7.5

X11R7.5 was released on October 26, 2009.

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

Release notes, changelogs, downloads, etc. are available at http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.5/

Features Added/Enhanced

• Xserver build no longer needs to symlink to Mesa sources
• MPX: Multi-Pointer X (PeterHutterer)
• E-EDID support (AdamJackson)
• Input device properties (PeterHutterer)
• predictable pointer acceleration (SimonThum)
• xorg-server 1.7.0
• Add SELinux security module which uses XACE (EamonWalsh).
• RandR 1.3 (KeithPackard)

Features Removed

• X server libraries: cfb, afb, mfb/xf1bpp
• X server support for obsolete/unused/broken/unmaintained extensions: AppGroup, EVI, MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD, TOG-CUP, XTrap, XFree86-Misc, XEvIE
• X server command line flags: -co, -bestrefresh, -showunresolved
• X server bundled utilties: xorgconfig, xorgcfg, ioport, kbd_mode
• Unmaintained X server variants: Xgl, Xprt (moved to separate xprint git repo)

Modules included

Module List

New/updated modules

These are just listed for easy reference here, the above link is the canonical list. Only the release announcement for the version included in X11R7.5 is listed here. Some modules had multiple releases since X11R7.4 - see each module's ChangeLog or git repository for a full list of changes.

New/Updated Modules

xserver

• xorg-server-1.7.1

app

• bdftopcf-1.0.2
• iceauth-1.0.3
• luit-1.0.4
• mkfontdir-1.0.5
• mkfontscale-1.0.7
• sessreg-1.0.5
• setxkbmap-1.1.0
• smproxy-1.0.3
• x11perf-1.5.1
• xauth-1.0.4
• xbacklight-1.1.1
• xcmsdb-1.0.2
• xcursorgen-1.0.3
• xdpyinfo-1.1.0
• xdriinfo-1.0.3
• xev-1.0.4
• xgamma-1.0.3
• xhost-1.0.3
• xinput-1.5.0
• xkbcomp-1.1.1
• xkbevd-1.1.0
• xkbutils-1.0.2
• xkill-1.0.2
• xlsatoms-1.0.2
• xlsclients-1.0.2
• xmodmap-1.0.4
• xpr-1.0.3
• xprop-1.1.0
• xrandr-1.3.2
• xrdb-1.0.6
• xrefresh-1.0.3
• xset-1.1.0
• xsetroot-1.0.3
• xvinfo-1.1.0
• xwd-1.0.3
• xwininfo-1.0.5
• xwud-1.0.2

data

• xbitmaps-1.1.0
• xcursor-themes-1.0.2

doc

• xorg-docs-1.5
• xorg-sgml-doctools-1.3

driver

input

• xf86-input-acecad-1.4.0
• xf86-input-aiptek-1.3.0
• xf86-input-evdev-2.3.0
• xf86-input-joystick-1.4.99.2
• xf86-input-keyboard-1.4.0
• xf86-input-mouse-1.5.0
• xf86-input-synaptics-1.2.0
• xf86-input-vmmouse-12.6.5
• xf86-input-void-1.3.0

video

• xf86-video-apm-1.2.2
• xf86-video-ark-0.7.2
• xf86-video-ast-0.89.9
• xf86-video-ati-6.12.4 (see also radeon)
• xf86-video-chips-1.2.2
• xf86-video-cirrus-1.3.2
• xf86-video-dummy-0.3.2
• xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.1
• xf86-video-geode-2.11.6
• xf86-video-glide-1.0.3
• xf86-video-glint-1.2.4
• xf86-video-i128-1.3.3
• xf86-video-i740-1.3.2
• xf86-video-intel-2.9.1
• xf86-video-mach64-6.8.2
• xf86-video-mga-1.4.11
• xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.4
• xf86-video-newport-0.2.3
• xf86-video-nv-2.1.15
• xf86-video-r128-6.8.1
• xf86-video-rendition-4.2.3
• xf86-video-s3-0.6.3
• xf86-video-s3virge-1.10.4
• xf86-video-savage-2.3.1
• xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.3
• xf86-video-sis-0.10.2
• xf86-video-sisusb-0.9.3
• xf86-video-suncg14-1.1.1
• xf86-video-suncg3-1.1.1
• xf86-video-suncg6-1.1.1
• xf86-video-sunffb-1.2.1
• xf86-video-suntcx-1.1.1
• xf86-video-tdfx-1.4.3
• xf86-video-tga-1.2.1
• xf86-video-trident-1.3.3
• xf86-video-tseng-1.2.3
• xf86-video-vesa-2.2.1
• xf86-video-vmware-10.16.8
• xf86-video-voodoo-1.2.3
• xf86-video-wsfb-0.3.0
• xf86-video-xgi-1.5.1
• xf86-video-xgixp-1.7.99.4

font

• font-util-1.1.1
• All font modules

lib

• libAppleWM-1.4.0
• libFS-1.0.2
• libICE-1.0.6
• libSM-1.1.1
• libWindowsWM-1.0.1
• libX11-1.3.2
• libXScrnSaver-1.2.0
• libXau-1.0.5
• libXaw-1.0.7
• libXcomposite-0.4.1
• libXcursor-1.1.10
• libXdamage-1.1.2
• libXdmcp-1.0.3
• libXext-1.1.1
• libXfixes-4.0.4
• libXfont-1.4.1
• libXft-2.1.14
• libXi-1.3
• libXinerama-1.1
• libXmu-1.0.5
• libXpm-3.5.8
• libXrandr-1.3.0
• libXrender-0.9.5
• libXres-1.0.4
• libXt-1.0.7
• libXtst-1.1.0
• libXv-1.0.5
• libXvMC-1.0.5
• libXxf86dga-1.1.1
• libXxf86vm-1.1.0
• libdmx-1.1.0
• libfontenc-1.0.5
• libpciaccess-0.10.9
• libxkbfile-1.0.6
• xtrans-1.2.5

proto

• applewmproto-1.4.1
• bigreqsproto-1.1.0
• compositeproto-0.4.1
• damageproto-1.2.0
• dmxproto-2.3
• dri2proto-2.1
• fixesproto-4.1.1
• fontsproto-2.1.0
• glproto-1.4.10
• inputproto-2.0
• kbproto-1.0.4
• randrproto-1.3.1
• recordproto-1.14
• renderproto-0.11
• resourceproto-1.1.0
• scrnsaverproto-1.2.0
• videoproto-2.3.0
• windowswmproto-1.0.4
• xcmiscproto-1.2.0
• xextproto-7.1.1
• xf86bigfontproto-1.2.0
• xf86dgaproto-2.1
• xf86driproto-2.1.0
• xf86vidmodeproto-2.3
• xineramaproto-1.2
• xproto-7.0.16

util

• makedepend-1.0.2
• util-macros-1.3.0