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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | <!ENTITY BLFS76 "https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.6/x/x7driver.html">
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7 |
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8 | ]>
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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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14 | <date>$Date$</date>
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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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20 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">xorg7-driver</primary>
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21 | </indexterm>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2 role="package">
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24 | <title>Introduction to Xorg Drivers</title>
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25 |
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26 | <para>
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27 | The <application>Xorg Drivers</application> page contains the
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28 | instructions for building Xorg drivers that are necessary in order
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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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31 | for Xorg Server to start.
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32 | </para>
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33 |
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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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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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45 | <command>lspci</command> from <xref linkend="pciutils"/>
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46 | to find out which video hardware you have and then look at
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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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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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56 | The latest versions of these drivers may be downloaded from
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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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59 | Instructions for building these now intermittently maintained drivers
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60 | may be found in a
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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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64 |
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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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69 | <listitem>
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70 | <para>
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71 | <xref linkend="libevdev"/>
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72 | </para>
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73 | </listitem>
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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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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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84 | <listitem>
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85 | <para>
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86 | <xref linkend="xorg-libinput-driver"/>
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87 | </para>
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88 | </listitem>
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89 | <listitem>
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90 | <para>
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91 | <xref linkend="xorg-synaptics-driver"/>
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92 | </para>
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93 | </listitem>
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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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99 | <listitem>
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100 | <para>
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101 | <xref linkend="xorg-vmmouse-driver"/>
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102 | </para>
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103 | </listitem>
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104 | -->
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105 | <listitem>
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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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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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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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127 | </listitem>
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128 | <listitem>
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129 | <para>
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130 | <xref linkend="xorg-fbdev-driver"/>
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131 | </para>
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132 | </listitem>
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133 | <listitem>
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134 | <para>
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135 | <xref linkend="xorg-intel-driver"/>
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136 | </para>
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137 | </listitem>
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138 | <listitem>
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139 | <para>
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140 | <xref linkend="xorg-nouveau-driver"/>
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141 | </para>
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142 | </listitem>
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143 | <listitem>
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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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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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165 | </listitem>
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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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171 | </itemizedlist>
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172 |
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173 | </sect3>
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174 |
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175 | </sect2>
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176 |
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177 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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178 | href="libevdev.xml"/>
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179 |
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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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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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186 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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187 | href="x7driver-libinput.xml"/>
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188 |
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189 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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190 | href="x7driver-synaptics.xml"/>
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191 |
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192 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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193 | href="x7driver-vmmouse.xml"/> -->
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194 |
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195 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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196 | href="x7driver-wacom.xml"/>
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197 |
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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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201 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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202 | href="x7driver-ati.xml"/>
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203 |
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204 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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205 | href="x7driver-fbdev.xml"/>
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206 |
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207 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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208 | href="x7driver-intel.xml"/>
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209 |
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210 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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211 | href="x7driver-nouveau.xml"/>
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212 |
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213 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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214 | href="x7driver-vmware.xml"/>
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215 |
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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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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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225 | </sect1>
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