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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[feeb99a] | 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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[7e03824] | 9 | <!ENTITY xfree86-md5sum "ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/source/SUMS.md5sum">
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[feeb99a] | 10 | <!ENTITY xfree86-size "52 MB">
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[df3a050] | 11 | <!ENTITY xfree86-buildsize "775 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY xfree86-time "11.6 SBU">
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[feeb99a] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[b9ad2f9a] | 15 | <sect1 id="xfree86" xreflabel="XFree86-&xfree86-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 16 | <sect1info>
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[52535ba5] | 17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 19 | </sect1info>
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[52535ba5] | 20 |
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[19aa75a] | 21 | <?dbhtml filename="xfree86.html" ?>
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[f45b1953] | 22 | <title>XFree86-&xfree86-version;</title>
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| 23 |
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[52535ba5] | 24 | <indexterm zone="xfree86">
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| 25 | <primary sortas="a-xfree86">XFree86</primary>
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| 26 | </indexterm>
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| 27 |
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[feeb99a] | 28 | <sect2>
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| 29 | <title>Introduction to <application>XFree86</application></title>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para><application>XFree86</application> is a freely redistributable
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| 32 | open-source implementation of the <application>X</application> Window System.
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| 33 | <application>XFree86</application> provides a client/server interface between
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| 34 | display hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop
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| 35 | environment, while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a
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| 36 | standardized application interface (<acronym>API</acronym>).</para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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[52535ba5] | 39 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[7e03824] | 40 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfree86-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xfree86-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sums: <ulink url="&xfree86-md5sum;"/></para></listitem>
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[52535ba5] | 43 | <listitem><para>Download size: &xfree86-size;</para></listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &xfree86-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &xfree86-time;</para></listitem>
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| 46 | </itemizedlist>
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[feeb99a] | 47 | </sect3>
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| 48 |
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[52535ba5] | 49 | <sect3>
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| 50 | <title>Additional downloads</title>
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| 51 |
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[89a0adcf] | 52 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[52535ba5] | 53 | <listitem>
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[7e03824] | 54 | <para>Security patch: <ulink
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| 55 | url="http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch"/></para>
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[52535ba5] | 56 | </listitem>
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[89a0adcf] | 57 | </itemizedlist></sect3>
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| 58 |
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[52535ba5] | 59 | <sect3>
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| 60 | <title><application>XFree86</application> dependencies</title>
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[feeb99a] | 61 |
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[52535ba5] | 62 | <sect4>
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| 63 | <title>Required</title>
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| 64 | <para><xref linkend="libpng"/></para>
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[feeb99a] | 65 | </sect4>
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| 66 |
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[52535ba5] | 67 | <sect4>
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| 68 | <title>Optional</title>
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| 69 | <para><xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>; the
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| 70 | following packages are included in the <application>XFree86</application>
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| 71 | package, however they are updated more often than the
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| 72 | <application>XFree86</application> package and are highly recommended:
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| 73 | <xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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| 74 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>.
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| 75 | </para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <note><para>If you choose not to install <application>expat</application>,
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[7e03824] | 78 | <application>FreeType2</application>, and <application>Fontconfig</application>,
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[52535ba5] | 79 | the <filename>host.def</filename> file below will have to be modified to
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| 80 | instruct <application>XFree86</application> to build them.</para>
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| 81 | </note>
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[feeb99a] | 82 | </sect4>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | </sect3>
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| 85 |
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[52535ba5] | 86 | <sect3>
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| 87 | <title>Download Instructions</title>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <para>There are several files that need to be fetched from the download location:</para>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 92 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-1.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 93 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-2.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 94 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-3.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 95 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-4.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 96 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-5.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 97 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-6.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 98 | <listitem><para><filename>XFree86-4.4.0-src-7.tgz</filename></para></listitem>
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| 99 | </itemizedlist>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <para>The first three packages are the <application>XFree86</application>
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| 102 | programs, the fourth and fifth are fonts, the sixth is normal documentation,
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| 103 | and the seventh is hardcopy documentation. There are also two packages
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| 104 | <filename>doctools-1.3.1.tgz</filename>, which contain programs to regenerate
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| 105 | hardcopy documentation, and <filename>utils-1.1.0.tgz</filename>, which contain
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| 106 | <application><acronym>GNU</acronym> <acronym>TAR</acronym></application>
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| 107 | and <application>zlib</application> which are already installed on an
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| 108 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> system.
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>To check your downloads for integrity, download the
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| 112 | <filename>SUMS.md5sum</filename> file. Then:
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| 113 | </para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <screen><userinput><command>md5sum -c SUMS.md5sum</command></userinput></screen>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <para>The only errors you should see are for <filename>README</filename>,
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[7e03824] | 118 | <filename>doctools-1.3.1.tgz</filename>, <filename>utils-1.1.0.tgz</filename>
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| 119 | and <filename>XFree86-xtest-4.0.x.tar.bz2</filename> files if you did not
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| 120 | download them.
