Attachment 46937 Details for Bug 71946 – xorg.diff

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xorg.diff (text/plain), 3.45 KB, created by Joel Dahl on 2004-09-20 18:50:46 UTC

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>--- article.sgml	Sun Aug  8 18:28:56 2004
>+++ new.article.sgml	Mon Sep 20 19:34:23 2004
>@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
>       &tm-attrib.freebsd;
>       &tm-attrib.linux;
>       &tm-attrib.microsoft;
>-      &tm-attrib.xfree86;
>       &tm-attrib.general;
>     </legalnotice>
>   </articleinfo>
>@@ -50,32 +49,29 @@
>       the &a.mobile.name; list.</para>
> 
>   <sect1>    
>-    <title>&xfree86;</title>
>+    <title>&xorg;</title>
>       
>-    <para>Recent versions of <application>&xfree86;</application> work with most display adapters
>+    <para>Recent versions of <application>&xorg;</application> work with most display adapters
>       available on laptops these days.  Acceleration may not be
>       supported, but a generic SVGA configuration should work.</para>
> 
>     <para>Check your laptop documentation for which card you have,
>-      and check in the <application>&xfree86;</application> documentation or
>-      the <ulink
>-      url="http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status.html">Driver Status for
>-      &xfree86;</ulink> page
>+      and check in the <application>&xorg;</application> documentation
>       to see whether it is specifically supported.  If it is not, use
>       a generic device (do not go for a name which just looks
>-      similar).  In <application>&xfree86;</application> version 4, you can try your luck
>-      with the command <userinput>XFree86 -configure</userinput>
>+      similar).  You can try your luck
>+      with the command <userinput>Xorg -configure</userinput>
>       which auto-detects a lot of configurations.</para>
> 
>     <para>The problem often is configuring the monitor.  Common
>-      resources for <application>&xfree86;</application> focus on CRT monitors; getting a
>+      resources for <application>&xorg;</application> focus on CRT monitors; getting a
>       suitable modeline for an LCD display may be tricky.  You may
>       be lucky and not need to specify a modeline, or just need to
>       specify suitable <literal>HorizSync</literal> and <literal>VertRefresh</literal> ranges.  If that
>       does not work, the best option is to check web resources
>       devoted to configuring X on laptops (these are often
>       Linux oriented sites but it does not matter because both systems
>-      use <application>&xfree86;</application>) and copy a modeline posted by someone for similar 
>+      use <application>&xorg;</application>) and copy a modeline posted by someone for similar
>       hardware.</para>
> 
>     <para>Most laptops come with two buttons on their pointing
>@@ -88,10 +84,8 @@
>       Option "Emulate3Buttons"
>     </programlisting>
> 
>-    <para>in the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file in the <literal>InputDevice</literal> 
>-      section (for <application>&xfree86;</application> version 4; for version 3, put just the line 
>-      <literal>Emulate3Buttons</literal>, without the quotes, in the 
>-      <literal>Pointer</literal> section.)</para>
>+    <para>in the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file in the <literal>InputDevice</literal> 
>+      section.</para>
>   </sect1> 
> 
>   <sect1> 
>@@ -292,7 +286,7 @@
>     <sect2>
>       <title>Display Power Management</title>
> 
>-    <para>The X window system (<application>&xfree86;</application>) also includes display power
>+    <para>The X window system (<application>&xorg;</application>) also includes display power
>       management (look at the &man.xset.1; manual page, and search for
>       <quote>dpms</quote> there).  You may want to investigate this.  However, this, 
>       too, works inconsistently on laptops: it

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