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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 | <!-- Inserted as a reminder to do this. The mention of a test suite
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| 8 | is usually right before the root user installation commands. Please
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| 9 | delete these 12 (including one blank) lines after you are done.-->
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <!-- Use one of the two mentions below about a test suite,
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| 12 | delete the line that is not applicable. Of course, if the
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| 13 | test suite uses syntax other than "make check", revise the
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| 14 | line to reflect the actual syntax to run the test suite -->
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <!-- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> -->
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| 17 | <!-- <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para> -->
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <!ENTITY xfree86-download-http "http://gnu.kookel.org/ftp/XFree86/&xfree86-version;/source/">
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| 20 | <!ENTITY xfree86-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/&xfree86-version;/source/">
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| 21 | <!ENTITY xfree86-md5sum "ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/&xfree86-version;/source/SUMS.md5sum">
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| 22 | <!ENTITY xfree86-size "51 MB">
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| 23 | <!ENTITY xfree86-buildsize "775 MB">
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| 24 | <!ENTITY xfree86-time "12 SBU">
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| 25 | ]>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <sect1 id="xfree86" xreflabel="XFree86-&xfree86-version;">
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| 28 | <?dbhtml filename="xfree86.html" ?>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect1info>
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| 31 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 32 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 33 | <keywordset>
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| 34 | <keyword role="package">XFree86-&xfree86-version;-src-1.tar</keyword>
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| 35 | <keyword role="ftpdir">XFree86</keyword>
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| 36 | </keywordset>
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| 37 | </sect1info>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <title>XFree86-&xfree86-version;</title>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <indexterm zone="xfree86">
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| 42 | <primary sortas="a-xfree86">XFree86</primary>
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| 43 | </indexterm>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 46 | <title>Introduction to XFree86</title>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <para><application>XFree86</application> is a freely redistributable
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| 49 | open-source implementation of the <application>X Window
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| 50 | System</application>. <application>XFree86</application> provides a
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| 51 | client/server interface between display hardware (the mouse, keyboard,
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| 52 | and video displays) and the desktop environment, while also providing
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| 53 | both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized application
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| 54 | interface (API).</para>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 57 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfree86-download-http;"/></para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xfree86-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &xfree86-md5sum;</para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>Download size: &xfree86-size;</para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &xfree86-buildsize;</para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>Estimated build time: &xfree86-time;</para>
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| 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | </itemizedlist>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 79 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 80 | <listitem>
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| 81 | <para>Required patch: <ulink
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| 82 | url="&patch-root;/XFree86-&xfree86-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch"/>
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| 83 | </para>
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| 84 | </listitem>
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| 85 | </itemizedlist>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">XFree86 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 90 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="libpng"/></para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 93 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/>; the
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| 94 | following packages are included in the <application>XFree86</application>
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| 95 | package, however they are updated more often than the
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| 96 | <application>XFree86</application> package and are highly recommended:
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| 97 | <xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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| 98 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>.</para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <note>
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| 101 | <para>If you choose not to install <application>expat</application>,
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| 102 | <application>FreeType2</application>, and
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| 103 | <application>Fontconfig</application>, the
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| 104 | <filename>host.def</filename> file below will have to be modified to
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| 105 | instruct <application>XFree86</application> to build them.</para>
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| 106 | </note>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 109 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/XFree86-&xfree86-version;'/></para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Download Instructions</bridgehead>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>There are several files that need to be fetched from the download
