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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/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 xfree86-download-http "http://gnu.kookel.org/ftp/XFree86/4.4.0/source/">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY xfree86-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/source/">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY xfree86-size "52 MB">
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[df3a050] | 10 | <!ENTITY xfree86-buildsize "775 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY xfree86-time "11.6 SBU">
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[feeb99a] | 12 | ]>
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| 13 |
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[b9ad2f9a] | 14 | <sect1 id="xfree86" xreflabel="XFree86-&xfree86-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 15 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 18 | </sect1info>
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[19aa75a] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="xfree86.html" ?>
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[f45b1953] | 20 | <title>XFree86-&xfree86-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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[feeb99a] | 22 | <sect2>
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| 23 | <title>Introduction to <application>XFree86</application></title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para><application>XFree86</application> is a freely redistributable
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| 26 | open-source implementation of the <application>X</application> Window System.
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| 27 | <application>XFree86</application> provides a client/server interface between
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| 28 | display hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop
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| 29 | environment, while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a
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| 30 | standardized application interface (<acronym>API</acronym>).</para>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 33 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[47603ac1] | 34 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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| 35 | <ulink url="&xfree86-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 36 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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| 37 | <ulink url="&xfree86-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 38 | <listitem><para>Download size:
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| 39 | &xfree86-size;</para></listitem>
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| 40 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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| 41 | &xfree86-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 43 | &xfree86-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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[feeb99a] | 44 | </sect3>
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| 45 |
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[89a0adcf] | 46 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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| 47 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 48 | <listitem><para>Security patch: <ulink
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| 49 | url="http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch"/>
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| 50 | </para></listitem>
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| 51 | </itemizedlist></sect3>
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| 52 |
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[feeb99a] | 53 | <sect3><title><application>XFree86</application> dependencies</title>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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| 56 | <para><xref linkend="libpng"/></para>
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| 57 | </sect4>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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[da4aff6] | 60 | <para><xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>; the
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[df4e00d] | 61 | following packages are included in the <application>XFree86</application>
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| 62 | package, however they are updated more often than the
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| 63 | <application>XFree86</application> package and are highly recommended:
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[20f1da7] | 64 | <xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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| 65 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 66 |
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| 67 | <note><para>If you choose not to install <application>expat</application>,
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[20f1da7] | 68 | <application>freetype2</application>, and <application>fontconfig</application>,
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| 69 | the <filename>host.def</filename> file below will have to be modified to
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[feeb99a] | 70 | instruct <application>XFree86</application> to build them.</para></note>
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| 71 | </sect4>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | </sect3>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <sect3><title>Download Instructions</title>
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| 76 |
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[20f1da7] | 77 | <para>There are several files that need to be fetched from the download
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| 78 | location:</para>
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[feeb99a] | 79 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 80 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-1.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 81 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-2.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 82 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-3.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 83 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-4.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 84 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-5.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 85 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-6.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 86 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-7.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 87 | </itemizedlist>
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| 88 |
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[20f1da7] | 89 | <para>The first three packages are the <application>XFree86</application>
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| 90 | programs, the fourth and fifth are fonts, the sixth is normal documentation,
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| 91 | and the seventh is hardcopy documentation. There are also two packages
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| 92 | <filename>doctools-1.3.1.tgz</filename>, which contain programs to regenerate
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| 93 | hardcopy documentation, and <filename>utils-1.1.0.tgz</filename>, which contain
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[feeb99a] | 94 | <application><acronym>GNU</acronym> <acronym>TAR</acronym></application>
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| 95 | and <application>zlib</application> which are already installed on an
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| 96 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> system.</para>
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| 97 |
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[20f1da7] | 98 | <para>To check your downloads for integrity, download the
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| 99 | <filename>SUMS.md5sum</filename> file. Then:</para>
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[feeb99a] | 100 |
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| 101 | <screen><userinput><command>md5sum -c SUMS.md5sum</command></userinput></screen>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <para>The only errors you should see are for <filename>README</filename>,
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| 104 | <filename>doctools-1.3.1.tgz</filename>, and
