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[feeb99a] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[0aeb696] | 7 | <!-- Inserted as a reminder to do this. The mention of a test suite
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| 8 | is usually right before the root user installation commands. Please
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| 9 | delete these 12 (including one blank) lines after you are done.-->
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <!-- Use one of the two mentions below about a test suite,
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| 12 | delete the line that is not applicable. Of course, if the
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| 13 | test suite uses syntax other than "make check", revise the
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| 14 | line to reflect the actual syntax to run the test suite -->
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <!-- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> -->
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| 17 | <!-- <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para> -->
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| 18 |
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[3e7ee20] | 19 | <!ENTITY xorg-download-http "http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R&xorg-version;/src-single/X11R&xorg-version;-src.tar.bz2 ">
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| 20 | <!ENTITY xorg-download-ftp "ftp://expo.x.org/pub/X11R&xorg-version;/src-single/X11R&xorg-version;-src.tar.bz2">
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| 21 | <!ENTITY xorg-md5sum "52ad69832db5c36c7041f90625ed4598">
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| 22 | <!ENTITY xorg-size "45 MB">
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| 23 | <!ENTITY xorg-buildsize "864 MB">
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| 24 | <!ENTITY xorg-time "11.68 SBU">
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[feeb99a] | 25 | ]>
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| 26 |
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[e77976f] | 27 | <sect1 id="xorg" xreflabel="Xorg-&xorg-version;">
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[36c3ba1] | 28 | <?dbhtml filename="xorg.html"?>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect1info>
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| 31 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 32 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[76a39aa] | 33 | <keywordset>
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| 34 | <keyword role="package">X11R&xorg-version;-src.tar</keyword>
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[3f5f915] | 35 | <keyword role="ftpdir">Xorg</keyword>
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[76a39aa] | 36 | </keywordset>
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[36c3ba1] | 37 | </sect1info>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <title>Xorg-&xorg-version;</title>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <indexterm zone="xorg">
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| 42 | <primary sortas="a-xorg">Xorg</primary>
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| 43 | </indexterm>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 46 | <title>Introduction to Xorg</title>
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| 47 |
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[e77976f] | 48 | <!-- <note>
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[3e7ee20] | 49 | <para>There are three packages in BLFS that implement the <application>X
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[d9c80e1] | 50 | Window System</application>: <application>Xorg</application>
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| 51 | (X11R6 and X11R7) and <application>XFree86</application>. These
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| 52 | packages are all quite similar. In fact, the base system of
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| 53 | <application>Xorg</application> is
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[3e7ee20] | 54 | <application>XFree86</application>-4.4.0RC2. Licensing was the original
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| 55 | reason for the split. <application>Xorg-&xorg7-version;</application>
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| 56 | introduces a completely autotooled build system, but is otherwise the
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[d9c80e1] | 57 | same codebase as <application>Xorg-&xorg-version;</application>.
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[36c3ba1] | 58 | Most large commercial distributions have decided to use the
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[3e7ee20] | 59 | <application>Xorg</application> package, but several still provide
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[36c3ba1] | 60 | <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <para>A second reason for the forking of <application>X</application>
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| 63 | packages is the stated goals of the developers. Some developers were
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| 64 | unhappy with the administration and progress of
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| 65 | <application>XFree86</application>. X.org's future plans include
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[d9c80e1] | 66 | significant improvements to the internals of the system and more
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[3e7ee20] | 67 | frequent releases.</para>
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[36c3ba1] | 68 |
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| 69 | <para><application>XFree86</application> continues to be a solid,
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| 70 | conservative application with excellent driver support.</para>
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[e77976f] | 71 | </note> -->
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[36c3ba1] | 72 |
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| 73 | <para><application>Xorg</application> is a freely redistributable open-source
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| 74 | implementation of the <application>X</application> Window System. This
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[3e7ee20] | 75 | system provides a client/server interface between display hardware (the
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[36c3ba1] | 76 | mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment, while also
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| 77 | providing both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized application
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| 78 | interface (API).</para>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 81 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 82 | <listitem>
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| 83 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xorg-download-http;"/></para>
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| 84 | </listitem>
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| 85 | <listitem>
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| 86 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xorg-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 87 | </listitem>