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| 114 | location:</para>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 117 | <listitem>
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| 118 | <para><filename>XFree86-&xfree86-version;-src-1.tgz</filename></para>
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| 119 | </listitem>
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| 120 | <listitem>
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| 121 | <para><filename>XFree86-&xfree86-version;-src-2.tgz</filename></para>
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| 122 | </listitem>
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| 123 | <listitem>
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| 124 | <para><filename>XFree86-&xfree86-version;-src-3.tgz</filename></para>
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| 125 | </listitem>
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| 126 | <listitem>
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| 127 | <para><filename>XFree86-&xfree86-version;-src-4.tgz</filename></para>
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| 128 | </listitem>
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| 129 | <listitem>
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| 130 | <para><filename>XFree86-&xfree86-version;-src-5.tgz</filename></para>
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| 131 | </listitem>
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| 132 | <listitem>
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| 133 | <para><filename>XFree86-&xfree86-version;-src-6.tgz</filename></para>
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| 134 | </listitem>
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| 135 | <listitem>
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| 136 | <para><filename>XFree86-&xfree86-version;-src-7.tgz</filename></para>
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| 137 | </listitem>
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| 138 | </itemizedlist>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <para>The first three packages are the <application>XFree86</application>
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| 141 | programs, the fourth and fifth are fonts, the sixth is normal documentation,
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| 142 | and the seventh is hardcopy documentation. There are also two packages
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| 143 | <filename>doctools-1.3.x.tgz</filename>, which contain programs to
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| 144 | regenerate hardcopy documentation, and <filename>utils-1.1.x.tgz</filename>,
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| 145 | which contain <application>GNU TAR</application> and
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| 146 | <application>zlib</application> which are already installed on an
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| 147 | LFS system.</para>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <para>To check your downloads for integrity, download the
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| 150 | <filename>SUMS.md5sum</filename> file. Then:</para>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <screen><userinput>md5sum -c SUMS.md5sum</userinput></screen>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <para>The only errors you should see are for <filename>README</filename>,
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| 155 | <filename>doctools-1.3.x.tgz</filename>, <filename>utils-1.1.x.tgz</filename>
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| 156 | and <filename>XFree86-xtest-4.0.x.tar.bz2</filename> files if you did not
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| 157 | download them.</para>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <!--
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| 160 | <para>The fixes subdirectory also has a <filename>SUMS.md5sum</filename>. Note that
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| 161 | this is the same filename as the sums for the main sources, so you need to rename the
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| 162 | file if you download it. Otherwise, you can just look at it and use it to
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| 163 | check against the patch files:</para>
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| 164 | <screen><userinput><command>md5sum 4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff.gz</command></userinput>
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| 165 | <userinput><command>md5sum fontfile.diff</command></userinput></screen>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <para>After unpacking the <filename>X430src-?.tgz</filename> files and uncompressing the
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| 168 | diff file, change to the <filename class="directory">xc</filename> directory and run:</para>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../4.3.0-4.3.0.1.diff</command></userinput>
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| 171 | <userinput><command>pushd lib/font/fontfile/</command></userinput>
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| 172 | <userinput><command>patch -N -i ../../../../fontfile.diff</command></userinput>
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| 173 | <userinput><command>popd</command></userinput></screen>
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| 174 | -->
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| 175 |
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| 176 | </sect2>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <sect2 role="kernel" id='xfree86-kernel'>
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| 179 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <para>If you have an Intel P6 (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later), it is
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| 182 | recommended that you compile MTRR (Memory Type Range Registers) support
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| 183 | into the kernel. The kernel can map Cyrix and AMD CPUs to the MTRR
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| 184 | interface, so selecting this option is useful for those processors also.
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| 185 | This option is found in the "Processor type and features" menu. It can
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| 186 | increase performance of image write operations 2.5 times or more on PCI
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| 187 | or AGP video cards.</para>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xfree86-kernel">
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| 190 | <primary sortas="d-xfree86">XFree86</primary>
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| 191 | </indexterm>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <para>In the "Character Devices" section, enable AGP Support and select
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| 194 | the chipset support on your motherboard. If you do not know the chipset,
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| 195 | you may select all the chip types at the expense of extra kernel size.
