source: x/installing/xorg-server.xml@ 29b761e

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

  <!ENTITY xorg-server-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/xserver/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xorg-server-download-ftp  "&xorg-download-ftp;/xserver/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xorg-server-md5sum        "69229fe5cdf3f20f74665d57b7601d26">
  <!ENTITY xorg-server-size          "5.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY xorg-server-buildsize     "475 MB">
  <!ENTITY xorg-server-time          "1.6 SBU">
]>

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

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <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>

    &lfs75_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>

    <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="openssl"/> or
      <xref linkend="nettle"/> or
      <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
      <xref linkend="pixman"/>,
      <xref linkend="xorg7-font"/>, and
      <xref linkend="xkeyboard-config"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para>
      <xref linkend="acpid"/> (runtime),
      <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (to build API documentation),
      <xref linkend="fop"/>, (to build documentation),
      <xref linkend="gs"/> (to build documentation), and
      <xref linkend="xmlto"/>, (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>

    <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>

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

<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
           --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb \
           --enable-install-setuid &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
    </para>

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

<screen role="root"><userinput>make 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>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <parameter>--enable-install-setuid</parameter>: The Xorg binary must run as
      the root user. This switch ensures that the binary is installed
      setuid when <command>make</command> is run by an unprivileged user.
    </para>

    <para>
      <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>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          cvt, dmxaddinput, dmxaddscreen, dmxinfo, dmxreconfig, dmxresize,
          dmxrminput, dmxrmscreen, dmxtodmx, dmxwininfo, gtf, vdltodmx, X,
          Xdmx, xdmxconfig, Xnest, Xorg, and Xvfb
        </seg>
        <seg>
          several under $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/{,extensions,multimedia}
        </seg>
        <seg>
          $XORG_PREFIX/include/xorg,
          $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg,
          $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xorg.conf.d, and
          /var/lib/xkb
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <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>

      <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>

      <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>

      <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>

      <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>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>