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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 "38ecaefa238b04ec4a38f7128e87e239">
10 <!ENTITY xorg-server-size "5.6 MB">
11 <!ENTITY xorg-server-buildsize "552 MB">
12 <!ENTITY xorg-server-time "1.8 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 &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 <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
124 the 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 --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb \
135 --enable-glamor \
136 --enable-install-setuid \
137 --enable-suid-wrapper &amp;&amp;
138make</userinput></screen>
139
140 <para>
141 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
142 </para>
143
144 <para>
145 Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
146 user:
147 </para>
148
149<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
150mkdir -pv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d &amp;&amp;
151cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles &lt;&lt; "EOF"
152<literal>/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
153/tmp/.X11-unix dir 1777 root root</literal>
154EOF</userinput></screen>
155
156 </sect2>
157
158 <sect2 role="commands">
159 <title>Command Explanations</title>
160
161 <para>
162 <parameter>--enable-glamor</parameter>: Build the Glamor DIX (Device
163 Independent X) module which is currently required for Southern Islands and
164 Sea Islands radeon video chipsets, optional for some other radeons, and
165 also optional for the intel driver. It is also used by the modesetting
166 driver (which is part of this package) for on hardware using KMS and which
167 offers acceleration.
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 <para>
190 <option>--enable-dmx</option>: Build DMX (Distributed Multihead X)
191 server.
192 </para>
193
194 <para>
195 <option>--enable-kdrive</option>: this option allows the
196 <command>configure</command> script to enable Xephyr if its dependencies
197 are met.
198 </para>
199
200 </sect2>
201
202 <sect2 role="content">
203 <title>Contents</title>
204
205 <segmentedlist>
206 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
207 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
208 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
209
210 <seglistitem>
211 <seg>
212 cvt, dmxaddinput, dmxaddscreen, dmxinfo, dmxreconfig, dmxresize,
213 dmxrminput, dmxrmscreen, dmxtodmx, dmxwininfo, gtf, vdltodmx, X,
214 Xdmx, xdmxconfig, Xephyr, Xnest, Xorg, and Xvfb
215 </seg>
216 <seg>
217 several under $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/{,drivers,extensions}
218 including modesetting_drv.so
219 </seg>
220 <seg>
221 $XORG_PREFIX/include/xorg,
222 $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg,
223 $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xorg.conf.d, and
224 /var/lib/xkb
225 </seg>
226 </seglistitem>
227 </segmentedlist>
228
229 <variablelist>
230 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
231 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
232 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
233
234 <varlistentry id="cvt-x7">
235 <term><command>cvt</command></term>
236 <listitem>
237 <para>
238 calculates VESA CVT mode lines.
239 </para>
240 <indexterm zone="xorg-server cvt-x7">
241 <primary sortas="b-cvt">cvt</primary>
242 </indexterm>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245
246 <varlistentry id="dmx-x7">
247 <term><command>dmx*</command></term>
248 <listitem>
249 <para>
250 are various tools used for manipulating the dmx server.
251 </para>
252 <indexterm zone="xorg-server dmx-x7">
253 <primary sortas="b-dmx">dmx*</primary>
254 </indexterm>
255 </listitem>
256 </varlistentry>
257
258 <varlistentry id="gtf-x7">
259 <term><command>gtf</command></term>
260 <listitem>
261 <para>
262 calculates VESA GTF mode lines.
263 </para>
264 <indexterm zone="xorg-server gtf-x7">
265 <primary sortas="b-gtf">gtf</primary>
266 </indexterm>
267 </listitem>
268 </varlistentry>
269
270 <varlistentry id="vdltodmx-x7">
271 <term><command>vdltodmx</command></term>
272 <listitem>
273 <para>
274 is a tool used to convert VDL config files to DMX config
275 files.
276 </para>
277 <indexterm zone="xorg-server vdltodmx-x7">
278 <primary sortas="b-vdltodmx">vdltodmx</primary>
279 </indexterm>
280 </listitem>
281 </varlistentry>
282
283 <varlistentry id="X-x7">
284 <term><command>X</command></term>
285 <listitem>
286 <para>
287 is a symbolic link to Xorg.
288 </para>
289 <indexterm zone="xorg-server X-x7">
290 <primary sortas="b-X">X</primary>
291 </indexterm>
292 </listitem>
293 </varlistentry>
294
295 <varlistentry id="Xephyr-x7">
296 <term><command>Xephyr</command></term>
297 <listitem>
298 <para>
299 is a nested X server which supports modern X extensions.
300 </para>
301 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xephyr-x7">
302 <primary sortas="b-Xephyr">Xephyr</primary>
303 </indexterm>
304 </listitem>
305 </varlistentry>
306
307 <varlistentry id="Xnest-x7">
308 <term><command>Xnest</command></term>
309 <listitem>
310 <para>
311 is a nested X server.
312 </para>
313 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xnest-x7">
314 <primary sortas="b-Xnest">Xnest</primary>
315 </indexterm>
316 </listitem>
317 </varlistentry>
318
319 <varlistentry id="Xorg-x7">
320 <term><command>Xorg</command></term>
321 <listitem>
322 <para>
323 is the X11R7 X Server.
324 </para>
325 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xorg-x7">
326 <primary sortas="b-Xorg">Xorg</primary>
327 </indexterm>
328 </listitem>
329 </varlistentry>
330
331 <varlistentry id="Xvfb-x7">
332 <term><command>Xvfb</command></term>
333 <listitem>
334 <para>
335 is the virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11.
336 </para>
337 <indexterm zone="xorg-server Xvfb-x7">
338 <primary sortas="b-Xvfb">Xvfb</primary>
339 </indexterm>
340 </listitem>
341 </varlistentry>
342
343 <varlistentry id="xdmxconfig-x7">
344 <term><command>xdmxconfig</command></term>
345 <listitem>
346 <para>
347 is a graphical configuration utility for the dmx server.
348 </para>
349 <indexterm zone="xorg-server xdmxconfig-x7">
350 <primary sortas="b-xdmxconfig">xdmxconfig</primary>
351 </indexterm>
352 </listitem>
353 </varlistentry>
354
355 <varlistentry id="modesetting_drv-x7">
356 <term><filename class="libraryfile">modesetting_drv.so</filename></term>
357 <listitem>
358 <para>
359 provides a video driver for machines using Kernel Mode Setting (KMS).
360 This will use glamor if that has been enabled and the hardware offers
361 acceleration.
362 </para>
363 <indexterm zone="xorg-server modesetting_drv-x7">
364 <primary sortas="c-modesetting_drv">modesetting_drv.so</primary>
365 </indexterm>
366 </listitem>
367 </varlistentry>
368
369 </variablelist>
370
371 </sect2>
372
373</sect1>
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