[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 |
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| 14 | <title>Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver">
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[1f6d75e7] | 17 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">xorg7-driver</primary>
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[3f72a148] | 18 | </indexterm>
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| 19 |
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[5e8be1c] | 20 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 21 | <title>Introduction to Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 22 |
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[1f6d75e7] | 23 | <para>
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| 24 | The <application>Xorg Drivers</application> page contains the
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[c4b0455] | 25 | instructions for building Xorg drivers that are necessary in order
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[9bff4bc] | 26 | for Xorg Server to take advantage of the hardware that it is
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| 27 | running on. At least one input and one video driver are required
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[0d7900a] | 28 | for Xorg Server to start.
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[1f6d75e7] | 29 | </para>
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| 30 |
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[9bff4bc] | 31 | <para>
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| 32 | On machines using KMS, the modesetting driver is provided by
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| 33 | <application>xorg-server</application> and can be used instead of the
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| 34 | video driver for the specific hardware, but with reduced performance.
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| 35 | It can also be used (without hardware acceleration) in virtual machines
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| 36 | running under <application>qemu</application>.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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[1f6d75e7] | 39 | <note>
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| 40 | <para>
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| 41 | If you are unsure which video hardware you have, you can use
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[72abdae6] | 42 | <command>lspci</command> from <xref linkend="pciutils"/>
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[0d7900a] | 43 | to find out which video hardware you have and then look at
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[1f6d75e7] | 44 | the descriptions of the packages in order to find out
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| 45 | which driver you need.
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </note>
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| 48 |
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[2015f9d] | 49 | <note>
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| 50 | <para>
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| 51 | In addition to the drivers listed below, there are several other
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| 52 | drivers for very old hardware that may still be relevant.
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[8558044] | 53 | The latest versions of these drivers may be downloaded from
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[5f4e73e] | 54 | <ulink url='https://www.x.org/archive/individual/driver'>
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| 55 | https://www.x.org/archive/individual/driver</ulink>.
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[8558044] | 56 | Instructions for building these now intermittently maintained drivers
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[5f4e73e] | 57 | may be found in a
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[2015f9d] | 58 | prior version of BLFS: <ulink url="&BLFS76;">&BLFS76;</ulink>
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| 59 | </para>
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| 60 | </note>
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[bb97280] | 61 |
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[1f6d75e7] | 62 | <sect3 id="xorg-input-drivers">
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| 63 | <title>Xorg Input Drivers</title>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[b7a67e90] | 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>
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[35e960fb] | 68 | <xref linkend="libevdev"/>
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[b7a67e90] | 69 | </para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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[ef30906a] | 71 | <listitem>
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| 72 | <para>
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| 73 | <xref linkend="xorg-evdev-driver"/>
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| 74 | </para>
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| 75 | </listitem>
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[f97d5f6] | 76 | <listitem>
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| 77 | <para>
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| 78 | <xref linkend="libinput"/>
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| 79 | </para>
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| 80 | </listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 81 | <listitem>
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| 82 | <para>
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[ef30906a] | 83 | <xref linkend="xorg-libinput-driver"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 84 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 85 | </listitem>
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| 86 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 87 | <para>
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| 88 | <xref linkend="xorg-synaptics-driver"/>
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| 89 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 90 | </listitem>
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[191f166] | 91 | <!-- With Kernel 5.1, VMMouse is now entirely unusable/obsolete.
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| 92 | VMWare has a replacement in the kernel that works for both Qemu and
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| 93 | VMWare, that allows the VMMouse instruction set to run through
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| 94 | EVDEV events.
