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Index
Symbols
& (ampersand), background operation of
commands, 112
* (asterisk), mouse key, 38
# (hash mark) beginning comment lines, 32
- (minus) mouse key, 38
+ (plus sign) mouse key, 38
/ (slash) mouse key, 38
Numbers
0 key (mouse key), 38
32-bit systems, 19
using 24-bit RGB values, 138
5 key (mouse keys), 38
A
Above keyword (screen positioning), 72
absolute pointing devices, 12
absolute X-Y pixel position (screens), 71
accelerated graphics port (AGP), 17
acceleration
accel option (video driver), 57
mouse, 103
acceleration factor, 103
accented characters, 13
access control, 182
host-based, 182
magic cookies and xauth utility, 183??“185
SECURITY extension, 186
tunneling with SSH, 188
additive color systems, 135
additive primaries, 135
AGP (accelerated graphics port), 17
AGP bus, scanning, 48
AIX and HP/UX systems, CDE desktop, 118
aliasing (monochrome fonts), 142
AllowClosedownGrabs option, 92
AllowDeactivateGrabs option, 92
AllowMouseOpenFail option, 81
Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys, 161
AlwaysCore argument, 80
analog connection, video cards, 18
antialiasing, 142
enabling/disabling or adjusting, 158
Apache web server, configuring Java applet
VNC servers, 205
applet tags (Java VNC viewer), 202, 206
application clients, 8
ARGB visuals, 138
Argyll (color management system), 140
ASCII-based terminal emulators, 116
Asian languages, keyboard input
methods, 13
Athena project widgets, 11
ATI drivers, 56
closed-source driver fglrx, multiple
outputs, 77
open-source driver radeon, multiple
outputs, 77
audio feedback scripts, 102
autologin, 30
AZERTY keyboards, 13
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B
background operation, 112
bandwidth, 181
LBX (low-bandwidth X), 187
bash shell, PROMPT_COMMAND
environment variable, 117
bell facility, 101
audio feedback scripts, 102
Below keyword (screen positioning), 72
binaries (compiled for one platform but
executed on another), 22
BIOS-controlled keyboard(s), 49
bitmapped fonts, 144
bluetooth connection, pointing devices, 12
boolean values, video device driver
options, 56
booting the system
enabling or disabling display manager, 28
kiosks, 232
runlevels, 28
bootloaders
grub, changing into different runlevel, 28
LILO, changing runlevel, 29
Bourne syntax, exporting DISPLAY
variable, 21
broadcast queries, 178
build information, 62
bus interface, 17
bus mice, kernel drivers, 83
Buttons option (InputDevice section), 224
C
CAB format archives, 157
cabextract program, 157
calculators, 118
xcalc, kcalc, and gnome-calculator, 9
CapsLock, NumLock, and ScrollLock
LEDs, 104
cathode ray tube (see CRT monitors)
CDE (Common Desktop Environment), 118
Motif/OpenMotif toolkit, 10
character mode (display), 25
character terminals, 115
character-based applications, 115??“117
using with X, 116
choosers (display managers), 179
chroot environment, 210
chvt command, 36
click-to-focus policy, 90
client appearance, 6
client system, 9
clients
application, 8
GNOME session, 125
preconfigured, started by display
manager, 27
running X clients, 112??“117
background operation, 112
geometry (window), 113??“115
nongraphical applications, 115??“117
saving state, session manger and, 120
starting X server with, on need basis, 35
trusted and untrusted, 23
Xfce sessions, 129
xterm client connecting to X server, 27
clipboard, 88??“90
clipboard managers, 89
clocks, 118
cmdline file, 41
CMS (color management system), 140
CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) color
system, 135
code examples from this book, xi
color, 135??“141
CMS (color management system), 140
color code of selected pixels in the
display, 105
gamma, 138??“140
monochrome fonts, 142
perception of color, 136
RGB and other color systems, 135
video cards, 18
visuals, 136??“138
color depth
commonly used depths, 64
default depth of a screen, 47, 64
Xinerama configuration, 68
color lookup tables (CLUT), 137
color spaces, 135
gamut, 136
color targets, 141
color triplets, 58
colorimeters, 141
colormaps, 137
command line, configuration file for X.
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