On 6 October 2011 23:39, Alan Coopersmith <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/ 6/11 07:54 AM, Michal Suchanek wrote:
>>
>> this patch documents the option introduced in commit 8976e97.
>
>> +++ b/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man
>
> Since the option is in the core server argument processing (os/utils.c,
> not under hw/xfree86/common), it should probably go in man/Xserver.man
> which is referenced for common args from the
> Xorg/Xwin/Xvfb/Xnest/Xephyr/etc.
> man pages.

This updated patch puts the option in the common man page.

Thanks

Michal
From e3ed4ec17739724dee6a939cbb30fba313c511da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michal Suchanek <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:40:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Document the "-background none" option.

---
 man/Xserver.man |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/Xserver.man b/man/Xserver.man
index 1a36b09..68260d2 100644
--- a/man/Xserver.man
+++ b/man/Xserver.man
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ specifies a file which contains a collection of authorization records used
 to authenticate access.  See also the \fIxdm\fP(1) and
 \fIXsecurity\fP(__miscmansuffix__) manual pages.
 .TP 8
+.BI \-background " none"
+If the driver supports it it will be asked to not clear the background on X startup.
+May be useful for smooth transition with eg. fbdev driver.
+For security reasons this is not the default. The screen content might show previous user session.
+.TP 8
 .B \-br
 sets the default root window to solid black instead of the standard root weave
 pattern.   This is the default unless -retro or -wr is specified.
-- 
1.7.6.3

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