7.3

7.3 was released on 2007-09-06.

This is no longer the current release. For information about the current release, please see Releases/latest.

Features

• Xorg server 1.4 - see Server14Branch for more details. Highlights:
  • RandR 1.2: RandR 1.2 offers output hotplug, as well as on-the-fly output reconfiguration and mode switching.
  • Input hotplug: Input hotplug allows hotplugging of input devices, and also adds enhanced support for touchscreens and tablets, through either HAL or D-Bus.
  • KDrive: Numerous enhancements have been made to the KDrive codebase, including better support for multiple input devices.
  • DTrace: When running on OpenSolaris, DTrace support is available in the X server, allowing detailed accounting of operations inside the server.
  • EXA: A great deal of work has been done on the EXA framework to make it more usable.
• New applications: xbacklight
• New drivers: xf86-video-glide, xf86-video-vermilion
• New man pages for API's: libXinerama, libXcomposite, XKB functions in libX11, Xtest functions in libXtst
• Support for font catalogue directories in font path
• xdm: Xft support added

Download

All source tarballs are available at http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.3/src The release notes are available at http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.3/doc/RELNOTES.txt

Security Fixes

• CVE-2007-1003/CVE-2007-1351/CVE-2007-1352/CVE-2007-1667: various integer overflow vulnerabilites in xserver, libX11 and libXfont

New/Updated modules

app

• bdftopcf 1.0.1
• iceauth 1.0.2
• ico 1.0.2
• mkfontdir 1.0.3
• setxkbmap 1.0.4
• sessreg 1.0.3
• xbacklight 1.1
• xcalc 1.0.2
• xclock 1.0.3
• xconsole 1.0.3
• xcursorgen 1.0.2
• xdm 1.1.6
• xdriinfo 1.0.2
• xgamma 1.0.2
• xhost 1.0.2
• xinit 1.0.5
• xload 1.0.2
• xmag 1.0.2
• xman 1.0.3
• xmessage 1.0.2
• xmodmap 1.0.3
• xprop 1.0.3
• xrandr 1.2.2
• xrdb 1.0.4
• xset 1.0.3
• xsetroot 1.0.2
• xvinfo 1.0.2
• xwininfo 1.0.3

driver

input

• xf86-input-acecad 1.2.0
• xf86-input-joystick 1.2.3
• xf86-input-keyboard 1.2.2
• xf86-input-mouse 1.2.2
• xf86-input-vmmouse 12.4.1

video

• xf86-video-glide 1.0.0
• xf86-video-intel 2.1.1
• xf86-video-nsc 2.8.3
• xf86-video-nv 2.1.3
• xf86-video-savage 2.1.3
• xf86-video-vermilion 1.0.0

doc

• xorg-docs 1.4
• xorg-sgml-doctools 1.2

lib

• libICE 1.0.4
• libSM 1.0.3
• libX11 1.1.3
• libXaw 1.0.4
• libXcomposite 0.4.0
• libXcursor 1.1.9
• libXdamage 1.1
• libXfont 1.3.1
• libXi 1.1.3
• libXinerama 1.0.2
• libXpm 3.5.7
• libXrandr 1.2.2
• libXrender 0.9.4
• libXtst 1.0.3
• libXxf86dga 1.0.2
• xtrans 1.0.4

proto

• compositeproto 0.4
• damageproto 1.1.0
• inputproto 1.4.2.1
• randrproto 1.2.1
• renderproto 0.9.3
• xf86dgaproto 2.0.3

util

• makedepend 1.0.1