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| 105 | <filename>utils-1.1.0.tgz</filename> files if you did not download them.</para>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <!--
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| 108 | <para>The fixes subdirectory also has a <filename>SUMS.md5sum</filename>. Note that
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| 109 | this is the same filename as the sums for the main sources, so you need to rename the
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| 110 | file if you download it. Otherwise, you can just look at it and use it to
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| 111 | check against the patch files:</para>
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| 112 | <screen><userinput><command>md5sum 4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff.gz</command></userinput>
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| 113 | <userinput><command>md5sum fontfile.diff</command></userinput></screen>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <para>After unpacking the <filename>X430src-?.tgz</filename> files and uncompressing the
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| 116 | diff file, change to the <filename class="directory">xc</filename> directory and run:</para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff</command></userinput>
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| 119 | <userinput><command>pushd lib/font/fontfile/</command></userinput>
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| 120 | <userinput><command>patch -N -i ../../../../fontfile.diff</command></userinput>
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| 121 | <userinput><command>popd</command></userinput></screen>
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| 122 | -->
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| 123 |
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| 124 | </sect3>
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| 125 | </sect2>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <sect2>
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| 128 | <title>Installation of <application>XFree86</application></title>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <sect3>
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| 131 | <title>Kernel Compilation Settings</title>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>If you have an Intel P6 (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later), it is
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| 134 | recommended that you compile <acronym>MTRR</acronym> (Memory Type Range
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| 135 | Registers) support into the kernel. The kernel can map Cyrix and AMD
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| 136 | <acronym>CPU</acronym>s to the <acronym>MTRR</acronym> interface, so selecting
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| 137 | this option is useful for those processors also. This option is found in the
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| 138 | "Processor type and features" menu. It can increase performance of image write
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| 139 | operations 2.5 times or more on <acronym>PCI</acronym> or
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| 140 | <acronym>AGP</acronym> video cards.</para>
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| 141 |
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[20f1da7] | 142 | <para>In the "Character Devices" section, enable <acronym>AGP</acronym> Support
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| 143 | and select the chipset support on your motherboard. If you do not know the
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| 144 | chipset, you may select all the chip types at the expense of extra kernel size.
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| 145 | You can usually determine your motherboard's chipset by running the command
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| 146 | <command>lspci</command>, a program from the <xref linkend="pciutils"/> package.
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| 147 | </para>
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[feeb99a] | 148 |
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| 149 | <para>In the "Character Devices" section, <emphasis>disable</emphasis> Direct
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| 150 | Rendering Manager unless you have a Direct Rendering Infrastructure
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[20f1da7] | 151 | (<acronym>DRI</acronym>) supported video card. A complete list of
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| 152 | <acronym>DRI</acronym> supported video cards can be found at
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| 153 | <ulink url="http://dri.sourceforge.net" /> in the Status section. Currently,
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[feeb99a] | 154 | supported cards include those from 3dfx (Voodoo, Banshee), 3Dlabs,
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[20f1da7] | 155 | ATI (Rage Pro, Rage 128, Radeon 7X00, Radeon 2), Intel (i810, i815), and
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[41605391] | 156 | Matrox (G200, G400, G450).</para>
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[feeb99a] | 157 |
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| 158 | <para>Additionally NVidia provides their own closed source binary drivers,
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[20f1da7] | 159 | which do not make use of <acronym>DRI</acronym>. If you intend to use these
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| 160 | drivers, do not enable <acronym>DRI</acronym>.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 161 |
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[41605391] | 162 | <para>If you made any changes to the kernel configuration, recompile and
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| 163 | install the new kernel.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 164 |
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[20f1da7] | 165 | <note><para>If you build <application>XFree86</application> in a
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| 166 | <command>chroot</command> environment, make sure the kernel version of the base
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[41605391] | 167 | system and the target system are the same.</para>
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[20f1da7] | 168 | </note>
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[feeb99a] | 169 |
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| 170 | </sect3>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <sect3><title>Creating <filename>host.def</filename></title>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <para>Although <application>XFree86</application> will compile without a
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[20f1da7] | 175 | <filename>host.def</filename> file, the following file is recommended for
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| 176 | customizing the installation. Start from the
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| 177 | <filename class="directory">xc</filename> directory.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 178 |
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| 179 | <note><para>The <filename>host.def</filename> file is a
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[20f1da7] | 180 | <application>C</application> file, not the usual configuration file. If you
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| 181 | make any changes, be sure the comment characters (<userinput>/*</userinput>
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| 182 | and <userinput>*/</userinput>) are balanced. Most of the entries in the file
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| 183 | below are commented out with the default settings shown.</para></note>
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[feeb99a] | 184 |
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| 185 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > config/cf/host.def << "EOF"</command>
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| 186 | /* Begin XFree86 host.def file */
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| 187 |
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| 188 | /* System Related Information. If you read and configure only one
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[47603ac1] | 189 | * section then it should be this one. The Intel architecture defaults
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| 190 | * are set for a i686 and higher. Axp is for the Alpha architecture
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| 191 | * and Ppc is for the Power PC. Note that there have been reports that
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| 192 | * the Ppc optimization line causes segmentation faults during build.
