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| X Power Tools#xAE | |
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| Preface | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| Using Code Examples | |
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| We'd Like to Hear from You | |
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| Safari#xAE | |
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| Books Online | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The X Server | |
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| Introduction to the X Window System | |
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| The X Window System | |
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| The History of X | |
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| The Renaissance: New X Versus Old X | |
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| X by Any Other Name | |
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| Seven Layers of an X-based GUI | |
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| Where Is the Server? | |
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| Why Windows Look and Act Differently | |
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| Toolkits and Desktop Environments | |
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| The Role of Freedesktop.org | |
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| Display Hardware | |
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| Displays, Screens, and Xinerama | |
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| Display Specifications | |
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| TCP/IP Ports | |
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| Local Connection Mechanisms | |
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| Server Extensions | |
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| Where to Draw the Line: Kernel Versus User-Space Drivers | |
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| Starting a Local X Server | |
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| One Size Doesn't Fit All | |
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| Virtual Terminals | |
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| Starting a Raw X Server Manually | |
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| Using a Display Manager to Start the X Server | |
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| Enabling or Disabling the Display Manager at Boot Time | |
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| What Started the Display Manager? | |
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| Starting Multiple X Servers Using a Display Manager | |
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| Starting Additional X Servers on Demand Using a Display Manager | |
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| Starting an X Server with Clients Only When Needed | |
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| Switching VTs from the Shell Prompt | |
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| Starting X Within X | |
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| No Mouse! | |
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| Bailing Out: Zapping X | |
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| Terminating X Automatically | |
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| Basic X.org Configuration | |
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| What Is There to Configure? | |
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| Why Only root Can Configure the X Server | |
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| Places Your Configuration Could Hide | |
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| Let the X Server Configure Itself | |
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| The xorg.conf Configuration File | |
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| Optional Sections in the xorg.conf Configuration File | |
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| Configuring the Pointer Device | |
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| Configuring a Two-Button Mouse | |
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| Configuring a Mouse with a Scrollwheel | |
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| Configuring a Synaptics TouchPad | |
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| Enabling DPMS | |
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| Configuring Video Card Driver Options | |
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| LightSteelBlue and Other Color Names | |
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| Configuring a Monitor's Scan Rates | |
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| Reading Server Log Files | |
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| Configuring the Default Depth of a Screen | |
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| Configuring the Resolution of a Screen | |
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| Advanced X.org Configuration | |
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| Multi-Screen Configuration | |
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| Xinerama Configuration | |
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| Differences Between Multi-Screen and Xinerama Modes | |
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| Positioning Screens | |
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| Overlapping Xinerama | |
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| Scrolling Virtual Screens and Xinerama | |
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| Using Multiple Outputs from One Video Card | |
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| Parallel Pointing Devices | |
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| Parallel Keyboards | |
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| Using X with GPM or MOUSED | |
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| Using the X Server | |