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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 "8a9ff6ee9907360f09b5bdabb8089502">
10 <!ENTITY xorg-server-size "5.6 MB">
11 <!ENTITY xorg-server-buildsize "434 MB">
12 <!ENTITY xorg-server-time "1.6 SBU">
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 &lfs75_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">Optional</bridgehead>
96 <para>
97 <xref linkend="acpid"/> (runtime),
98 <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (to build API documentation),
99 <xref linkend="fop"/>, (to build documentation),
100 <xref linkend="gs"/> (to build documentation), and
101 <xref linkend="xmlto"/>, (to build documentation)
102 </para>
103
104 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
105 <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Server'/>
106 </para>
107 </sect2>
108
109 <sect2 role="installation">
110 <title>Installation of Xorg Server</title>
111
112 <para>
113 If you have downloaded the optional patch, apply it by running
114 the following command:
115 </para>
116
117<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;-add_prime_support-1.patch</userinput></screen>
118
119 <para>
120 Install the server by running the following commands:
121 </para>
122
123<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
124 --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb \
125 --enable-dmx \
126 --enable-install-setuid \
127 --enable-suid-wrapper &amp;&amp;
128make</userinput></screen>
129
130 <para>
131 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
132 </para>
133
134 <para>
135 Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
136 user:
137 </para>
138
139<screen role="root"><userinput>make 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 </sect2>
147
148 <sect2 role="commands">
149 <title>Command Explanations</title>
150
151 <para>
152 <parameter>--enable-dmx</parameter>: Build DMX (Distributed Multihead X)
153 server.
154 </para>
155
156 <para>
157 <parameter>--enable-install-setuid</parameter>: The Xorg binary must run as
158 the root user. This switch ensures that the binary is installed
159 setuid when <command>make</command> is run by an unprivileged user.
160 </para>
161
162 <para>
163 <parameter>--enable-suid-wrapper</parameter>: Build suid-root wrapper for
164 legacy driver support on rootless xserver systems.
165 </para>
166
167 <para>
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 </sect2>
176
177 <sect2 role="content">
178 <title>Contents</title>
179
180 <segmentedlist>
181 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
182 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
183 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
184
185 <seglistitem>
186 <seg>
187 cvt, dmxaddinput, dmxaddscreen, dmxinfo, dmxreconfig, dmxresize,
188 dmxrminput, dmxrmscreen, dmxtodmx, dmxwininfo, gtf, vdltodmx, X,
189 Xdmx, xdmxconfig, Xnest, Xorg, and Xvfb
190 </seg>
191 <seg>
192 several under $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/{,extensions,multimedia}
193 </seg>
194 <seg>
195 $XORG_PREFIX/include/xorg,
196 $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg,
197 $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xorg.conf.d, and
198 /var/lib/xkb
199 </seg>
200 </seglistitem>
201 </segmentedlist>
202
203 <variablelist>
204 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
205 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
206 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
207
208 <varlistentry id="cvt-x7">
209 <term><command>cvt</command></term>
210 <listitem>
211 <para>
212 calculates VESA CVT mode lines.
213 </para>
214 <indexterm zone="xorg-server cvt-x7">
215 <primary sortas="b-cvt">cvt</primary>
216 </indexterm>
217 </listitem>
218 </varlistentry>
219
220 <varlistentry id="dmx-x7">
221 <term><command>dmx*</command></term>
222 <listitem>
223 <para>
224 are various tools used for manipulating the dmx server.
225 </para>
226 <indexterm zone="xorg-server dmx-x7">
227 <primary sortas="b-dmx">dmx*</primary>
228 </indexterm>
229 </listitem>
230 </varlistentry>
231
232 <varlistentry id="gtf-x7">
233 <term><command>gtf</command></term>
234 <listitem>
235 <para>
236 calculates VESA GTF mode lines.
237 </para>
238 <indexterm zone="xorg-server gtf-x7">
239 <primary sortas="b-gtf">gtf</primary>
240 </indexterm>
241 </listitem>
242 </varlistentry>
243
244 <varlistentry id="vdltodmx-x7">
245 <term><command>vdltodmx</command></term>
246 <listitem>
247 <para>
248 is a tool used to convert VDL config files to DMX config
249 files.
250 </para>
251 <indexterm zone="xorg-server vdltodmx-x7">
252 <primary sortas="b-vdltodmx">vdltodmx</primary>
253 </indexterm>
254 </listitem>
255 </varlistentry>
256
257 <varlistentry id="X-x7">
258 <term><command>X</command></term>
259 <listitem>
260 <para>
261 is a symbolic link to Xorg.
262 </para>
263 <indexterm zone="xorg-server X-x7">
264 <primary sortas="b-X">X</primary>
265 </indexterm>
266 </listitem>
267 </varlistentry>
268
269 <varlistentry id="Xnest-x7">
270 <term><command>Xnest</command></term>
271 <listitem>
272 <para>
273 is a nested X server.
274 </para>
275 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xnest-x7">
276 <primary sortas="b-Xnest">Xnest</primary>
277 </indexterm>
278 </listitem>
279 </varlistentry>
280
281 <varlistentry id="Xorg-x7">
282 <term><command>Xorg</command></term>
283 <listitem>
284 <para>
285 is the X11R7 X Server.
286 </para>
287 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xorg-x7">
288 <primary sortas="b-Xorg">Xorg</primary>
289 </indexterm>
290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292
293 <varlistentry id="Xvfb-x7">
294 <term><command>Xvfb</command></term>
295 <listitem>
296 <para>
297 is the virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11.
298 </para>
299 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xvfb-x7">
300 <primary sortas="b-Xvfb">Xvfb</primary>
301 </indexterm>
302 </listitem>
303 </varlistentry>
304
305 <varlistentry id="xdmxconfig-x7">
306 <term><command>xdmxconfig</command></term>
307 <listitem>
308 <para>
309 is a graphical configuration utility for the dmx server.
310 </para>
311 <indexterm zone="xorg-server xdmxconfig-x7">
312 <primary sortas="b-xdmxconfig">xdmxconfig</primary>
313 </indexterm>
314 </listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 </variablelist>
318
319 </sect2>
320
321</sect1>
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