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| 193 | * If that happens, try building without the DefaultGcc2PpcOpt line. */
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[feeb99a] | 194 |
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| 195 | /* #define DefaultGcc2i386Opt -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=i686 */
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| 196 | /* #define DefaultGcc2AxpOpt -O2 -mcpu=ev6 */
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| 197 | /* #define DefaultGcc2PpcOpt -O2 -mcpu=750 */
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| 198 |
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[47603ac1] | 199 | /* The following definitions are normally set properly by XFree86's
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| 200 | * scripts. You can uncomment them if you want to make sure. *********/
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[feeb99a] | 201 |
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[47603ac1] | 202 | /* #define HasMTRRSupport YES */ /* Enabled in kernel; */
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| 203 | /* see kernel docs */
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[feeb99a] | 204 | /* #define HasMMXSupport NO */ /* Any i586 or above */
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| 205 | /* #define HasKatmaiSupport NO */ /* PIII SSE instructions */
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| 206 | /* #define Has3DNowSupport NO */ /* AMD instructions */
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| 207 |
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| 208 |
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[47603ac1] | 209 | /* This setting reduces compile time a little by omitting rarely used
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| 210 | * input devices. You can find the complete list in
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| 211 | * config/cf/xfree86.cf *********************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 212 |
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| 213 | #define XInputDrivers mouse void
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| 214 |
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[47603ac1] | 215 | /* VIDEO DRIVERS ****************************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 216 |
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[47603ac1] | 217 | /* If you are sure you only want the drivers for one or a few video
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| 218 | * cards, you can delete the drivers you do not want. ***************/
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[feeb99a] | 219 |
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| 220 |
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| 221 | #define XF86CardDrivers mga glint nv tga s3 s3virge sis rendition \
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| 222 | neomagic i740 tdfx savage \
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| 223 | cirrus vmware tseng trident chips apm \
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| 224 | GlideDriver fbdev i128 nsc \
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| 225 | ati i810 AgpGartDrivers DevelDrivers ark \
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| 226 | cyrix siliconmotion \
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| 227 | vesa vga \
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| 228 | dummy XF86OSCardDrivers XF86ExtraCardDrivers
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| 229 |
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| 230 |
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[47603ac1] | 231 | /* USER AND SYSTEM DEFAULT PATHS *************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 232 |
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[47603ac1] | 233 | /* These settings set the PATH variables used by xdm. See README for */
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| 234 | /* detailed description and modify the following as per your need. ***/
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[feeb99a] | 235 |
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[47603ac1] | 236 | /* #define DefaultSystemPath \
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| 237 | /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin */
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[feeb99a] | 238 | /* #define DefaultUserPath /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin */
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| 239 |
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[47603ac1] | 240 | /* FONT SERVER AND LIBRARY SETTINGS **********************************/
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[feeb99a] | 241 |
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[47603ac1] | 242 | /* These settings are the defaults **********************************/
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[feeb99a] | 243 |
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[47603ac1] | 244 | /* #define BuildFontServer YES */ /*For Ghostscript Print Server*/
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| 245 | /* #define SharedLibFont YES */
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| 246 | /* #define CompressAllFonts YES */
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| 247 | /* #define GzipFontCompression YES */
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[feeb99a] | 248 |
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[47603ac1] | 249 | /* These settings ensure we use our libraries ************************/
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[feeb99a] | 250 | #define HasFreetype2 YES
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| 251 | #define HasFontconfig YES
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| 252 | #define HasExpat YES
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| 253 | #define HasLibpng YES
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| 254 | #define HasZlib YES
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| 255 |
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[47603ac1] | 256 | /* The font path can be redefined in the XF86Config file *************/
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[feeb99a] | 257 |
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| 258 | /*
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[47603ac1] | 259 | #define DefaultFontPath $(FONTDIR)/misc/,$(FONTDIR)/75dpi/,\
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[feeb99a] | 260 | $(FONTDIR)/100dpi/,$(FONTDIR)/Type1,$(FONTDIR)/local,\
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| 261 | $(FONTDIR)/TrueType,$(FONTDIR)/CID,$(FONTDIR)/Speedo
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| 262 | */
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| 263 |
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| 264 |
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[47603ac1] | 265 | /* INTERNATIONAL FONTS. Change to YES if you need any of them. These
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| 266 | * are the defaults. **************************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 267 |
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| 268 | /* #define BuildCyrillicFonts NO */
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| 269 | /* #define BuildArabicFonts NO */
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| 270 | /* #define BuildISO8859_6Fonts NO */
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| 271 | /* #define BuildGreekFonts NO */
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| 272 | /* #define BuildISO8859_7Fonts NO */
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| 273 | /* #define BuildHebrewFonts NO */
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| 274 | /* #define BuildISO8859_8Fonts NO */
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| 275 | /* #define BuildKOI8_RFonts NO */
