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Copyright \(co 1999,2000,2001 Compaq Computer Corporation
Copyright \(co 1999,2000,2001 Hewlett-Packard Company
Copyright \(co 1999,2000,2001 IBM Corporation
Copyright \(co 1999,2000,2001 Hummingbird Communications Ltd.
Copyright \(co 1999,2000,2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Copyright \(co 1999,2000,2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Copyright \(co 1999,2000,2001 The Open Group
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.nH 1 "Introductory Note"
This document is the release notes that were provided with X.Org's
X11R6.6 release. The XFree86-specific information in this document is
out of date. The XFree86-specific documentation can be found
in the \fBxc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc\fP directory, and on-line
at http://www.xfree86.org/current/.
.nH 1 "What Is X11"
X11, or X, is a vendor-neutral, system-architecture neutral
network-transparent window system and user interface standard.
In other words it's windows for UNIX. But X is not just for UNIX
\(em X runs on a wide range of computing and graphics machines
including Macintosh, OS/2, Microsoft's MS-Windows family of
operating systems, and almost all of the so-called Network
Computers. X can use your network \(em you may run CPU-intensive
programs on high powered workstations and display the user
interface (the windows) on inexpensive desktop machines.
.nH 1 "What is Release 6.6"
Release 6.6 (R6.6) is The X.Org Group's update to its Release 6.5.1
patch 1 and all prior releases.
It is compatible with with all releases going back to R1 at both the
source and protocol levels.
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The X Consortium was an independent, not-for-profit membership
corporation formed in 1993 as the successor to the MIT X Consortium.
It was dissolved at the end of 1996 and all assets such as trademarks
and copyrights were transferred to The Open Group. The Open Group's
X Project Team was formed to continue maintenance and development of X.
The X Project Team was disbanded after Release 6.4 patch 3.
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X.Org has employed the services of a third party contractor to
establish a CVS repository of the source and a web-based interface
for submitting/viewing bug reports. The CVS repository and
web-based interface are available to X.Org members. The contractor
has been chartered to provide quarterly update releases to the
X source.
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Membership information for X.Org may be found at:
http://www.x.org/members.htm.
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This X.Org release addresses a portion of the backlog of bug reports
since Release 6.4 patch 3, along with additional fixes from the Xfree86
community.
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Instructions for building and installing R6.6 can be found in the
file INSTALL.TXT (INSTALL-X.org), available separately and also contained
in the release.
.nH 1 "Overview of the X.Org Release"
Like all the releases that preceded it, R6.6 is a source code
release. In order to use the release it is necessary to first
unpack the distribution, compile it, and then install it. The
source contains the following items:
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Documentation
Sample implementations
Fonts and bitmaps
Utility libraries
Programs
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.nH 1 "Supported Operating Systems"
This release was built and tested on the following reference platforms:
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Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.0
HPUX 10.20
Solaris 7.0
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.nH 1 "Supported Graphics Devices"
This release includes the necessary device-dependent support to build
a native X server for the following platforms:
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HP-UX: Xhp
Compaq Tru64 UNIX: Xdec on DECstation 3000/400 (Alpha) with PMAG-B
SunOS/Solaris: Xsun \(em see the Xsun man page for supported cards
XFree86: See the XF_* man pages for supported cards
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In addition to the above, the Xvfb and Xnest servers can be built on
all platforms.
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Native X servers are not built on AIX, Fujitsu UXP, IRIX, or
Microsoft Windows NT.
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.nH 1 "The Source Tree"
The source is distributed in UNIX tar files. The source unpacks from
the tar files into a source tree, and the name of the base directory
of the source tree is \fBxc\fP. The name \fBxc\fP as the base of the
source tree has been retained from the X Consortium releases.
The general layout under \fBxc/\fP is as follows:
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config/ imake config files, \fIimake\fP, \fImakedepend\fP, etc.
doc/ all documentation other than per-program manual pages
fonts/ BDF, Speedo, Type1 fonts
include/ common include files
lib/ libraries
nls/ national language support files
programs/ all programs, including the X server and \fIrgb\fP,
util/ \fIpatch\fP, \fIcompress\fP, other utilities
bug-report bug reporting template
registry X Registry
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.nH 1 "X Registry"
A registry of certain X-related items is maintained to
aid in avoiding conflicts and to aid in sharing of such items. The
registry is in the file \fBxc/registry\fP.
.nH 1 "Extensions Supported"
Release 6.6 includes source for the following extensions:
BIG-REQUESTS,
DOUBLE-BUFFER,
DPMS,
Extended-Visual-Information,
LBX,
MIT-SHM,
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD,
Multi-Buffering,
RECORD,
SECURITY,
SHAPE,
SYNC,
TOG-CUP,
X3D-PEX,
XC-APPGROUP,
XC-MISC,
XFree86-VidModeExtension,
XIE (X Image Extension),
XINERAMA.
XInputExtension,
XKEYBOARD,
XpExtension (printing),
XTEST, and
XTestExtension1,
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Not all of these extensions are standard; see the Standards manual
page. Some of these extensions may not be supported on every platform.