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[52535ba5] | 121 | </para>
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[feeb99a] | 122 |
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| 123 | <!--
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| 124 | <para>The fixes subdirectory also has a <filename>SUMS.md5sum</filename>. Note that
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| 125 | this is the same filename as the sums for the main sources, so you need to rename the
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| 126 | file if you download it. Otherwise, you can just look at it and use it to
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| 127 | check against the patch files:</para>
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| 128 | <screen><userinput><command>md5sum 4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff.gz</command></userinput>
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| 129 | <userinput><command>md5sum fontfile.diff</command></userinput></screen>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <para>After unpacking the <filename>X430src-?.tgz</filename> files and uncompressing the
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| 132 | diff file, change to the <filename class="directory">xc</filename> directory and run:</para>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff</command></userinput>
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| 135 | <userinput><command>pushd lib/font/fontfile/</command></userinput>
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| 136 | <userinput><command>patch -N -i ../../../../fontfile.diff</command></userinput>
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| 137 | <userinput><command>popd</command></userinput></screen>
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| 138 | -->
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| 139 |
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| 140 | </sect3>
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| 141 | </sect2>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <sect2>
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[52535ba5] | 144 | <title>Installation of <application>XFree86</application></title>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <sect3 id='xfree86-kernel'>
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| 147 | <title>Kernel Compilation Settings</title>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <para>If you have an Intel P6 (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later), it is
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| 150 | recommended that you compile <acronym>MTRR</acronym> (Memory Type Range
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| 151 | Registers) support into the kernel. The kernel can map Cyrix and AMD
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| 152 | <acronym>CPU</acronym>s to the <acronym>MTRR</acronym> interface, so selecting
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| 153 | this option is useful for those processors also. This option is found in the
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| 154 | "Processor type and features" menu. It can increase performance of image write
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| 155 | operations 2.5 times or more on <acronym>PCI</acronym> or
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| 156 | <acronym>AGP</acronym> video cards.
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| 157 | </para>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xfree86-kernel">
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| 160 | <primary sortas="d-xfree86">XFree86</primary>
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| 161 | </indexterm>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <para>In the "Character Devices" section, enable <acronym>AGP</acronym> Support
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| 164 | and select the chipset support on your motherboard. If you do not know the
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| 165 | chipset, you may select all the chip types at the expense of extra kernel size.
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| 166 | You can usually determine your motherboard's chipset by running the command
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| 167 | <command>lspci</command>, a program from the <xref linkend="pciutils"/> package.
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| 168 | </para>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <para>In the "Character Devices" section, <emphasis>disable</emphasis> Direct
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| 171 | Rendering Manager unless you have a Direct Rendering Infrastructure
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| 172 | (<acronym>DRI</acronym>) supported video card. A complete list of
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| 173 | <acronym>DRI</acronym> supported video cards can be found at
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| 174 | <ulink url="http://dri.sourceforge.net" /> in the Status section. Currently,
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| 175 | supported cards include those from 3dfx (Voodoo, Banshee), 3Dlabs,
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| 176 | ATI (Rage Pro, Rage 128, Radeon 7X00, Radeon 2), Intel (i810, i815), and
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| 177 | Matrox (G200, G400, G450).
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| 178 | </para>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <para>Additionally NVidia provides their own closed source binary drivers,
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| 181 | which do not make use of <acronym>DRI</acronym>. If you intend to use these
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| 182 | drivers, do not enable <acronym>DRI</acronym>.
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| 183 | </para>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <para>If you made any changes to the kernel configuration, recompile and
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| 186 | install the new kernel.
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| 187 | </para>
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| 188 |
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[feeb99a] | 189 | </sect3>
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| 190 |
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[52535ba5] | 191 | <sect3>
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| 192 | <title>Creating <filename>host.def</filename></title>
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[feeb99a] | 193 |
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[52535ba5] | 194 | <para>Although <application>XFree86</application> will compile without a
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| 195 | <filename>host.def</filename> file, the following file is recommended for
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| 196 | customizing the installation. Start from the
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| 197 | <filename class="directory">xc</filename> directory.
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| 198 | </para>
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[feeb99a] | 199 |
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[52535ba5] | 200 | <note><para>The <filename>host.def</filename> file is a
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| 201 | <application>C</application> file, not the usual configuration file. If you
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| 202 | make any changes, be sure the comment characters (<userinput>/*</userinput>
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| 203 | and <userinput>*/</userinput>) are balanced. Most of the entries in the file
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| 204 | below are commented out with the default settings shown.
