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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="xorg7" xreflabel="X.org-&xorg7-version;">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="xorg7.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect1info>
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| 12 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 13 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 14 | <!-- <keywordset>
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| 15 | <keyword role="package">X11R&xorg7-version;-src.tar</keyword>
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| 16 | <keyword role="ftpdir">Xorg7</keyword>
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| 17 | </keywordset>
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| 18 | ########## Need a way to fix this on the mirrors ##########
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| 19 | ##### Maybe a single tarball is the way to handle it ######
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| 20 | -->
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| 21 |
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| 22 |
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| 23 | </sect1info>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <title>Xorg-&xorg7-version;</title>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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| 28 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7">Xorg</primary>
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| 29 | </indexterm>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 32 | <title>Introduction to Xorg</title>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para><application>Xorg</application> is a freely redistributable,
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| 35 | open-source implementation of the <application>X</application> Window
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| 36 | System. This system provides a client/server interface between display
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| 37 | hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop
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| 38 | environment, while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a
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| 39 | standardized application interface (API).</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
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| 45 | <xref linkend="libdrm"/>,
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| 46 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>, and
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| 47 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>.</para>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 50 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/>.</para>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Download and Installation Instructions</bridgehead>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <para>With the new modular build system, is no longer possible to download
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| 55 | the entire package in a single file. In fact, there may be upto 200 files
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| 56 | that need to be fetched from the download location. To assist with
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| 57 | such a large task, it is strongly recommended to install
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| 58 | <xref linkend="wget"/> for downloading the needed files. A complete
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| 59 | <application>wget</application> script is available for each section at
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| 60 | <ulink
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| 61 | url="http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/x/wget/"/>.</para>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <para>Givin the number of packages availible, deciding which packages you
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| 64 | need to install for your particular setup may seem a bit overwhelming at
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| 65 | first. Take a look at<ulink
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| 66 | url="http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-modular/2005-November/000801.html">
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| 67 | this thread</ulink> to get an idea of what you will need. If you are
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| 68 | unsure, simply install all packages at the cost of extra diskspace.</para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <para>Additionally, because of the large number of repetative commands,
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| 71 | you are encouraged to script the build. For most sections, you can use
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| 72 | the following commands to compile and install all packages in your build
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| 73 | directory:</para>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <screen>for package in *.tar.bz2
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| 76 | do
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| 77 | packagedir=`echo $package | sed 's/.tar.bz2//'`
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| 78 | tar -xf $package &&
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| 79 | cd $packagedir &&
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| 80 | ./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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| 81 | make &&
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| 82 | make install
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| 83 | if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
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| 84 | break #stop the build if the previous command failed
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| 85 | fi
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| 86 | cd .. &&
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| 87 | rm -rf $packagedir
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| 88 | done 2>&1 | tee -a ../xorg-compile.log #log the entire loop</screen>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | </sect2>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <sect2>
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| 93 | <title>Setting up the Xorg Build Environment</title>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <para>First, you'll need to create a working directory:</para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <screen><userinput>mkdir xc &&
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| 98 | cd xc</userinput></screen>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <para>As with previous releases of the X Windows System, it may be
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| 101 | desireable to install <application>Xorg</application> into an alternate
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| 102 | prefix. This is no longer common practice among linux distributions.
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| 103 | The common installation prefix for <application>Xorg</application> on
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| 104 | linux is <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. There is no standard
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| 105 | alternate prefix, nor is there any exception in the current revision of
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| 106 | the Filesystem Hierarcy Standard for Release 7 of the X Windows System.
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| 107 | Alan Coopersmith of Sun Microsystems, has recently stated
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| 108 | "At Sun, we were using <filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and
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| 109 | plan to stick with it." Only the
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| 110 | <filename class="directory">/opt/*</filename> prefix or the
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| 111 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> prefix adhere to the current
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| 112 | FHS guidelines.</para>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <para>Choose your installation prefix, and set the
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| 115 | <parameter>XORG_PREFIX</parameter> variable with the following
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| 116 | command:</para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <screen><userinput>export XORG_PREFIX="<replaceable>[/usr]</replaceable>"</userinput></screen>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>Throughout these instructions, you will use the same three
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| 121 | configure switches for all of the packages. Create the
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| 122 | <parameter>XORG_CONFIG</parameter> varialbe to use for substitution:</para>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <screen><userinput>export XORG_CONFIG="--prefix=$XORG_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var"</userinput></screen>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | </sect2>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <sect2>
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| 129 | <title>Xorg Protocol Headers</title>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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| 132 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-proto">Xorg Protocol Headers</primary>
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| 133 | </indexterm>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> protocol headers provide the
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| 136 | header files required to build the system, and to allow other
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| 137 | applications to build against the installed X Window system.</para>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Proto packages can be downloaded
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| 140 | individually from <ulink
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| 141 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.0/src/proto/"/>.</para>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 144 | <title>Installation of Xorg Protocol Headers</title>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <para>Install the <application>Xorg</application> protocol headers
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| 147 | by running the following commands for each package to be installed.</para>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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| 150 | make &&
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| 151 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | </sect3>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | </sect2>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <sect2>
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| 158 | <title>Xorg Utilities</title>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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| 161 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-data">Xorg Utilities</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> utility packages provide
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| 165 | needed utilities, not for the <application>Xorg</application>
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| 166 | installation itself, but for other applications that make use of