.nH 1 "Implementation Dependent Parameters"
Some of the specifications define some behavior as
implementation-dependent. Implementations must document how those
parameters are implemented.
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The default values in this release of the implementation dependent
parameters are:
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This default can be set at build time by setting the \fIimake\fP
variables
.hw XAppLoadDir
XFileSearchPathDefault, XAppLoadDir, XFileSearchPathBase, and
ProjectRoot in \fBxc/config/cf/site.def\fP. See
\fBxc/config/cf/README\fP for instructions and
\fBxc/config/cf/X11.tmpl\fP for details of how these configuration
variables are used.
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By default the imake variable ProjectRoot is \fB/usr/X11R6.6\fP
and XFILESEARCHPATH has these components:
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\fI$ProjectRoot\fP/lib/X11/%L/%T/%N%C%S
\fI$ProjectRoot\fP/lib/X11/%l/%T/%N%C%S
\fI$ProjectRoot\fP/lib/X11/%T/%N%C%S
\fI$ProjectRoot\fP/lib/X11/%L/%T/%N%S
\fI$ProjectRoot\fP/lib/X11/%l/%T/%N%S
\fI$ProjectRoot\fP/lib/X11/%T/%N%S
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If the environment variable XAPPLRESDIR is defined, the default value
of XUSERFILESEARCHPATH has the following components:
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$XAPPLRESDIR/%L/%N%C
$XAPPLRESDIR/%l/%N%C
$XAPPLRESDIR/%N%C
$HOME/%N%C
$XAPPLRESDIR/%L/%N
$XAPPLRESDIR/%l/%N
$XAPPLRESDIR/%N
$HOME/%N
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$HOME/%L/%N%C
$HOME/%l/%N%C
$HOME/%N%C
$HOME/%L/%N
$HOME/%l/%N
$HOME/%N
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Defaults to \fI$ProjectRoot\fP\fB/lib/X11/XKeysymDB\fP.
.IP "XCMSDB default:"
Defaults to \fI$ProjectRoot\fP\fB/lib/X11/Xcms.txt\fP.
.IP "XLOCALEDIR default:"
Defaults to the directory \fI$ProjectRoot\fP\fB/lib/X11/locale\fP.
The XLOCALEDIR variable can contain multiple colon-separated pathnames.
.IP "XErrorDB location"
The Xlib error database file is \fI$ProjectRoot\fP\fB/lib/X11/XErrorDB\fP.
.IP "XtErrorDB location"
The Xt error database file is \fI$ProjectRoot\fP\fB/lib/X11/XtErrorDB\fP.
.IP "Supported Locales"
Locales supported by this implementation are in \fBxc/nls/locale.dir\fP.
The mapping between various system locale names and X locale names is
in \fBxc/nls/locale.alias\fP. Both files are installed in the default
XLOCALEDIR directory, i.e. \fI$ProjectRoot\fP\fB/lib/X11/locale/\fP).
.IP "Supported Input Methods"
This distribution does not include source for any input method servers;
however Xlib supplies a default built-in input method that supports
compose processing in 8-bit locales. Compose files are provided for
Latin-1 and Latin-2. The built-in input method can support other locales,
given suitable compose files. See \fBxc/nls/Compose/iso8859-*\fP
for the supported compositions.
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ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/unsupported/lib/IMdkit/.
.nH 1 "What is Unchanged in Release 6.6"
As this is an update release, there is a great deal of stability in the
standards, libraries, and clients. No existing standards have changed
in a material way. All previous interfaces are unchanged.
.nH 1 "New OS Support"
The following table shows the versions of the operating systems
that were used to develop this and prior releases:
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System R6 R6.1 R6.[23] R6.4 R6.5 R6.6
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AIX 3.2.5 4.1.4 4.2 4.2 - -
A/UX 3.0.1 - - - - -
BSD/386 1.0 - - - - -
Compaq Tru64 UNIX 1.0/1.3 3.2C 4.0A4.0A 5.0
FreeBSD - 2.1.0 2.1.6 2.2.2 - -
Fujitsu UXP - - - V20L10 -
HP-UX 9.1 10.01 10.01 10.20 10.20 10.20
IRIX 5.2 5.3 6.2 6.2 - -
Linux (kernel)
Slackware 2.3 - 1.2.11 - - -
Slackware 3.1 - - 2.0 - -
S.u.S.E. 5.0 - - - 2.0.30 -
Mach 2.5 - - - - -
NEWS-OS 6.0 - - - - -
Solaris 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 7.0 7.0
SunOS 4.1.3 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.1.4 - -
Ultrix-32 4.3 4.4 - - - -
UNICOS 8.0 - - - - -
Unixware SVR4.2 1.0 2.02 2.02 - -
Windows NT 3.1 3.5 4.0 3.51 -
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.nH 1 "Easy Resource Configuration"
Setting and changing resources in X applications can be difficult for
both the application programmer and the end user. \fBResource
Configuration Management (RCM)\fP addresses this problem by changing
the \fBX Intrinsics\fP to immediately modify a resource for a
specified widget and each child widget in the hierarchy.
