Author: bdubbs
Date: 2006-04-22 18:11:29 -0600 (Sat, 22 Apr 2006)
New Revision: 5914
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-config.xml
Log:
Updated Additional X Window System Configuration section
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-04-22 23:42:29 UTC
(rev 5913)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-04-23 00:11:29 UTC
(rev 5914)
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
<para>April 22nd, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Updated Additional X Window System Configuration
+ section.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[randy] - Updated to ExtUtils-F77-1.15.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-config.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-config.xml 2006-04-22 23:42:29 UTC (rev
5913)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-config.xml 2006-04-23 00:11:29 UTC (rev
5914)
@@ -16,24 +16,25 @@
<title>Additional X Window System Configuration</title>
<para>Below you will find information on fine tuning the components of both
- variants of <application>X Window System</application>. The documentation
+ variants of the <application>X Window System</application>. The documentation
links are specifically for <application>XFree86</application>, however, the
information contained in those documents usually pertains to
- <application>Xorg</application> as well.</para>
+ <application>Xorg</application> as well. Detailed descripttions are also
+ located in the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> or
+ <filename>XF86Config</filename> man pages.</para>
- <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
- <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/InputMethods"/></para>
-
<sect2 id='xinput'>
<title>Setting up X Input Devices</title>
- <para>This is a new section for BLFS. For now, here are some convenient
- links for additional configuration of X input devices. Descriptive content
- will be added soon.</para>
+ <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+ <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/InputMethods"/></para>
<sect3 id='xkeyboard'>
<title>Keyboards</title>
+ <para>The following external links provide a good introduction
+ to setting up various keybords.</para>
+
<para><ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/current/XKB-Config.html";>The
<application>XKB</application> Configuration Guide</ulink></para>
@@ -76,35 +77,124 @@
</sect3>
- <sect3 id='xinput-other'>
- <title>Other</title>
-
- <para>To be added...</para>
-
- </sect3>
-
</sect2>
- <sect2>
+ <sect2 id='xdisplay'>
<title>Fine Tuning Display Settings</title>
+ <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+ <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xdisplay"/></para>
+
<sect3>
<title>The 'Monitor' Section</title>
- <para>To be added...</para>
+ <para>One or more monitor sections specify the charateristics of your
+ monitor(s). Usually, the setup program can probe your monitor and setup
+ a monitor properly, however, this does not always work. The most common
+ entries that need to be updated are <option>HorizSync</option> and
+ <option>VertRefresh</option>. If the configuration program does not set
+ these properly, you will notice a resolution much lower than desired.
+ The default <option>HorizSync</option> setting is 28-33kHz which is very
+ conservative. The default <option>VertRefresh</option> is 43-72Hz.
+ Consult your monitor documentation or search on line for the proper
+ settings for your monitor.</para>
+ <para>It is also possible to control many detailed timing characteristics
+ of a monitor with a <option>Modeline</option> setting. Most users will
+ not need to do this, but details are in the man page referenced above.
+ </para>
+
+ <warning><para>Incorrect monitor settings can destroy your monitor or
+ even set it on fire! For most newer monitors, the result of overly
+ aggressive settings is a blank screen, but older monitors do not all have
+ built in safeguards.</para></warning>
+
+ <para>Other items that may be of interest in this section is the
+ <option>DPMS</option> and associated <option>StandbyTime</option>,
+ <option>SuspendTime</option>, and <option>OffTime</option> options.
+ These parameters control the enrgy saving features of your monitor. They
+ may also be controled at runtime with the <command>xset</command> command
+ or via a graphical interface such as <application>KDE</application>'s
+ Control Center.</para>
+
+ <para>A typical monitor sections will normally look like:</para>
+
+<screen><literal>Section "Monitor"
+ DisplaySize 400 300 # mm
+ Identifier "Monitor0"
+ VendorName "VSC"
+ ModelName "G810-2"
+ HorizSync 30.0 - 92.0
+ VertRefresh 50.0 - 180.0
+ Option "DPMS"
+ Option "StandbyTime" "10"
+ Option "SuspendTime" "20"
+ Option "OffTime" "30"
+EndSection</literal></screen>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>The 'Device' Section</title>
- <para>To be added...</para>
+ <para>This section basically controls your video card. The key entry is
+ the <option>Driver</option> setting. This can be a driver from the
+ <application>X</application> distribution you are using, from the kernel
+ source, or a proprietary driver for devices such as a Nvidia graphics
+ adaptor. The driver often is a kernel module or built into the kernel
+ itself, but there are also separate non-kernal components usually found
+ in the <filename
+ class='directory'>/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/</filename> directory.
+ These were either built with the <application>X</application> server or
+ installed via external (e.g. proprietary) programs.</para>
- <para><ulink
-
url="http://www.xfree86.org/current/manindex4.html";>Devices</ulink></para>
+ <para>There are many options for device drivers and most are specific to
+ the driver being used. Documentation for many drivers can be found at
+ the <ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/current/manindex4.html";>XFree86
+ Driver Manual Pages</ulink>.</para>
+ <para>A typical Device section will look like:</para>
+
+<screen><literal>Section "Device"
+ Identifier "Videocard0"
+ Driver "radeon"
+ VendorName "Videocard vendor"
+ BoardName "ATI Radeon 7500"
+EndSection</literal></screen>
+
</sect3>
</sect2>
+ <sect2 id='xlayouts'>
+ <title>Display Layouts</title>
+
+ <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+ <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xlayouts"/></para>
+
+ <para>Within the <application>X Window System</application> configuration
+ file there may be multiple layout sections like:</para>
+
+<screen><literal>Section "ServerLayout"
+ Identifier "X.org Configured"
+ Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
+ InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
+ InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
+EndSection</literal></screen>
+
+ <para>The default layout is the first, but if you have special needs,
+ you can create others with different configurations. The
+ <option>Identifier</option> line in each section is the key. Different
+ layouts can be created using different Screen and InputDevice
sections.</para>
+
+ <para>After the configuration file is updated, an alternate configuration
+ can be specified on the <command>startx</command> line. For instance,
+ to start <application>X</application> with an alternate layout with an
+ Identifier of "layout2", use the following command line:</para>
+
+<screen><command>startx -- -layout layout2</command></screen>
+
+
+ </sect2>
+
</sect1>
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