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| 276 | /* #define BuildJapaneseFonts NO */
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| 277 | /* #define BuildJISX0201Fonts NO */
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| 278 | /* #define BuildKoreanFonts NO */
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| 279 | /* #define BuildChineseFonts NO */
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| 280 |
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[47603ac1] | 281 | /* DOCUMENTATION SETTINGS ********************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 282 |
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[47603ac1] | 283 | /* These setting are the defaults. ***********************************/
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[feeb99a] | 284 |
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[47603ac1] | 285 | /* #define BuildLinuxDocHtml NO */ /* X Docs in Html format */
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| 286 | /* #define BuildLinuxDocPS NO */ /* PostScript format */
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| 287 | /* #define BuildAllSpecsDocs NO */ /* Various docs */
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| 288 | /* #define BuildHtmlManPages NO */
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[feeb99a] | 289 |
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| 290 | /* GENERAL SETTINGS: You generally want to leave these alone when
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[47603ac1] | 291 | * building X on an LFS system ***************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 292 |
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| 293 | #define GccWarningOptions -pipe /* Speed up compiles */
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| 294 | #define TermcapLibrary -lncurses
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| 295 | #define XprtServer YES /* Needed by realplayer */
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| 296 | #define XnestServer YES
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| 297 | #define XAppLoadDir EtcX11Directory/app-defaults
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| 298 | #define VarLibDir /var/lib
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| 299 | #define XFree86Devel NO
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| 300 | #define FSUseSyslog YES
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| 301 | #define ThreadedX YES
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| 302 | #define HasPam NO
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[47603ac1] | 303 | #define SystemManDirectory /usr/share/man /*Instead of /usr/man*/
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[feeb99a] | 304 | #define HasLibCrypt YES
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| 305 | #define InstallXinitConfig YES
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| 306 | #define InstallXdmConfig YES
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| 307 | #define ForceNormalLib YES
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| 308 | #define BuildSpecsDocs NO
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| 309 |
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| 310 | /* End XFree86 host.def file */
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| 311 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <para>Edit the file for your hardware and desires.</para>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | </sect3>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | <sect3>
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| 318 | <title>Build Commands</title>
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[89a0adcf] | 319 |
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| 320 | <para>Some vulnerabilities were reported in <filename
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| 321 | class="libraryfile">libXpm</filename>. A remote user may be able to
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| 322 | execute arbitrary code on applications that use <filename
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[de241c96] | 323 | class="libraryfile">libXpm</filename>. The <application>Xorg</application>
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[89a0adcf] | 324 | team released a patch for their version 6.8.0 but it works for
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| 325 | <application>XFree86</application> as well. Apply the patch:</para>
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| 326 |
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| 327 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch</command></userinput></screen>
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| 328 |
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[20f1da7] | 329 | <para>Install <application>XFree86</application> by running the following
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| 330 | commands:</para>
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[feeb99a] | 331 |
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[df3a050] | 332 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s@#include <linux/config.h>@/* & */@" \
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| 333 | `grep -lr linux/config.h *` &&
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[47603ac1] | 334 | ( make WORLDOPTS="" World 2>&1 | \
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| 335 | tee xfree-compile.log && exit $PIPESTATUS ) &&
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[feeb99a] | 336 | make install &&
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| 337 | make install.man &&
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| 338 | ln -sf ../X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11 &&
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[41605391] | 339 | ln -sf ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
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| 340 | ln -sf ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</command></userinput></screen>
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[feeb99a] | 341 |
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| 342 | </sect3>
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| 343 |
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| 344 | </sect2>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <sect2>
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| 347 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 348 |
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[20f1da7] | 349 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s@#include <linux/config.h>@...</command>: The
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| 350 | <application>Linux-Libc-Headers</application> package installed in
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| 351 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> installs a
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| 352 | <filename>/usr/include/linux/config.h</filename> file which is not compatible
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| 353 | with userspace applications. The recommended fix for applications including
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| 354 | this file is to remove it (see <ulink
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| 355 | url="http://ep09.pld-linux.org/~mmazur/linux-libc-headers/doc/FAQ">
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| 356 | linux-libc-headers FAQ</ulink>). The <command>sed</command> uses
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| 357 | <command>grep -lr</command> to replace all occurences. If you desire, just
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| 358 | remove (comment) the line in the appropriate video driver file if you
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| 359 | customized <filename>host.def</filename>.