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| 205 | </para></note>
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[feeb99a] | 206 |
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| 207 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > config/cf/host.def << "EOF"</command>
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| 208 | /* Begin XFree86 host.def file */
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| 209 |
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| 210 | /* System Related Information. If you read and configure only one
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[47603ac1] | 211 | * section then it should be this one. The Intel architecture defaults
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| 212 | * are set for a i686 and higher. Axp is for the Alpha architecture
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| 213 | * and Ppc is for the Power PC. Note that there have been reports that
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| 214 | * the Ppc optimization line causes segmentation faults during build.
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| 215 | * If that happens, try building without the DefaultGcc2PpcOpt line. */
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[feeb99a] | 216 |
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| 217 | /* #define DefaultGcc2i386Opt -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=i686 */
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| 218 | /* #define DefaultGcc2AxpOpt -O2 -mcpu=ev6 */
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| 219 | /* #define DefaultGcc2PpcOpt -O2 -mcpu=750 */
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| 220 |
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[47603ac1] | 221 | /* The following definitions are normally set properly by XFree86's
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| 222 | * scripts. You can uncomment them if you want to make sure. *********/
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[feeb99a] | 223 |
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[47603ac1] | 224 | /* #define HasMTRRSupport YES */ /* Enabled in kernel; */
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| 225 | /* see kernel docs */
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[feeb99a] | 226 | /* #define HasMMXSupport NO */ /* Any i586 or above */
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| 227 | /* #define HasKatmaiSupport NO */ /* PIII SSE instructions */
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| 228 | /* #define Has3DNowSupport NO */ /* AMD instructions */
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| 229 |
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| 230 |
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[47603ac1] | 231 | /* This setting reduces compile time a little by omitting rarely used
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| 232 | * input devices. You can find the complete list in
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| 233 | * config/cf/xfree86.cf *********************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 234 |
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| 235 | #define XInputDrivers mouse void
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| 236 |
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[47603ac1] | 237 | /* VIDEO DRIVERS ****************************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 238 |
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[47603ac1] | 239 | /* If you are sure you only want the drivers for one or a few video
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| 240 | * cards, you can delete the drivers you do not want. ***************/
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[feeb99a] | 241 |
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| 242 |
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| 243 | #define XF86CardDrivers mga glint nv tga s3 s3virge sis rendition \
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| 244 | neomagic i740 tdfx savage \
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| 245 | cirrus vmware tseng trident chips apm \
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| 246 | GlideDriver fbdev i128 nsc \
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| 247 | ati i810 AgpGartDrivers DevelDrivers ark \
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| 248 | cyrix siliconmotion \
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| 249 | vesa vga \
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| 250 | dummy XF86OSCardDrivers XF86ExtraCardDrivers
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| 251 |
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| 252 |
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[47603ac1] | 253 | /* USER AND SYSTEM DEFAULT PATHS *************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 254 |
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[47603ac1] | 255 | /* These settings set the PATH variables used by xdm. See README for */
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| 256 | /* detailed description and modify the following as per your need. ***/
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[feeb99a] | 257 |
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[47603ac1] | 258 | /* #define DefaultSystemPath \
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| 259 | /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin */
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[feeb99a] | 260 | /* #define DefaultUserPath /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin */
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| 261 |
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[47603ac1] | 262 | /* FONT SERVER AND LIBRARY SETTINGS **********************************/
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[feeb99a] | 263 |
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[47603ac1] | 264 | /* These settings are the defaults **********************************/
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[feeb99a] | 265 |
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[47603ac1] | 266 | /* #define BuildFontServer YES */ /*For Ghostscript Print Server*/
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| 267 | /* #define SharedLibFont YES */
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| 268 | /* #define CompressAllFonts YES */
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| 269 | /* #define GzipFontCompression YES */
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[feeb99a] | 270 |
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[47603ac1] | 271 | /* These settings ensure we use our libraries ************************/
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[feeb99a] | 272 | #define HasFreetype2 YES
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| 273 | #define HasFontconfig YES
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| 274 | #define HasExpat YES
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| 275 | #define HasLibpng YES
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| 276 | #define HasZlib YES
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| 277 |
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[47603ac1] | 278 | /* The font path can be redefined in the XF86Config file *************/
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[feeb99a] | 279 |
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| 280 | /*
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[47603ac1] | 281 | #define DefaultFontPath $(FONTDIR)/misc/,$(FONTDIR)/75dpi/,\
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[feeb99a] | 282 | $(FONTDIR)/100dpi/,$(FONTDIR)/Type1,$(FONTDIR)/local,\
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| 283 | $(FONTDIR)/TrueType,$(FONTDIR)/CID,$(FONTDIR)/Speedo
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| 284 | */
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| 285 |
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| 286 |
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[47603ac1] | 287 | /* INTERNATIONAL FONTS. Change to YES if you need any of them. These
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| 288 | * are the defaults. **************************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 289 |
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| 290 | /* #define BuildCyrillicFonts NO */
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| 291 | /* #define BuildArabicFonts NO */
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| 292 | /* #define BuildISO8859_6Fonts NO */
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| 293 | /* #define BuildGreekFonts NO */
