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Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do?
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Pascal Bourguignon |
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Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do? |
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Fri, 11 Jan 2002 04:51:00 +0100 (CET) |
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 05:40:38 +0200 (EET)
> From: Dan Pascu <dan@services.iiruc.ro>
>
> On 9 Jan, Pascal Bourguignon wrote:
> > <super-pedantic> I don't see that:
> >
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "Layout[all]"
> > Screen 0 "Screen[0]" 0 0
> > Screen 1 "Screen[1]" RightOf "Screen[0]"
> > InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
> > InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
> > Option "Clone" "off"
> > Option "Xinerama" "off"
> > EndSection
> >
> > So I would say that mouse, keyboard and screens are connected to the
> > X-server, not to the display. Moreover, note that:
>
> To be not confused consider a display (X way) to be the same with a
> running instance of the X server. So DISPLAY=localhost:0 is a running
> instance of the X server. that may manage multiple CRTs (screens), a
> kbd and a mouse (it may even be able to manage multiple kbd/mice dunno
> for sure).
>
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen[0]"
> > Device "Device[0]"
> > Monitor "Monitor[0]"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 15
> > Modes "1152x870" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 16
> > Modes "1152x870" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "1280x1024" "1152x870" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 32
> > Modes "1152x870" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 8
> > Modes "1152x870" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> > So a 'X-screen', may have several displays, not only one. Well, with
>
> Nope. They are just definitions of visuals. when the X server starts
> selects one from this list, and will use that. By default will select
> what DefaultDepth says (24bpp in this case), but you can select another
> with command line options. the SubSection "Display" is misleading in
> this case. What it wants to say is that the X server (==DISPLAY) will
> use that depth and mode(s) when running (one or possible more of them,
> but they are all on the same DISPLAY==X server).
>
> again, read display (the X way) as X server. that would make thinks
> clear.
Yes, you're right. I've been confused by the terminology used in the
configuration files, and my expectation of one X server being able to
handle several X display. That's not the case, at least of XFree and
derived servers. The SubSection "Display" should be better named
SubSection "Depth".
X server = X display = set of X screens, X keyboards and X mice.
When a computer has several screens, keyboards and mice, they may be
dispatched to several X servers/displays to run several workstations
on that same computer.
The -display option too actually let us set the screen, not only the
display (:0.0 instead of :0).
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- Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do?, (continued)
- Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do?, Pascal Bourguignon, 2002/01/11
- Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do?, Dan Pascu, 2002/01/10
- Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do?, Pascal Bourguignon, 2002/01/10
- Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do?, Dan Pascu, 2002/01/10
- Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do?, Jeremy Bettis, 2002/01/09
Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do?, Pascal Bourguignon, 2002/01/09
Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do?, Wim Oudshoorn, 2002/01/09
Re: NSPasteboard on X, what to do?, Willem Rein Oudshoorn, 2002/01/10