[3f72a148] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[3f72a148] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[c9aa980] | 6 | <!ENTITY BLFS76 "https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.6/x/x7driver.html">
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[3f72a148] | 7 |
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[44ad7753] | 8 | ]>
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[3f72a148] | 9 |
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| 10 | <sect1 id="xorg7-driver" xreflabel="Xorg Drivers">
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| 11 | <?dbhtml filename="x7driver.html"?>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <sect1info>
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[93f3de5] | 14 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[3f72a148] | 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <title>Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver">
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[1f6d75e7] | 20 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">xorg7-driver</primary>
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[3f72a148] | 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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[5e8be1c] | 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title>Introduction to Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 25 |
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[1f6d75e7] | 26 | <para>
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| 27 | The <application>Xorg Drivers</application> page contains the
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[c4b0455] | 28 | instructions for building Xorg drivers that are necessary in order
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[9bff4bc] | 29 | for Xorg Server to take advantage of the hardware that it is
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| 30 | running on. At least one input and one video driver are required
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[0d7900a] | 31 | for Xorg Server to start.
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[1f6d75e7] | 32 | </para>
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| 33 |
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[9bff4bc] | 34 | <para>
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| 35 | On machines using KMS, the modesetting driver is provided by
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| 36 | <application>xorg-server</application> and can be used instead of the
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| 37 | video driver for the specific hardware, but with reduced performance.
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| 38 | It can also be used (without hardware acceleration) in virtual machines
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| 39 | running under <application>qemu</application>.
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| 40 | </para>
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| 41 |
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[1f6d75e7] | 42 | <note>
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| 43 | <para>
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| 44 | If you are unsure which video hardware you have, you can use
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[72abdae6] | 45 | <command>lspci</command> from <xref linkend="pciutils"/>
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[0d7900a] | 46 | to find out which video hardware you have and then look at
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[1f6d75e7] | 47 | the descriptions of the packages in order to find out
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| 48 | which driver you need.
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| 49 | </para>
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| 50 | </note>
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| 51 |
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[2015f9d] | 52 | <note>
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| 53 | <para>
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| 54 | In addition to the drivers listed below, there are several other
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| 55 | drivers for very old hardware that may still be relevant.
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[8558044] | 56 | The latest versions of these drivers may be downloaded from
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[5f4e73e] | 57 | <ulink url='https://www.x.org/archive/individual/driver'>
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| 58 | https://www.x.org/archive/individual/driver</ulink>.
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[8558044] | 59 | Instructions for building these now intermittently maintained drivers
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[5f4e73e] | 60 | may be found in a
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[2015f9d] | 61 | prior version of BLFS: <ulink url="&BLFS76;">&BLFS76;</ulink>
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 | </note>
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[bb97280] | 64 |
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[1f6d75e7] | 65 | <sect3 id="xorg-input-drivers">
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| 66 | <title>Xorg Input Drivers</title>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[b7a67e90] | 69 | <listitem>
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| 70 | <para>
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[35e960fb] | 71 | <xref linkend="libevdev"/>
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[b7a67e90] | 72 | </para>
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| 73 | </listitem>
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[ef30906a] | 74 | <listitem>
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| 75 | <para>
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| 76 | <xref linkend="xorg-evdev-driver"/>
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| 77 | </para>
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| 78 | </listitem>
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[f97d5f6] | 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>
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| 81 | <xref linkend="libinput"/>
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 84 | <listitem>
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| 85 | <para>
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[ef30906a] | 86 | <xref linkend="xorg-libinput-driver"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 87 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 90 | <para>
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| 91 | <xref linkend="xorg-synaptics-driver"/>
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| 92 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 93 | </listitem>
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[191f166] | 94 | <!-- With Kernel 5.1, VMMouse is now entirely unusable/obsolete.
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| 95 | VMWare has a replacement in the kernel that works for both Qemu and
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| 96 | VMWare, that allows the VMMouse instruction set to run through
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| 97 | EVDEV events.
