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1.1     ! root        1: .TH X 8C "10 September 1987"  "X Version 11"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: X - X window system server
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B X
        !             6: <display> [ option ... ] <tty>
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I X
        !             9: is the window system server.
        !            10: It is normally run automatically by \fIinit(8)\fP,
        !            11: which provides the tty argument.
        !            12: The display argument is the number of the bitmap display to service.
        !            13: The number is typically in the range 0-6, and defines the ports the
        !            14: server will accept connections on and the filename of the device.
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: The program \fIxinit(8)\fP is  usually used to start
        !            17: X interactively.
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: The X that gets invoked in either of these ways is actually one
        !            20: of a range of servers configured for the hardware you are running
        !            21: on.  Their individual peculiarites are documented in separate
        !            22: manual pages in this section.
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: Connections through the Unix domain, through TCP, and through DECnet are
        !            25: currently possible.  The connections actually accepted by a server depend
        !            26: on how it was compiled.  Unix domain connections are through \fI/dev/X*\fP,
        !            27: where * is the display number.
        !            28: TCP connections are through ports 6000+N (VAX byte order),
        !            29: where N is the display number.  DECnet
        !            30: connections are through object name ``X*'', where * is the display number.
        !            31: .SH OPTIONS
        !            32: The following options can be given on the command line to any X server, usually
        !            33: when it is
        !            34: started by \fIinit(1)\fP using information stored in the file \fI/etc/ttys\fP.
        !            35: (see \fIttys(5)\fP for details):
        !            36: .TP
        !            37: \fB-a\fP #
        !            38: sets mouse acceleration (pixels)
        !            39: .TP
        !            40: \fB-c\fP
        !            41: turns off key-click
        !            42: .TP
        !            43: \fBc\fP #
        !            44: sets key-click volume (0-8)
        !            45: .TP
        !            46: \fB-f\fP #
        !            47: sets feep(bell) volume (0-7)
        !            48: .TP
        !            49: \fB-p\fP #
        !            50: sets screen-saver pattern cycle time (minutes)
        !            51: .TP
        !            52: \fB-r\fP
        !            53: turns off auto-repeat
        !            54: .TP
        !            55: \fBr\fP        
        !            56: turns on auto-repeat
        !            57: .TP
        !            58: \fB-s\fP #
        !            59: sets screen-saver timeout (minutes)
        !            60: .TP
        !            61: \fB-t\fP #
        !            62: sets mouse threshold (pixels)
        !            63: .TP
        !            64: \fB-to\fP \fItimeout\fP
        !            65: sets default screensaver timeout
        !            66: .TP
        !            67: \fBv\fP
        !            68: sets video-on screen-saver preference
        !            69: .TP
        !            70: \fB-v\fP
        !            71: sets video-off screen-saver preference
        !            72: .TP
        !            73: \fB-co\fP \fIrgbdb\fP
        !            74: sets RGB database file
        !            75: .TP
        !            76: \fB-help\fP
        !            77: prints a usage message
        !            78: .TP
        !            79: \fB-fp\fP \fIfontPath\fP
        !            80: sets the search path for fonts
        !            81: .TP
        !            82: \fB-fc\fP \fIcursorFont\fP
        !            83: sets default cursor font
        !            84: .TP
        !            85: \fB-fn\fP \fIfont\fP
        !            86: sets the default font
        !            87: .PP
        !            88: Specific implementations may have other command-line options.
        !            89: .SH
        !            90: INITIALIZATION
        !            91: .PP
        !            92: \fIX(1)\fP and your first \fIxterm(1)\fP are normally started by the 
        !            93: \fIinit(8)\fP program.
        !            94: .sp
        !            95: A typical line in \fI/etc/ttys\fP might be:
        !            96: .sp
        !            97: .nf
        !            98:        ttyv0 "/etc/xterm -L =-1+1 :0" xterm on secure window="/etc/Xvs100 0 -c -l"
        !            99: .fi
        !           100: .sp
        !           101: However, if you want the xterm to run on a different machine, you might have:
        !           102: .sp
        !           103: .nf
        !           104:        remote "/etc/X 0 -l -c" xterm on secure
        !           105: .fi
        !           106: .sp
        !           107: on the server machine and
        !           108: .sp
        !           109: .nf
        !           110:        ttyv0 "/exe/xterm -L =-1+1 orpheus:0" xterm on secure
        !           111: .fi
        !           112: .sp
        !           113: on the client machine.
        !           114: .sp
        !           115: .I X
        !           116: maintains an access control list for accepting connections.  The host where
        !           117: the server runs is initially on the list.
        !           118: In addition, hosts listed the file
        !           119: \fI/etc/X*.hosts\fP,
        !           120: where \fI*\fP is the display number, are also initially on the list.
        !           121: The format of this file is a list of host names, one per line.  DECnet hosts
        !           122: are distinguished from Internet hosts by the existence of a trailing ``::'' in
        !           123: the name.  
        !           124: The access control list can be manipulated with \fIxhost(1)\fP.
        !           125: .sp
        !           126: .I X
        !           127: will catch the SIGHUP signal sent by \fIinit(8)\fP
        !           128: after the initial process (usually
        !           129: the login \fIxterm(1)\fP) started on the display terminates.
        !           130: This signal causes all connections to be closed (thereby ``disowning'' the
        !           131: terminal), all resources to be freed, and all defaults restored.
        !           132: .sp
        !           133: The X protocol is documented in ``X.doc''.
        !           134: Note that while X is running, all access to the display must be through
        !           135: the window system.
        !           136: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           137: X(1), xinit(1), xterm(1), bitmap(1), xwm(1), xhost(1), xload(1), xset(1), init(8),
        !           138: Xqvss(8c), Xqdss(8c), Xsun(8c), Xapollo(8c), Xapa16(8c)
        !           139: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           140: Are too numerous to list them all.
        !           141: If run from \fIinit(8)\fP, errors are logged in the file \fI/usr/adm/X*msgs\fP,
        !           142: .SH FILES
        !           143: .ta \w'/usr/new/lib/X/s-code   'u
        !           144: /etc/X*.hosts  Initial access control list
        !           145: .br
        !           146: /usr/lib/X11/fonts     Font directory
        !           147: .br
        !           148: /dev/X*        Unix domain socket (if configured)
        !           149: .br
        !           150: /usr/adm/X*msgs        Error log file
        !           151: .SH BUGS
        !           152: The option syntax is inconsistent with itself and \fIxset(1)\fP.
        !           153: .sp
        !           154: If
        !           155: .I X
        !           156: dies before its clients, new clients won't be able to connect until all
        !           157: existing connections have their TCP TIME_WAIT timers expire.
        !           158: .SH AUTHORS
        !           159: Susan Angebranndt, Raymond Drewry, Philip Karlton, and Todd Newman,
        !           160: supported by a cast of thouands.  (See the protocl and Xlib
        !           161: documents for complete acknowledgements.)
        !           162: .br
        !           163: Copyright (c) 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
        !           164: .br
        !           165: See \fIX(1)\fP for a complete copyright notice.

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