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| 294 | /* #define BuildISO8859_7Fonts NO */
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| 295 | /* #define BuildHebrewFonts NO */
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| 296 | /* #define BuildISO8859_8Fonts NO */
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| 297 | /* #define BuildKOI8_RFonts NO */
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| 298 | /* #define BuildJapaneseFonts NO */
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| 299 | /* #define BuildJISX0201Fonts NO */
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| 300 | /* #define BuildKoreanFonts NO */
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| 301 | /* #define BuildChineseFonts NO */
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| 302 |
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[47603ac1] | 303 | /* DOCUMENTATION SETTINGS ********************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 304 |
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[47603ac1] | 305 | /* These setting are the defaults. ***********************************/
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[feeb99a] | 306 |
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[47603ac1] | 307 | /* #define BuildLinuxDocHtml NO */ /* X Docs in Html format */
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| 308 | /* #define BuildLinuxDocPS NO */ /* PostScript format */
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| 309 | /* #define BuildAllSpecsDocs NO */ /* Various docs */
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| 310 | /* #define BuildHtmlManPages NO */
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[feeb99a] | 311 |
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| 312 | /* GENERAL SETTINGS: You generally want to leave these alone when
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[47603ac1] | 313 | * building X on an LFS system ***************************************/
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[feeb99a] | 314 |
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| 315 | #define GccWarningOptions -pipe /* Speed up compiles */
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| 316 | #define TermcapLibrary -lncurses
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| 317 | #define XprtServer YES /* Needed by realplayer */
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| 318 | #define XnestServer YES
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| 319 | #define XAppLoadDir EtcX11Directory/app-defaults
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| 320 | #define VarLibDir /var/lib
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| 321 | #define XFree86Devel NO
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| 322 | #define FSUseSyslog YES
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| 323 | #define ThreadedX YES
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| 324 | #define HasPam NO
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[47603ac1] | 325 | #define SystemManDirectory /usr/share/man /*Instead of /usr/man*/
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[feeb99a] | 326 | #define HasLibCrypt YES
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| 327 | #define InstallXinitConfig YES
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| 328 | #define InstallXdmConfig YES
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| 329 | #define ForceNormalLib YES
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| 330 | #define BuildSpecsDocs NO
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| 331 |
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| 332 | /* End XFree86 host.def file */
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| 333 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 334 |
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| 335 | <para>Edit the file for your hardware and desires.</para>
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| 336 |
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| 337 | </sect3>
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| 338 |
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| 339 | <sect3>
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[52535ba5] | 340 | <title>Build Commands</title>
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[89a0adcf] | 341 |
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[52535ba5] | 342 | <para>Some vulnerabilities were reported in <filename
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| 343 | class="libraryfile">libXpm</filename>. A remote user may be able to
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| 344 | execute arbitrary code on applications that use <filename
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| 345 | class="libraryfile">libXpm</filename>. The <application>Xorg</application>
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| 346 | team released a patch for their version 6.8.0 but it works for
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| 347 | <application>XFree86</application> as well. Apply the patch:
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| 348 | </para>
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[89a0adcf] | 349 |
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| 350 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch</command></userinput></screen>
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| 351 |
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[52535ba5] | 352 | <para>Install <application>XFree86</application> by running the following commands:</para>
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[feeb99a] | 353 |
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[00e4e18] | 354 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s@^#include <linux/config.h>@/* & */@" \
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[df3a050] | 355 | `grep -lr linux/config.h *` &&
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[47603ac1] | 356 | ( make WORLDOPTS="" World 2>&1 | \
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[52535ba5] | 357 | tee xfree-compile.log && exit $PIPESTATUS )</command></userinput></screen>
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| 358 |
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| 359 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install &&
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[feeb99a] | 362 | make install.man &&
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| 363 | ln -sf ../X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11 &&
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[41605391] | 364 | ln -sf ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
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| 365 | ln -sf ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</command></userinput></screen>
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[feeb99a] | 366 |
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| 367 | </sect3>
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| 368 |
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| 369 | </sect2>
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| 370 |
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| 371 | <sect2>
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| 372 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 373 |
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[00e4e18] | 374 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s@^#include <linux/config.h>@...</command>: The
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[20f1da7] | 375 | <application>Linux-Libc-Headers</application> package installed in
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| 376 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> installs a
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| 377 | <filename>/usr/include/linux/config.h</filename> file which is not compatible
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| 378 | with userspace applications. The recommended fix for applications including
|
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| 379 | this file is to remove it (see <ulink
|
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| 380 | url="http://ep09.pld-linux.org/~mmazur/linux-libc-headers/doc/FAQ">
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| 381 | linux-libc-headers FAQ</ulink>). The <command>sed</command> uses
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| 382 | <command>grep -lr</command> to replace all occurences. If you desire, just
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| 383 | remove (comment) the line in the appropriate video driver file if you
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| 384 | customized <filename>host.def</filename>.
