294N/AX11R7.7 is an Open Source version of the X Window System that supports many
919N/AUNIX® and UNIX-like operating systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
919N/Aand Solaris) on a variety of platforms. This version is compatible with X11R7.6
919N/Aand other X Window System implementations which support the X11 standard.
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919N/APointers to additional information
919N/AThe Public Mailing Lists
919N/AContributing to the
X.Org Foundation's X efforts.
919N/A The current development tree
294N/AX11R7.7 is the eighth release in the X11R7 series.
977N/ASpecific release enhancements can be viewed in the Release Notes.
970N/AMost modern PC video hardware is supported in this release, and most PC video
294N/Ahardware that isn't supported explicitly can be used with the "vesa" driver.
851N/AThe Release Notes has a table showing the drivers provided with X11R7.7, and
294N/Alinks to related documentation.
911N/AFoundation has been formed as a Delaware corporation organized to operate as a
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294N/Aeffective strategies which provide world-wide stewardship of the X Window
985N/ASystem technology and standards. Membership in the
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294N/Aall participants. Applications for Membership are now being accepted, and
294N/Aactive participants in the further development of the X Window Technology are
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493N/Aproduced by the many contributors to the
X.Org community and members of the
294N/AX.Org Foundation and includes code from the X Consortium, the Open Group and
970N/Athe XFree86® Project. This release is dedicated to the greater X community,
970N/Adevelopers and users alike.
851N/AX Window System source code is covered by many licenses. All of these licenses
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Most of these licenses are based on the MIT, X Consortium, or BSD (original and
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Pointers to additional information
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.
Current information about the
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Contributing to the
X.Org Foundation's X efforts.
send them as git format patches to <xorg-devel@lists.freedesktop.org> or to our
bug tracking system using the xorg component. This will help ensure that they
are included in future releases. More details on patch submission and review
process are available on the SubmittingPatches page of the
X.Org wiki.
Information about X11R7.7 can be found from the
X.Org Foundation wiki, and at
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 current development tree
versions can also be accessed via the
Freedesktop.org git repository. It's also
possible to browse the freedesktop git repository.
To check out the latest development version, don't specify any tag.
Bugs should be reported to
freedesktop.org's bug tracking system using the xorg
component. Before reporting bugs, please check the server log file, which can
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.