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Subject: Re: X Window System map review
From: Kenny Armstrong <karmstrong () lpi ! org>
Date: 2019-09-12 18:24:58
Message-ID: 1568312698.3.6 () lpi ! org
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Thanks! I appreciate the clarification, I'll update my map accordingly.
- Kenny
On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 10:04 AM, IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello.
>
> 1. Window manager is a separate client. Word processor and Web
> browser do not use it directly. They talk to XOrg an XOrg consults
> Window manager (if any) asking it to draw window. Technically, you
> can run client even without of Window manager.
>
> 2. Drivers may be in Kernel or in Xorg itself. With modern
> installations you almost always have drivers inside of kernel, but
> Xorg can work with kernels that know nothing about your video (except
> it is VGA compatibility).
>
> 3. There is also session manager
> (<https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libSM/xsmp.html>), but it is
> fully optional
>
> Everything else look correct IMHO..
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 4:40 PM Kenny Armstrong <karmstrong@lpi.org
> <mailto:karmstrong@lpi.org>> wrote:
>> Hello all. I am writing a lesson for the Linux Professional
>> Institute on a basic X Window System setup. Part of that lesson
>> includes a simple diagram of an X installation. I have pieced this
>> together from the X.org documentation and a video of a talk by James
>> Gettys. Nonetheless, I wish to make sure that what I have is not
>> misrepresenting the structure of an X installation. I know that
>> there is more to an X setup than what I have depicted here, but I
>> want to make sure that what is in the image is at least correct.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help on the matter!
>>
>> - Kenny Armstrong
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<div id="geary-body" dir="auto"><div>Thanks! I appreciate the clarification, \
I'll update my map accordingly.</div><div><br></div><div>- Kenny</div></div><div \
id="geary-quote" dir="auto"><br>On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 10:04 AM, IL Ka \
<kazakevichilya@gmail.com> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div \
dir="ltr">Hello.<div><br></div><div>1. Window manager is a separate client. Word \
processor and Web browser do not use it directly. They talk to XOrg an XOrg consults \
Window manager (if any) asking it to draw window. Technically, you can run client \
even without of Window manager.</div><div><br></div><div>2. Drivers may be in Kernel \
or in Xorg itself. With modern installations you almost always have drivers inside of \
kernel, but Xorg can work with kernels that know nothing about your video \
(except it is VGA compatibility). </div><div><br></div><div>3. There is also \
session manager (<a href="https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libSM/xsmp.html" \
target="_blank">https://www. x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libSM/xsmp.html</a>), but it \
is fully optional</div><div><br></div><div>Everything else look correct \
IMHO..</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On \
Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 4:40 PM Kenny Armstrong <<a href="mailto:karmstrong@lpi.org" \
target="_blank">karmstrong@lpi.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div \
id="gmail-m_-281207972208083335gmail-m_-8911196031215143828geary-body" \
dir="auto"><div>Hello all. I am writing a lesson for the Linux Professional \
Institute on a basic X Window System setup. Part of that lesson includes a \
simple diagram of an X installation. I have pieced this together from the X.org \
documentation and a video of a talk by James Gettys. Nonetheless, I wish to \
make sure that what I have is not misrepresenting the structure of an X \
installation. I know that ther e is more to an X setup than what I have \
depicted here, but I want to make sure that what is in the image is at least \
correct.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for any help on the \
matter!</div><div><br></div><div>- Kenny \
Armstrong</div></div>_______________________________________________<br> <a \
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