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<article id="index.html">
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<title>The X Window User HOWTO</title>
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<pubdate>v3.1 10 October 2002</pubdate>
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<pubdate>v4.0 Jan. 12th, 2010</pubdate>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Christopher</firstname>
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<surname>Yeleighton</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address>
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<email>x11user@tldp.org</email>
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</address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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<author>
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<firstname>Hal</firstname>
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<surname>Burgiss</surname>
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</authorgroup>
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<revhistory>
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<revision
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><revnumber>v4.0</revnumber
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><date>2010-01-12</date><authorinitials>cy</authorinitials
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><revremark>Converted to XML docbook and to the new domain.</revremark
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></revision>
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<revision>
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<revnumber>v3.1</revnumber>
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<date>2002-10-10</date>
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<authorinitials>hb</authorinitials>
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<revremark>
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Some minor additions and updates.
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</Revremark>
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</revremark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<revnumber>v3.0</revnumber>
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<authorinitials>hb</authorinitials>
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<revremark>
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Rewrite of the original document. Convert to DocBook. Many, many changes.
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</Revremark>
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</revremark>
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</revision>
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</revhistory>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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<remark>
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<remark><literallayout>
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<![CDATA[
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v4.x changes:
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- artheader tag changed to articleinfo
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- graphic tag is being depricated in DocBook 5.x. To prepare for
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@echo "Updated and ready: $(SRC_URL)" |\
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mail -s "$(TITLE) update" submit@linuxdoc.org &&\
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echo " $(TITLE) Submitted!"
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</remark>
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]]>
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</literallayout></remark>
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</para>
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<title>New Versions and ChangeLog</title>
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<para>
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The current official version of this HOWTO may be found at the Linux Documentation Project, <ulink
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url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO.html</ulink>.
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Pre-release versions may be periodically posted to <ulink
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url="http://feenix.burgiss.net/ldp/x-user/">http://feenix.burgiss.net/ldp/x-user/</ulink>.
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The <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO.html"
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>current official version of this HOWTO </ulink>
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may be found at the Linux Documentation Project.
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</para>
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<para>
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run after installation if need be, to alter the configuration, or if new
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hardware is installed. Read your locally installed documentation first. If
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you attempt to hand edit this file, be sure to make a backup copy first since
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<application>X</application> won't start if this file is not to its liking
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<application>X</application> will not start if this file is not to its liking
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;-)
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</para>
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<para>
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Explicit <quote>Modeline</quote> definitions are not required as of 4.x ;-)
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This sometimes required hand editing to get optimal values in earlier versions of
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XFree86, though is generally not necessary with v4.x. <citetitle>The XFree86 Video
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Timings HOWTO</citetitle>, <ulink
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url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/index.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/index.html</ulink>
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XFree86, though is generally not necessary with v4.x.
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<ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/index.html"
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>The XFree86 Video
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Timings HOWTO
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</ulink>
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has a nice, but rather technical, explanation of this.
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</para>
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<para>
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The last line is the <quote>Modeline</quote> being used to drive the current
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screen. See <citetitle>The XFree86 Video
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Timings HOWTO</citetitle>, <ulink
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url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/index.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/index.html</ulink>,
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screen. See <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/index.html"
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>The XFree86 Video
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Timings HOWTO
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</ulink>,
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for more on <quote>Modelines</quote>.
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<para>
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<screen>
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<![CDATA[
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#!/bin/sh
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# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $
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fi
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#eof
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]]>
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</screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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<screen>
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<![CDATA[
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#!/bin/bash
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# ~/.Xclients, start my programs.
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echo `date`: Unable to start a Window Manager ... |tee -a ~/.wm-errors 2>&1
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# eof
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]]>
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</screen>
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</para>
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with even more setting up of the environment (monitor, mouse and keyboard) using
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<command>xset</command> this time, and a different Window Manager than was
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available with the system defaults. This is in the user's home directory, so
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it won't be overwritten during upgrades too.
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it will not be overwritten during upgrades too.
