Eric Foster-Johnson

Overview

This book aims to help Unix system administrators deal with the X Window System and all its complexity. It focuses on issues created by the client-server nature of the X Window System, how to solve these issues, and how to be productive on the technology that underlies the graphics desktop on Unix and Linux systems.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Section I: Introducing X
• Chapter 1: What is X?
• Chapter 2: The X Administrator's Job
• Chapter 3: Installing X
• Section II: Workstations and X
• Chapter 4: Starting and Stopping X Sessions
• Chapter 5: Setting User Environments
• Section III: Configuring X
• Chapter 6: Exploring Your X Environment
• Chapter 7: Fonts and the Font Server
• Chapter 8: Resources and Resource Files
• Chapter 9: The Keyboard, Keys and Key Bindings
• Chapter 10: Color and Color Names
• Chapter 11: Bitmaps, Icons and Screen Dumps
• Chapter 12: Security and X
• Section IV: Terminals
• Chapter 13: What is an X Terminal?
• Chapter 14: Configuring X Terminals
• Section V: PC Connectivity
• Chapter 15: Turning DOS-Based PCs Into X Terminals
• Chapter 16: Running XFree86 On UNIX PCs
• Section VI: Free X Programs and What To Do With Them
• Chapter 17: Obtaining X and Other Free Sources
• Chapter 18: Using Make and Imake
• Chapter 19: System Administration Utilities
• Chapter 20: Creating Graphical Front Ends For Text-Based Applications
• Chapter 21: Screen Locking and X
• Chapter 22: Debugging Applications With xmon and xscope
• Chapter 23: Various Free X Sources
• Chapter 24: Connecting to the Internet with X
• Appendix A: For More Information
• Appendix B: Decoding X Errors
• Index

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