In this context, immediate means: no sourcing of a resource
file is required; the application does not need to be restarted for
the new resource values to take effect; and the change occurs
immediately.
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The main difference between \fBRCM\fP and the \fBEditres\fP protocol
is that the \fBRCM\fP customizing hooks reside in the \fBIntrinsics\fP
and thus are linked with other toolkits such as Motif and the Athena
widgets. However, the \fBEditRes\fP protocol requires the application
to link with the \fBEditRes\fP routines in the Xmu library and Xmu is
not used by all applications that use Motif.
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Easy Resource Configuration is not a standard part of the X Toolkit
Intrinsics (libXt). It is neither an X Consortium standard nor an
X Project Team specification.
.nH 1 "ANSIfication"
R6.1 was officially the last release that supported traditional K&R C.
Like all releases since R6.3, R6.6 assumes a Standard C compiler and
environment. We have not intentionally removed any K&R C support from
old code, and most of the release will continue to build on platforms
without an ANSI C compiler.
.nH 1 "VSW5"
We have tested this release with VSW5 version 5.1.1A. This release
passes all tests in VSW5 with the following exceptions:
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tests for which a permanent waiver has been granted.
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tests for which a temporary waiver have been granted.
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tests where a defect in the test has been identified and reported.
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VSW licensees may obtain a list of waivers granted from
http://www.rdg.opengroup.org/interpretations/database/.
.nH 1 "XtAppPeekEvent() behavior - Environment variable no longer needed"
XtAppPeekEvent() has been modified in R6.5.1 to behave as it is
documented in the Xt spec. Certain applications, including Netscape,
did not work properly with these modifications, so the routine was
changed so that users could set the XTAPPPEEKEVENT_SKIPTIMER environment
variable in order to make XtAppPeekEvent() behave as it did prior to
R6.5.1.
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In R6.6, the routine has been changed so that there is no need to set
the environment variable. Timers are handled as specified by the spec,
but Netscape and other applications now work properly without the
environment variable. In R6.6, the XTAPPPEEKEVENT_SKIPTIMER variable
is ignored, and users may unset it if they were using it in R6.5.1.
.nH 1 "Year 2000 (Y2K) Compliance"
For a statement of compliance see
http://www.camb.opengroup.org/tech/desktop/faq/y2k.htm
.nH 1 "Security Considerations"
On UNIX and similar operating systems there are serious security
implications associated with running suid-root programs.
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By default the xterm terminal emulation program is installed suid-root
in order to be able to update utmp or utmpx entries. All the known
(as of this writing) exploitable security holes in the X libraries have
been eliminated \(em making it theoretically safe for xterm to be
suid-root. For additional security you may install xterm without
suid-root; however if you do, xterm will not be able to make utmp or
utmpx entries.
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On many Intel-based machines the X server must have root privileges
in order to access the graphics card and open other devices. The
easiest way to grant the requisite privileges is to use xdm to run
your X server. Some people, who prefer not to use xdm, often work
around the need for the X server to run with root privileges by
making their X server a suid-root program. While all the known (as
of this writing) exploitable security holes in the server have been
eliminated, it is still recommended that you \fBnot\fP
make your X server suid-root. There are \fIsafe\fP suid-root wrapper
programs available (but not in this release) that you can use to start
your server if you don't want to use xdm.
.nH 1 "Filing Bug Reports"
If you find a reproducible bug in software built from the source in
this distribution or find bugs in its documentation, please complete
a bug-report using the form in the file \fBxc/bug-report\fP and send it
to:
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mailto:xbugs@x.org
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Please try to provide all of the information requested on the form if
it is applicable; the little extra time you spend on the report will
make it much easier for someone to reproduce, find, and fix the bug.
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Bugs in the contributed software that is available on the net are not
handled on any official basis. Consult the documentation for the
individual software to see where (if anywhere) to report the bug.
.nH 1 "Acknowledgements"
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The following individuals served as X.Org representatives for their
respective companies. These companies are Executive Members of X.Org.
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Paul Anderson of Hewlett-Packard.
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Heather Lanigan of Compaq.
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Danny Masci of Hummingbird.
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Dan McNichol of IBM.
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Richard Offer of SGI.
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Steve Swales of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
The following individuals contributed significantly to the development
of X11R6.6, in the form of code, testing, and support.
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Stuart Anderson of Metro Link, Inc.
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Robert W. Boone of Metro Link, Inc.
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Alan Coopersmith of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Glen Cornell of Metro Link, Inc.
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Ernie Coskrey of Metro Link, Inc.
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Gudrun Enger of Metro Link, Inc.
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Gemma Exton of Adacel Technologies Limited.
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Jay Hobson of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Steve McClure of Metro Link, Inc.
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Scott McDonald of Metro Link, Inc.
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Andrew Miller of Marconi Corporation.
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Quentin Neill of Metro Link, Inc.
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Keith Packard of The XFree86 Project.
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Simon Pickup of Adacel Technologies Limited.
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Paul Shearer of IBM.
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Hidetoshi Tajima of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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