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| 385 | </para>
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| 386 |
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[feeb99a] | 387 | <para><command>( make WORLDOPTS="" World 2>&1 | tee xfree-compile.log
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| 388 | && exit $PIPESTATUS )</command>:
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[20f1da7] | 389 | This command runs multiple <filename>Makefile</filename>s to completely rebuild
|
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| 390 | the system. <envar>WORLDOPTS</envar>="" disables the default setting to
|
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| 391 | continue after encountering an error. <parameter>2>&1</parameter>
|
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| 392 | redirects error messages to the same location as standard output. The
|
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| 393 | <command>tee</command> command allows viewing of the output while logging the
|
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| 394 | results to a file. The parentheses around the command runs the entire comand in
|
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| 395 | a subshell and finally the <command>exit $PIPESTATUS</command> ensures the
|
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| 396 | result of the <command>make</command> is returned as the result and not the
|
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| 397 | result of the <command>tee</command> command.</para>
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| 398 |
|
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| 399 | <note><para>When rebuilding <application>XFree86</application>, a separate
|
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| 400 | command that may be used if only minor changes are made to the sources is
|
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| 401 | <command>make Everything</command>. This does not automatically remove
|
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| 402 | generated files and only rebuilds those files or programs that are out
|
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[feeb99a] | 403 | of date.</para></note>
|
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| 404 |
|
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| 405 | <para><screen><command>ln -sf ../X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11
|
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[41605391] | 406 | ln -sf ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11
|
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| 407 | ln -sf ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</command></screen>
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[feeb99a] | 408 | These commands are present to enable other (broken) packages to build
|
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[20f1da7] | 409 | against <application>XFree86</application>, even though the Filesystem
|
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| 410 | Hierarchy Standard says: "In general, software must not be installed or
|
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| 411 | managed via the above symbolic links. They are intended for utilization by
|
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| 412 | users only."</para>
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[feeb99a] | 413 |
|
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| 414 | </sect2>
|
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| 415 |
|
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[52535ba5] | 416 | <sect2 id='xfree86-config'>
|
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[feeb99a] | 417 | <title>Configuring <application>XFree86</application></title>
|
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| 418 |
|
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| 419 | <para>Edit <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and add
|
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| 420 | <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib</filename>.
|
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[20f1da7] | 421 | Run: </para>
|
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| 422 | <screen><userinput><command>ldconfig</command></userinput></screen>
|
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[feeb99a] | 423 |
|
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[52535ba5] | 424 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xfree86-config">
|
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| 425 | <primary sortas="e-etc-ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary>
|
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| 426 | </indexterm>
|
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| 427 |
|
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[41605391] | 428 | <para>Ensure <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/bin</filename>
|
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| 429 | and <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</filename>
|
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| 430 | are added to your <envar>PATH</envar> and <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar>
|
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| 431 | environment variables, respectively. Instructions for doing this are
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[20f1da7] | 432 | described in the section "<xref linkend='postlfs-config-profile'/>."</para>
|
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[feeb99a] | 433 |
|
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[52535ba5] | 434 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xfree86-config">
|
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| 435 | <primary sortas="e-etc-X11-XF86Config">/etc/X11/XF86Config</primary>
|
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| 436 | </indexterm>
|
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| 437 |
|
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[feeb99a] | 438 | <para>Create the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file with:
|
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| 439 | <screen><userinput><command>cd ~
|
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| 440 | XFree86 -configure</command></userinput></screen>
|
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| 441 | The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the monitor. This
|
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| 442 | command will create a file, <filename>XF86Config.new</filename> in your home
|
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| 443 | directory.</para>
|
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| 444 |
|
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| 445 | <para>Edit <filename>XF86Config.new</filename> to suit your system. The
|
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[20f1da7] | 446 | details of the file are located in the man page
|
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| 447 | <command>man XF86Config</command>. Some things you may want to do are:</para>
|
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[feeb99a] | 448 |
|
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| 449 | <itemizedlist>
|
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| 450 |
|
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| 451 | <listitem><para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
|
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| 452 | You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system normally
|
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| 453 | comes up closer to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove some font
|
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| 454 | directories completely.</para></listitem>
|
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| 455 |
|
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[41605391] | 456 | <listitem><para>Section "Module". If you are going to install NVidia
|
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[de241c96] | 457 | drivers, remove the "dri" line.</para></listitem>
|
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[41605391] | 458 |