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| 360 | </para>
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| 361 |
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[feeb99a] | 362 | <para><command>( make WORLDOPTS="" World 2>&1 | tee xfree-compile.log
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| 363 | && exit $PIPESTATUS )</command>:
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[20f1da7] | 364 | This command runs multiple <filename>Makefile</filename>s to completely rebuild
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| 365 | the system. <envar>WORLDOPTS</envar>="" disables the default setting to
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| 366 | continue after encountering an error. <parameter>2>&1</parameter>
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| 367 | redirects error messages to the same location as standard output. The
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| 368 | <command>tee</command> command allows viewing of the output while logging the
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| 369 | results to a file. The parentheses around the command runs the entire comand in
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| 370 | a subshell and finally the <command>exit $PIPESTATUS</command> ensures the
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| 371 | result of the <command>make</command> is returned as the result and not the
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| 372 | result of the <command>tee</command> command.</para>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | <note><para>When rebuilding <application>XFree86</application>, a separate
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| 375 | command that may be used if only minor changes are made to the sources is
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| 376 | <command>make Everything</command>. This does not automatically remove
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| 377 | generated files and only rebuilds those files or programs that are out
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[feeb99a] | 378 | of date.</para></note>
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| 379 |
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| 380 | <para><screen><command>ln -sf ../X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11
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[41605391] | 381 | ln -sf ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11
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| 382 | ln -sf ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</command></screen>
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[feeb99a] | 383 | These commands are present to enable other (broken) packages to build
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[20f1da7] | 384 | against <application>XFree86</application>, even though the Filesystem
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| 385 | Hierarchy Standard says: "In general, software must not be installed or
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| 386 | managed via the above symbolic links. They are intended for utilization by
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| 387 | users only."</para>
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[feeb99a] | 388 |
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| 389 | </sect2>
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| 390 |
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| 391 | <sect2>
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| 392 | <title>Configuring <application>XFree86</application></title>
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| 393 |
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| 394 | <para>Edit <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and add
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| 395 | <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib</filename>.