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</para>
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<para>
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Display managers really do much more than enable GUI style log-ins. They
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are also used to manage local as well as remote <quote>displays</quote> on a
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network. We won't get into details on this here, but it is nicely covered in
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network. We shall not get into details on this here, but it is nicely covered in
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the <citetitle>Remote X Apps Mini HOWTO</citetitle> and the <citetitle>XDMCP
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HOWTO</citetitle> (see the <link linkend="links">links section</link>). For
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our purposes here, they provide similar services to <command>getty</command>
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</para>
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<para>
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We won't include an <filename>~/.xsession</filename> example here, since it
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We shall not include an <filename>~/.xsession</filename> example here, since it
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would be very similar to the <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> and
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<filename>~/.Xclients</filename> examples above.
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<para>
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<screen>
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<![CDATA[
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xterm -bg blue &
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</screen>
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</para>
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</para>
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<para>
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Setting up international keyboards in nicely discussed in <ulink
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url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Intkeyb/index.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Intkeyb/index.html</ulink>.
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Also, a search of <ulink url="http://google.com/linux">http://google.com/linux</ulink>
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A nice discussion of
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<ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Intkeyb/index.html"
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>setting up international keyboards
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</ulink>.
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Also,
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<ulink url="http://google.com/linux"
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>Google search</ulink>
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will turn up many creative examples.
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</para>
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BIOS set up, or Linux set up before <application>X</application> starts. So the
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trick above is one way. There is also a utility available as either
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<application>numlockx</application>, or
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<application>setnumlock</application>, that can be found on the 'Net, if
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<application>setnumlock</application>, that can be found on the ’Net, if
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your distribution does not include one or the other. This can be put in a
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start up file to turn <literal>Numlock</literal> on automatically if you'd
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start up file to turn <literal>Numlock</literal> on automatically if you would
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prefer.
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</para>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Ctrl-Alt-BackSpace - Will kill the X server process in an orderly
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<varlistentry><term ><keycombo ><keycap >Ctrl</keycap >
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<keycap >Alt</keycap > <keycap >BackSpace</keycap ></keycombo
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Will kill the <application>X</application> server process in an orderly
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fashion. This is a quick, easy, legitimate way to restart
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<application>X</application>. Note it does not restart the display
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manager (if used) -- just <application>X</application> itself.
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manager (if used) — just <application>X</application> itself.
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<varlistentry ><term ><keycombo ><keycap >Ctrl</keycap >
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<para>
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Ctrl-Alt-Fx - where <quote>x</quote> corresponds to a valid tty number
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(typically 1-6). This is typically used to jump to a text console login,
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where <replaceable >n</replaceable >
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(typically 1–6).
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This is typically used to jump to a text console login,
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while <application>X</application> remains running. To get back to
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<application>X</application>, then it is <quote>Alt-Fx</quote>. In this
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case, <quote>x</quote> represents one plus the last tty (e.g. Alt-F7 if
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(e.g. <keycombo ><keycap >Alt</keycap > <keycap >F7</keycap ></keycombo > if
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there are six available <acronym >TTY</acronym >’s).
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and <keycombo
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><keycap
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>Ctrl</keycap > <keycap >Alt</keycap > <keycap >-</keycap ></keycombo ></term
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<para>
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Ctrl-Alt-keypad+ and Ctrl-Alt-keypad- - That is the plus and minus keys on
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That is the plus and minus keys on
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the keypad. This will cycle through any existing valid screen resolution
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<quote>Modes</quote>, e.g. 1024x768 -> 600x800. Note the actual screen
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size is the same -- just the view and resolution changes. Not all that
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modes, e.g. 1024×768 → 600×800. Note the actual screen
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size is the same — just the view and resolution changes.
