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Update to xorg-server-21.1.7.
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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY xorg-server-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/xserver/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY xorg-server-download-ftp "&xorg-download-ftp;/xserver/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY xorg-server-md5sum "277a842f1e223820a31a9bd7887d2aab">
10 <!ENTITY xorg-server-size "4.8 MB">
11 <!ENTITY xorg-server-buildsize "187 MB (with tests)">
12 <!ENTITY xorg-server-time "0.4 SBU (using parallelism=4; with tests)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="xorg-server" xreflabel="Xorg-Server-&xorg-server-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="xorg-server.html"?>
17
18
19 <title>Xorg-Server-&xorg-server-version;</title>
20
21 <indexterm zone="xorg-server">
22 <primary sortas="a-xorg-server">xorg-server</primary>
23 </indexterm>
24
25 <sect2 role="package">
26 <title>Introduction to Xorg Server</title>
27
28 <para>
29 The <application>Xorg</application> Server is the core
30 of the X Window system.
31 </para>
32
33 &lfs112_checked;
34
35 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
36 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
37 <listitem>
38 <para>
39 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xorg-server-download-http;"/>
40 </para>
41 </listitem>
42 <listitem>
43 <para>
44 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xorg-server-download-ftp;"/>
45 </para>
46 </listitem>
47 <listitem>
48 <para>
49 Download MD5 sum: &xorg-server-md5sum;
50 </para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>
54 Download size: &xorg-server-size;
55 </para>
56 </listitem>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>
59 Estimated disk space required: &xorg-server-buildsize;
60 </para>
61 </listitem>
62 <listitem>
63 <para>
64 Estimated build time: &xorg-server-time;
65 </para>
66 </listitem>
67 </itemizedlist>
68
69 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Server Dependencies</bridgehead>
70
71 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
72 <para role="required">
73 <xref linkend="libxcvt"/>,
74 <xref linkend="pixman"/>,
75 <xref linkend="xorg7-font"/> (only font-util), and at runtime:
76 <xref role="runtime" linkend="xkeyboard-config"/>
77 </para>
78
79 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
80 <para role="recommended">
81 <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/>,</phrase>
82 <xref linkend="libepoxy"/> (needed for glamor),
83 <xref linkend="libtirpc"/>, and
84 <phrase revision="sysv"><xref role="runtime"
85 linkend="polkit"/> (runtime)</phrase>
86 <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="systemd"/></phrase>
87 </para>
88
89 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
90 <para role="optional">
91 <xref role="runtime" linkend="acpid"/> (runtime),
92 <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (to build API documentation),
93 <xref linkend="fop"/> (to build documentation),
94 <xref linkend="libunwind"/>,
95 <xref linkend="nettle"/>,
96 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
97 <xref linkend="xcb-util-keysyms"/>,
98 <xref linkend="xcb-util-image"/>,
99 <xref linkend="xcb-util-renderutil"/>,
100 <xref linkend="xcb-util-wm"/> (all four to build Xephyr),
101 <xref linkend="xmlto"/> (to build documentation),
102 <xref linkend="xkeyboard-config"/> (for tests),
103 <ulink url="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/test/rendercheck">rendercheck</ulink> (for tests), and
104 <ulink url="https://www.x.org/archive/individual/doc/">xorg-sgml-doctools</ulink> (to build documentation)
105 </para>
106
107 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
108 <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Server'/>
109 </para>
110 </sect2>
111
112 <sect2 role="installation">
113 <title>Installation of Xorg Server</title>
114
115 <para>
116 Install the server by running the following commands:
117 </para>
118
119<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
120cd build &amp;&amp;
121
122meson --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
123 --localstatedir=/var \
124 -Dsuid_wrapper=true \
125 -Dxkb_output_dir=/var/lib/xkb &amp;&amp;
126ninja</userinput></screen>
127
128 <para>
129 To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>. You
130 will need to run <command>ldconfig</command> as the <systemitem
131 class="username">root</systemitem> user first or some tests may fail.
132 </para>
133
134 <para>
135 Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
136 user:
137 </para>
138
139<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>ninja install &amp;&amp;
140mkdir -pv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d &amp;&amp;
141cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles &lt;&lt; "EOF"
142<literal>/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
143/tmp/.X11-unix dir 1777 root root</literal>
144EOF</userinput></screen>
145
146<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>ninja install &amp;&amp;
147mkdir -pv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d</userinput></screen>
148
149 </sect2>
150
151 <sect2 role="commands">
152 <title>Command Explanations</title>
153
154 <para>
155 <parameter>-Dsuid_wrapper=true</parameter>: Builds the suid-root
156 wrapper for legacy driver support on rootless xserver systems.