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| 196 | You can usually determine your motherboard's chipset by running the
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| 197 | command <command>lspci</command>, a program from the
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| 198 | <xref linkend="pciutils"/> package.</para>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <para>In the "Character Devices" section, <emphasis>disable</emphasis>
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| 201 | Direct Rendering Manager unless you have a Direct Rendering Infrastructure
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| 202 | (DRI) supported video card. A complete list of DRI supported video cards
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| 203 | can be found at <ulink url="http://dri.sourceforge.net" /> in the Status
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| 204 | section. Currently, supported cards include those from 3dfx (Voodoo,
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| 205 | Banshee), 3Dlabs, ATI (Rage Pro, Rage 128, Radeon 7X00, Radeon 2), Intel
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| 206 | (i810, i815), and Matrox (G200, G400, G450).</para>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <para>Additionally NVidia provides their own closed source binary drivers,
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| 209 | which do not make use of DRI. If you intend to use these drivers, do not
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| 210 | enable DRI.</para>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <para>If you made any changes to the kernel configuration, recompile and
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| 213 | install the new kernel.</para>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | </sect2>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 218 | <title>Installation of XFree86</title>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <sect3>
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| 221 | <title>Setting Up a Shadow Directory</title>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <para>When building <application>XFree86</application>, you should create
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| 224 | a shadow directory of symbolic links for the compiled code. To do that,
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| 225 | first make <command>lndir</command>. Starting from the
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| 226 | <filename class='directory'>xc</filename> directory:</para>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <screen><userinput>pushd config/util &&
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| 229 | make -f Makefile.ini lndir
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| 230 | popd</userinput></screen>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <para>Now create the shadow tree:</para>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <screen><userinput>mkdir ../xcbuild &&
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| 235 | cd ../xcbuild &&
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| 236 | ../xc/config/util/lndir ../xc</userinput></screen>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | </sect3>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <sect3>
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| 241 | <title>Creating 'host.def'</title>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <para>Although <application>XFree86</application> will compile without
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| 244 | a <filename>host.def</filename> file, the following file is recommended
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| 245 | for customizing the installation. Start from the
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| 246 | <filename class="directory">xcbuild</filename> directory.</para>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <note>
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| 249 | <para>The <filename>host.def</filename> file is a
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| 250 | <application>C</application> file, not the usual configuration file.
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| 251 | If you make any changes, be sure the comment characters (/* and */)
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| 252 | are balanced. Most of the entries in the file below are commented
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| 253 | out with the default settings shown.</para>
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| 254 | </note>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <screen><userinput>cat > config/cf/host.def << "EOF"
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| 257 | <literal>/* Begin XFree86 host.def file */
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| 258 |
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| 259 | /* System Related Information. If you read and configure only one
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| 260 | * section then it should be this one. The Intel architecture defaults
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| 261 | * are set for a i686 and higher. Axp is for the Alpha architecture
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| 262 | * and Ppc is for the Power PC. Note that there have been reports that
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| 263 | * the Ppc optimization line causes segmentation faults during build.
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| 264 | * If that happens, try building without the DefaultGcc2PpcOpt line. */
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| 265 |
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| 266 | /* #define DefaultGcc2i386Opt -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=i686 */
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| 267 | /* #define DefaultGcc2AxpOpt -O2 -mcpu=ev6 */
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| 268 | /* #define DefaultGcc2PpcOpt -O2 -mcpu=750 */
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| 269 |
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| 270 | /* The following definitions are normally set properly by XFree86's
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| 271 | * scripts. You can uncomment them if you want to make sure. *********/
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| 272 |
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| 273 | /* #define HasMTRRSupport YES */ /* Enabled in kernel; */
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| 274 | /* see kernel docs */
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| 275 | /* #define HasMMXSupport NO */ /* Any i586 or above */