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[20f1da7] | 396 | Run: </para>
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| 397 | <screen><userinput><command>ldconfig</command></userinput></screen>
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[feeb99a] | 398 |
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[41605391] | 399 | <para>Ensure <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/bin</filename>
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| 400 | and <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</filename>
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| 401 | are added to your <envar>PATH</envar> and <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar>
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| 402 | environment variables, respectively. Instructions for doing this are
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[20f1da7] | 403 | described in the section "<xref linkend='postlfs-config-profile'/>."</para>
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[feeb99a] | 404 |
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| 405 | <para>Create the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file with:
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| 406 | <screen><userinput><command>cd ~
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| 407 | XFree86 -configure</command></userinput></screen>
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| 408 | The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the monitor. This
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| 409 | command will create a file, <filename>XF86Config.new</filename> in your home
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| 410 | directory.</para>
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| 411 |
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| 412 | <para>Edit <filename>XF86Config.new</filename> to suit your system. The
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[20f1da7] | 413 | details of the file are located in the man page
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| 414 | <command>man XF86Config</command>. Some things you may want to do are:</para>
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[feeb99a] | 415 |
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| 416 | <itemizedlist>
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| 417 |
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| 418 | <listitem><para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
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| 419 | You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system normally
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| 420 | comes up closer to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove some font
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| 421 | directories completely.</para></listitem>
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| 422 |
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[41605391] | 423 | <listitem><para>Section "Module". If you are going to install NVidia
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[de241c96] | 424 | drivers, remove the "dri" line.</para></listitem>
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[41605391] | 425 |
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| 426 | <listitem><para>Sections "InputDevice". Specify the
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| 427 | <parameter>Device</parameter> parameter to "/dev/input/mice" and
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| 428 | <parameter>Protocol</parameter> to "auto" to set up your mouse. You may
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| 429 | also want to change the keyboard autorepeat rate by adding
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| 430 | <parameter>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</parameter>.</para></listitem>
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| 431 |
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[20f1da7] | 432 | <listitem><para>Section "Monitor". Specify the
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| 433 | <parameter>VertRefresh</parameter> and <parameter>HorizSync</parameter> values
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| 434 | if the system does not automatically detect the monitor and its values.</para>
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| 435 | </listitem>
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[feeb99a] | 436 |
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| 437 | <listitem><para>Section "Device". You may want to set some of the options
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| 438 | available for your selected video driver. A description of the driver
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| 439 | parameters is in the man page for your driver.</para></listitem>
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| 440 |
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| 441 | <listitem><para>Section "Screen". Add a DefaultDepth statement such
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| 442 | as: <parameter>DefaultDepth 16</parameter>. In the SubSection for your
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[20f1da7] | 443 | default depth, add a modes line such as:
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| 444 | <parameter> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"</parameter>. The first mode listed
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| 445 | will normally be the starting resolution.</para></listitem>
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[feeb99a] | 446 |
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| 447 | </itemizedlist>
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| 448 |
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| 449 | <para>Test the system with:
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| 450 | <screen><userinput><command>XFree86 -xf86config ~/XF86Config.new</command></userinput></screen>
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| 451 | You will only get a gray background with an X-shaped mouse cursor, but it
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| 452 | confirms the system is working. Exit with Control-Alt-Backspace. If the
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[20f1da7] | 453 | system does not work, examine <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename> to
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| 454 | see what went wrong.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 455 |
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| 456 | <para>Move the configuration file to its final location:</para>
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| 457 | <screen><userinput><command>mv ~/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config</command></userinput></screen>
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| 458 |
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| 459 | <para>Create <filename>.xinitrc</filename>:
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| 460 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"</command>
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| 461 | # Begin .xinitrc file
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| 462 | xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &
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| 463 | xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &
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| 464 | twm
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| 465 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 466 | This provides an initial screen with an xterm and a clock that is managed by a
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[20f1da7] | 467 | simple window manager, Tab Window Manager. For details of
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| 468 | <command>twm</command>, see the man page.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 469 |
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| 470 | <note>
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| 471 |
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| 472 | <para>When needed, <application>XFree86</application> creates the directory
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| 473 | <filename>/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename> if it does not exist. If this directory is
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[20f1da7] | 474 | not owned by root, <application>XFree86</application> delays startup by a few
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| 475 | seconds and also appends a warning to the logfile. This also affects startup of
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| 476 | other applications. To improve performance, it is advisable to manually create
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| 477 | the directory before <application>XFree86</application> uses it. Add the file
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| 478 | creation to <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename> that is sourced by
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| 479 | the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</filename> startup script.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 480 |
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| 481 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles << "EOF"</command>
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| 482 | /tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
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| 483 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 484 |
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| 485 | </note>
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| 486 |
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| 487 | <para>Start <application>X</application> with:
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| 488 | <screen><userinput><command>startx</command></userinput></screen>
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| 489 | to get a basic functional <application>X</application> Window System.</para>
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| 490 |
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[d5d9ceb] | 491 | <para>At this point, you should check out <xref linkend='x-setup'/>.</para>
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| 492 |
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[feeb99a] | 493 | </sect2>
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| 494 |
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| 495 | <sect2>
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| 496 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 497 |
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| 498 | <para>The <application>XFree86</application> package contains the
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[20f1da7] | 499 | <application>X</application> Window System for Linux (and other operating
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| 500 | systems). It includes the <application>X</application> server, fonts,
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| 501 | <command>xterm</command>, a simple window manager (<command>twm</command>),
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| 502 | various utilities, video output drivers, and various input drivers including
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| 503 | the mouse and keyboard.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 504 |
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[20f1da7] | 505 | <para><application>XFree86</application> also contains libraries and header
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| 506 | files for development of the <application>X</application> Window System
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| 507 | programs.</para>
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[feeb99a] | 508 |
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| 509 | </sect2>
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| 510 |
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| 511 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 512 |
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| 513 | <note><para>The following list of programs is not comprehensive. The
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[20f1da7] | 514 | full list is in <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/bin</filename>. For
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| 515 | additional information about these programs, see the respective man
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| 516 | page.</para></note>
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[feeb99a] | 517 |
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| 518 | <sect3>
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| 519 | <title>XFree86</title>
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| 520 | <para><application>XFree86</application> is the X11R6 implementation of
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| 521 | the <application>X</application> Window System server.
