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1056N/A<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>README for X11R7.6</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/usr/share/sgml/X11/xorg.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.69.1" /><meta name="description" content="&#10;X11R7.6 is an Open Source version of the X Window System that&#10;supports many UNIX and UNIX-like&#10;operating systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris)&#10;on a variety of platforms. This version is compatible with&#10;X11R7.5 and other X Window System implementations which support&#10;the X11 standard.&#10;" /></head><body><div class="article" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="id2463699"></a>README for X11R7.6</h1></div><div><h3 class="corpauthor"><a href="http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgFoundation" target="_top">
1056N/AThe X.Org Foundation
1056N/A</a></h3></div><div><p class="pubdate">December 2010</p></div><div><div class="abstract"><p class="title"><b>Abstract</b></p><p>
1056N/AX11R7.6 is an Open Source version of the X Window System that
1056N/Asupports many <span class="trademark">UNIX</span>® and UNIX-like
1056N/Aoperating systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris)
1056N/Aon a variety of platforms. This version is compatible with
1056N/AX11R7.5 and other X Window System implementations which support
1056N/Athe X11 standard.
1056N/A</p></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2466061">What is X11R7.6?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2466707">Licensing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2466806">Pointers to additional information</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2494659">The Public Mailing Lists</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2494684">Contributing to the X.Org Foundation's X efforts.</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2494718">How to get the release</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2494760">X11R7.6</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2494791">The current development tree</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2494817">Reporting Bugs</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2466061"></a>What is X11R7.6?</h2></div></div></div><p>
1056N/AX11R7.6 is the seventh release in the X11R7 series.
1056N/ATarballs for packages that have had updates since the 7.5 release
1056N/Aare included in this release. To build this release, you will first need to
1056N/Aget the packages from X11R7.5 and then add the new packages from
1056N/AX11R7.6 to them.
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1056N/A
1056N/ASpecific release enhancements can be viewed in the <a href="ReleaseNotes.html" target="_top">Release Notes</a>.
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1056N/A</p><p>
1056N/AMost modern PC video hardware is supported in this release, and most PC
1056N/Avideo hardware that isn't supported explicitly can be used with the
1056N/A"vesa" driver. The <a href="ReleaseNotes.html" target="_top">Release Notes</a>
1056N/Ahas a table showing the drivers provided with X11R7.6, and links to
1056N/Arelated documentation.
1056N/A</p><p>
1056N/AThe X.Org Foundation X releases are produced by the X.Org Foundation.
1056N/AThe X.Org Foundation has been formed as a Delaware corporation organized
1056N/Ato operate as a scientific charity under IRS code 501(c)(3) chartered
1056N/Ato develop and execute effective strategies which provide world-wide
1056N/Astewardship of the X Window System technology and standards. Membership
1056N/Ain the X.Org Foundation is free to all participants. Applications for
1056N/AMembership are now being accepted, and active participants in the
1056N/Afurther development of the X Window Technology are invited to complete a
1056N/A<a href="http://www.x.org/wiki/Membership" target="_top">membership application</a>. The X11R7.6 release has been
1056N/Aproduced by the many contributors to the X.Org community and members of
1056N/Athe X.Org Foundation and includes code from the X Consortium, the Open
1056N/AGroup and the <span class="trademark">XFree86</span>® Project.
1056N/AThis release is dedicated to the greater X community, developers and
1056N/Ausers alike.
1056N/A</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2466707"></a>Licensing</h2></div></div></div><p>
1056N/AX Window System source code is covered by many licenses. All of these
1056N/Alicenses have in common the fact that they do not impose significant
1056N/Aconditions on the modification or redistribution or either source code
1056N/Aor binaries beyond requiring one or more of the following:
1056N/A</p><p>
1056N/A
1056N/A</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p>
1056N/ACopyright and/or license notices are left intact.
1056N/A</p></li><li><p>
1056N/ACopyright and/or license notices are reproduced verbatim in
1056N/Adocumentation accompanying binary distributions.
1056N/A</p></li><li><p>
1056N/AAttributions are included with documentation accompanying binaries.
1056N/A</p></li></ol></div><p>
1056N/A
1056N/A</p><p>
1056N/AMost of these licenses are based on the MIT, X Consortium, or BSD
1056N/A(original and revised) licenses. All of them are consistent with the
1056N/A<a href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php" target="_top">Open Source Definition</a>, and most are
1056N/Aconsistent with the Free Software Foundation's <a href="http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html" target="_top">Free Software Definition</a>.
