How to find out xorg version? or "what's my xorg version?"

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ATI docs says i need:

XOrg 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 or 7.6

Xorg -version says:

X.Org X Server 1.11.1.902(1.11.2 RC 2)
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X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[...]
xorg-server 2:1.11.1.902-1

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '17 at 17:57

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On Ubuntu 16.04, I used:

sudo X -version

answered Dec 01 '17 at 17:57

user1383029

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Something wrong with that? Why did I get a -1? – user1383029 Dec 03 '17 at 20:04
No idea who downvoted you, but this seems the simplest answer. Thanks! – demaniak Jan 30 '23 at 13:48

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '11 at 01:15

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You can take a look at the version reported in your packaging system, in Debian:

$ apt-cache show xserver-xorg | grep Version
Version: 1:7.5+8

In this example the version should be 7.5.

answered Dec 10 '11 at 01:15

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in debian testing it's `2:1.11.something`... i just wiped it out and am installing -stable. if i have any lucky with radeon card i will not miss much the awesomeness in -test. – gcb Dec 10 '11 at 05:14
I'd rather use `dpkg -p xserver-xorg` which shows what actually installed instead of the querying the remote. – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Jul 25 '15 at 10:49
This gives me version of an old xserver, although i running a new one. I posted in a new answer how I got it on a up to date Ubuntu system – user1383029 Dec 01 '17 at 17:58
In my ubuntu `22.04` the above shows: `1:7.7+23ubuntu2` while `sudo X -version` and `head /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep xorg-server` show `2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2.5`. – Marinos An Feb 02 '23 at 08:54

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '11 at 01:12

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It is a bit confusing, because the official documentation refers to the latest versions as X11R7.6 and XServer 1.9. Based on these numbers, you are running "X.Org 7.6" as your X.Org Server is at version 1.11.1.902.

answered Dec 10 '11 at 01:12

iglvzx

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ok, not as simple! just found out the hard way that ATI's catalyst drivers are NOT compatible with X11, even if it's technically "7.6" – gcb Dec 11 '11 at 07:14

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 10 '11 at 01:14

Short answer: 7.6.

X is split up into separate repositories for each component since X11R7.0. The releases is a bunch of module versions known to work together and combined into one set. Individual components changes much more often.

The latest XOrg release, X11R7.6, included xorg-server 1.9.3.

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 29 '21 at 11:42

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One way is looking at the log file to which the version is printed when the server starts:

head /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep xorg-server

answered Apr 29 '21 at 11:42

Marinos An

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This has the benefit of also showing you display driver details etc, which is also handy in debugging issues. – demaniak Jan 30 '23 at 13:50

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 30 '23 at 13:49

This link provides a few options: https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX221802/how-to-check-your-current-xorg-version

Ubuntu: dpkg -l |grep xserver-xorg-core

RHEL/CentOS : rpm -qa |grep xorg-x11-server-Xorg

SUSE: rpm -qa |grep xorg-x11-server

The Ubuntu command worked for me. But the answer provided by @user1383029 seems to be the simplest and clearest.

How to find out xorg version? or "what's my xorg version?"

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