7 X11R7.7 is an Open Source version of the X Window System that supports many
8 UNIX® and UNIX-like operating systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
9 and Solaris) on a variety of platforms. This version is compatible with X11R7.6
10 and other X Window System implementations which support the X11 standard.
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18 Pointers to additional information
19 The Public Mailing Lists
20 Contributing to the X.Org Foundation's X efforts.
21 How to get the release
24 The current development tree
30 X11R7.7 is the eighth release in the X11R7 series.
32 Specific release enhancements can be viewed in the Release Notes.
34 Most modern PC video hardware is supported in this release, and most PC video
35 hardware that isn't supported explicitly can be used with the "vesa" driver.
36 The Release Notes has a table showing the drivers provided with X11R7.7, and
37 links to related documentation.
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43 System technology and standards. Membership in the X.Org Foundation is free to
44 all participants. Applications for Membership are now being accepted, and
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47 produced by the many contributors to the X.Org community and members of the
48 X.Org Foundation and includes code from the X Consortium, the Open Group and
49 the XFree86® Project. This release is dedicated to the greater X community,
50 developers and users alike.
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80 Pointers to additional information
82 The documentation for this release can be found online at the X.Org web site.
84 The X11 version numbering system (including historical information) can be
85 found in the Versions Document.
87 Additional information may be available at the X.Org Foundation Wiki.
89 The Public Mailing Lists
91 Current information about the X.Org Foundation public mailing lists is
92 available on the X.Org mailing list page and related desktop technology mailing
93 lists can be found on Freedesktop.org's mailing list page.
95 Contributing to the X.Org Foundation's X efforts.
97 If you have any new work or enhancements/bug fixes for existing work, please
98 send them as git format patches to <xorg-devel@lists.freedesktop.org> or to our
99 bug tracking system using the xorg component. This will help ensure that they
100 are included in future releases. More details on patch submission and review
101 process are available on the SubmittingPatches page of the X.Org wiki.
103 How to get the release
105 Information about X11R7.7 can be found from the X.Org Foundation wiki, and at
106 mirrors of this server.
110 This is the eighth release of the new modular source code tree. The source code
111 has been split into nine logical modules: app, data, doc, driver, font, lib.
112 proto, util and xserver. Each of these modules contain one or more packages
113 that can be configured, built and installed separately. Please see an X11R7.7
114 release site for a complete list of the tarballs.
116 For information on how to build the modular tree packages see the Modular
117 Developer's Guide. This guide also contains information for developers who want
118 to help improve the modular build system and modular code base.
120 The current development tree
122 The X source code for this and all releases/snapshots as well as development
123 versions can also be accessed via the Freedesktop.org git repository. It's also
124 possible to browse the freedesktop git repository.
126 To check out the latest development version, don't specify any tag.
130 Bugs should be reported to freedesktop.org's bug tracking system using the xorg
131 component. Before reporting bugs, please check the server log file, which can
132 be found at /var/log/Xorg.0.log on most platforms. If you can't resolve the
133 problem yourself, send the entire log file with your bug report but not the
134 operating system core dump. Do not edit the log file as our developers use it
135 to reproduce and debug your problem. Please attach it to your bug report.