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Chapter 4 - Invoking X11R6.1

4-7

4.4 Enabling MOX Extension During

X11R6.1 Server Startup

By default, the X11R6.1 server starts in an 8-bit mode. However,
on Raptor cards you may start the X11R6.1 server with MOX
extension enabled. (Details of the MOX Extension to X Server are
in separate technical white paper documentation.)

These MOX modes apply to all Raptor cards:

mox16

MOX, 8-bit Normal, 13-bit Group, 5-bit Absolute

mox24

MOX, 8-bit Normal, 21-bit Group, 13-bit Absolute


The Raptor 1100T, Raptor 2100T and Raptor 2500T can support
the following additional MOX mode.

mox32

MOX, 8-bit Normal, 29-bit Group, 21-bit Absolute


To enable MOX on a Raptor card, set the bit-depth to one of the
MOX modes. Please refer to Section 4.3.1 for details.

4.5 xdm


The X Display Manager (

xdm

) program is used for running multiple

users on the same host machine.

xdm

provides services similar to

those provided by

init

,

getty

and

login

on character terminals

prompting for login name and password, authenticating the user,
and running a session. It provides a login window for each user or
selected users.

Several files that are required to start

xdm

are provided in the

directory

$X11R6HOME/lib/X11/xdm

. The configuration file

xdm-config

contains references to the other files and is used to

specify other configuration parameters of

xdm

. The

Xservers

file

specifies the users (displays) that must get a login window.

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