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7.3 was released on 2007-09-06. 


## Features

* Xorg server 1.4 - see [[Server14Branch|Server14Branch]] for more details.   Highlights: 
      * [[RandR 1.2|Projects/XRandR]]: RandR 1.2 offers output hotplug, as well as on-the-fly output reconfiguration and mode switching. 
      * [[Input hotplug|XInputHotplug]]: 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|http://people.freedesktop.org/~alanc/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|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-June/025744.html]] in font path 
* xdm: Xft support added 

## Download

All source tarballs are available at [[http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.3/src|http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.3/src]] The release notes are available at [[http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.3/doc/RELNOTES.txt|http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.3/doc/RELNOTES.txt]] 


## Security Fixes

* [[CVE-2007-1003/CVE-2007-1351/CVE-2007-1352/CVE-2007-1667|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-April/000286.html]]: various integer overflow vulnerabilites in xserver, libX11 and libXfont 

## New/Updated modules


### app

* [[bdftopcf 1.0.1|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-April/000298.html]] 
* [[iceauth 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-July/000328.html]] 
* [[ico 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-July/000326.html]] 
* [[mkfontdir 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-March/000278.html]] 
* [[setxkbmap 1.0.4|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-July/000327.html]] 
* [[sessreg 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000352.html]] 
* [[xbacklight 1.1|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-June/000310.html]] 
* [[xcalc 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000359.html]] 
* [[xclock 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000333.html]] 
* [[xconsole 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000358.html]] 
* [[xcursorgen 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000356.html]] 
* [[xdm 1.1.6|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000348.html]] 
* [[xdriinfo 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000354.html]] 
* [[xgamma 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000335.html]] 
* [[xhost 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-July/000325.html]] 
* [[xinit 1.0.5|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000380.html]] 
* [[xload 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-March/000279.html]] 
* [[xmag 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000347.html]] 
* [[xman 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000344.html]] 
* [[xmessage 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000339.html]] 
* [[xmodmap 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000334.html]] 
* [[xprop 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000342.html]] 
* [[xrandr 1.2.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-July/000322.html]] 
* [[xrdb 1.0.4|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000345.html]] 
* [[xset 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000366.html]] 
* [[xsetroot 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000338.html]] 
* [[xvinfo 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000349.html]] 
* [[xwininfo 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000365.html]] 

### driver


#### input

* [[xf86-input-acecad 1.2.0|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-April/000301.html]] 
* [[xf86-input-joystick 1.2.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000350.html]] 
* [[xf86-input-keyboard 1.2.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000385.html]] 
* [[xf86-input-mouse 1.2.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000331.html]] 
* [[xf86-input-vmmouse 12.4.1|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-February/000258.html]] 

#### video

* [[xf86-video-glide 1.0.0|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-March/000266.html]] 
* [[xf86-video-intel 2.1.1|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000343.html]] 
* [[xf86-video-nsc 2.8.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000376.html]] 
* [[xf86-video-nv 2.1.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000346.html]] 
* [[xf86-video-savage 2.1.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000351.html]] 
* [[xf86-video-vermilion 1.0.0|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-April/000288.html]] 

### doc

* [[xorg-docs 1.4|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-March/000260.html]] 
* [[xorg-sgml-doctools 1.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-March/000261.html]] 

### lib

* [[libICE 1.0.4|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000355.html]] 
* [[libSM 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-May/000304.html]] 
* [[libX11 1.1.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000332.html]] 
* [[libXaw 1.0.4|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000360.html]] 
* [[libXcomposite 0.4.0|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-July/000320.html]] 
* [[libXcursor 1.1.9|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000364.html]] 
* [[libXdamage 1.1|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-January/000237.html]] 
* [[libXfont 1.3.1|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000383.html]] 
* [[libXi 1.1.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000384.html]] 
* [[libXinerama 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-March/000268.html]] 
* [[libXpm 3.5.7|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000362.html]] 
* [[libXrandr 1.2.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000379.html]] 
* [[libXrender 0.9.4|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000386.html]] 
* [[libXtst 1.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000353.html]] 
* [[libXxf86dga 1.0.2|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000382.html]] 
* [[xtrans 1.0.4|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000361.html]] 

### proto

* [[compositeproto 0.4|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-July/000319.html]] 
* [[damageproto 1.1.0|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-January/000238.html]] 
* [[inputproto 1.4.2.1|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000371.html]] 
* [[randrproto 1.2.1|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-February/000255.html]] 
* [[renderproto 0.9.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-August/000372.html]] 
* [[xf86dgaproto 2.0.3|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-September/000381.html]] 

### util

* [[makedepend 1.0.1|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-March/000277.html]]