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| 276 | /* #define HasKatmaiSupport NO */ /* PIII SSE instructions */
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| 277 | /* #define Has3DNowSupport NO */ /* AMD instructions */
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| 278 |
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| 279 |
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| 280 | /* This setting reduces compile time a little by omitting rarely used
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| 281 | * input devices. You can find the complete list in
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| 282 | * config/cf/xfree86.cf *********************************************/
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| 283 |
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| 284 | #define XInputDrivers mouse void
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| 285 |
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| 286 | /* VIDEO DRIVERS ****************************************************/
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| 287 |
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| 288 | /* If you are sure you only want the drivers for one or a few video
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| 289 | * cards, you can delete the drivers you do not want. ***************/
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| 290 |
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| 291 |
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| 292 | #define XF86CardDrivers mga glint nv tga s3 s3virge sis rendition \
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| 293 | neomagic i740 tdfx savage \
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| 294 | cirrus vmware tseng trident chips apm \
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| 295 | GlideDriver fbdev i128 nsc \
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| 296 | ati i810 DevelDrivers ark \
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| 297 | cyrix siliconmotion \
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| 298 | vesa vga \
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| 299 | dummy XF86OSCardDrivers XF86ExtraCardDrivers
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| 300 |
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| 301 |
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| 302 | /* USER AND SYSTEM DEFAULT PATHS *************************************/
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| 303 |
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| 304 | /* These settings set the PATH variables used by xdm. See README for */
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| 305 | /* detailed description and modify the following as per your need. ***/
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| 306 |
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| 307 | /* #define DefaultSystemPath \
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| 308 | /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin */
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| 309 | /* #define DefaultUserPath /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin */
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| 310 |
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| 311 | /* FONT SERVER AND LIBRARY SETTINGS **********************************/
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| 312 |
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| 313 | /* These settings are the defaults **********************************/
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| 314 |
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| 315 | /* #define BuildFontServer YES */ /*For Ghostscript Print Server*/
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| 316 | /* #define SharedLibFont YES */
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| 317 | /* #define CompressAllFonts YES */
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| 318 | /* #define GzipFontCompression YES */
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| 319 |
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| 320 | /* These settings ensure we use our libraries ************************/
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| 321 | #define HasFreetype2 YES
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| 322 | #define HasFontconfig YES
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| 323 | #define HasExpat YES
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| 324 | #define HasLibpng YES
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| 325 | #define HasZlib YES
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| 326 |
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| 327 | /* INTERNATIONAL FONTS. Change to YES if you need any of them. These
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| 328 | * are the defaults. **************************************************/
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| 329 |
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| 330 | /* #define BuildCyrillicFonts NO */
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| 331 | /* #define BuildArabicFonts NO */
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| 332 | /* #define BuildISO8859_6Fonts NO */
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| 333 | /* #define BuildGreekFonts NO */
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| 334 | /* #define BuildISO8859_7Fonts NO */
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| 335 | /* #define BuildHebrewFonts NO */
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| 336 | /* #define BuildISO8859_8Fonts NO */
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| 337 | /* #define BuildKOI8_RFonts NO */
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| 338 | /* #define BuildJapaneseFonts NO */
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| 339 | /* #define BuildJISX0201Fonts NO */
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| 340 | /* #define BuildKoreanFonts NO */
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| 341 | /* #define BuildChineseFonts NO */
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| 342 |
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| 343 | /* DOCUMENTATION SETTINGS ********************************************/
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| 344 |
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| 345 | /* These setting are the defaults. ***********************************/
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| 346 |
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| 347 | /* #define BuildLinuxDocHtml NO */ /* X Docs in Html format */
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| 348 | /* #define BuildLinuxDocPS NO */ /* PostScript format */
