Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 4.4.0 : Summary of new features in 4.4.0.
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2. Summary of new features in 4.4.0.

This is a sampling of the new features in XFree86 4.4.0. A more complete list of changes can be found in the CHANGELOG that is part of the XFree86 source tree. It can also be viewed online at our CVSweb server.

2.1. Security Updates

The following security issues have been fixed in this release:

2.2. Video Driver Enhancements

2.3. Input Driver Enhancements

2.4. IPv6 support

XFree86 4.4 supports IPv6, based on the code contributed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. to X.Org. See X.org's document for a detailed list of what these changes are and how your system is affected by them.

2.4.1. Protocol names and aliases.

You can force the X server to only listen to IPv4 connections with the X -nolisten inet6 command or you can force a IPv6 connection by setting DISPLAY to inet6/host:0.

2.4.2. XDM

The IPv6 XDMCP code is not enabled by default on platforms that don't support binding a IPv6 socket to a IPv4 address.

The XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 authentication scheme does not support IPv6 addresses but a new release of the protocol, XDM-AUTHORIZATION-2 has been designed; this though is yet to be implemented. By default XFree86 builds do not enable the XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 code.

2.5. X Server and Extension Updates

2.6. Client and Library Updates

2.6.1. Xterm

The user-visible changes to xterm since XFree86 4.3 are:

Bug Fixes:

New Features:

Improved Locale Support:

Improved Font Handling:

Workarounds for Special Applications:

Modified Resources:

Modified terminfo/termcap entries:

2.7. I18N and Font Updates

2.8. OS Support Updates


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