl), Mike Bernson (mike@mbsun.mlb.org), Robin Cutshaw (robin@XFree86.org), David Dawes (dawes@XFree86.org), Marc Evans (marc@XFree86.org), Pascal Haible (haible@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de), Matthieu Herrb (Matthieu.Herrb@laas.fr), Dirk Hohndel (hohndel@XFree86.org), David Holland (davidh@use.com), Alan Hourihane (alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk), Jeffrey Hsu (hsu@soda.berkeley.edu), Glenn Lai (glenn@cs.utexas.edu), Ted Lemon (mellon@ncd.com), Rich Murphey (rich@XFree86.org), Hans Nasten (nasten@everyware.se), Mark Snitily (mark@sgcs.com), Randy Terbush (randyt@cse.unl.edu), Jon Tombs (tombs@XFree86.org), Kees Verstoep (versto@cs.vu.nl), Paul Vixie (paul@vix.com), Mark Weaver (Mark Weaver@brown.edu), David Wexelblat (dwex@XFree86.org), Philip Wheatley (Philip.Wheatley@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM), Thomas Wolfram (wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de), and Orest Zborowski (orestz@eskimo.com).

The XFree86 enhancement package was provided by

David Dawes, dawes@XFree86.org Release coordination, administration of FTP repository and mailing lists. Source tree management and integration, accelerated server integration, fixing, and coding.
Glenn Lai, glenn@cs.utexas.edu The SpeedUp code for ET4000-based SVGA cards, and ET4000/W32 accelerated server.
Jim Tsillas, jtsilla@ccs.neu.edu Many server speedups from the fX386 series of enhancements.
David Wexelblat, dwex@XFree86.org Integration of the fX386 code into the default server, many driver fixes, and driver documentation, assembly of the VGA card/monitor database, development of the generic video mode listing. Accelerated server integration, fixing, and coding.
Dirk Hohndel, hohndel@XFree86.org Linux-shared libraries and release coordination. Accelerated server integration and fixing. Generic administrivia and documentation.
Amancio Hasty Jr., hasty@netcom.com Porting to 386BSD version 0.1 and XS3 development.
Rich Murphey, rich@XFree86.org Ported to 386BSD version 0.1 based on the original port by Pace Willison. Support for 386BSD, FreeBSD, and NetBSD.

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