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| 522 | </para></sect3>
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| 523 |
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| 524 | <sect3><title>xf86config</title>
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| 525 | <para><command>xf86config</command> is an interactive program for
|
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| 526 | generating an <filename>XF86Config</filename> file for use with
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[20f1da7] | 527 | <application>XFree86</application> <application>X</application>
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| 528 | servers.</para></sect3>
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[feeb99a] | 529 |
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| 530 | <sect3><title>xf86cfg</title>
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| 531 | <para><command>xf86cfg</command> is a tool to configure
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| 532 | <application>XFree86</application> that can be used to either write the
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| 533 | initial configuration file or make customizations to the current
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| 534 | configuration.</para></sect3>
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| 535 |
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| 536 | <sect3><title>startx</title>
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| 537 | <para><command>startx</command> is a script to initialize the
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[20f1da7] | 538 | <application>X</application> session. It runs <command>xinit</command>.</para>
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| 539 | </sect3>
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[feeb99a] | 540 |
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| 541 | <sect3><title>xinit</title>
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| 542 | <para><command>xinit</command> is used to start the
|
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| 543 | <application>X</application> Window System server.</para></sect3>
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| 544 |
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| 545 | <sect3><title>twm</title>
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[20f1da7] | 546 | <para><command>twm</command> (Tab Window Manager) is a window manager included
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| 547 | with the <application>X</application> Window System.</para></sect3>
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[feeb99a] | 548 |
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| 549 | <sect3><title>xterm</title>
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| 550 | <para><command>xterm</command> is a terminal emulator for
|
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| 551 | <application>X</application>.</para></sect3>
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| 552 |
|
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| 553 | <sect3><title>xwininfo</title>
|
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| 554 | <para><command>xwininfo</command> is a window information utility for
|
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| 555 | <application>X</application>.</para></sect3>
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| 556 |
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| 557 | <sect3><title>x11perf</title>
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[20f1da7] | 558 | <para><command>x11perf</command> is an <application>X</application>11 server
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| 559 | performance test program.</para></sect3>
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[feeb99a] | 560 |
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| 561 | <sect3><title>xlsfonts</title>
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| 562 | <para><command>xlsfonts</command> is a program to list fonts available
|
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| 563 | to the <application>X</application> server.</para></sect3>
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| 564 |
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| 565 | <sect3><title>xvidtune</title>
|
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| 566 | <para><command>xvidtune</command> is a video mode tuner for
|
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| 567 | <application>XFree86</application>.</para></sect3>
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| 568 |
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| 569 | <sect3><title>xload</title>
|
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| 570 | <para><command>xload</command> is a system load average display for
|
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| 571 | <application>X</application>.</para></sect3>
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| 572 |
|
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| 573 | <sect3><title>xcalc</title>
|
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| 574 | <para><command>xcalc</command> is a scientific calculator for
|
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| 575 | <application>X</application>.</para></sect3>
|
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| 576 |
|
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| 577 | <sect3><title>xclock and oclock</title>
|
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| 578 | <para>Clock programs for <application>X</application>.</para></sect3>
|
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| 579 |
|
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| 580 | <sect3><title>xmodmap</title>
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[20f1da7] | 581 | <para><command>xmodmap</command> is a utility for modifying keymaps and pointer
|
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| 582 | button mappings in <application>X</application>.</para></sect3>
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[feeb99a] | 583 |
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| 584 | </sect2>
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[20f1da7] | 585 |
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[f45b1953] | 586 | </sect1>
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