Bug 7220

Summary:	Xserver doesn't report of its version number
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	E L <elylevy>
Component:	Server/General	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description E L 2006-06-14 03:06:17 UTC

This problem is actualy splited into two:
First the server doesn't report of its version when you do X -version
which can be rather annoying for users.
The second is the lack of ability of programs to query for the server version
maybe a getServerVersion function should be added to Xfixes

Ely

Comment 1 Alan Coopersmith 2006-06-14 08:33:49 UTC

The server vendor name & version number is built into the core protocol.
Ever look at xdpyinfo output?   Look at the "vendor string" and 
"vendor release number" fields - which come from ServerVendor(display) &
VendorRelease(display) which any Xlib program can call.

Comment 2 Adam Jackson 2006-10-12 18:39:21 UTC

Not a bug, this information is present both in X -version output and in the
initial connection handshake.

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