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| 349 | /* #define BuildAllSpecsDocs NO */ /* Various docs */
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| 350 | /* #define BuildHtmlManPages NO */
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| 351 |
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| 352 | /* GENERAL SETTINGS: You generally want to leave these alone when
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| 353 | * building X on an LFS system ***************************************/
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| 354 |
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| 355 | #define GccWarningOptions -pipe /* Speed up compiles */
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| 356 | #define TermcapLibrary -lncurses
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| 357 | #define XprtServer YES /* Needed by realplayer */
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| 358 | #define XnestServer YES
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| 359 | #define XAppLoadDir EtcX11Directory/app-defaults
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| 360 | #define VarLibDir /var/lib
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| 361 | #define XFree86Devel NO
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| 362 | #define FSUseSyslog YES
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| 363 | #define ThreadedX YES
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| 364 | #define HasPam NO
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| 365 | #define SystemManDirectory /usr/share/man /*Instead of /usr/man*/
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| 366 | #define HasLibCrypt YES
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| 367 | #define InstallXinitConfig YES
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| 368 | #define InstallXdmConfig YES
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| 369 | #define ForceNormalLib YES
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| 370 | #define BuildSpecsDocs NO
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| 371 |
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| 372 | /* End XFree86 host.def file */</literal>
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| 373 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 374 |
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| 375 | <para>Edit the file for your hardware and desires.</para>
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| 376 |
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| 377 | </sect3>
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| 378 |
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| 379 | <sect3>
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| 380 | <title>Build Commands</title>
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| 381 |
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| 382 | <para>Install <application>XFree86</application> by running the
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| 383 | following commands:</para>
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| 384 |
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| 385 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../XFree86-&xfree86-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch &&
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| 386 | sed -i -e "s@^#include <linux/config.h>@/* & */@" \
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| 387 | `grep -lr linux/config.h *` &&
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| 388 | ( make WORLDOPTS="" World 2>&1 | \
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| 389 | tee xfree-compile.log && exit $PIPESTATUS )</userinput></screen>
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| 390 |
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| 391 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 392 | user:</para>
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| 393 |
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| 394 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 395 | make install.man &&
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| 396 | ln -v -sf ../X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11 &&
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| 397 | ln -v -sf ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
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| 398 | ln -v -sf ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen>
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <para>The <application>XFree86</application> fonts have been installed
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| 401 | outside of <application>Fontconfig</application>'s default search path
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| 402 | of <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>. In order
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| 403 | for <application>Fontconfig</application> to find the installed TrueType
|
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| 404 | fonts, you should make symlinks to their directories. Assuming you've
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| 405 | installed <application>XFree86</application> in the default prefix, run the
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| 406 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 407 | user:</para>
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| 408 |
|
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| 409 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts &&
|
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| 410 | ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &&
|
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| 411 | ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF</userinput></screen>
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| 412 |
|
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| 413 | <para><application>XFree86</application> installs the
|
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| 414 | <application>XRender</application> and
|
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| 415 | <application>XExtensions</application> extension libraries but does not
|
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| 416 | install the corresponding <application>pkg-config</application> files.
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| 417 | Create the files by issuing the following commands as the
|
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| 418 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
|
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| 419 |
|
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| 420 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc << "EOF"