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| 98 | I archived it on 2019-05-19 as a result. - renodr
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[606dfd4] | 99 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 100 | <para>
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| 101 | <xref linkend="xorg-vmmouse-driver"/>
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| 102 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 103 | </listitem>
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[191f166] | 104 | -->
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[606dfd4] | 105 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 106 | <para>
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| 107 | <xref linkend="xorg-wacom-driver"/>
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| 108 | </para>
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| 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | </itemizedlist>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | </sect3>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <sect3 id="xorg-video-drivers">
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| 115 | <title>Xorg Video Drivers</title>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[92d57d6a] | 118 | <listitem>
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| 119 | <para>
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| 120 | <xref linkend="xorg-amdgpu-driver"/>
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| 121 | </para>
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| 122 | </listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 123 | <listitem>
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| 124 | <para>
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| 125 | <xref linkend="xorg-ati-driver"/>
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| 126 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 127 | </listitem>
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| 128 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 129 | <para>
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| 130 | <xref linkend="xorg-fbdev-driver"/>
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| 131 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 132 | </listitem>
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| 133 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 134 | <para>
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| 135 | <xref linkend="xorg-intel-driver"/>
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| 136 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 137 | </listitem>
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| 138 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 139 | <para>
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| 140 | <xref linkend="xorg-nouveau-driver"/>
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| 141 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 142 | </listitem>
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| 143 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 144 | <para>
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| 145 | <xref linkend="xorg-vmware-driver"/>
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| 146 | </para>
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| 147 | </listitem>
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| 148 | </itemizedlist>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | </sect3>
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| 151 |
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[a8ece039] | 152 | <sect3 id="hw-video-acceleration">
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| 153 | <title>Hardware Video Acceleration</title>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 156 | <listitem>
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| 157 | <para>
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| 158 | <xref linkend="libva"/>
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| 159 | </para>
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| 160 | </listitem>
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| 161 | <listitem>
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| 162 | <para>
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| 163 | <xref linkend="libvdpau"/>
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| 164 | </para>
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[f3429309] | 165 | </listitem>
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[e104a36] | 166 | <listitem>
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| 167 | <para>
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| 168 | <xref linkend="libvdpau-va-gl"/>
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| 169 | </para>
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| 170 | </listitem>
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[a8ece039] | 171 | </itemizedlist>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | </sect3>
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| 174 |
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[1f6d75e7] | 175 | </sect2>
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| 176 |
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[b7a67e90] | 177 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[35e960fb] | 178 | href="libevdev.xml"/>
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[b7a67e90] | 179 |
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[ef30906a] | 180 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 181 | href="x7driver-evdev.xml"/>
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| 182 |
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[f97d5f6] | 183 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 184 | href="libinput.xml"/>
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| 185 |
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[57da0547] | 186 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[ef30906a] | 187 | href="x7driver-libinput.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 188 |
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[57da0547] | 189 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 190 | href="x7driver-synaptics.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 191 |
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[191f166] | 192 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 193 | href="x7driver-vmmouse.xml"/> -->
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[1f6d75e7] | 194 |
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[57da0547] | 195 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 196 | href="x7driver-wacom.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 197 |
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[92d57d6a] | 198 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 199 | href="x7driver-amdgpu.xml"/>
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| 200 |
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[57da0547] | 201 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 202 | href="x7driver-ati.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 203 |
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[57da0547] | 204 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 205 | href="x7driver-fbdev.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 206 |
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[57da0547] | 207 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 208 | href="x7driver-intel.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 209 |
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[57da0547] | 210 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 211 | href="x7driver-nouveau.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 212 |
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[57da0547] | 213 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 214 | href="x7driver-vmware.xml"/>
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[595c08ff] | 215 |
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[a8ece039] | 216 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 217 | href="libva.xml"/>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 220 | href="libvdpau.xml"/>
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| 221 |
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[bbb8ccc] | 222 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 223 | href="libvdpau-va-gl.xml"/>
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| 224 |
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[3f72a148] | 225 | </sect1>
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