1056N/A</p><p>
1056N/ACopyright and Licensing information for X, including the reproduction
1056N/Aof copyright and/or license notices and attributions required by some
1056N/Aof the licenses for binary distributions, can be found in the <a href="License.html" target="_top">License Document</a>. If you find any omissions
1056N/Ain that document, please contact us with details at
1056N/A<code class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a>&gt;</code>.
1056N/AWhile the current licenses are all open source licenses, the
1056N/AX.Org Foundation is attempting, with time, to bring as much as
1056N/Apossible of the code's licenses in the distribution into compliance with the
1056N/A<a href="http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines" target="_top">Debian Free Software Guidelines</a>.
1056N/A</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2466806"></a>Pointers to additional information</h2></div></div></div><p>
1056N/AThe documentation for this release can be found online at the <a href="http://www.x.org/" target="_top">X.Org web site</a>.
1056N/A</p><p>
1056N/AThe X11 version numbering system (including historical information)
1056N/Acan be found in the <a href="Versions.html" target="_top">Versions Document</a>.
1056N/A</p><p>
1056N/AAdditional information may be available at the <a href="http://wiki.x.org/" target="_top">X.Org Foundation Wiki</a>.
1056N/A</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2494659"></a>The Public Mailing Lists</h2></div></div></div><p>
1056N/ACurrent information about the X.Org Foundation public mailing lists is
1056N/Aavailable on <a href="http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgMailingLists" target="_top">the X.Org
1056N/Amailing list page</a> and related desktop
1056N/Atechnology mailing lists can be found on <a href="http://freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo" target="_top">Freedesktop.org's mailing list
1056N/Apage</a>.
1056N/A</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2494684"></a>Contributing to the X.Org Foundation's X efforts.</h2></div></div></div><p>
1056N/AIf you have any new work or enhancements/bug fixes for existing work,
1056N/Aplease send them as git format patches to
1056N/A<code class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:xorg-devel@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a>&gt;</code> or to our
1056N/A<a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" target="_top">bug tracking system</a>
1056N/Ausing the xorg component. This will help ensure that they are included
1056N/Ain future releases. More details on patch submission and review
1056N/Aprocess are available on the
1056N/A<a href="http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches" target="_top">
1056N/ASubmittingPatches</a> page of the X.Org wiki.
1056N/A</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2494718"></a>How to get the release</h2></div></div></div><p>
1056N/AInformation about X11R7.6 can be found from the
1056N/A<a href="http://wiki.x.org" target="_top">X.Org Foundation wiki</a>, and at
1056N/Amirrors of this server.
1056N/A</p><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2494760"></a>X11R7.6</h3></div></div></div><p>
1056N/AThis is the seventh release of the new modular source code tree. The
1056N/Asource code has been split into nine logical modules: app, data, doc,
1056N/Adriver, font, lib. proto, util and xserver. Each of these modules
1056N/Acontain one or more packages that can be configured, built and installed
1056N/Aseparately. Please see an X11R7.6 release site for a complete
1056N/Alist of the tarballs.
1056N/A</p><p>
1056N/AFor information on how to build the modular tree packages see the <a href="http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide" target="_top">Modular Developer's Guide</a>. This guide also
1056N/Acontains information for developers who want to help improve the modular
1056N/Abuild system and modular code base.
1056N/A</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2494791"></a>The current development tree</h3></div></div></div><p>
1056N/AThe X source code for this and all releases/snapshots as well as
1056N/Adevelopment versions can also be accessed via the Freedesktop.org git
1056N/Arepository. It's also possible to browse the <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/" target="_top">freedesktop git repository</a>.
1056N/A</p><p>
1056N/ATo check out the latest development version, don't specify any tag.
1056N/A</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2494817"></a>Reporting Bugs</h2></div></div></div><p>
1056N/ABugs should be reported to freedesktop.org's <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" target="_top">bug tracking system</a>
1056N/Ausing the xorg component. Before
1056N/Areporting bugs, please check the server log file, which can be found at
1056N/A<code class="filename">/var/log/Xorg.0.log</code> on most platforms. If you can't
1056N/Aresolve the problem yourself, send the entire log file with your bug report but
1056N/Anot the operating system core dump. Do not edit the log file as our
1056N/Adevelopers use it to reproduce and debug your problem. Please attach it
1056N/Ato your bug report.
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