157 </para>
158
159 <para>
160 <option>-Dsystemd_logind=false</option>:
161 This switch disables <phrase revision="systemd">systemd-logind</phrase>
162 <phrase revision="sysv">elogind</phrase> integration, allowing Xorg Server
163 to work without having the <phrase revision="systemd">systemd</phrase>
164 <phrase revision="elogind">elogind</phrase> PAM module configured.
165 </para>
166
167 <para revision="sysv">
168 <command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles...</command>: This
169 command creates the <filename class="directory">/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename>
170 and <filename class="directory">/tmp/.X11-unix</filename> directories at
171 startup, and ensures that the permissions and ownership are correct as
172 required by the server.
173 </para>
174
175 <para>
176 <option>-Dxephyr=true</option>: This option allows building Xephyr if its
177 dependencies are met.
178 </para>
179
180 </sect2>
181
182 <sect2 role="content">
183 <title>Contents</title>
184
185 <segmentedlist>
186 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
187 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
188 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
189
190 <seglistitem>
191 <seg>
192 gtf, X, Xnest, Xorg, Xvfb, and optionally Xephyr
193 </seg>
194 <seg>
195 several under $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/ including the
196 <filename class="libraryfile">modesetting_drv.so</filename>
197 driver
198 </seg>
199 <seg>
200 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d,
201 $XORG_PREFIX/include/xorg,
202 $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg, and
203 $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
204 </seg>
205
206 </seglistitem>
207 </segmentedlist>
208
209 <variablelist>
210 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
211 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
212 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
213
214 <varlistentry id="gtf-x7">
215 <term><command>gtf</command></term>
216 <listitem>
217 <para>
218 calculates VESA GTF mode lines
219 </para>
220 <indexterm zone="xorg-server gtf-x7">
221 <primary sortas="b-gtf">gtf</primary>
222 </indexterm>
223 </listitem>
224 </varlistentry>
225
226 <varlistentry id="X-x7">
227 <term><command>X</command></term>
228 <listitem>
229 <para>
230 is a symbolic link to Xorg
231 </para>
232 <indexterm zone="xorg-server X-x7">
233 <primary sortas="b-X">X</primary>
234 </indexterm>
235 </listitem>
236 </varlistentry>
237
238 <varlistentry id="Xephyr-x7">
239 <term><command>Xephyr</command></term>
240 <listitem>
241 <para>
242 is a nested X server which supports modern X extensions
243 </para>
244 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xephyr-x7">
245 <primary sortas="b-Xephyr">Xephyr</primary>
246 </indexterm>
247 </listitem>
248 </varlistentry>
249
250 <varlistentry id="Xnest-x7">
251 <term><command>Xnest</command></term>
252 <listitem>
253 <para>
254 is a nested X server
255 </para>
256 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xnest-x7">
257 <primary sortas="b-Xnest">Xnest</primary>
258 </indexterm>
259 </listitem>
260 </varlistentry>
261
262 <varlistentry id="Xorg-x7">
263 <term><command>Xorg</command></term>
264 <listitem>
265 <para>
266 is the X11R7 X Server
267 </para>
268 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xorg-x7">
269 <primary sortas="b-Xorg">Xorg</primary>
270 </indexterm>
271 </listitem>
272 </varlistentry>
273
274 <varlistentry id="Xvfb-x7">
275 <term><command>Xvfb</command></term>
276 <listitem>
277 <para>
278 is the virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11
279 </para>
280 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xvfb-x7">
281 <primary sortas="b-Xvfb">Xvfb</primary>
282 </indexterm>
283 </listitem>
284 </varlistentry>
285
286 <varlistentry id="modesetting_drv-x7">
287 <term><filename class="libraryfile">modesetting_drv.so</filename></term>
288 <listitem>
289 <para>
290 provides a video driver for machines using Kernel Mode Setting (KMS).
291 This will use glamor if that has been enabled and the hardware offers
292 acceleration
293 </para>
294 <indexterm zone="xorg-server modesetting_drv-x7">
295 <primary sortas="c-modesetting_drv">modesetting_drv.so</primary>
296 </indexterm>
297 </listitem>
298 </varlistentry>
299
300 </variablelist>
301
302 </sect2>
303
304</sect1>
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