Xorg server version?

[Marko Vojinovic]

On Friday 26 March 2010 04:53:47 Ed Greshko wrote:
> OK, I'm confused....
> 
> On F12 yum info for xorg-x11-server-Xorg shows...
> 
> Name       : xorg-x11-server-Xorg
> Version    : 1.7.6
> Summary    : Xorg X server
> URL        : http://www.x.org
> 
> When going go http://www.x.org one reads....
> 
> The current X.Org release is X11R7.5
> <http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.5>. The next major release will be
> X11R7.6 <http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.6>.
> 
> How does 1.7.6 compare with 7.5 or 7.6?

In short, X.Org != X.Org *server*. The X.Org is "protocol version 11, release  
7.5", which contains (among other things) the server, version 1.7.6. The catch 
is that the actual server executable is also called Xorg. ;-)

$ Xorg -version

X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: x86-01 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5 
Current Operating System: Linux Yoda 2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Mar 3 
04:40:41 UTC 2010 x86_64
Kernel command line: ro root=UUID=a5f1f1b6-ba0b-4a74-bb1c-46a582befe99 noiswmd 
LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb 
quiet
Build Date: 17 March 2010  03:15:49AM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.7.6-1.fc12 
Current version of pixman: 0.16.6

I would compare that to opensuse output.

HTH, :-)
Marko