XDarwin(1)

NAME

       XDarwin - X window system server for Darwin operating system

SYNOPSIS

       XDarwin [ options ] ...

DESCRIPTION

       XDarwin  is  the  X window server for Mac OS X and the Darwin operating
       system provided by the X.Org Foundation. This version  of  XDarwin  can
       only be started from the Darwin text console. The Mac OS X Aqua GUI, if
       present, must be shut down.  XDarwin uses IOKit services to access  the
       display framebuffer, mouse and keyboard and to provide a layer of hard-
       ware abstraction.  XDarwin will normally be started by the xdm(1)  dis-
       play manager or by a script that runs the program xinit(1).

OPTIONS

       In  addition  to  the normal server options described in the Xserver(1)
       manual page, XDarwin accepts the following command line switches:

       -fakebuttons
               Emulates a 3 button mouse using modifier keys. By default,  the
               Command modifier is used to emulate button 2 and Option is used
               for button 3. Thus, clicking the first mouse button while hold-
               ing  down Command will act like clicking button 2. Holding down
               Option will simulate button 3.

       -nofakebuttons
               Do not emulate a 3 button mouse. This is the default.

       -fakemouse2 modifiers
               Change the modifier keys used to emulate the second mouse  but-
               ton.  By default, Command is used to emulate the second button.
               Any combination of the following modifier names  may  be  used:
               Shift,  Option,  Control, Command, Fn. For example, -fakemouse2
               "Option,Shift" will set holding Option, Shift and  clicking  on
               button one as equivalent to clicking the second mouse button.

       -fakemouse3 modifiers
               Change  the  modifier keys used to emulate the third mouse but-
               ton. By default, Option is used to emulate  the  third  button.
               Any  combination  of  the following modifier names may be used:
               Shift, Option, Control, Command, Fn. For  example,  -fakemouse3
               "Control,Shift" will set holding Control, Shift and clicking on
               button one as equivalent to clicking the third mouse button.

       -keymap file
               On startup XDarwin translates a Darwin  keymapping  into  an  X
               keymap.    The   default   is  to  read  this  keymapping  from
               USA.keymapping. With this option the keymapping  will  be  read
               from file instead. If the file's path is not specified, it will
               be searched for in Library/Keyboards/ underneath the  following
               directories (in order): ~, /, /Network, /System.

       -nokeymap
               On  startup  XDarwin  translates  a Darwin keymapping into an X
               keymap.  With this option XDarwin queries the  kernel  for  the
               current keymapping instead of reading it from a file. This will
               often fail on newer kernels.

       -size width height
               Sets the screen resolution for the X server to use.

       -depth depth
               Specifies the color bit depth to use. Currently only 8, 15, and
               24 color bits per pixel are supported.

       -refresh rate
               Gives  the  refresh  rate  to  use in Hz. For LCD displays this
               should be 0.

       -showconfig
               Print out the server version and patchlevel.

       -version
               Same as -showconfig.

SEE ALSO

       X(5), Xorg(1), Xserver(1), xdm(1), xinit(1)

BUGS

       XDarwin and this man page still have many limitations. Some of the more
       obvious ones are:
       - The display mode cannot be changed once the X server has started.
       - A screen saver is not supported.

AUTHORS

       XFree86  was originally ported to Mac OS X Server by John Carmack. Dave
       Zarzycki used this as the basis of his port of XFree86  4.0  to  Darwin
       1.0.   Torrey  T.  Lyons  improved  and  integrated  this code into the
       XFree86 Project's mainline for the 4.0.2 release.

       The following members of the XonX Team  contributed  to  the  following
       releases (in alphabetical order):

       XFree86 4.1.0:
           Rob Braun - Darwin x86 support
           Torrey T. Lyons - Project Lead
           Andreas Monitzer - Cocoa version of XDarwin front end
           Gregory Robert Parker - Original Quartz implementation
           Christoph Pfisterer - Dynamic shared X libraries
           Toshimitsu Tanaka - Japanese localization

       XFree86 4.2.0:
           Rob Braun - Darwin x86 support
           Pablo Di Noto - Spanish localization
           Paul Edens - Dutch localization
           Kyunghwan Kim - Korean localization
           Mario Klebsch - Non-US keyboard support
           Torrey T. Lyons - Project Lead
           Andreas Monitzer - German localization
           Patrik Montgomery - Swedish localization
           Greg Parker - Rootless support
           Toshimitsu Tanaka - Japanese localization
           Olivier Verdier - French localization

X.Org                            Version 6.8.2                      XDARWIN(1)