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Update to Xorg nouveau driver git version as of commit 1ff13a92.
Update to Xorg Intel driver git version as of commit 0340718.
Update to xf86-video-ati-7.6.1.
Update to xorg-server-1.18.0.

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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.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY xorg-server-download-ftp "&xorg-download-ftp;/xserver/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;.tar.bz2">
9 <!ENTITY xorg-server-md5sum "3c1c1057d3ad27380d8dd87ffcc182cd">
10 <!ENTITY xorg-server-size "5.6 MB">
11 <!ENTITY xorg-server-buildsize "516 MB (with tests)">
12 <!ENTITY xorg-server-time "1.6 SBU (with tests)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="xorg-server" xreflabel="Xorg-Server-&xorg-server-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="xorg-server.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>Xorg-Server-&xorg-server-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="xorg-server">
26 <primary sortas="a-xorg-server">xorg-server</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to Xorg Server</title>
31
32 <para>
33 The <application>Xorg</application> Server is the core
34 of the X Window system.
35 </para>
36
37 &lfs78_checked;
38
39 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
40 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
41 <listitem>
42 <para>
43 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xorg-server-download-http;"/>
44 </para>
45 </listitem>
46 <listitem>
47 <para>
48 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xorg-server-download-ftp;"/>
49 </para>
50 </listitem>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>
53 Download MD5 sum: &xorg-server-md5sum;
54 </para>
55 </listitem>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>
58 Download size: &xorg-server-size;
59 </para>
60 </listitem>
61 <listitem>
62 <para>
63 Estimated disk space required: &xorg-server-buildsize;
64 </para>
65 </listitem>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>
68 Estimated build time: &xorg-server-time;
69 </para>
70 </listitem>
71 </itemizedlist>
72
73 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
74 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
75 <listitem>
76 <para>
77 Optional patch:
78 <ulink url="&patch-root;/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;-add_prime_support-1.patch"/>
79 </para>
80 </listitem>
81 </itemizedlist>
82
83 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Server Dependencies</bridgehead>
84
85 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
86 <para role="required">
87 <xref linkend="openssl"/> or
88 <xref linkend="nettle"/> or
89 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
90 <xref linkend="pixman"/>,
91 <xref linkend="xorg7-font"/>, and
92 <xref linkend="xkeyboard-config"/>
93 </para>
94
95 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
96 <para role="recommended">
97 <xref linkend="libepoxy"/> (required for glamor, see command
98 explanations below) and
99 <xref linkend="xcb-util-keysyms"/> (used by Xnest)
100 </para>
101
102 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
103 <para role="optional">
104 <xref linkend="acpid"/> (runtime),
105 <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (to build API documentation),
106 <xref linkend="fop"/>, (to build documentation),
107 <xref linkend="gs"/> (to build documentation),
108 <xref linkend="xcb-util-image"/>,
109 <xref linkend="xcb-util-renderutil"/>,
110 <xref linkend="xcb-util-wm"/> (all three to build Xephyr) and
111 <xref linkend="xmlto"/> (to build documentation)
112 </para>
113
114 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
115 <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Server'/>
116 </para>
117 </sect2>
118
119 <sect2 role="installation">
120 <title>Installation of Xorg Server</title>
121
122 <para>
123 If you have downloaded the optional patch, apply it by running the
124 following command:
125 </para>
126
127<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;-add_prime_support-1.patch</userinput></screen>
128
129 <para>
130 Install the server by running the following commands:
131 </para>
132
133<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
134 --enable-glamor \
135 --enable-install-setuid \
136 --enable-suid-wrapper \
137 --disable-systemd-logind \
138 --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb &amp;&amp;
139make</userinput></screen>
140
141 <para>
142 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
143 </para>
144
145 <para>
146 Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
147 user:
148 </para>
149
150<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
151mkdir -pv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d &amp;&amp;
152cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles &lt;&lt; "EOF"
153<literal>/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
154/tmp/.X11-unix dir 1777 root root</literal>
155EOF</userinput></screen>
156
157 </sect2>
158
159 <sect2 role="commands">
160 <title>Command Explanations</title>
161
162 <para>
163 <parameter>--enable-glamor</parameter>: Build the Glamor DIX (Device
164 Independent X) module which is currently required for Southern Islands and
165 Sea Islands radeon video chipsets, optional for some other radeons, and
166 also optional for the intel driver. It is also used by the modesetting
167 driver (which is part of this package) for on hardware using KMS and which
168 offers acceleration.
169 </para>
170
171 <para>
172 <parameter>--enable-install-setuid</parameter>: The Xorg binary must run
173 as the root user. This switch ensures that the binary is installed
174 setuid when <command>make</command> is run by an unprivileged user.
175 </para>
176
177 <para>
178 <parameter>--enable-suid-wrapper</parameter>: Build suid-root wrapper for
179 legacy driver support on rootless xserver systems.
180 </para>
181
182 <para>
183 <parameter>--disable-systemd-logind</parameter>: Do not build
184 systemd-logind support, otherwise, an error (EE), logged in
185 <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename>, occurs when starting the X
186 server. Systemd is not supported by BLFS.
187 </para>
188
189 <para>
190 <command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles...</command>: This
191 command creates the <filename class="directory">/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename>
192 and <filename class="directory">/tmp/.X11-unix</filename> directories at
193 startup, and ensures that the permissions and ownership are correct as
194 required by the server.
195 </para>
196
197 <para>
198 <option>--enable-dmx</option>: Build DMX (Distributed Multihead X)
199 server.