|
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| 421 | <literal>prefix=/usr/X11R6
|
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| 422 | exec_prefix=${prefix}
|
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| 423 | libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
|
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| 424 | includedir=${prefix}/include
|
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| 425 |
|
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| 426 | Name: Xrender
|
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| 427 | Description: X Render Library
|
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| 428 | Version: 0.8.3
|
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| 429 | Cflags: -I${includedir} -I/usr/X11R6/include
|
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| 430 | Libs: -L${libdir} -lXrender -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11</literal>
|
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| 431 |
|
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| 432 | EOF
|
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| 433 |
|
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| 434 | cat > /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xextensions.pc << "EOF"
|
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| 435 | <literal>prefix=/usr/X11R6
|
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| 436 | exec_prefix=${prefix}
|
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| 437 | libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
|
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| 438 | includedir=${prefix}/include
|
|---|
| 439 |
|
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| 440 | Name: XExtensions
|
|---|
| 441 | Description: Sundry X extension headers
|
|---|
| 442 | Version: 1.0.1
|
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| 443 | Cflags: -I${includedir}</literal>
|
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| 444 |
|
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| 445 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
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| 446 |
|
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| 447 | <para>You should now continue on to the <xref linkend="x-setup"/> section
|
|---|
| 448 | to complete the configuration of
|
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| 449 | <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
|
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| 450 |
|
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| 451 | </sect3>
|
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| 452 |
|
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| 453 | </sect2>
|
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| 454 |
|
|---|
| 455 | <sect2 role="commands">
|
|---|
| 456 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
|
|---|
| 457 |
|
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| 458 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s@^#include <linux/config.h>@...</command>:
|
|---|
| 459 | The <application>Linux-Libc-Headers</application> package installed in
|
|---|
| 460 | LFS installs a <filename>/usr/include/linux/config.h</filename> file which
|
|---|
| 461 | is not compatible with userspace applications. The recommended fix for
|
|---|
| 462 | applications including this file is to remove it (see <ulink
|
|---|
| 463 | url="http://ep09.pld-linux.org/~mmazur/linux-libc-headers/doc/FAQ">
|
|---|
| 464 | linux-libc-headers FAQ</ulink>). The <command>sed</command> uses
|
|---|
| 465 | <command>grep -lr</command> to replace all occurrences. If you desire, just
|
|---|
| 466 | remove (comment) the line in the appropriate video driver file if you
|
|---|
| 467 | customized <filename>host.def</filename>.</para>
|
|---|
| 468 |
|
|---|
| 469 | <para><command>( make WORLDOPTS="" World 2>&1 | tee xfree-compile.log
|
|---|
| 470 | && exit $PIPESTATUS )</command>:
|
|---|
| 471 | This command runs multiple <filename>Makefile</filename>s to completely
|
|---|
| 472 | rebuild the system. <envar>WORLDOPTS</envar>="" disables the default setting
|
|---|
| 473 | to continue after encountering an error. <option>2>&1</option>
|
|---|
| 474 | redirects error messages to the same location as standard output. The
|
|---|
| 475 | <command>tee</command> command allows viewing of the output while logging
|
|---|
| 476 | the results to a file. The parentheses around the command runs the entire
|
|---|
| 477 | command in a subshell and finally the <command>exit $PIPESTATUS</command>
|
|---|
| 478 | ensures the result of the <command>make</command> is returned as the result
|
|---|
| 479 | and not the result of the <command>tee</command> command.</para>
|
|---|
| 480 |
|
|---|
| 481 | <note>
|
|---|
| 482 | <para>When rebuilding <application>XFree86</application>, a separate
|
|---|
| 483 | command that may be used if only minor changes are made to the sources
|
|---|
| 484 | is <command>make Everything</command>. This does not automatically
|
|---|
| 485 | remove generated files and only rebuilds those files or programs that
|
|---|
| 486 | are out of date.</para>
|
|---|
| 487 | </note>
|
|---|
| 488 |
|
|---|
| 489 | <para><command>ln -v -sf ...</command>: These commands are present to
|
|---|
| 490 | enable other (broken) packages to build against
|
|---|
| 491 | <application>XFree86</application>, even though the Filesystem Hierarchy
|
|---|
| 492 | Standard says: <quote>In general, software must not be installed or managed
|
|---|
| 493 | via the above symbolic links. They are intended for utilization by
|
|---|
| 494 | users only.</quote></para>
|
|---|
| 495 |
|
|---|
| 496 | </sect2>
|
|---|
| 497 |
|
|---|
| 498 | <sect2 id="xfree86-contents" role="content"
|
|---|
| 499 | xreflabel="XFree86 Contents and Descriptions">
|
|---|
| 500 | <title>Contents</title>
|
|---|
| 501 |
|
|---|
| 502 | <para>The <application>XFree86</application> package contains the
|
|---|
| 503 | <application>X Window System</application> for Linux (and other operating
|
|---|
| 504 | systems). It includes the <application>X</application> server, fonts,
|
|---|
| 505 | <command>xterm</command>, a simple window manager (<command>twm</command>),
|
|---|
| 506 | various utilities, video output drivers, and various input drivers
|
|---|
| 507 | including the mouse and keyboard.</para>
|
|---|
| 508 |
|
|---|
| 509 | <para><application>XFree86</application> also contains libraries and header
|
|---|
| 510 | files for development of the <application>X Window System</application>
|
|---|
| 511 | programs.</para>
|
|---|
| 512 |
|
|---|
| 513 | <note>
|
|---|
| 514 | <para>The following lists are not comprehensive. The full list of
|
|---|
| 515 | programs is in <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/bin</filename>.