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| 88 | <listitem>
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| 89 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &xorg-md5sum;</para>
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| 90 | </listitem>
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| 91 | <listitem>
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| 92 | <para>Download size: &xorg-size;</para>
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| 93 | </listitem>
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| 94 | <listitem>
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| 95 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &xorg-buildsize;</para>
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| 96 | </listitem>
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| 97 | <listitem>
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| 98 | <para>Estimated build time: &xorg-time;</para>
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| 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 | </itemizedlist>
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| 101 |
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[10bffdc8] | 102 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 103 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 104 | <listitem>
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| 105 | <para>Required patch: <ulink
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[babac3ec] | 106 | url="&patch-root;/xorg-&xorg-version;-luit_race-1.patch"/></para>
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[10bffdc8] | 107 | </listitem>
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| 108 | </itemizedlist>
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| 109 |
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[7d7bb83] | 110 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[36c3ba1] | 111 |
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| 112 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[76a39aa] | 113 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="libpng"/> and
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[36c3ba1] | 114 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/></para>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[76a39aa] | 117 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
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[36c3ba1] | 118 |
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[1663c2b5] | 119 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 120 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg-&xorg-version;'/></para>
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[18bcaf6] | 121 |
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[36c3ba1] | 122 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Download Instructions</bridgehead>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <para>As an alternative to downloading the entire source tree in a single
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[d9c80e1] | 125 | file, there are several, smaller files that can be fetched from the
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[3e7ee20] | 126 | download location (directory /pub/X11R&xorg-version;/src/):</para>
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[36c3ba1] | 127 |
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| 128 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 129 | <listitem>
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| 130 | <para><filename>X11R&xorg-version;-src1.tar.gz</filename></para>
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| 131 | </listitem>
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| 132 | <listitem>
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| 133 | <para><filename>X11R&xorg-version;-src2.tar.gz</filename></para>
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| 134 | </listitem>
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| 135 | <listitem>
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| 136 | <para><filename>X11R&xorg-version;-src3.tar.gz</filename></para>
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| 137 | </listitem>
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| 138 | <listitem>
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| 139 | <para><filename>X11R&xorg-version;-src4.tar.gz</filename></para>
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| 140 | </listitem>
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| 141 | <listitem>
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| 142 | <para><filename>X11R&xorg-version;-src5.tar.gz</filename></para>
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| 143 | </listitem>
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| 144 | <listitem>
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| 145 | <para><filename>X11R&xorg-version;-src6.tar.gz</filename></para>
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| 146 | </listitem>
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| 147 | <listitem>
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| 148 | <para><filename>X11R&xorg-version;-src7.tar.gz</filename></para>
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| 149 | </listitem>
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| 150 | </itemizedlist>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <para>The first package contains the <application>Xorg</application>
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| 153 | libraries and support programs, the second contains standard
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| 154 | <application>X</application> programs, the third contains the
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| 155 | <application>X</application> server, the fourth and fifth are fonts,
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| 156 | the sixth is normal documentation, and the seventh is hardcopy
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| 157 | documentation.</para>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <para>To check your file for integrity, download the
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| 160 | <filename>md5sums</filename> file. Then:</para>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <screen><userinput>md5sum -c md5sums</userinput></screen>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <para>The package (or all seven packages) should give an OK status.</para>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | </sect2>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <sect2 role="kernel" id='xorg-kernel'>
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| 169 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <indexterm zone="xorg xorg-kernel">
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| 172 | <primary sortas="d-Xorg">Xorg</primary>
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| 173 | </indexterm>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <para>If you have an Intel P6 (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later), it is
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| 176 | recommended that you compile MTRR (Memory Type Range Registers) support
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| 177 | into the kernel. The kernel can map Cyrix and AMD CPUs to the MTRR
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| 178 | interface, so selecting this option is useful for those processors also.
