[f45b1953] | 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Configuring XFree86</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para>Edit <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and add
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| 5 | <filename>/usr/X11R6/lib</filename>.
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[071a954] | 6 | Run <screen><userinput>ldconfig</userinput></screen></para>
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[f45b1953] | 7 |
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| 8 | <para>Add <filename>/usr/X11R6/bin</filename> to your PATH environment
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| 9 | variable in <filename>.bash_profile</filename>. The statement should
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| 10 | look something like <userinput>PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin</userinput>
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[19e9cee] | 11 | and be placed before the <userinput>export PATH</userinput>
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| 12 | statement.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 13 |
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[19e9cee] | 14 | <para>Run
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[071a954] | 15 | <screen><userinput>source ~/.bash_profile</userinput></screen></para>
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[f45b1953] | 16 |
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[19e9cee] | 17 | <para>Set up your mouse:
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| 18 | <screen><userinput>cd /dev
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| 19 | ln -s psaux mouse</userinput></screen>
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[f45b1953] | 20 |
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| 21 | Adjust the symbolic link as necessary for other types of mice. For instance,
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[19e9cee] | 22 | a serial mouse on the first serial port would be linked to ttyS1.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 23 |
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| 24 | <para>Create the XF86Config file with
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[19e9cee] | 25 | <screen><userinput>cd ~
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| 26 | XFree86 -configure</userinput></screen>
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[f45b1953] | 27 | The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the monitor. This
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| 28 | command will create a file, <filename>XF86Config.new</filename> in your home
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[19e9cee] | 29 | directory.</para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para>Edit <filename>XF86Config.new</filename> to suit your system. The
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| 32 | details of the file are located in the man
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| 33 | page <userinput>man XF86Config</userinput>. Some things you may want to
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| 34 | do are:</para>
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[f45b1953] | 35 |
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| 36 | <itemizedlist>
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[19e9cee] | 37 |
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[f45b1953] | 38 | <listitem><para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
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[19e9cee] | 39 | You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system normally
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| 40 | comes up closer to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove some font
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| 41 | directories completely.</para></listitem>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <listitem><para>Section "Module". Remove or comment out some of the modules.
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| 44 | The "glx" and "dri" sections are not operational until we install DRI
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| 45 | below. Leaving modules in does not hurt anything.</para></listitem>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <listitem><para>Section "InputDevice". You may want to change the keyboard
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| 48 | autorepeat rate by
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| 49 | adding <userinput>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</userinput>.</para></listitem>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <listitem><para>Section "Screen". Add a DefaultDepth statement such
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| 52 | as: <userinput>DefaultDepth 16</userinput>. In the SubSection for your
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| 53 | default depth, add a modes line such
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| 54 | as: <userinput> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"</userinput>.
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| 55 | The first mode listed will normally be the starting
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| 56 | resolution.</para></listitem>
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| 57 |
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[f45b1953] | 58 | </itemizedlist>
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| 59 |
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[19e9cee] | 60 | <para>Test the system with
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| 61 | <screen><userinput>XFree86 -xf86config ~/XF86Config.new</userinput></screen>
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[f45b1953] | 62 | You will only get a grey background with an X-shaped mouse cursor, but it
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| 63 | confirms the system is working. Exit with Control-Alt-Backspace. If the
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[19e9cee] | 64 | system does not work, take a look
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| 65 | at <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename> to see what went
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| 66 | wrong.</para>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <para>Move the confiuration file to its final location
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| 69 | <screen><userinput>mv ~/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config-4</userinput></screen></para>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <para>Create <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
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[f45b1953] | 72 | <screen><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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| 73 | # Begin .xinitrc file
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| 74 | xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &
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| 75 | xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &
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| 76 | twm
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| 77 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 78 | This provides an initial screen with an xterm and a clock that is managed by a
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| 79 | simple window manager, Tab Winow Manager. For details of twm, see the
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[19e9cee] | 80 | man page.</para>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <para>Start X with
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| 83 | <screen><userinput>startx</userinput></screen>
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| 84 | to get basic funtional X Windows System.</para>
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| 85 |
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[f45b1953] | 86 | </sect2>
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| 87 |
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