X.Org Server 1.20.10 Allows For Larger Number Of Input Devices, Present Extension Fixes

Following Tuesday's disclosure of more X.Org Server security bugs, X.Org Server 1.20.10 was released that provides those input fixes plus a number of other patches that have been back-ported and accumulated in the 1.20 series.

With no sign of X.Org Server 1.21 coming, the point releases of the 1.20 series continue with some interesting back-ports. Besides the security fixes, this round includes:

- Bumping the max number of input devices from 40 to 256. The increase of the input device maximum stems from a 2013 bug report reporting issues after creating too many X Input master devices on a nine touchscreen monitor setup. So with users having already been hitting this arbitrary limit, it's now been increased to allow for more input devices.

- An XWayland check around WL_SHELL protocol support for non-rootless operation. There are also other XWayland fixes.

- The GLAMOR and PRESENT extension code also saw some fixes.

The full list of X.Org Server 1.20.10 changes can be found via the release announcement.