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| 179 | This option is found in the "Processor type and features" menu. It can
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| 180 | increase performance of image write operations 2.5 times or more on PCI or
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| 181 | AGP video cards.</para>
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| 182 |
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[9ec95e7] | 183 | <para>In the "Character Devices" section of the "Device Drivers" menu,
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| 184 | enable AGP Support and select the chipset support on your motherboard. If
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| 185 | you do not know the chipset, you may select all the chip types at the
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| 186 | expense of extra kernel size. You can usually determine your motherboard's
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| 187 | chipset by running the command <command>lspci</command>, a program from the
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| 188 | <xref linkend="pciutils"/> package.</para>
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[36c3ba1] | 189 |
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| 190 | <para>In the "Character Devices" section, <emphasis>disable</emphasis>
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| 191 | Direct Rendering Manager unless you have a Direct Rendering Infrastructure
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| 192 | (DRI) supported video card. A complete list of DRI supported video cards
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| 193 | can be found at <ulink url="http://dri.sourceforge.net" /> in the "Status"
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| 194 | section. Currently, supported cards include those from 3dfx (Voodoo,
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| 195 | Banshee), 3Dlabs, ATI (Rage Pro, Rage 128, Radeon 7X00, Radeon 2), Intel
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| 196 | (i810, i815), and Matrox (G200, G400, G450).</para>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <para>Additionally NVidia provides their own closed source binary drivers,
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| 199 | which do not make use of DRI. If you intend to use these drivers, do not
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| 200 | enable DRI.</para>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <para>If you made any changes to the kernel configuration, recompile and
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| 203 | install the new kernel.</para>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | </sect2>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 208 | <title>Installation of Xorg</title>
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| 209 |
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[10bffdc8] | 210 | <sect3>
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[3e7ee20] | 211 | <title>Various build fixes</title>
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[10bffdc8] | 212 |
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| 213 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> sources must be patched in
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[3e7ee20] | 214 | order to avoid a race condition with the <application>luit</application>
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[aebc72fa] | 215 | program. Additionally, the server portion of
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[504d0c05] | 216 | <application>Xorg</application> contains a <ulink
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| 217 | url="http://wiki.x.org/wiki/SecurityPage">security vulnerability</ulink>.
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| 218 | Fix these issues with the following commands:</para>
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[10bffdc8] | 219 |
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[18bcaf6] | 220 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-&xorg-version;-luit_race-1.patch &&
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[504d0c05] | 221 | sed -i 's/geteuid /geteuid() /' \
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| 222 | programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c</userinput></screen>
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[3e7ee20] | 223 |
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[aebc72fa] | 224 |
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| 225 | <!-- To be removed if/when proposed glibc patch is added to LFS SVN
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| 226 | Leave in in for a couple of weeks with 'you may need' and a testcase
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| 227 | around it to save the support list silly questions. Should remove in
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| 228 | a couple of weeks -->
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| 229 | <para>Recent glibc may have a problem with it's installed sys/kd.h file.
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| 230 | This has recently been fixed in LFS svn. Execute the
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| 231 | following commands to work around a broken kd.h file. The commands will
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| 232 | only make the modification if needed:</para>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <screen><userinput>grep "__undef_LINUX" \
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| 235 | /usr/include/sys/kd.h 2>&1 > /dev/null || \
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| 236 | sed -i.bak '/CONFIG_H/i #include <linux/types.h>' \
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| 237 | programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_agp.c</userinput></screen>
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| 238 | <!-- End remove -->
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| 239 |
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| 240 |
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| 241 |
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[d9c80e1] | 242 | <para>Additionally, if you choose to install
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| 243 | <application>Xorg</application> to any prefix other than
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[3e7ee20] | 244 | <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6</filename>, the luit package
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[d9c80e1] | 245 | needs another correction to fix a hard coded path. Execute the
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[3e7ee20] | 246 | following command:</para>
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| 247 |
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[c5c2654] | 248 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's@/usr/X11R6@<replaceable></usr></replaceable>@' programs/luit/parser.h</userinput></screen>
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[10bffdc8] | 249 |
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| 250 | </sect3>
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| 251 |
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[36c3ba1] | 252 | <sect3>
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| 253 | <title>Suppressing Xprint-related Modification to '/etc'</title>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <para><application>Xorg</application> insists on putting
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| 256 | its boot and profile scripts into the <filename