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Not all that
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useful for most purposes. You cannot permanently change the screen
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</para>
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<para>
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It's possible your Window Manager, Desktop Environment or other system
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component may trap these, and alter the standard behavior. In addition, the
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Ctrl-Alt-Delete may be trapped as well. This should shut
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><keycap >Ctrl</keycap> <keycap>Alt</keycap>
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<keycap >Delete</keycap></keycombo> may be trapped as well. This should shut
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your middle mouse button (or click both the left and right, if you're
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your middle mouse button (or click both the left and right, if you are
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middle-button impaired). This will paste the selection from the clipboard,
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which should be the font you just selected. Then enter the closing quote, and
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That's the bad news. The good news is that any TrueType font included with
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That is the bad news. The good news is that any TrueType font included with
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any version of Windows, or any Windows applications, should work on Linux.
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Though you will have to take some additional steps to integrate them. This
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for general font information, and Type 1 tips. See <citetitle>The Font De-Uglification
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Mini HOWTO</citetitle>, <ulink
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as it is addressed in depth in other documents. See
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<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO.html">The Font HOWTO</ulink>
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for general font information, and Type 1 tips.
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See <citetitle>The Font De-Uglification
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<VarListEntry>
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<term>-geometry <emphasis>geometry</emphasis></term>
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<Term>-font <emphasis>fontname</emphasis></Term>
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<term>-font <emphasis>fontname</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The font to use for displaying the text in your window (see font section
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below).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</varlistentry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>-bg <emphasis>color</emphasis></Term>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-bg <emphasis>color</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The color to use for the window background. Typically this is a
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<quote>color name</quote> (see below).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</varlistentry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>-fg <emphasis>color</emphasis></Term>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-fg <emphasis>color</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The color to use for the window foreground (i.e. fonts, etc).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</varlistentry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>-name <emphasis>resource-name</emphasis></Term>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-name <emphasis>resource-name</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Useful for specifying the name under which the resources for this
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the resource database.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</varlistentry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>-title <emphasis>string</emphasis></Term>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-title <emphasis>string</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This is the title to be used for the window on your display, generally used
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Not to be confused with the <quote>-name</quote> option.
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</para>
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||||
</listitem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</varlistentry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>-iconic</Term>
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<varlistentry>
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||||
<term>-iconic</term>
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||||
<listitem>
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<para>
|
||||
Open window in an iconified state.
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||||
</para>
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||||
</listitem>
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||||
</VarListEntry>
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||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<VarListEntry>
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||||
<Term>-xrm <emphasis>resource-string</emphasis></Term>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>-xrm <emphasis>resource-string</emphasis></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This option specifies a resource name and value to override any defaults
|
||||
|
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|||
functionally the same as <quote>xterm -bg blue &</quote>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</VarListEntry>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
@ -3756,7 +3818,7 @@ echo `date`: Unable to start a Window Manager ... |tee -a ~/.wm-errors 2>&1
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|||
reasonable way. The <quote>$TERM</quote> variable is actually a reference to
|
||||
an entry in the <quote>termcap</quote> database (man termcap), which is
|
||||
typically installed as <filename>/etc/termcap</filename>. Unless you are
|
||||
doing something really unusual, you probably won't need to change this.
|
||||
doing something really unusual, you probably will not need to change this.
|
||||
Some additional terminal configuration can be done with the
|
||||
<command>stty</command> command (see man page). Terminal configuration is
|
||||
really beyond the scope of this document.
|
||||
|
@ -3834,9 +3896,12 @@ echo `date`: Unable to start a Window Manager ... |tee -a ~/.wm-errors 2>&1
|
|||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Both <application>X</application> networking and security are nicely covered
|
||||
in <citetitle>The Remote X Apps Mini HOWTO</citetitle>, <ulink
|
||||
url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Remote-X-Apps.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Remote-X-Apps.html</ulink>,
|
||||
so we won't need to try to rehash it here. Recommended reading. See other
|
||||
in <ulink
|
||||
|
||||
url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-X-Apps.html"
|
||||
>The Remote X Apps Mini HOWTO
|
||||
</ulink>,
|
||||
so we shall not need to try to rehash it here. Recommended reading. See other
|
||||
references in the <link linkend="links">Links section</link> of the
|
||||
Appendix below.
|
||||
|
||||
|
@ -4294,14 +4359,14 @@ echo `date`: Unable to start a Window Manager ... |tee -a ~/.wm-errors 2>&1
|
|||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This won't do much on systems that are mostly idle.
|
||||
This will not do much on systems that are mostly idle.
