conf), 50
modes
multiscreen and Xinerama, 69??“71
video modes for a monitor or video
card, 47
Modes entry (Display subsection of
Screen), 64, 65, 85
modifier keys, 161
Module section (xorg.conf), 50
VNC extension module, 213
Monitor section (xorg.conf), 44, 48
DPMS option, 55
Gamma entry, 139
monitors, 9, 14??“17, 118
association with virtual terminal, 25
connections, 16
CRT (cathode ray tube), 14
gamma, 138
kiosk applications, 220
LCD (liquid crystal display), 14
other flat-panel technologies, 15
reducing wear and tear, 109
scan rates, configuring, 59??“62
single-screen, multimonitor
(Xinerama), 24
video cards, 17??“19
video projectors, 15
video signal timing, 15
monochrome fonts, 142
Motif-OpenLook crossover widgets
(Moolit), 11
Motif/OpenMotif toolkit, 10
mouse keys capability, X servers, 37
MOUSED (under FreeBSD), using
with X, 84
mplayer, configuring for DMX, 235
multiple displays, gamma correction, 139
multi-screen configuration, 67
multi-screen mode, differences from
Xinerama mode, 69??“71
mv utility, 115
mwm window manager, 131
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N
named pipes, 21
native resolution of LCDs, 14
Nautilus file manager (GNOME), 151
nested servers (Xnest), 36
NetBSD/OpenBSD, USB mice, 51
netcat utility, 225
network bandwidth and latency, 181
LBX (low-bandwidth X), 187
tunneling with SSH, 188
network protocol, 143
network status monitoring (kiosks), 225??“228
network transparency, 175
Network Transport layer, 7
network-based display system, 3
New X (2000??“present), 5
nohup command, 112
nongraphical logins (on Linux), 26
nonroman alphabets, keyboard layouts, 13
NumLock, CapsLock, and ScrollLock
LEDs, 104
NVIDIA drivers, 24
closed-source driver, multiple output
capability, 77
closed-source driver, online configuration
information, 79
O
Off (power state), 55
Old X (1984??“1996), 5
OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode)
displays, 15
On (power state), 54
The Open Group, 4
Open Software Foundation (OSF), CDE
desktop, 118
open source, 4
color management capability for X, 140
Motif/OpenMotif and, 11
OpenGL extension for X11 (GLX), 23
OpenLook (Olit), 11
OpenMotif toolkit, 10
OpenSSH, 190
passphrase protection of SSH keys, 191
SECURITY extension support, 192
operating systems
font servers and, 145
open source, 11
use of Unix domain sockets, 21
termios interface, 115
VNC viewers, 193
optical mouse, 12
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