source: x/installing/xinit.xml@ ba4e992

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY xinit-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/app/xinit-&xinit-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xinit-download-ftp  "&xorg-download-ftp;/app/xinit-&xinit-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xinit-md5sum        "2da154b2f80ca9637b1a17b13af0880c">
  <!ENTITY xinit-size          "172 KB">
  <!ENTITY xinit-buildsize     "1.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY xinit-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="xinit" xreflabel="xinit-&xinit-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="xinit.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>xinit-&xinit-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="xinit">
    <primary sortas="a-xinit">xinit</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to xinit</title>

    <para>The <application>xinit</application> package contains a usable script
    to start the xserver.</para>

    &not-katamari;

    &lfs84_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xinit-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xinit-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &xinit-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &xinit-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &xinit-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &xinit-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">xinit Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended (runtime only)</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="twm"/>, 
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="xclock"/>, and
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="xterm2"/> (used in the default <filename>
      xinitrc</filename> file)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xinit"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of xinit</title>

    <para revision='sysv'>First, modify <command>startx</command>, hence the X
    session starts on the first unused virtual terminal, which normally is
    vt7:</para>
    <!--Apparently, this should not be done for systemd systems-->

<screen revision='sysv'><userinput>sed -e '/$serverargs $vtarg/ s/serverargs/: #&amp;/' \
    -i startx.cpp</userinput></screen>

    <note revision='sysv'>
      <para>
        If you have already installed this package without the sed above, there
        is no need to reinstall. Just modify the installed
        <command>startx</command>, issuing, as the <systemitem
        class="username">root</systemitem> user:
        <command>sed -i '/$serverargs $vtarg/ s/serverargs/: #&amp;/'
        $XORG_PREFIX/bin/startx</command>
      </para>
    </note>

    <para>Install <application>xinit</application> by running the
    following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-xinitdir=/etc/X11/app-defaults &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
    user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
ldconfig</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>xinit and startx</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="startx">
        <term><command>startx</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>initializes an X session.</para>
          <indexterm zone="xinit startx">
            <primary sortas="b-startx">startx</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xinit-bin">
        <term><command>xinit</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the X Window System initializer.</para>
          <indexterm zone="xinit xinit">
            <primary sortas="b-xinit">xinit</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
  </sect2>

</sect1>