|
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[cf7ac622] | 459 | <listitem><para>Sections "InputDevice". You may want to change the
|
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| 460 | keyboard autorepeat rate by adding
|
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[41605391] | 461 | <parameter>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</parameter>.</para></listitem>
|
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[cf7ac622] | 462 |
|
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[20f1da7] | 463 | <listitem><para>Section "Monitor". Specify the
|
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| 464 | <parameter>VertRefresh</parameter> and <parameter>HorizSync</parameter> values
|
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| 465 | if the system does not automatically detect the monitor and its values.</para>
|
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| 466 | </listitem>
|
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[feeb99a] | 467 |
|
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| 468 | <listitem><para>Section "Device". You may want to set some of the options
|
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| 469 | available for your selected video driver. A description of the driver
|
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| 470 | parameters is in the man page for your driver.</para></listitem>
|
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| 471 |
|
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| 472 | <listitem><para>Section "Screen". Add a DefaultDepth statement such
|
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[cf7ac622] | 473 | as: <parameter>DefaultDepth 24</parameter>. In the SubSection for your
|
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[20f1da7] | 474 | default depth, add a modes line such as:
|
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[cf7ac622] | 475 | <parameter>Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"</parameter>. The first mode listed
|
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[20f1da7] | 476 | will normally be the starting resolution.</para></listitem>
|
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[feeb99a] | 477 |
|
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| 478 | </itemizedlist>
|
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| 479 |
|
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| 480 | <para>Test the system with:
|
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| 481 | <screen><userinput><command>XFree86 -xf86config ~/XF86Config.new</command></userinput></screen>
|
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| 482 | You will only get a gray background with an X-shaped mouse cursor, but it
|
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| 483 | confirms the system is working. Exit with Control-Alt-Backspace. If the
|
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[20f1da7] | 484 | system does not work, examine <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename> to
|
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| 485 | see what went wrong.</para>
|
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[feeb99a] | 486 |
|
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| 487 | <para>Move the configuration file to its final location:</para>
|
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| 488 | <screen><userinput><command>mv ~/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config</command></userinput></screen>
|
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| 489 |
|
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| 490 | <para>Create <filename>.xinitrc</filename>:
|
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| 491 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"</command>
|
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| 492 | # Begin .xinitrc file
|
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| 493 | xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &
|
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| 494 | xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &
|
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| 495 | twm
|
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| 496 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
|
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| 497 | This provides an initial screen with an xterm and a clock that is managed by a
|
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[20f1da7] | 498 | simple window manager, Tab Window Manager. For details of
|
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| 499 | <command>twm</command>, see the man page.</para>
|
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[feeb99a] | 500 |
|
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[52535ba5] | 501 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xfree86-config">
|
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| 502 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
|
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| 503 | </indexterm>
|
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| 504 |
|
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| 505 |
|
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[feeb99a] | 506 | <note>
|
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| 507 |
|
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| 508 | <para>When needed, <application>XFree86</application> creates the directory
|
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| 509 | <filename>/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename> if it does not exist. If this directory is
|
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[20f1da7] | 510 | not owned by root, <application>XFree86</application> delays startup by a few
|
---|
| 511 | seconds and also appends a warning to the logfile. This also affects startup of
|
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| 512 | other applications. To improve performance, it is advisable to manually create
|
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| 513 | the directory before <application>XFree86</application> uses it. Add the file
|
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| 514 | creation to <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename> that is sourced by
|
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| 515 | the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</filename> startup script.</para>
|
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[feeb99a] | 516 |
|
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| 517 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles << "EOF"</command>
|
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| 518 | /tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
|
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| 519 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
|
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| 520 | </note>
|
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| 521 |
|
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[52535ba5] | 522 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xfree86-config">
|
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| 523 | <primary sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-createfiles">/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</primary>
|
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| 524 | </indexterm>
|
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| 525 |
|
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[feeb99a] | 526 | <para>Start <application>X</application> with:
|
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| 527 | <screen><userinput><command>startx</command></userinput></screen>
|
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| 528 | to get a basic functional <application>X</application> Window System.</para>
|
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| 529 |
|
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[a0d94196] | 530 | <para>At this point, you should check out <xref linkend='x-setup'/> for the
|
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| 531 | necessary configuration to make <application>X</application> fully functional.
