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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6 | Run <screen>ldconfig</screen></para>
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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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11 | and be placed before the <userinput>export PATH</userinput> statement.
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12 |
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13 | Run
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14 | <screen>source ~/.bash_profile</screen></para>
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15 |
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16 | <para>Set up your mouse
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17 | <screen>cd /dev
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18 | ln -s psaux mouse</screen>
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19 |
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20 | Adjust the symbolic link as necessary for other types of mice. For instance,
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21 | a serial mouse on the first serial port would be linked to ttyS1.
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22 | </para>
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23 |
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24 | <para>Create the XF86Config file with
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25 | <screen>cd ~
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26 | XFree86 -configure</screen>
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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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29 | directory.
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30 | </para>
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31 |
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32 | <para>
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33 | Edit <filename>XF86Config.new</filename> to suit your system. The details
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34 | of the file are located in the man page <userinput>man XF86Config</userinput>.
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35 | Some things you may want to do are:</para>
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36 | <itemizedlist>
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37 | <listitem><para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
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38 | You may want to put
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39 | 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system normally comes up closer
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40 | to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove some font directories completely.
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41 | </para></listitem>
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42 | <listitem><para>
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43 | Section "Module". Remove or comment out some of the modules. The "glx"
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44 | and "dri" sections are not operational until we install DRI below. Leaving
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45 | modules in does not hurt anything.
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46 | </para></listitem>
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47 | <listitem><para>
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48 | Section "InputDevice". You may want to change the keyboard autorepeat rate
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49 | by adding
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50 | <userinput>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</userinput>.
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51 | </para></listitem>
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52 | <listitem><para>
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53 | Section "Screen". Add a DefaultDepth statement such as:
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54 | <userinput>DefaultDepth 16</userinput>. In the SubSection for your default
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55 | depth, add a modes line such as:
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56 | <userinput> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"</userinput>.
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57 | The first mode listed will normally be the starting resolution.
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58 | </para></listitem>
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59 | </itemizedlist>
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60 |
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61 | <para>
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62 | Test the system with
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63 | <screen>XFree86 -xf86config ~/XF86Config.new</screen>
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64 | You will only get a grey background with an X-shaped mouse cursor, but it
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65 | confirms the system is working. Exit with Control-Alt-Backspace. If the
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66 | system does not work, take a look at
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67 | <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename> to see what went wrong.
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68 | </para>
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69 | <para>
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70 | Move the confiuration file to its final location
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71 | <screen>mv ~/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config</screen>
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72 | </para>
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73 | <para>
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74 | Create <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
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75 | <screen><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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76 | # Begin .xinitrc file
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77 | xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &
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78 | xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &
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79 | twm
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80 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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81 | This provides an initial screen with an xterm and a clock that is managed by a
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82 | simple window manager, Tab Winow Manager. For details of twm, see the
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83 | man page.
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84 | </para>
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85 |
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86 | <para>
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87 | Start X with
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88 | <screen>startx</screen>
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89 | to get basic funtional X Windows System.
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90 | </para>
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91 | </sect2>
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92 |
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