source: x/installing/xorg-server.xml@ 6fb0b93

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY xorg-server-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/xserver/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY xorg-server-download-ftp  "&xorg-download-ftp;/xserver/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY xorg-server-md5sum        "1fee73752bc08a9d364d5e39f19f464f">
  <!ENTITY xorg-server-size          "4.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY xorg-server-buildsize     "186 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY xorg-server-time          "0.5 SBU (using parallelism=4; with tests)">
]>

<sect1 id="xorg-server" xreflabel="Xorg-Server-&xorg-server-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="xorg-server.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Xorg-Server-&xorg-server-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="xorg-server">
    <primary sortas="a-xorg-server">xorg-server</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Xorg Server</title>

    <para>
      The <application>Xorg</application> Server is the core
      of the X Window system.
    </para>

    &lfs111_checked;

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

<!-- Prime support is now automatically added in DRI3, and this patch
     may break things on some setups.
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Optional patch:
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;-add_prime_support-1.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>-->

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Server Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="libxcvt"/>,
      <xref linkend="pixman"/>,
      <xref linkend="xorg7-font"/> (only font-util), and at runtime:
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="xkeyboard-config"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/>,</phrase>
      <xref linkend="libepoxy"/> (needed for glamor),
      <xref linkend="libtirpc"/>, and
      <phrase revision="sysv"><xref role="runtime"
                                    linkend="polkit"/> (runtime)</phrase>
      <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="systemd"/></phrase>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="acpid"/> (runtime),
      <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (to build API documentation),
      <xref linkend="fop"/> (to build documentation),
      <xref linkend="libunwind"/>,
      <xref linkend="nettle"/>,
      <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
      <xref linkend="xcb-util-keysyms"/>,
      <xref linkend="xcb-util-image"/>,
      <xref linkend="xcb-util-renderutil"/>,
      <xref linkend="xcb-util-wm"/> (all four to build Xephyr),
      <xref linkend="xmlto"/> (to build documentation),
      <ulink url="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/test/rendercheck">rendercheck</ulink> (for tests), and
      <ulink url="https://www.x.org/archive/individual/doc/">xorg-sgml-doctools</ulink> (to build documentation)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Server'/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Xorg Server</title>
<!-- Patch removed
    <para>
      If you have downloaded the optional patch, apply it by running the
      following command:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;-add_prime_support-1.patch</userinput></screen>-->

<!-- Not needed with 21.1.4
    <para>
      Fix an issue with gcc-12 and later:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i '/(SourcePictPtr)/s/sizeof([^)]*)/sizeof(SourcePict)/' render/picture.c</userinput></screen>
-->

    <para>
      Install the server by running the following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
      --localstatedir=/var  \
      -Dsuid_wrapper=true   \
      -Dxkb_output_dir=/var/lib/xkb &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>. You
      will need to run <command>ldconfig</command> as the <systemitem
      class="username">root</systemitem> user first or some tests may fail.
    </para>

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

<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>ninja install &amp;&amp;
mkdir -pv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d &amp;&amp;
cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal>/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
/tmp/.X11-unix dir 1777 root root</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>ninja install &amp;&amp;
mkdir -pv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>
<!-- built by default now
    <para>
      <parameter>- -enable-glamor</parameter>: Build the Glamor DIX (Device
      Independent X) module which is currently used by: R600 or later radeon
      video chipsets, the modesetting driver (which is part of this package)
      for hardware using KMS which offers acceleration, and (optionally) the
      intel driver.
    </para>
-->
    <para>
      <parameter>-Dsuid_wrapper=true</parameter>: Builds the suid-root
      wrapper for legacy driver support on rootless xserver systems.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>-Dsystemd_logind=false</option>:
      This switch disables <phrase revision="systemd">systemd-logind</phrase>
      <phrase revision="sysv">elogind</phrase> integration, allowing Xorg Server
      to work without having the <phrase revision="systemd">systemd</phrase>
      <phrase revision="elogind">elogind</phrase> PAM module configured.
    </para>
<!-- seems to be completely removed with meson build:
    <para>
      <option>- -enable-install-setuid</option>:
      This switch restores the setuid bit to the Xorg executable allowing Xorg
      Server to work with a virtual terminal designated on the
      <command>startx</command> command line.
    </para>
-->
    <para revision="sysv">
      <command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles...</command>: This
      command creates the <filename class="directory">/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename>
      and <filename class="directory">/tmp/.X11-unix</filename> directories at
      startup, and ensures that the permissions and ownership are correct as
      required by the server.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>-Dxephyr=true</option>: This option allows building Xephyr if its
      dependencies are met.
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          gtf, X, Xnest, Xorg, Xvfb, and optionally Xephyr
        </seg>
        <seg>
          several under $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/ including the
          <filename class="libraryfile">modesetting_drv.so</filename>
          driver
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d,
          $XORG_PREFIX/include/xorg,
          $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg, and
          $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
        </seg>

      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<!-- Now in libxcvt:
      <varlistentry id="cvt-x7">
        <term><command>cvt</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            calculates VESA CVT mode lines
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server cvt-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-cvt">cvt</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
Removed in this release:
      <varlistentry id="dmx-x7">
        <term><command>dmx*</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            are various tools used for manipulating the dmx server
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server dmx-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-dmx">dmx*</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-->
      <varlistentry id="gtf-x7">
        <term><command>gtf</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            calculates VESA GTF mode lines
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server gtf-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-gtf">gtf</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
<!-- No dmx in this release
      <varlistentry id="vdltodmx-x7">
        <term><command>vdltodmx</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a tool used to convert VDL config files to DMX config
            files
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server vdltodmx-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-vdltodmx">vdltodmx</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-->
      <varlistentry id="X-x7">
        <term><command>X</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a symbolic link to Xorg
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server X-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-X">X</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
<!-- No dmx in this release
     <varlistentry id="Xdmx">
        <term><command>Xdmx</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers as
            its display devices
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xdmx">
            <primary sortas="b-Xdmx">Xdmx</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-->
      <varlistentry id="Xephyr-x7">
        <term><command>Xephyr</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a nested X server which supports modern X extensions
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xephyr-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-Xephyr">Xephyr</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="Xnest-x7">
        <term><command>Xnest</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a nested X server
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xnest-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-Xnest">Xnest</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="Xorg-x7">
        <term><command>Xorg</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the X11R7 X Server
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xorg-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-Xorg">Xorg</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="Xvfb-x7">
        <term><command>Xvfb</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xvfb-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-Xvfb">Xvfb</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
<!-- No dmx in this release
      <varlistentry id="xdmxconfig-x7">
        <term><command>xdmxconfig</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a graphical configuration utility for the dmx server
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server xdmxconfig-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-xdmxconfig">xdmxconfig</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
Xwayland has been separated to xwayland package
      <varlistentry id="Xwayland-x7">
        <term><command>Xwayland</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            allows the X server to run X clients under wayland (i.e. wayland
            provides the input devices and handles the presentation of the
            windows)
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xwayland-x7">
            <primary sortas="b-Xwayland">Xwayland</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-->
      <varlistentry id="modesetting_drv-x7">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">modesetting_drv.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides a video driver for machines using Kernel Mode Setting (KMS).
            This will use glamor if that has been enabled and the hardware offers
            acceleration
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xorg-server modesetting_drv-x7">
            <primary sortas="c-modesetting_drv">modesetting_drv.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>