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| 257 | class="directory">/etc</filename> directory even if specifically told
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| 258 | not to compile anything Xprint server or client related (see
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| 259 | <filename>host.def</filename> below). The following command will
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| 260 | suppress any such modifications:</para>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/^SUBDIRS =/s/ etc$//' programs/Xserver/Xprint/Imakefile</userinput></screen>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | </sect3>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <sect3>
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| 267 | <title>Setting Up a Shadow Directory</title>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <para>When building <application>Xorg</application>, you should create
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| 270 | a shadow directory of symbolic links for the compiled code. To do that,
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| 271 | first make <command>lndir</command>. Starting from the
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| 272 | <filename class='directory'>xc</filename> directory:</para>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <screen><userinput>pushd config/util &&
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[9a2fba9] | 275 | make -f Makefile.ini lndir
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| 276 | popd</userinput></screen>
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[36c3ba1] | 277 |
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| 278 | <para>Now create the shadow tree:</para>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <screen><userinput>mkdir ../xcbuild &&
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[feeb99a] | 281 | cd ../xcbuild &&
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[9a2fba9] | 282 | ../xc/config/util/lndir ../xc</userinput></screen>
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[36c3ba1] | 283 |
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| 284 | </sect3>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <sect3>
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| 287 | <title>Creating 'host.def'</title>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <para>The next step is to create the
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| 290 | <filename>config/cf/host.def</filename> file. The documentation for
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| 291 | <application>Xorg</application> indicates that the application will
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| 292 | build without a <filename>host.def</filename> file, but the included
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| 293 | libraries for <application>Fontconfig</application> and
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| 294 | <application>FreeType2</application> do not build properly on a base
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| 295 | LFS system. Therefore, you must specify that these libraries, as well
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| 296 | as others, should be imported from the system.</para>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <note>
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| 299 | <para><filename>config/cf/host.def</filename> is a C file, not a
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| 300 | shell script. Ensure the comments delimited by /* ... */ are balanced
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| 301 | when modifying the file.</para>
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| 302 | </note>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <screen><userinput>cat > config/cf/host.def << "EOF"
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| 305 | <literal>/* Begin Xorg host.def file */
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| 306 |
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[feeb99a] | 307 | /* System Related Information. If you read and configure only one
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[36c3ba1] | 308 | * section then it should be this one. The Intel architecture defaults
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| 309 | * are set for a i686 and higher. Axp is for the Alpha architecture
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| 310 | * and Ppc is for the Power PC. AMD64 is for the Opteron processor.
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| 311 | * Note that there have been reports that the Ppc optimization line
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| 312 | * causes segmentation faults during build. If that happens, try
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[47603ac1] | 313 | * building without the DefaultGcc2PpcOpt line. ***********/
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[36c3ba1] | 314 |
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[a592e42] | 315 | /* #define DefaultGcc2i386Opt -O2 -fno-strength-reduce \
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| 316 | -fno-strict-aliasing -march=i686 */
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| 317 | /* #define DefaultGcc2AMD64Opt -O2 -fno-strength-reduce \
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| 318 | -fno-strict-aliasing */
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| 319 | /* #define DefaultGcc2AxpOpt -O2 -mcpu=ev6 */
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| 320 | /* #define DefaultGcc2PpcOpt -O2 -mcpu=750 */
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[feeb99a] | 321 |
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[7461475] | 322 | #define HasFreetype2 YES
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| 323 | #define HasFontconfig YES
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| 324 | #define HasExpat YES
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| 325 | #define HasLibpng YES
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| 326 | #define HasZlib YES
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[feeb99a] | 327 |
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| 328 | /*
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[36c3ba1] | 329 | * Which drivers to build. When building a static server, each of
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| 330 | * these will be included in it. When building the loadable server
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[47603ac1] | 331 | * each of these modules will be built.
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[feeb99a] | 332 | *
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| 333 | #define XF86CardDrivers mga glint nv tga s3virge sis rendition \
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| 334 | neomagic i740 tdfx savage \
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| 335 | cirrus vmware tseng trident chips apm \
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| 336 | GlideDriver fbdev i128 \
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[5c8344d] | 337 | ati DevelDrivers ark \
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[47603ac1] | 338 | cyrix siliconmotion vesa vga \
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| 339 | XF86OSCardDrivers XF86ExtraCardDrivers
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[feeb99a] | 340 | */
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| 341 |
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| 342 | /*
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| 343 | * Select the XInput devices you want by uncommenting this.
