<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The X Window User HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="X"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="X11"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="XFree"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="XFree86"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="X Window"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="GUI"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="windows"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="desktop"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="display"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="display manager"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="xdm"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2">The X Window User HOWTO</H1 ><DIV CLASS="AUTHORGROUP" ><A NAME="AEN5"><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN6" >Hal Burgiss</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > hal@foobox.net<br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="PUBDATE" >v3.1 10 October 2002<BR></P ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v3.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-10-10</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: hb</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Some minor additions and updates.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v3.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-03-06</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: hb</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Rewrite of the original document. Convert to DocBook. Many, many changes.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN35"><P ></P ><P > </P ><P > This document provides basic information on understanding and configuring the X Window System for Linux users. This is meant to be an introductory level document. A basic knowledge of software configuration is assumed, as is the presence of an installed and working X Window System. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN84" >New Versions and ChangeLog</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN95" >To Do</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN98" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN102" >Help!</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN106" >Acknowledgments</A ></DT ><DT >1.6. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN113" >Copyright</A ></DT ><DT >1.7. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN127" >Standard Disclaimer</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="xfree86.html" >XFree86</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="xfree86.html#AEN197" >Hardware</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="xfree86.html#AEN228" >XF86Config</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="xfree86.html#AEN290" >xvidtune and Monitor Tuning</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="runningx.html" >Running X</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="runningx.html#AEN348" >startx</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="runningx.html#AEN455" >Display Managers</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="moreconfig.html" >More X Configuration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="moreconfig.html#XRESOURCES" >X Resources</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="moreconfig.html#AEN706" >xmodmap, the Keyboard and Mice</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="moreconfig.html#AEN798" >xset</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="fontscolors.html" >Fonts and Colors</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="fontscolors.html#AEN822" >Fonts Demystified</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="fontscolors.html#AEN957" >Colors</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="windowman.html" >Window Managers and Desktops</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="windowman.html#AEN979" >Window Managers</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="windowman.html#AEN1022" >Desktop Environments</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="cli.html" >X and the Command Line</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.1. <A HREF="cli.html#AEN1133" >xterm and friends</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="xsecurity.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >X</SPAN > Networking and Security</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="performance.html" >Performance Considerations</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.1. <A HREF="performance.html#AEN1223" >Hardware</A ></DT ><DT >9.2. <A HREF="performance.html#AEN1234" >Memory</A ></DT ><DT >9.3. <A HREF="performance.html#AEN1325" >X over the Network</A ></DT ><DT >9.4. <A HREF="performance.html#AEN1335" >Other Tips</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >10. <A HREF="appendix.html" >Appendix</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >10.1. <A HREF="appendix.html#TERMS" >Terminology and Usage</A ></DT ><DT >10.2. <A HREF="appendix.html#LINKS" >Links and other References</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >