X Window System map review

Kenny Armstrong karmstrong at lpi.org
Thu Sep 12 18:24:58 UTC 2019


Thanks!  I appreciate the clarification, I'll update my map accordingly.

- Kenny

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 10:04 AM, IL Ka <kazakevichilya at 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 at lpi.org 
> <mailto:karmstrong at 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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