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| 344 | *
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| 345 | #define XInputDrivers mouse keyboard acecad calcomp citron \
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| 346 | digitaledge dmc dynapro elographics \
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[47603ac1] | 347 | microtouch mutouch penmount spaceorb \
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| 348 | summa wacom void magictouch aiptek
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[feeb99a] | 349 | */
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| 350 |
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| 351 | /* Most installs will only need this */
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| 352 |
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| 353 | #define XInputDrivers mouse keyboard
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| 354 |
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[3e7ee20] | 355 | /* Xterm is no longer built by default */
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| 356 | #define BuildXterm YES
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| 357 |
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[fb0480d5] | 358 | /* Disable building Xprint server and clients until we get them figured
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| 359 | * out but build Xprint libraries to allow precompiled binaries such as
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| 360 | * Acrobat Reader to run.
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| 361 | */
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[7461475] | 362 |
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[fb0480d5] | 363 | #define XprtServer NO
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| 364 | #define BuildXprintClients NO
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[feeb99a] | 365 |
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[2ee51e6] | 366 | /* Uncomment the following define if you would prefer to install X into
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| 367 | * /usr or change it to any other location that you prefer.
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[bccbdaea] | 368 | * The GL related defines disable compatibility symlinks (the links
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[310cc9a] | 369 | * are not needed when X is installed in /usr).
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[f84ff8d] | 370 | #define ProjectRoot /usr
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| 371 | #define LinkGLToUsrInclude NO
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| 372 | #define LinkGLToUsrLib NO
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[2ee51e6] | 373 | */
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| 374 |
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[36c3ba1] | 375 | /* End Xorg host.def file */</literal>
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| 376 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[feeb99a] | 377 |
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[36c3ba1] | 378 | <para>There are several other options that you may want to consider.
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| 379 | A well documented example file is
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| 380 | <filename>config/cf/xorgsite.def</filename>.</para>
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[2826127] | 381 |
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[36c3ba1] | 382 | </sect3>
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[feeb99a] | 383 |
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[36c3ba1] | 384 | <sect3>
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| 385 | <title>Build Commands</title>
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[2826127] | 386 |
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[36c3ba1] | 387 | <para>Install <application>Xorg</application> by running the
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| 388 | following commands:</para>
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| 389 |
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| 390 | <screen><userinput>sed -i -e "s@^#include <linux/config.h>@/* & */@" \
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[df3a050] | 391 | `grep -lr linux/config.h *` &&
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[36c3ba1] | 392 | ( make World 2>&1 | tee xorg-compile.log && exit $PIPESTATUS )</userinput></screen>
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| 393 |
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| 394 | <para>Again as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 395 | user:</para>
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[2826127] | 396 |
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[36c3ba1] | 397 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[32077ed] | 398 | make install.man</userinput></screen>
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <para>If you've installed <application>Xorg</application> in the default
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[d9c80e1] | 401 | prefix listed above, run the following commands as the
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[32077ed] | 402 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 403 |
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| 404 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s ../X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11 &&
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[b2febe4e] | 405 | ln -v -s ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
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| 406 | ln -v -s ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen>
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[36c3ba1] | 407 |
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[18bcaf6] | 408 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> fonts have been installed
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| 409 | outside of <application>Fontconfig</application>'s default search path
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| 410 | of <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>. In order
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| 411 | for <application>Fontconfig</application> to find the installed TrueType
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| 412 | fonts, you should make symlinks to their directories. Assuming you've
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| 413 | installed <application>Xorg</application> in the default prefix, run the
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| 414 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 415 | user:</para>
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| 416 |
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[aebc72fa] | 417 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts &&
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| 418 | ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &&
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[18bcaf6] | 419 | ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF</userinput></screen>
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| 420 |
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[36c3ba1] | 421 | </sect3>
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| 422 |
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| 423 | </sect2>
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| 424 |
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| 425 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 426 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 427 |
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| 428 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s@^#include <linux/config.h>@...</command>:
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[2826127] | 429 | The <application>Linux-Libc-Headers</application> package installed in
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[36c3ba1] | 430 | LFS installs a <filename>/usr/include/linux/config.h</filename> file
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| 431 | which is not compatible with userspace applications. The recommended fix
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| 432 | for applications including this file is to remove it (see <ulink
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[2826127] | 433 | url="http://ep09.pld-linux.org/~mmazur/linux-libc-headers/doc/FAQ">
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| 434 | linux-libc-headers FAQ</ulink>). The <command>sed</command> uses
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[bfb7882] | 435 | <command>grep -lr</command> to replace all occurrences. If you desire, just
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[2826127] | 436 | remove (comment) the line in the appropriate video driver file if you
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[36c3ba1] | 437 | customized <filename>host.def</filename>.</para>
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| 438 |
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| 439 | <para><command>( make World 2>&1 | tee xorg-compile.log
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| 440 | && exit $PIPESTATUS )</command>: This command runs multiple
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| 441 | <filename>Makefile</filename>s to completely rebuild the system.
