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 "ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/driver/">
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9 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-md5sum "&files-anduin;/xorg/md5sums">
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10 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-size "18.7 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-buildsize "60.3 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-time "6.9 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>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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22 | </sect1info>
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23 |
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24 | <title>Xorg Drivers</title>
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25 |
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26 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver">
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27 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">Xorg Drivers</primary>
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28 | </indexterm>
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29 |
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30 | <sect2 role="package">
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31 | <title>Introduction to Xorg Drivers</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> drivers provide the means
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34 | for the xserver to take advantage of installed hardware.</para>
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35 |
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36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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38 | <listitem>
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39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&x7drivers-download-http;"/></para>
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40 | </listitem>
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41 | <listitem>
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42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&x7drivers-download-ftp;"/></para>
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43 | </listitem>
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: <ulink url="&x7drivers-md5sum;"/></para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Download size: &x7drivers-size;</para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &x7drivers-buildsize;</para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Estimated build time: &x7drivers-time;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | </itemizedlist>
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57 |
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58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Drivers Dependencies</bridgehead>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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61 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="xorg7-server"/></para>
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62 |
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63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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64 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="mesalib"/></para>
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65 |
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66 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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67 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Drivers'/></para>
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68 |
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69 | </sect2>
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70 |
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71 | <sect2>
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72 | <title>Downloading Xorg Drivers</title>
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73 |
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74 | <para>To download the needed files using <application>wget</application>,
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75 | use the following commands:</para>
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76 |
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77 | <screen><userinput>wget &files-anduin;/xorg/driver-7.1.wget &&
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78 | mkdir driver &&
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79 | cd driver &&
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80 | wget -B http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/ \
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81 | -i ../driver-7.1.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 | <para>The <application>xf86-input-evdev</application> package installs
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89 | a man page with character encoding not displayable using the
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90 | <application>Man-db</application> package. Issue the following command
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91 | before building the package to change the offending encoding to
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92 | characters <command>man</command> can properly display.</para>
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93 |
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94 | <screen><userinput>sed -i "s/\xc3\xb8/\\\\[\/o]/" man/evdev.man</userinput></screen>
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95 |
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96 | <warning><para>It is very important not to build display drivers that
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97 | cannot be used with your hardware. For instance, do not build Sun drivers
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98 | for an x86 PC as the Sun drivers will expect to see SPARC symbols
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99 | exported from the kernel. Failure to follow this warning will result
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100 | in a display lockup, which requires a hard reboot, when configuring
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101 | <application>Xorg</application> for the first time.</para></warning>
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102 |
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103 | <para>Install the drivers by running the following commands for each
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104 | package:</para>
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105 |
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106 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
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107 | --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &&
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108 | make</userinput></screen>
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109 |
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110 | <para>These packages do not provide test suites.</para>
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111 |
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112 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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113 | user:</para>
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114 |
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115 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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116 |
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117 | </sect2>
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118 |
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119 | <sect2 role="commands">
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120 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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121 |
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122 | <para><parameter>--with-xorg-module-dir=...</parameter>: This switch
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123 | ensures that the drivers are installed into the correct directory.</para>
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124 |
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125 | </sect2>
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126 |
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127 | </sect1>
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