|
|---|
| 516 | For additional information about these programs, see the respective
|
|---|
| 517 | man page.</para>
|
|---|
| 518 | </note>
|
|---|
| 519 |
|
|---|
| 520 | <segmentedlist>
|
|---|
| 521 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 522 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 523 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 524 |
|
|---|
| 525 | <seglistitem>
|
|---|
| 526 | <seg>XFree86, xf86config, xf86cfg, startx, xinit, twm, xterm,
|
|---|
| 527 | xwininfo, x11perf, xlsfonts, xvidtune, xload, xcalc, xclock,
|
|---|
| 528 | oclock, and xmodmap</seg>
|
|---|
| 529 | <seg>libGL.so, libGLU.so, libSM.so, libXi.so, libXrender.so,
|
|---|
| 530 | libXt.so, and libXfont.so</seg>
|
|---|
| 531 | <seg>/usr/X11R6/ and /etc/X11/</seg>
|
|---|
| 532 | </seglistitem>
|
|---|
| 533 | </segmentedlist>
|
|---|
| 534 |
|
|---|
| 535 | <variablelist>
|
|---|
| 536 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
|---|
| 537 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
|---|
| 538 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
|---|
| 539 |
|
|---|
| 540 | <varlistentry id="XFree86">
|
|---|
| 541 | <term><command>XFree86</command></term>
|
|---|
| 542 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 543 | <para>is the X11R6 implementation of the <application>X Window
|
|---|
| 544 | System</application> server.</para>
|
|---|
| 545 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 XFree86">
|
|---|
| 546 | <primary sortas="b-XFree86">XFree86</primary>
|
|---|
| 547 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 548 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 549 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 550 |
|
|---|
| 551 | <varlistentry id="xf86config">
|
|---|
| 552 | <term><command>xf86config</command></term>
|
|---|
| 553 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 554 | <para>is an interactive program for generating an
|
|---|
| 555 | <filename>XF86Config</filename> file for use with
|
|---|
| 556 | <application>XFree86</application> <application>X</application>
|
|---|
| 557 | servers.</para>
|
|---|
| 558 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xf86config">
|
|---|
| 559 | <primary sortas="b-xf86config">xf86config</primary>
|
|---|
| 560 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 561 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 562 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 563 |
|
|---|
| 564 | <varlistentry id="xf86cfg">
|
|---|
| 565 | <term><command>xf86cfg</command></term>
|
|---|
| 566 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 567 | <para>is a tool to configure <application>XFree86</application>
|
|---|
| 568 | that can be used to either write the initial configuration file
|
|---|
| 569 | or make customizations to the current configuration.</para>
|
|---|
| 570 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xf86cfg">
|
|---|
| 571 | <primary sortas="b-xf86cfg">xf86cfg</primary>
|
|---|
| 572 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 573 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 574 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 575 |
|
|---|
| 576 | <varlistentry id="startx">
|
|---|
| 577 | <term><command>startx</command></term>
|
|---|
| 578 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 579 | <para>is a script to initialize the <application>X</application>
|
|---|
| 580 | session. It runs <command>xinit</command>.</para>
|
|---|
| 581 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 startx">
|
|---|
| 582 | <primary sortas="b-startx">startx</primary>
|
|---|
| 583 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 584 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 585 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 586 |
|
|---|
| 587 | <varlistentry id="xinit">
|
|---|
| 588 | <term><command>xinit</command></term>
|
|---|
| 589 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 590 | <para>is used to start the <application>X Window
|
|---|
| 591 | System</application> server.</para>
|
|---|
| 592 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xinit">
|
|---|
| 593 | <primary sortas="b-xinit">xinit</primary>
|
|---|
| 594 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 595 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 596 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 597 |
|
|---|
| 598 | <varlistentry id="twm">
|
|---|
| 599 | <term><command>twm</command></term>
|
|---|
| 600 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 601 | <para>(Tab Window Manager) is a window manager included with the
|
|---|
| 602 | <application>X Window System</application>.</para>
|
|---|
| 603 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 twm">
|
|---|
| 604 | <primary sortas="b-twm">twm</primary>
|
|---|
| 605 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 606 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 607 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 608 |
|
|---|
| 609 | <varlistentry id="xterm">
|
|---|
| 610 | <term><command>xterm</command></term>
|
|---|
| 611 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 612 | <para>is a terminal emulator for <application>X</application>.</para>
|
|---|
| 613 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xterm">
|
|---|
| 614 | <primary sortas="b-xterm">xterm</primary>
|
|---|
| 615 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 616 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 617 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 618 |
