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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 "89620960b13515db8d0a8dbb92a1378a">
10 <!ENTITY xorg-server-size "5.5 MB">
11 <!ENTITY xorg-server-buildsize "604 MB (includes tests)">
12 <!ENTITY xorg-server-time "1.8 SBU (includes 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 &lfs76_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)
99 </para>
100
101 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
102 <para role="optional">
103 <xref linkend="acpid"/> (runtime),
104 <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (to build API documentation),
105 <xref linkend="fop"/>, (to build documentation),
106 <xref linkend="gs"/> (to build documentation), and
107 <xref linkend="xmlto"/>, (to build documentation)
108 </para>
109
110 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
111 <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Server'/>
112 </para>
113 </sect2>
114
115 <sect2 role="installation">
116 <title>Installation of Xorg Server</title>
117
118 <para>
119 If you have downloaded the optional patch, apply it by running
120 the following command:
121 </para>
122
123<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;-add_prime_support-1.patch</userinput></screen>
124
125 <para>
126 Install the server by running the following commands:
127 </para>
128
129<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
130 --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb \
131 --enable-dmx \
132 --enable-glamor \
133 --enable-install-setuid \
134 --enable-suid-wrapper &amp;&amp;
135make</userinput></screen>
136
137 <para>
138 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
139 </para>
140
141 <para>
142 Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
143 user:
144 </para>
145
146<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
147mkdir -pv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d &amp;&amp;
148cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles &lt;&lt; "EOF"
149<literal>/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
150/tmp/.X11-unix dir 1777 root root</literal>
151EOF</userinput></screen>
152
153 </sect2>
154
155 <sect2 role="commands">
156 <title>Command Explanations</title>
157
158 <para>
159 <parameter>--enable-dmx</parameter>: Build DMX (Distributed Multihead X)
160 server.
161 </para>
162
163 <para>
164 <parameter>--enable-glamor</parameter>: Build the Glamor DIX (Device
165 Independent X) module which is currently required for Southern Islands and
166 Sea Islands radeon video chipsets, optional for some other radeons, and
167 also optional for the intel driver.
168 </para>
169
170 <para>
171 <parameter>--enable-install-setuid</parameter>: The Xorg binary must run as
172 the root user. This switch ensures that the binary is installed
173 setuid when <command>make</command> is run by an unprivileged user.
174 </para>
175
176 <para>
177 <parameter>--enable-suid-wrapper</parameter>: Build suid-root wrapper for
178 legacy driver support on rootless xserver systems.
179 </para>
180
181 <para>
182 <command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles...</command>: This
183 command creates the <filename class="directory">/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename>
184 and <filename class="directory">/tmp/.X11-unix</filename> directories at
185 startup, and ensures that the permissions and ownership are correct as
186 required by the server.
187 </para>
188
189 </sect2>
190
191 <sect2 role="content">
192 <title>Contents</title>
193
194 <segmentedlist>
195 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
196 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
197 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
198
199 <seglistitem>
200 <seg>
201 cvt, dmxaddinput, dmxaddscreen, dmxinfo, dmxreconfig, dmxresize,
202 dmxrminput, dmxrmscreen, dmxtodmx, dmxwininfo, gtf, vdltodmx, X,
203 Xdmx, xdmxconfig, Xnest, Xorg, and Xvfb
204 </seg>
205 <seg>
206 several under $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/{,extensions,multimedia}
207 </seg>
208 <seg>
209 $XORG_PREFIX/include/xorg,
210 $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg,
211 $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xorg.conf.d, and
212 /var/lib/xkb
213 </seg>
214 </seglistitem>
215 </segmentedlist>
216
217 <variablelist>
218 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
219 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
220 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
221
222 <varlistentry id="cvt-x7">
223 <term><command>cvt</command></term>
224 <listitem>
225 <para>
226 calculates VESA CVT mode lines.
227 </para>
228 <indexterm zone="xorg-server cvt-x7">
229 <primary sortas="b-cvt">cvt</primary>
230 </indexterm>
231 </listitem>
232 </varlistentry>
233
234 <varlistentry id="dmx-x7">
235 <term><command>dmx*</command></term>
236 <listitem>
237 <para>
238 are various tools used for manipulating the dmx server.
239 </para>
240 <indexterm zone="xorg-server dmx-x7">
241 <primary sortas="b-dmx">dmx*</primary>
242 </indexterm>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245
246 <varlistentry id="gtf-x7">
247 <term><command>gtf</command></term>
248 <listitem>
249 <para>
250 calculates VESA GTF mode lines.
251 </para>
252 <indexterm zone="xorg-server gtf-x7">
253 <primary sortas="b-gtf">gtf</primary>
254 </indexterm>
255 </listitem>
256 </varlistentry>
257
258 <varlistentry id="vdltodmx-x7">
259 <term><command>vdltodmx</command></term>
260 <listitem>
261 <para>
262 is a tool used to convert VDL config files to DMX config
263 files.
264 </para>
265 <indexterm zone="xorg-server vdltodmx-x7">
266 <primary sortas="b-vdltodmx">vdltodmx</primary>
267 </indexterm>
268 </listitem>
269 </varlistentry>
270
271 <varlistentry id="X-x7">
272 <term><command>X</command></term>
273 <listitem>
274 <para>
275 is a symbolic link to Xorg.
276 </para>
277 <indexterm zone="xorg-server X-x7">
278 <primary sortas="b-X">X</primary>
279 </indexterm>
280 </listitem>
281 </varlistentry>
282
283 <varlistentry id="Xnest-x7">
284 <term><command>Xnest</command></term>
285 <listitem>
286 <para>
287 is a nested X server.
288 </para>
289 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xnest-x7">
290 <primary sortas="b-Xnest">Xnest</primary>
291 </indexterm>
292 </listitem>
293 </varlistentry>
294
295 <varlistentry id="Xorg-x7">
296 <term><command>Xorg</command></term>
297 <listitem>
298 <para>
299 is the X11R7 X Server.
300 </para>
301 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xorg-x7">
302 <primary sortas="b-Xorg">Xorg</primary>
303 </indexterm>
304 </listitem>
305 </varlistentry>
306
307 <varlistentry id="Xvfb-x7">
308 <term><command>Xvfb</command></term>
309 <listitem>
310 <para>
311 is the virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11.
312 </para>
313 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xvfb-x7">
314 <primary sortas="b-Xvfb">Xvfb</primary>
315 </indexterm>
316 </listitem>
317 </varlistentry>
318
319 <varlistentry id="xdmxconfig-x7">
320 <term><command>xdmxconfig</command></term>
321 <listitem>
322 <para>
323 is a graphical configuration utility for the dmx server.
324 </para>
325 <indexterm zone="xorg-server xdmxconfig-x7">
326 <primary sortas="b-xdmxconfig">xdmxconfig</primary>
327 </indexterm>
328 </listitem>
329 </varlistentry>
330
331 </variablelist>
332
333 </sect2>
334
335</sect1>
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