|
---|
| 532 | Additionally, you can have a look at <xref linkend='x-config'/> for
|
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| 533 | information on fine tuning your <application>X</application>
|
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| 534 | configuration.</para>
|
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[d5d9ceb] | 535 |
|
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[feeb99a] | 536 | </sect2>
|
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| 537 |
|
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[8f2d9b04] | 538 | <sect2 id="xfree86-contents" xreflabel="XFree86 Contents and Descriptions">
|
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[feeb99a] | 539 | <title>Contents</title>
|
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| 540 |
|
---|
| 541 | <para>The <application>XFree86</application> package contains the
|
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[20f1da7] | 542 | <application>X</application> Window System for Linux (and other operating
|
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| 543 | systems). It includes the <application>X</application> server, fonts,
|
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| 544 | <command>xterm</command>, a simple window manager (<command>twm</command>),
|
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| 545 | various utilities, video output drivers, and various input drivers including
|
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| 546 | the mouse and keyboard.</para>
|
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[feeb99a] | 547 |
|
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[20f1da7] | 548 | <para><application>XFree86</application> also contains libraries and header
|
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| 549 | files for development of the <application>X</application> Window System
|
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| 550 | programs.</para>
|
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[feeb99a] | 551 |
|
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| 552 | </sect2>
|
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| 553 |
|
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| 554 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
|
---|
| 555 |
|
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[52535ba5] | 556 | <note><para>The following lists are not comprehensive. The
|
---|
| 557 | full list of programs is in <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/bin</filename>. For
|
---|
[20f1da7] | 558 | additional information about these programs, see the respective man
|
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| 559 | page.</para></note>
|
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[feeb99a] | 560 |
|
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[52535ba5] | 561 | <segmentedlist>
|
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| 562 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
---|
| 563 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
---|
| 564 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
|
---|
| 565 |
|
---|
| 566 | <seglistitem>
|
---|
| 567 | <seg>XFree86, xf86config, xf86cfg, startx, xinit, twm, xterm, xwininfo,
|
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| 568 | x11perf, xlsfonts, xvidtune, xload, xcalc, xclock, oclock, xmodmap</seg>
|
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| 569 | <seg>libGL.so, libGLU.so, libSM.so, libXi.so, libXrender.so, libXt.so, libXfont.so</seg>
|
---|
| 570 | <seg>/usr/X11R6/, /etc/X11/</seg>
|
---|
| 571 | </seglistitem>
|
---|
| 572 | </segmentedlist>
|
---|
| 573 |
|
---|
| 574 | <variablelist>
|
---|
| 575 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
---|
| 576 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
---|
| 577 |
|
---|
| 578 | <varlistentry id="XFree86">
|
---|
| 579 | <term><command>XFree86</command></term>
|
---|
| 580 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 581 | <para>is the X11R6 implementation of the <application>X</application> Window System server.</para>
|
---|
| 582 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 XFree86">
|
---|
| 583 | <primary sortas="b-XFree86">XFree86</primary>
|
---|
| 584 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 585 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 586 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 587 |
|
---|
| 588 | <varlistentry id="xf86config">
|
---|
| 589 | <term><command>xf86config</command></term>
|
---|
| 590 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 591 | <para>is an interactive program for generating an <filename>XF86Config</filename> file for use with
|
---|
| 592 | <application>XFree86</application> <application>X</application> servers.</para>
|
---|
| 593 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xf86config">
|
---|
| 594 | <primary sortas="b-xf86config">xf86config</primary>
|
---|
| 595 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 596 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 597 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 598 |
|
---|
| 599 | <varlistentry id="xf86cfg">
|
---|
| 600 | <term><command>xf86cfg</command></term>
|
---|
| 601 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 602 | <para> is a tool to configure <application>XFree86</application> that can be used to either write the
|
---|
| 603 | initial configuration file or make customizations to the current configuration.</para>
|
---|
| 604 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xf86cfg">
|
---|
| 605 | <primary sortas="b-xf86cfg">xf86cfg</primary>
|
---|
| 606 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 607 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 608 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 609 |
|
---|
| 610 | <varlistentry id="startx">
|
---|
| 611 | <term><command>startx</command></term>
|
---|
| 612 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 613 | <para>is a script to initialize the <application>X</application> session. It
|
---|
| 614 | runs <command>xinit</command>.</para>
|
---|
| 615 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 startx">
|
---|
| 616 | <primary sortas="b-startx">startx</primary>
|
---|
| 617 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 618 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 619 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 620 |
|
---|
| 621 | <varlistentry id="xinit">
|
---|
| 622 | <term><command>xinit</command></term>
|
---|
| 623 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 624 | <para>is used to start the <application>X</application> Window System server.</para>
|
---|
| 625 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xinit">
|
---|
| 626 | <primary sortas="b-xinit">xinit</primary>
|
---|
| 627 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 628 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 629 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 630 |
|
---|
| 631 | <varlistentry id="twm">
|
---|
| 632 | <term><command>twm</command></term>
|
---|
| 633 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 634 | <para> (Tab Window Manager) is a window manager included with the
|
---|
| 635 | <application>X</application> Window System.</para>
|
---|
| 636 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 twm">
|
---|
| 637 | <primary sortas="b-twm">twm</primary>
|
---|
| 638 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 639 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 640 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 641 |
