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[0d2f891] | 2 | <title>Configuring <application>XFree86</application></title>
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[f45b1953] | 3 |
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| 4 | <para>Edit <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and add
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[0d2f891] | 5 | <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib</filename>.
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[5836d75] | 6 | Run</para> <screen><userinput><command>ldconfig</command></userinput></screen>
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[f45b1953] | 7 |
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[e68cc1c] | 8 | <para>Add <filename class='directory'>/usr/X11R6/bin</filename> to your
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| 9 | <envar>PATH</envar> environment
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[f45b1953] | 10 | variable in <filename>.bash_profile</filename>. The statement should
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[0d2f891] | 11 | look something like <parameter>PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin</parameter>
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| 12 | and be placed before the <command>export PATH</command>
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[19e9cee] | 13 | statement.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 14 |
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[8d94e41] | 15 | <para>Expand the <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> so that other packages
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| 16 | can find <application>XFree86</application> libraries. Add the following line to
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| 17 | <filename>.bash_profile</filename> for root user:</para>
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| 18 | <screen><userinput><command>export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</command></userinput></screen>
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| 19 |
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[5836d75] | 20 | <para>Run</para>
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| 21 | <screen><userinput><command>source ~/.bash_profile</command></userinput></screen>
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[f45b1953] | 22 |
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[19e9cee] | 23 | <para>Set up your mouse:
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[6aac02e] | 24 | <screen><userinput><command>ln -s psaux /dev/mouse</command></userinput></screen>
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[f45b1953] | 25 |
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| 26 | Adjust the symbolic link as necessary for other types of mice. For instance,
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[19e9cee] | 27 | a serial mouse on the first serial port would be linked to ttyS1.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 28 |
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[0d2f891] | 29 | <para>Create the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file with
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| 30 | <screen><userinput><command>cd ~
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| 31 | XFree86 -configure</command></userinput></screen>
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[f45b1953] | 32 | The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the monitor. This
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| 33 | command will create a file, <filename>XF86Config.new</filename> in your home
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[19e9cee] | 34 | directory.</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para>Edit <filename>XF86Config.new</filename> to suit your system. The
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| 37 | details of the file are located in the man
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[0d2f891] | 38 | page <command>man XF86Config</command>. Some things you may want to
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[19e9cee] | 39 | do are:</para>
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[f45b1953] | 40 |
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| 41 | <itemizedlist>
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[19e9cee] | 42 |
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[f45b1953] | 43 | <listitem><para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
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[19e9cee] | 44 | You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system normally
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| 45 | comes up closer to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove some font
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| 46 | directories completely.</para></listitem>
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| 47 |
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[0d2f891] | 48 | <listitem><para>Section "Monitor". Specify the <parameter>VertRefresh</parameter>
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| 49 | and <parameter>HorizSync</parameter> values if the system does not automatically
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[c49d8f0] | 50 | detect the monitor and its values.</para></listitem>
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[19e9cee] | 51 |
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| 52 | <listitem><para>Section "InputDevice". You may want to change the keyboard
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| 53 | autorepeat rate by
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[0d2f891] | 54 | adding <parameter>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</parameter>.</para></listitem>
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[19e9cee] | 55 |
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[c49d8f0] | 56 | <listitem><para>Section "Device". You may want to set some of the options
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| 57 | available for your selected video driver. A description of the driver
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| 58 | parameters is in the man page for your driver.</para></listitem>
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| 59 |
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[19e9cee] | 60 | <listitem><para>Section "Screen". Add a DefaultDepth statement such
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[0d2f891] | 61 | as: <parameter>DefaultDepth 16</parameter>. In the SubSection for your
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[19e9cee] | 62 | default depth, add a modes line such
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[0d2f891] | 63 | as: <parameter> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"</parameter>.
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[19e9cee] | 64 | The first mode listed will normally be the starting
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| 65 | resolution.</para></listitem>
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| 66 |
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[f45b1953] | 67 | </itemizedlist>
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| 68 |
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[19e9cee] | 69 | <para>Test the system with
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[0d2f891] | 70 | <screen><userinput><command>XFree86 -xf86config ~/XF86Config.new</command></userinput></screen>
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[5628618e] | 71 | You will only get a gray background with an X-shaped mouse cursor, but it
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[f45b1953] | 72 | confirms the system is working. Exit with Control-Alt-Backspace. If the
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[19e9cee] | 73 | system does not work, take a look
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| 74 | at <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename> to see what went
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| 75 | wrong.</para>
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| 76 |
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[5836d75] | 77 | <para>Move the configuration file to its final location</para>
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| 78 | <screen><userinput><command>mv ~/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config</command></userinput></screen>
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[19e9cee] | 79 |
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| 80 | <para>Create <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
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[0d2f891] | 81 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"</command>
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[f45b1953] | 82 | # Begin .xinitrc file
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| 83 | xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &
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| 84 | xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &
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| 85 | twm
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[0d2f891] | 86 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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[f45b1953] | 87 | This provides an initial screen with an xterm and a clock that is managed by a
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[5628618e] | 88 | simple window manager, Tab Window Manager. For details of twm, see the
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[19e9cee] | 89 | man page.</para>
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| 90 |
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[a0481ec9] | 91 | <note>
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| 92 |
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[fe88f584] | 93 | <para>When needed, <application>XFree86</application> creates the directory
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[a0481ec9] | 94 | <filename>/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename> if it does not exist. If this directory is
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[dac7717] | 95 | not owned by root, <application>XFree86</application> delays startup by a few seconds
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[a0481ec9] | 96 | and also appends a warning to the logfile. This also affects startup of other
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[fe88f584] | 97 | applications. To improve performance, it is advisable to manually create the directory
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| 98 | before XFree86 uses it. Add the file creation to <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename>
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| 99 | that is sourced by the
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[a0481ec9] | 100 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</filename> startup script.</para>
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| 101 |
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[fe88f584] | 102 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles << "EOF"</command>
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[561a987] | 103 | /tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
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[fe88f584] | 104 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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[a0481ec9] | 105 |
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| 106 | </note>
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| 107 |
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[0d2f891] | 108 | <para>Start <application>X</application> with
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| 109 | <screen><userinput><command>startx</command></userinput></screen>
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| 110 | to get basic functional <application>X</application> Window System.</para>
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[19e9cee] | 111 |
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[f45b1953] | 112 | </sect2>
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| 113 |
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