|
|---|
| 619 | <varlistentry id="xwininfo">
|
|---|
| 620 | <term><command>xwininfo</command></term>
|
|---|
| 621 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 622 | <para>is a window information utility for
|
|---|
| 623 | <application>X</application>.</para>
|
|---|
| 624 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xwininfo">
|
|---|
| 625 | <primary sortas="b-xwininfo">xwininfo</primary>
|
|---|
| 626 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 627 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 628 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 629 |
|
|---|
| 630 | <varlistentry id="x11perf">
|
|---|
| 631 | <term><command>x11perf</command></term>
|
|---|
| 632 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 633 | <para>is an <application>X</application>11 server performance
|
|---|
| 634 | test program.</para>
|
|---|
| 635 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 x11perf">
|
|---|
| 636 | <primary sortas="b-x11perf">x11perf</primary>
|
|---|
| 637 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 638 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 639 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 640 |
|
|---|
| 641 | <varlistentry id="xlsfonts">
|
|---|
| 642 | <term><command>xlsfonts</command></term>
|
|---|
| 643 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 644 | <para>is a program to list fonts available to the
|
|---|
| 645 | <application>X</application> server.</para>
|
|---|
| 646 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xlsfonts">
|
|---|
| 647 | <primary sortas="b-xlsfonts">xlsfonts</primary>
|
|---|
| 648 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 649 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 650 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 651 |
|
|---|
| 652 | <varlistentry id="xvidtune">
|
|---|
| 653 | <term><command>xvidtune</command></term>
|
|---|
| 654 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 655 | <para>is a video mode tuner for
|
|---|
| 656 | <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
|
|---|
| 657 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xvidtune">
|
|---|
| 658 | <primary sortas="b-xvidtune">xvidtune</primary>
|
|---|
| 659 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 660 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 661 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 662 |
|
|---|
| 663 | <varlistentry id="xload">
|
|---|
| 664 | <term><command>xload</command></term>
|
|---|
| 665 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 666 | <para> is a system load average display for
|
|---|
| 667 | <application>X</application>.</para>
|
|---|
| 668 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xload">
|
|---|
| 669 | <primary sortas="b-xload">xload</primary>
|
|---|
| 670 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 671 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 672 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 673 |
|
|---|
| 674 | <varlistentry id="xcalc">
|
|---|
| 675 | <term><command>xcalc</command></term>
|
|---|
| 676 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 677 | <para>is a scientific calculator for
|
|---|
| 678 | <application>X</application>.</para>
|
|---|
| 679 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xcalc">
|
|---|
| 680 | <primary sortas="b-xcalc">xcalc</primary>
|
|---|
| 681 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 682 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 683 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 684 |
|
|---|
| 685 | <varlistentry id="xclock">
|
|---|
| 686 | <term><command>xclock</command></term>
|
|---|
| 687 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 688 | <para>is a clock programs for <application>X</application>.</para>
|
|---|
| 689 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xclock">
|
|---|
| 690 | <primary sortas="b-xclock">xclock</primary>
|
|---|
| 691 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 692 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 693 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 694 |
|
|---|
| 695 | <varlistentry id="oclock">
|
|---|
| 696 | <term><command>oclock</command></term>
|
|---|
| 697 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 698 | <para>is a clock programs for <application>X</application>.</para>
|
|---|
| 699 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 oclock">
|
|---|
| 700 | <primary sortas="b-oclock">oclock</primary>
|
|---|
| 701 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 702 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 703 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 704 |
|
|---|
| 705 | <varlistentry id="xmodmap">
|
|---|
| 706 | <term><command>xmodmap</command></term>
|
|---|
| 707 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 708 | <para>is a utility for modifying keymaps and pointer button
|
|---|
| 709 | mappings in <application>X</application>.</para>
|
|---|
| 710 | <indexterm zone="xfree86 xmodmap">
|
|---|
| 711 | <primary sortas="b-xmodmap">xmodmap</primary>
|
|---|
| 712 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 713 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 714 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 715 |
|
|---|
| 716 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 717 |
|
|---|
| 718 | </sect2>
|
|---|
| 719 |
|
|---|
| 720 | </sect1>
|
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