|
---|
| 642 | <varlistentry id="xterm">
|
---|
| 643 | <term><command>xterm</command></term>
|
---|
| 644 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 645 | <para>is a terminal emulator for <application>X</application>.</para>
|
---|
| 646 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xterm">
|
---|
| 647 | <primary sortas="b-xterm">xterm</primary>
|
---|
| 648 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 649 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 650 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 651 |
|
---|
| 652 | <varlistentry id="xwininfo">
|
---|
| 653 | <term><command>xwininfo</command></term>
|
---|
| 654 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 655 | <para> is a window information utility for <application>X</application>.</para>
|
---|
| 656 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xwininfo">
|
---|
| 657 | <primary sortas="b-xwininfo">xwininfo</primary>
|
---|
| 658 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 659 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 660 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 661 |
|
---|
| 662 | <varlistentry id="x11perf">
|
---|
| 663 | <term><command>x11perf</command></term>
|
---|
| 664 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 665 | <para>is an <application>X</application>11 server performance test program.</para>
|
---|
| 666 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 x11perf">
|
---|
| 667 | <primary sortas="b-x11perf">x11perf</primary>
|
---|
| 668 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 669 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 670 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 671 |
|
---|
| 672 | <varlistentry id="xlsfonts">
|
---|
| 673 | <term><command>xlsfonts</command></term>
|
---|
| 674 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 675 | <para>is a program to list fonts available to the <application>X</application> server.</para>
|
---|
| 676 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xlsfonts">
|
---|
| 677 | <primary sortas="b-xlsfonts">xlsfonts</primary>
|
---|
| 678 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 679 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 680 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 681 |
|
---|
| 682 | <varlistentry id="xvidtune">
|
---|
| 683 | <term><command>xvidtune</command></term>
|
---|
| 684 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 685 | <para>is a video mode tuner for <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
|
---|
| 686 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xvidtune">
|
---|
| 687 | <primary sortas="b-xvidtune">xvidtune</primary>
|
---|
| 688 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 689 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 690 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 691 |
|
---|
| 692 | <varlistentry id="xload">
|
---|
| 693 | <term><command>xload</command></term>
|
---|
| 694 | <listitem>
|
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| 695 | <para> is a system load average display for <application>X</application>.</para>
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| 696 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xload">
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| 697 | <primary sortas="b-xload">xload</primary>
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| 698 | </indexterm>
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| 699 | </listitem>
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| 700 | </varlistentry>
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| 701 |
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| 702 | <varlistentry id="xcalc">
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| 703 | <term><command>xcalc</command></term>
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| 704 | <listitem>
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| 705 | <para>is a scientific calculator for <application>X</application>.</para>
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| 706 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xcalc">
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| 707 | <primary sortas="b-xcalc">xcalc</primary>
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| 708 | </indexterm>
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| 709 | </listitem>
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| 710 | </varlistentry>
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| 711 |
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| 712 | <varlistentry id="xclock">
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| 713 | <term><command>xclock</command></term>
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| 714 | <listitem>
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| 715 | <para>is a clock programs for <application>X</application>.</para>
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| 716 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xclock">
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| 717 | <primary sortas="b-xclock">xclock</primary>
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| 718 | </indexterm>
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| 719 | </listitem>
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| 720 | </varlistentry>
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| 721 |
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| 722 | <varlistentry id="oclock">
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| 723 | <term><command>oclock</command></term>
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| 724 | <listitem>
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| 725 | <para>is a clock programs for <application>X</application>.</para>
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| 726 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 oclock">
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| 727 | <primary sortas="b-oclock">oclock</primary>
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| 728 | </indexterm>
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| 729 | </listitem>
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| 730 | </varlistentry>
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| 731 |
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| 732 | <varlistentry id="xmodmap">
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| 733 | <term><command>xmodmap</command></term>
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| 734 | <listitem>
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[7e03824] | 735 | <para>is a utility for modifying keymaps and pointer button mappings in
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| 736 | <application>X</application>.</para>
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[52535ba5] | 737 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xmodmap">
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| 738 | <primary sortas="b-xmodmap">xmodmap</primary>
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| 739 | </indexterm>
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| 740 | </listitem>
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| 741 | </varlistentry>
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| 742 |
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| 743 | </variablelist>
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[feeb99a] | 744 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 745 | </sect1>
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