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| 95 | I archived it on 2019-05-19 as a result. - renodr
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[606dfd4] | 96 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 97 | <para>
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| 98 | <xref linkend="xorg-vmmouse-driver"/>
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| 99 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 100 | </listitem>
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[191f166] | 101 | -->
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[606dfd4] | 102 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 103 | <para>
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| 104 | <xref linkend="xorg-wacom-driver"/>
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| 105 | </para>
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| 106 | </listitem>
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| 107 | </itemizedlist>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | </sect3>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <sect3 id="xorg-video-drivers">
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| 112 | <title>Xorg Video Drivers</title>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[92d57d6a] | 115 | <listitem>
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| 116 | <para>
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| 117 | <xref linkend="xorg-amdgpu-driver"/>
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 | </listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 120 | <listitem>
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| 121 | <para>
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| 122 | <xref linkend="xorg-ati-driver"/>
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| 123 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 124 | </listitem>
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| 125 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 126 | <para>
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| 127 | <xref linkend="xorg-fbdev-driver"/>
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| 128 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 129 | </listitem>
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| 130 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 131 | <para>
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| 132 | <xref linkend="xorg-intel-driver"/>
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| 133 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 134 | </listitem>
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| 135 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 136 | <para>
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| 137 | <xref linkend="xorg-nouveau-driver"/>
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| 138 | </para>
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[606dfd4] | 139 | </listitem>
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| 140 | <listitem>
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[1f6d75e7] | 141 | <para>
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| 142 | <xref linkend="xorg-vmware-driver"/>
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| 143 | </para>
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| 144 | </listitem>
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| 145 | </itemizedlist>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect3>
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| 148 |
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[a8ece039] | 149 | <sect3 id="hw-video-acceleration">
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| 150 | <title>Hardware Video Acceleration</title>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[308cbf9] | 153 | <listitem>
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| 154 | <para>
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| 155 | <xref linkend="intel-media-driver"/>
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| 156 | </para>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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[5edd53e] | 158 | <listitem>
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| 159 | <para>
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| 160 | <xref linkend="intel-vaapi-driver"/>
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| 161 | </para>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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[a8ece039] | 163 | <listitem>
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| 164 | <para>
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| 165 | <xref linkend="libva"/>
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| 166 | </para>
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| 167 | </listitem>
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| 168 | <listitem>
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| 169 | <para>
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| 170 | <xref linkend="libvdpau"/>
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| 171 | </para>
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[f3429309] | 172 | </listitem>
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[e104a36] | 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>
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| 175 | <xref linkend="libvdpau-va-gl"/>
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| 176 | </para>
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| 177 | </listitem>
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[a8ece039] | 178 | </itemizedlist>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | </sect3>
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| 181 |
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[1f6d75e7] | 182 | </sect2>
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| 183 |
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[b7a67e90] | 184 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[35e960fb] | 185 | href="libevdev.xml"/>
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[b7a67e90] | 186 |
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[ef30906a] | 187 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 188 | href="x7driver-evdev.xml"/>
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| 189 |
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[f97d5f6] | 190 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 191 | href="libinput.xml"/>
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| 192 |
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[57da0547] | 193 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[ef30906a] | 194 | href="x7driver-libinput.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 195 |
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[57da0547] | 196 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 197 | href="x7driver-synaptics.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 198 |
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[191f166] | 199 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 200 | href="x7driver-vmmouse.xml"/> -->
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[1f6d75e7] | 201 |
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[57da0547] | 202 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 203 | href="x7driver-wacom.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 204 |
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[92d57d6a] | 205 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 206 | href="x7driver-amdgpu.xml"/>
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| 207 |
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[57da0547] | 208 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 209 | href="x7driver-ati.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 210 |
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[57da0547] | 211 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 212 | href="x7driver-fbdev.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 213 |
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[57da0547] | 214 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 215 | href="x7driver-intel.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 216 |
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[57da0547] | 217 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 218 | href="x7driver-nouveau.xml"/>
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[1f6d75e7] | 219 |
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[57da0547] | 220 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 221 | href="x7driver-vmware.xml"/>
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[595c08ff] | 222 |
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[308cbf9] | 223 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 224 | href="intel-media-driver.xml"/>
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| 225 |
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[5edd53e] | 226 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 227 | href="intel-vaapi-driver.xml"/>
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| 228 |
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[a8ece039] | 229 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 230 | href="libva.xml"/>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 233 | href="libvdpau.xml"/>
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| 234 |
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[bbb8ccc] | 235 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 236 | href="libvdpau-va-gl.xml"/>
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| 237 |
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[3f72a148] | 238 | </sect1>
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