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This does not work so well with <command>startx</command> since
|
||||
<application>X</application> runs as root, and you're not root, right? So
|
||||
you'd have to use something like <command>sudo</command> to have this done
|
||||
<application>X</application> runs as root, and you are not root, right? So
|
||||
you would have to use something like <command>sudo</command> to have this done
|
||||
automatically.
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
@ -4653,9 +4718,10 @@ echo `date`: Unable to start a Window Manager ... |tee -a ~/.wm-errors 2>&1
|
|||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
If you are just starting out, you may find the
|
||||
<citetitle>X Window System Architecture Overview HOWTO
|
||||
</citetitle>, <ulink
|
||||
url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XWindow-Overview-HOWTO/index.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XWindow-Overview-HOWTO/</ulink>
|
||||
<ulink
|
||||
|
||||
url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XWindow-Overview-HOWTO/index.html"
|
||||
>X Window System Architecture Overview HOWTO</ulink>
|
||||
to be helpful. It covers all the basic concepts quite well.
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
@ -4663,8 +4729,9 @@ echo `date`: Unable to start a Window Manager ... |tee -a ~/.wm-errors 2>&1
|
|||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<citetitle>The Remote X Apps Mini HOWTO</citetitle>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Remote-X-Apps.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Remote-X-Apps.html</ulink>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-X-Apps.html"
|
||||
>The Remote X Apps Mini HOWTO
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
does a nice job of discussing running <application>X</application>
|
||||
remotely, and related security issues of <application>X</application> networking.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
@ -4672,63 +4739,70 @@ echo `date`: Unable to start a Window Manager ... |tee -a ~/.wm-errors 2>&1
|
|||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<citetitle>The XDMCP HOWTO</citetitle>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/index.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/index.html</ulink>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/index.html"
|
||||
>The XDMCP HOWTO
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
covers the X Display Manager Control Protocol, for running
|
||||
<application>X</application> remotely. Also,
|
||||
<citetitle>The XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO</citetitle>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/XDM-Xterm/index.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/XDM-Xterm/index.html</ulink>.
|
||||
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDM-Xterm/index.html"
|
||||
>The XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO
|
||||
</ulink>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<citetitle>The XFree86 HOWTO</citetitle>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/index.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/index.html</ulink>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/index.html"
|
||||
>The XFree86 HOWTO
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
succinctly covers installation, and initial configuration.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<citetitle>The XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO</citetitle>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/index.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/index.html</ulink>,
|
||||
<ulink
|
||||
url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/index.html"
|
||||
>The XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
gets down and dirty with the finer points of monitor tuning. Generally
|
||||
not required for XFree86 v4.x.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<citetitle>The Xinerama HOWTO</citetitle>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO.html</ulink>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO.html"
|
||||
>The Xinerama HOWTO</ulink>
|
||||
covers multi-headed displays.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<citetitle>The Font HOWTO</citetitle>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO.html"></ulink>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO.html"
|
||||
>The Font HOWTO</ulink>
|
||||
covers various font topics.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<citetitle>The Font De-Uglification Mini HOWTO</citetitle>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/index.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/index.html</ulink>,
|
||||
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/FDU/index.html"
|
||||
>The Font De-Uglification Mini HOWTO
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
covers a range of <application>X</application> font issues.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<citetitle>The International Keyboard HOWTO</citetitle>;
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Intkeyb/index.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Intkeyb/index.html</ulink>
|
||||
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Intkeyb/index.html"
|
||||
>The International Keyboard HOWTO
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<citetitle>The Linux Infrared HOWTO</citetitle>:
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Infrared-HOWTO/index.html
|
||||
">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Infrared-HOWTO/index.html </ulink>
|
||||
<ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Infrared-HOWTO/index.html"
|
||||
>The Linux Infrared HOWTO
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
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