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Basic Troubleshooting Resources
X Reporting - How to create good X bug reports
Configuration - Configuring input devices, graphics, drivers, and more
Advanced Topics
X Triaging - How to ensure new X bug reports have enough info to troubleshoot
X Troubleshooting - How to analyze X bugs to make them solvable
X Backtracing - How to collect a backtrace for an X crash
X/Bisecting - Using bisection techniques to solve regressions or backport fixes
X/Testing/Touch - Touchscreen and multi-touch testing
X/Bugs - Analysis of collection of similar bugs
X/Bugs/Transitions - Explanation for "installing xserver-xorg-core would break existing software"
X/i8xxUnsupported - Explanation of why i845, i855, i865, etc. chips aren't supported
X/NonGraphicalBoot - Running X manually, without gdm
X/KernelModeSetting - Configuring and using KMS (in Karmic)
X/Rootless - Running X as a user process, not as the root user
X/InputCoordinateTransformation - How to set the mapping of an input device to a display through X
X/HybridGraphics - How to make the most of your system with hybrid graphics
X Quirks - Fixes for some common hardware-specific issues
X Crash Fixing - How to fix X crashes
X/InterpretingIntelGpuDump - Ringbuffers, batchbuffers, and the meaning of intel_gpu_dump output
Wireless Without X - How to get a wireless network connection without X.
Direct Wired Without WAP - How to connect two laptops with direct ethernet cord.
XorgOnTheEdge - for bleeding edge packages
Development Foundations
X/SwatTeam - Joining the Ubuntu X.org team
X/Architecture - High level architectural overview of X.org
X/DriverDevelopment - Developing new Xorg drivers for Ubuntu
X/DriverBuilding - Building debs of upstream drivers
X Glossary - Explanations for confusing terms often seen in logs and error messages
X/Blueprints - Specifications of interest for X
X/GitUsage - Instructions for using git
X/DesktopWishlist - Pending Xorg changes that would benefit Ubuntu Desktop
X/KernelWishlist - Pending/desired kernel changes that would benefit Xorg
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/?field.tag=xorg-needs-kernel-fix - Kernel fixes needed for xorg issues
X/BetaReviewChecklist - Things to do / stuff to consider reverting around -beta
X/Tagging - Bug tagging
X/PackageNotes - One of our packaging tools makes use of this