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| 442 | <parameter>2>&1</parameter> redirects error messages to the
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| 443 | same location as standard output. The <command>tee</command> command
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| 444 | allows viewing of the output while logging the results to a file. The
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[bfb7882] | 445 | parentheses around the command runs the entire command in a subshell
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[36c3ba1] | 446 | and finally the <command>exit $PIPESTATUS</command> ensures the result
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| 447 | of the <command>make</command> is returned as the result and not the
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| 448 | result of the <command>tee</command> command.</para>
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| 449 |
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| 450 | <note>
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| 451 | <para>When rebuilding <application>Xorg</application>, a separate
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| 452 | command that may be used if only minor changes are made to the sources
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| 453 | is <command>make Everything</command>. This does not automatically
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| 454 | remove generated files and only rebuilds those files or programs that
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| 455 | are out of date.</para>
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| 456 | </note>
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| 457 |
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[b2febe4e] | 458 | <para><command>ln -v -s ...</command>: These commands are present to
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[36c3ba1] | 459 | enable other (broken) packages to build against
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| 460 | <application>Xorg</application>, even though the Filesystem Hierarchy
|
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| 461 | Standard says: <quote>In general, software must not be installed or
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| 462 | managed via the above symbolic links. They are intended for utilization
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| 463 | by users only.</quote></para>
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| 464 |
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| 465 | </sect2>
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| 466 |
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| 467 | <sect2 role="configuration" id='xorg-config'>
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| 468 | <title>Configuring Xorg</title>
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| 469 |
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| 470 | <para>Edit <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and add
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| 471 | <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib</filename>. Run:</para>
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| 472 |
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| 473 | <indexterm zone="xorg xorg-config">
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| 474 | <primary sortas="e-etc-ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary>
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| 475 | </indexterm>
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| 476 |
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| 477 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ldconfig</userinput></screen>
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| 478 |
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| 479 | <para>Ensure <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/bin</filename>
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| 480 | and <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</filename>
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| 481 | are added to your <envar>PATH</envar> and <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar>
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| 482 | environment variables, respectively. Instructions for doing this are
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| 483 | described in the section <xref linkend='postlfs-config-profile'/>.</para>
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| 484 |
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| 485 | <para>Create the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file with:</para>
|
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| 486 |
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[5ee44e37] | 487 | <screen><userinput>cd ~ &&
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[36c3ba1] | 488 | Xorg -configure</userinput></screen>
|
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| 489 |
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| 490 | <para>The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the monitor.
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| 491 | This command will create a file, <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename> in your
|
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| 492 | home directory.</para>
|
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| 493 |
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| 494 | <indexterm zone="xorg xorg-config">
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| 495 | <primary sortas="e-etc-X11-xorg-conf">/etc/X11/xorg.conf</primary>
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| 496 | </indexterm>
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| 497 |
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| 498 | <para>Edit <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename> to suit your system. The
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| 499 | details of the file are located in the xorg.conf man page. Some things
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| 500 | you may want to do are:</para>
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| 501 |
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| 502 | <itemizedlist>
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| 503 | <listitem>
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| 504 | <para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
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| 505 | You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system
|
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| 506 | normally comes up closer to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove
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| 507 | some font directories completely.</para>
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| 508 | </listitem>
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| 509 | <listitem>
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| 510 | <para>Section "Module". If you are going to install NVidia
|
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| 511 | drivers, remove the "dri" line.</para>
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| 512 | </listitem>
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| 513 | <listitem>
|
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| 514 | <para>Sections "InputDevice". You may want to change the
|
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| 515 | keyboard autorepeat rate by adding
|
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| 516 | <option>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</option>.</para>
|
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| 517 | </listitem>
|
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| 518 | <listitem>
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| 519 | <para>Section "Monitor". Specify the <option>VertRefresh</option>
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| 520 | and <option>HorizSync</option> values if the system does not
|
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| 521 | automatically detect the monitor and its values.</para>
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| 522 | </listitem>
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| 523 | <listitem>
|
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| 524 | <para>Section "Device". You may want to set some of the options
|
