HP c8000 manual Screens file, Description of the X*screens configuration file, Syntax guidelines

configuring X Windows on HP-UX (HP Visualize graphics cards)

X Server configuration

X*screens file

For manual changes, please refer to the sample files in the /etc/X11/ directory. Three files of particular interest are the X0screens, X0devices, and X0pointerkeys files.

description of the X*screens configuration file

This file belongs in /etc/X11/X*screens, where “*” is the display number of the server. For example, the “X0screens” file is used when the $DISPLAY environment variable is set to hostname:0.screen and the server is invoked using the “:0” option.

The X*screens file is used to specify:

•Device-independent server options, and

•For each screen:

—what device file to use (required),

—the default visual,

—monitor size, and

—device-dependent screen options.

Note that all of the items above, except for device-independent server options, are specified on a per-screen basis.

The X Server supports up to four screens at a time. Specifying more than four screens will cause a server error message.

syntax guidelines

•Blank lines and comments (text following “#”) are ignored. Entries can occupy more than a single line.

•All symbols in the file are recognized case-insensitive.

the X*screens file format

Items must appear in the X*screens file in the order that they are specified below.

[ServerOptions <server_option>

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<server_option>] {Screen <device_name>}

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