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

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