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This page is to serve as a gathering point for various X-related specs, howtos, todo lists, and other assorted resources of interest to developers and bleeding-edge users.

Using X in Ubuntu

X/Config - How to configure Xorg
- X/DisplayConfigGtk - Xinerama-based configuration tool, now deprecated
X/InputHotplug - Using input devices (keyboards, tablets, mice, etc.) with HAL and input-hotplug
X/NonGraphicalBoot - Running X manually, without gdm

Ubuntu X Development

Xorg status
- X/Drivers - Current status of X drivers
- X/DesktopWishlist - Pending Xorg changes that would benefit Ubuntu Desktop
- X/KernelWishlist - Pending/desired kernel changes that would benefit Xorg
- Xorg, Ubuntu, Debian package merge status
- Keith Packard LCA 2008
X/SwatTeam - Xorg bug triage team
- X/Projects - Development, triaging and packaging projects
- X/Blueprints - Specifications of interest for X
- X/Patches - Patches to be reviewed, tested, and backported
- X/GitUsage - Instructions for using git
- Packages XSwat maintains
- Current Package Merge Status
- Bug Graphs for Xorg, -ati driver, -intel driver, -nv driver
- Bugs with most dupes: xorg, -ati driver, -intel driver, -nv driver
- Bugs with most comments: xorg, -ati driver, -intel driver, -nv driver
- Bugs with most subscribers: xorg, -ati driver, -intel driver, -nv driver

Troubleshooting Resources

X/Debugging Handbook
- I. X/Reporting - How to create good X bug reports
- II. X/Backtracing - How to collect a backtrace for an X crash
- III. X/Triaging - How to ensure new X bug reports have enough info to troubleshoot
- IV. X/Troubleshooting - How to analyze X bugs to make them solvable
- V. X/Quirks - Fixes for some common hardware-specific issues
X/Bugs/ScreenModeChange
Debugging X Autoconfiguration - Contains some known-issues and workarounds
Video Resources at help.ubuntu.com
FixVideoResolutionHowto at help.ubuntu.com
Bugs/AtiDriver
XorgOnTheEdge - for bleeding edge packages
BinaryDriverHowto - for installing fglrx or nvidia
BootOptions
- fglrx installation on Ubuntu
DebuggingUsplash

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