5 The X Server

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The X server (XF68_FBDev) is the most notable application program for the frame buffer device. Starting with XFree68/XFree86 release 3.2, the X server is part of XFree68/XFree86 and has 2 modes:

To tune a video mode, you can use fbset or xvidtune. Note that xvidtune doesn't work 100% with XF68_FBDev: the reported clock values are always incorrect.

There exists also an accelerated X server for the Cybervision 64 graphics board, but that's not discussed here.

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