# The Linux XFree86 HOWTO

## Helmut Geyer, `Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de`

v2.0 , 2. May 1994

This document describes how to obtain, install and configure XFree86[TM] for Linux systems. XFree86 version 2 is an enhanced version of the X Window System version 11 release 5 with support for many versions of UN*X running on Intel[TM] 386/486/Pentium[TM] platforms, including Linux. It supports a great amount of video hardware for these systems and includes many bugfixes beyond the MIT standard release of X. It is intended to help Linux users install and configure XFree86. It covers all versions of XFree86 starting from version 2.0. It is furthermore intended to answer some basic questions about X and programs using X. Please read this file and the referenced documentation files BEFORE installing and starting XFree86. IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL, YOU MIGHT DAMAGE YOUR HARDWARE. If you have access to a printer capable of printing <SL>DVI</SL> or <SL>PostScript</SL>[TM] documents, you should consider to get those versions of this HOWTO as these provide far more readability by better formatting. A <SL>WWW</SL> version of this file and many other HOWTOs can be read using `http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html`.

## Introduction

## What are X11 and XFree86?

## future

## Installing XFree86

## setup

## Info

## location

## Info

## libraries

## trouble-shooting

## Appendix

## bugs

## future

## Acknowledgements

## Trademarks