200 </para>
201
202 <para>
203 <option>--enable-kdrive</option>: this option allows the
204 <command>configure</command> script to enable Xephyr if its dependencies
205 are met.
206 </para>
207
208 </sect2>
209
210 <sect2 role="content">
211 <title>Contents</title>
212
213 <segmentedlist>
214 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
215 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
216 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
217
218 <seglistitem>
219 <seg>
220 cvt, dmxaddinput, dmxaddscreen, dmxinfo, dmxreconfig, dmxresize,
221 dmxrminput, dmxrmscreen, dmxtodmx, dmxwininfo, gtf, vdltodmx, X,
222 Xdmx, xdmxconfig, Xephyr, Xnest, Xorg, and Xvfb
223 </seg>
224 <seg>
225 several under $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/{,drivers,extensions}
226 including modesetting_drv.so
227 </seg>
228 <seg>
229 $XORG_PREFIX/{include/xorg,lib/xorg,share/X11/xorg.conf.d} and
230 /var/lib/xkb
231 </seg>
232 </seglistitem>
233 </segmentedlist>
234
235 <variablelist>
236 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
237 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
238 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
239
240 <varlistentry id="cvt-x7">
241 <term><command>cvt</command></term>
242 <listitem>
243 <para>
244 calculates VESA CVT mode lines.
245 </para>
246 <indexterm zone="xorg-server cvt-x7">
247 <primary sortas="b-cvt">cvt</primary>
248 </indexterm>
249 </listitem>
250 </varlistentry>
251
252 <varlistentry id="dmx-x7">
253 <term><command>dmx*</command></term>
254 <listitem>
255 <para>
256 are various tools used for manipulating the dmx server.
257 </para>
258 <indexterm zone="xorg-server dmx-x7">
259 <primary sortas="b-dmx">dmx*</primary>
260 </indexterm>
261 </listitem>
262 </varlistentry>
263
264 <varlistentry id="gtf-x7">
265 <term><command>gtf</command></term>
266 <listitem>
267 <para>
268 calculates VESA GTF mode lines.
269 </para>
270 <indexterm zone="xorg-server gtf-x7">
271 <primary sortas="b-gtf">gtf</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry id="vdltodmx-x7">
277 <term><command>vdltodmx</command></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>
280 is a tool used to convert VDL config files to DMX config
281 files.
282 </para>
283 <indexterm zone="xorg-server vdltodmx-x7">
284 <primary sortas="b-vdltodmx">vdltodmx</primary>
285 </indexterm>
286 </listitem>
287 </varlistentry>
288
289 <varlistentry id="X-x7">
290 <term><command>X</command></term>
291 <listitem>
292 <para>
293 is a symbolic link to Xorg.
294 </para>
295 <indexterm zone="xorg-server X-x7">
296 <primary sortas="b-X">X</primary>
297 </indexterm>
298 </listitem>
299 </varlistentry>
300
301 <varlistentry id="Xdmx">
302 <term><command>Xdmx</command></term>
303 <listitem>
304 <para>
305 is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers as
306 its display devices.
307 </para>
308 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xdmx">
309 <primary sortas="b-Xdmx">Xdmx</primary>
310 </indexterm>
311 </listitem>
312 </varlistentry>
313
314 <varlistentry id="Xephyr-x7">
315 <term><command>Xephyr</command></term>
316 <listitem>
317 <para>
318 is a nested X server which supports modern X extensions.
319 </para>
320 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xephyr-x7">
321 <primary sortas="b-Xephyr">Xephyr</primary>
322 </indexterm>
323 </listitem>
324 </varlistentry>
325
326 <varlistentry id="Xnest-x7">
327 <term><command>Xnest</command></term>
328 <listitem>
329 <para>
330 is a nested X server.
331 </para>
332 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xnest-x7">
333 <primary sortas="b-Xnest">Xnest</primary>
334 </indexterm>
335 </listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry id="Xorg-x7">
339 <term><command>Xorg</command></term>
340 <listitem>
341 <para>
342 is the X11R7 X Server.
343 </para>
344 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xorg-x7">
345 <primary sortas="b-Xorg">Xorg</primary>
346 </indexterm>
347 </listitem>
348 </varlistentry>
349
350 <varlistentry id="Xvfb-x7">
351 <term><command>Xvfb</command></term>
352 <listitem>
353 <para>
354 is the virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11.
355 </para>
356 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xvfb-x7">
357 <primary sortas="b-Xvfb">Xvfb</primary>
358 </indexterm>
359 </listitem>
360 </varlistentry>
361
362 <varlistentry id="xdmxconfig-x7">
363 <term><command>xdmxconfig</command></term>
364 <listitem>
365 <para>
366 is a graphical configuration utility for the dmx server.
367 </para>
368 <indexterm zone="xorg-server xdmxconfig-x7">
369 <primary sortas="b-xdmxconfig">xdmxconfig</primary>
370 </indexterm>
371 </listitem>
372 </varlistentry>
373
374 <varlistentry id="modesetting_drv-x7">
375 <term><filename class="libraryfile">modesetting_drv.so</filename></term>
376 <listitem>
377 <para>
378 provides a video driver for machines using Kernel Mode Setting (KMS).
379 This will use glamor if that has been enabled and the hardware offers
380 acceleration.
381 </para>
382 <indexterm zone="xorg-server modesetting_drv-x7">
383 <primary sortas="c-modesetting_drv">modesetting_drv.so</primary>
384 </indexterm>
385 </listitem>
386 </varlistentry>
387
388 </variablelist>
389
390 </sect2>
391
392</sect1>
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