April 2012
X11R7.7 is an Open Source version of the X Window System that supports many UNIX® and UNIX-like operating systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris) on a variety of platforms. This version is compatible with X11R7.6 and other X Window System implementations which support the X11 standard.
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X11R7.7 is the eighth release in the X11R7 series.
Specific release enhancements can be viewed in the Release Notes.
Most modern PC video hardware is supported in this release, and most PC video hardware that isn't supported explicitly can be used with the "vesa" driver. The Release Notes has a table showing the drivers provided with X11R7.7, and links to related documentation.
The X.Org Foundation X releases are produced by the X.Org Foundation. The X.Org Foundation has been formed as a Delaware corporation organized to operate as a scientific charity under IRS code 501(c)(3) chartered to develop and execute effective strategies which provide world-wide stewardship of the X Window System technology and standards. Membership in the X.Org Foundation is free to all participants. Applications for Membership are now being accepted, and active participants in the further development of the X Window Technology are invited to complete a membership application. The X11R7.7 release has been produced by the many contributors to the X.Org community and members of the X.Org Foundation and includes code from the X Consortium, the Open Group and the XFree86® Project. This release is dedicated to the greater X community, developers and users alike.
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possible of the code's licenses in the distribution into compliance with the
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The documentation for this release can be found online at the X.Org web site.
The X11 version numbering system (including historical information) can be found in the Versions Document.
Additional information may be available at the X.Org Foundation Wiki.
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in future releases. More details on patch submission and review
process are available on the
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Information about X11R7.7 can be found from the X.Org Foundation wiki, and at mirrors of this server.
This is the eighth release of the new modular source code tree. The source code has been split into nine logical modules: app, data, doc, driver, font, lib. proto, util and xserver. Each of these modules contain one or more packages that can be configured, built and installed separately. Please see an X11R7.7 release site for a complete list of the tarballs.
For information on how to build the modular tree packages see the Modular Developer's Guide. This guide also contains information for developers who want to help improve the modular build system and modular code base.
The X source code for this and all releases/snapshots as well as development versions can also be accessed via the Freedesktop.org git repository. It's also possible to browse the freedesktop git repository.
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using the xorg component. Before
reporting bugs, please check the server log file, which can be found at
/var/log/Xorg.0.log on most platforms. If you can't
resolve the problem yourself, send the entire log file with your bug report but
not the operating system core dump. Do not edit the log file as our
developers use it to reproduce and debug your problem. Please attach it
to your bug report.