release-notes/devel/en_US Xorg.xml,1.19,1.20
Murray McAllister (mdious)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sun Mar 16 23:12:58 UTC 2008
Author: mdious
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv24360/en_US
Modified Files:
Xorg.xml
Log Message:
updating Xorg.xml as per content on Beats/Xorg 23:12 2008-03-16
Index: Xorg.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Xorg.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.19
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -r1.19 -r1.20
--- Xorg.xml 29 Nov 2007 22:16:28 -0000 1.19
+++ Xorg.xml 16 Mar 2008 23:12:56 -0000 1.20
@@ -13,49 +13,42 @@
</tip>
<para>
- This section contains information related to the X Window System
- implementation, X.org, provided with Fedora.
+ This section contains information related to the X Window System implementation, X.Org, provided with Fedora.
</para>
<section id="sn-X-Configuration-Changes">
<title>X Configuration Changes</title>
<para>
- The X.org 7.2 X server has been modified to automatically detect and
- configure most hardware, eliminating the need for users or administrators
- to modify the <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> configuration file.
- The only hardware configured by default in the
- <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file written by anaconda is:
+ The X.Org 1.4.99 X server has been modified to automatically detect and configure most hardware, eliminating the need to modify the <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> configuration file. The only hardware configured by default in the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> configuration file written by Anaconda is:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- The graphics driver
+ the graphics driver
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The keyboard map
+ the keyboard map
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
All other hardware, such as monitors (both LCD and CRT), USB mice,
- and touchpads should be detected and configured automatically.
+ and touchpads, should be detected and configured automatically.
</para>
<para>
The X server queries the attached monitor for supported resolution ranges,
and attempts to pick the highest resolution available with the correct
- aspect ratio for the display. Users can set their preferred resolution in
+ aspect ratio for the display. Set the preferred resolution in
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Screen
- Resolution</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, and the default resolution for the system can
- be changed with
- <menuchoice>
+ Resolution</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, and the default resolution for the system in <menuchoice>
<guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<para>
If the <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> configuration file is not
- present, X also automatically detects the appropriate driver, and assumes
+ present, X automatically detects the appropriate driver, and assumes
a 105-key US keyboard layout.
</para>
</section>
@@ -63,27 +56,29 @@
<section id="sn-Intel-Driver-Notes">
<title>Intel Driver Notes</title>
<para>
- Fedora 8 makes the <filename>intel</filename> driver the default for all Intel graphics cards.
+ Fedora 9 contains two drivers for Intel Integrated Graphics Controllers:
</para>
- <para>
- We welcome feedback on the <filename>intel</filename> driver.
- Please report success in <ulink
- url='http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/'>Bugzilla</ulink>, attaching
- the full output of <command>lspci -vn</command> for your machine. Given
- success reports, various chipsets may be switched to use the
- <filename>intel</filename> driver by default.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The default <option>i810</option> driver, which contains support for Intel graphic chipsets up to and including i945 and i965.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The experimental <option>intel</option> driver, which contains support for Intel graphic chipsets up to and including i945.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>The <option>i810</option> driver is limited to resolutions available in the BIOS. For support for non-standard resolutions, such as those used in certain widescreen displays, use the <option>intel</option> driver. Switch drivers by running the <command>system-config-display</command> command, which is also available in the menu under <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="sn-Third-Party-Video-Drivers">
- <title>Third Party Video Drivers</title>
<para>
- If you intend to use third party video drivers, refer to the Xorg third
- party drivers page for detailed guidelines:
+ We welcome feedback on the experimental <option>intel</option> driver. Please report success in <ulink url="http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/">Bugzilla</ulink>, attaching the full output of the <command>lspci -vn</command> command for your machine. Given success reports, various chipsets may be switched to use the <option>intel</option> driver by default.
</para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="sn-Third-Party-Video-Drivers">
+ <title>Third Party Video Drivers</title>
<para>
- <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xorg/3rdPartyVideoDrivers'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xorg/3rdPartyVideoDrivers</ulink>
+ Refer to the <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xorg/3rdPartyVideoDrivers">Xorg third-party drivers</ulink> page for detailed guidelines on using third-party video drivers.
</para>
</section>
</section>
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