[3f72a148] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-download-http "http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-download-ftp "">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-md5sum "http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/x/files/md5sums">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-size "17.3 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-buildsize "53.8 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-time "4.6 SBU">
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| 13 |
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="xorg7-driver" xreflabel="Xorg Drivers">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="x7driver.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy: dj $</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date: 2006-04-15 23:04:51 -0500 (Sat, 15 Apr 2006) $</date>
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| 22 | <!-- <keywordset>
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| 23 | <keyword role="package">X11R&xorg7-version;-src.tar</keyword>
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| 24 | <keyword role="ftpdir">Xorg7</keyword>
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| 25 | </keywordset>
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| 26 | ########## Need a way to fix this on the mirrors ##########
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| 27 | ##### Maybe a single tarball is the way to handle it ######
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| 28 | -->
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| 29 |
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| 30 |
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| 31 | </sect1info>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <title>Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver">
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| 36 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">Xorg Drivers</primary>
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| 37 | </indexterm>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> drivers provide the means
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| 40 | for the xserver to take advantage of installed hardware.</para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&x7drivers-download-http;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&x7drivers-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download MD5 sum: <ulink url="&x7drivers-md5sum;"/></para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Download size: &x7drivers-size;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &x7drivers-buildsize;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>Estimated build time: &x7drivers-time;</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | </itemizedlist>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Drivers Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 67 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="xorg7-server"/></para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 70 | <para><xref linkend="mesalib"/></para>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <sect2>
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| 73 | <title>Downloading Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <para>To download the needed files using <application>wget</application>,
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| 76 | use the following commands:</para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <screen><userinput>wget http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/x/wget/driver.wget &&
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| 79 | mkdir driver &&
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| 80 | cd driver &&
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| 81 | wget -B http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/ -i ../driver.wget</userinput></screen>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | </sect2>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 86 | <title>Installation of Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <warning><para>It is very important not to build display drivers that
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| 89 | cannot be used with your hardware. For instance, do not build Sun drivers
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| 90 | for an x86 PC as the Sun drivers will expect to see SPARC symbols
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| 91 | exported from the kernel. Failure to follow this warning will result
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| 92 | in a display lockup, which requires a hard reboot, when configuring
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| 93 | <application>Xorg</application> for the first time.</para></warning>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <para>Install the drivers by running the following commands for each
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| 96 | package:</para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
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| 99 | --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &&
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| 100 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 103 | user:</para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | </sect2>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 110 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <para><parameter>--with-xorg-module-dir=...</parameter>: This switch
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| 113 | ensures that the drivers are installed into the correct directory.</para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | </sect2>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | </sect1>
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