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| 525 | available for your selected video driver. A description of the driver
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| 526 | parameters is in the man page for your driver.</para>
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| 527 | </listitem>
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| 528 | <listitem><para>Section "Screen". Add a DefaultDepth statement such as:
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| 529 | <option>DefaultDepth 24</option>. In the SubSection for your
|
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| 530 | default depth, add a modes line such as:
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| 531 | <option>Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"</option>. The first
|
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| 532 | mode listed will normally be the starting resolution.</para>
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| 533 | </listitem>
|
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| 534 | </itemizedlist>
|
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| 535 |
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| 536 | <para>Test the system with:</para>
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| 537 |
|
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| 538 | <screen><userinput>X -config ~/xorg.conf.new</userinput></screen>
|
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| 539 |
|
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| 540 | <para>You will only get a gray background with an X-shaped mouse cursor,
|
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| 541 | but it confirms the system is working. Exit with
|
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| 542 | <keycap>Control+Alt+Backspace</keycap>. If the system does not work, take
|
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| 543 | a look at <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> to see what went
|
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| 544 | wrong.</para>
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| 545 |
|
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| 546 | <para>Move the configuration file to its final location:</para>
|
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| 547 |
|
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| 548 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf</userinput></screen>
|
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| 549 |
|
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| 550 | <para>Create <filename>.xinitrc</filename>:</para>
|
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| 551 |
|
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| 552 | <screen><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
|
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| 553 | <literal># Begin .xinitrc file
|
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[feeb99a] | 554 | xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &
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| 555 | xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &
|
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[36c3ba1] | 556 | twm</literal>
|
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| 557 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
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| 558 |
|
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| 559 | <para>This provides an initial screen with an xterm and a clock that is
|
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| 560 | managed by a simple window manager, Tab Window Manager. For details of
|
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| 561 | <command>twm</command>, see the man page.</para>
|
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| 562 |
|
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| 563 | <indexterm zone="xorg xorg-config">
|
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| 564 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
|
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| 565 | </indexterm>
|
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| 566 |
|
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| 567 | <note>
|
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| 568 | <para>When needed, <application>Xorg</application> creates the directory
|
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| 569 | <filename>/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename> if it does not exist. If this
|
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| 570 | directory is not owned by <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>,
|
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| 571 | <application>Xorg</application> delays startup by a few seconds and also
|
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| 572 | appends a warning to the logfile. This also affects startup of other
|
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| 573 | applications. To improve performance, it is advisable to manually create
|
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| 574 | the directory before <application>Xorg</application> uses it. Add the
|
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| 575 | file creation to <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename> that is
|
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| 576 | sourced by the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</filename> startup
|
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| 577 | script.</para>
|
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| 578 |
|
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| 579 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles << "EOF"
|
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| 580 | <literal>/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root</literal>
|
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| 581 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
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| 582 |
|
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| 583 | </note>
|
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| 584 |
|
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| 585 | <indexterm zone="xorg xorg-config">
|
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| 586 | <primary
|
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| 587 | sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-createfiles">/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</primary>
|
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| 588 | </indexterm>
|
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| 589 |
|
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| 590 | <para>Start <application>X</application> with:</para>
|
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| 591 |
|
---|
| 592 | <screen><userinput>startx</userinput></screen>
|
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| 593 |
|
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| 594 | <para>to get a basic functional <application>X Window
|
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| 595 | System</application>.</para>
|
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| 596 |
|
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| 597 | <para>At this point, you should check out <xref linkend='x-setup'/> for
|
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| 598 | the necessary configuration to make <application>X</application> fully
|
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| 599 | functional. Additionally, you can have a look at <xref linkend='x-config'/>
|
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| 600 | for information on fine tuning your <application>X</application>
|
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| 601 | configuration.</para>
|
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| 602 |
|
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| 603 | <para>For a list of the package contents and a description of the commands,
|
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| 604 | see the sections in the <xref linkend='xfree86-contents'/>.</para>
|
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| 605 |
|
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| 606 | </sect2>
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[d5d9ceb] | 607 |
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[feeb99a] | 608 | </sect1>
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