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| 167 | legacy X11R6 installation methods.</para>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Utility packages can be downloaded
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| 170 | individually from <ulink
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| 171 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.0/src/util/"/>.</para>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 174 | <title>Installation of Xorg Utilities</title>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <para>Install first, the <application>xorg-cf-files</application> package
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| 177 | with the following commands:</para>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <screen><userinput>sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@$XORG_PREFIX@" site.def &&
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| 180 | sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@$XORG_PREFIX@" X11.tmpl &&
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| 181 | ./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-config-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/config &&
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| 182 | make &&
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| 183 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <para>Next, install the <application>Imake</application> package with
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| 186 | these commands:</para>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-config-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/config &&
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| 189 | make &&
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| 190 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 191 |
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <para>Finally, build the three remaining packages with the standard build
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| 194 | commands:</para>
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| 195 |
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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| 198 | make &&
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| 199 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | </sect3>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | </sect2>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <sect2>
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| 206 | <title>Xorg Libraries</title>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-lib">Xorg Libraries</primary>
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| 210 | </indexterm>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> libraries provide library
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| 213 | routines that are used within all X Window applications.</para>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Library packages can be downloaded
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| 216 | individually from <ulink
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| 217 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.0/src/lib/"/>.</para>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <sect3>
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| 220 | <title>Meeting Library Dependencies</title>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <para>These 17 libraries are a core part of the X Windows Sytem and
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| 223 | must be built in the order provided:</para>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <screen>xtrans-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
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| 226 | libXau-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
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| 227 | libXdmcp-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
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| 228 | libX11-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
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| 229 | libXext-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
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| 230 | libICE-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
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| 231 | libSM-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
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| 232 | libXt-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
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| 233 | libXmu-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
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| 234 | libXpm-X11R7.0-3.5.4.2.tar.bz2
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| 235 | libXp-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
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| 236 | libXfixes-X11R7.0-3.0.1.2.tar.bz2
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| 237 | libXrender-X11R7.0-0.9.0.2.tar.bz2
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| 238 | libfontenc-X11R7.0-1.0.1.tar.bz2
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| 239 | libxkbfile-X11R7.0-1.0.1.tar.bz2
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| 240 | libXprintUtil-X11R7.0-1.0.1.tar.bz2
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| 241 | libXv-X11R7.0-1.0.1.tar.bz2</screen>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | </sect3>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 246 | <title>Installation of Xorg Libraries</title>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <para>Install the libraries by running the following commands for each
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| 249 | of the chosen packages:</para>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <para><screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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| 252 | make &&
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| 253 | make install</userinput></screen></para>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | </sect3>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <sect3 role="configuration">
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| 258 | <title>Configuration of Xorg Libraries</title>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <para>If you've chosen to install <application>Xorg</application> into
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| 261 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, then no furthur
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| 262 | configuration is necessary and you can skip the rest of this section.
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| 263 | If you've opted for an alternate prefix, you should create two symlinks
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| 264 | to satisfy the expected environment of several packages.
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| 265 | Execute the following commands as the root user:</para>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sv $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
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| 268 | ln -sv $XORG_PREFIX/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <para>As with other libraries, as the root user, you must add
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| 271 | <filename class="directory">$XORG_PREFIX/lib</filename> to
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| 272 | <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and execute
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| 273 | <command>/sbin/ldconfig</command>.</para>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | </sect3>
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| 276 |
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| 277 | </sect2>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <sect2>
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| 280 | <title>Xorg Data</title>
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| 281 |
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| 282 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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| 283 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-data">Xorg Data</primary>
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| 284 | </indexterm>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> data packages provide
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| 287 | static data such as images and keymaps to the
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| 288 | <application>Xorg</application> applications.</para>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Data packages can be downloaded
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| 291 | individually from <ulink
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| 292 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.0/src/data/"/>.</para>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 295 | <title>Installation of Xorg Data</title>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <para>First, install the xbitmap package by running the following
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| 298 | commands:</para>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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| 301 | make &&
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| 302 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <note><para>At this point, you should continue to the applications
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| 305 | installation. After the applications installation has completed, you
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| 306 | can use the same instructions above to install the xcursor-themes and
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| 307 | xkb-data packages.</para></note>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | </sect3>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | </sect2>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <sect2>
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| 314 | <title>Xorg Applications</title>
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| 315 |
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| 316 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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| 317 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-app">Xorg Applications</primary>
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| 318 | </indexterm>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <note><para>You must install <xref linkend="MesaLib"/> before you install
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| 321 | Xorg Applications.</para></note>
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| 322 |
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| 323 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> applications provide the
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| 324 | expected applications availible in previous X Window
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| 325 | implementations.</para>
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| 326 |
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| 327 | <para><application>Xorg</application> applications can be downloaded
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| 328 | individually from <ulink
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| 329 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.0/src/app/"/>.</para>
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| 330 |
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| 331 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 332 | <title>Installation of Xorg Applications</title>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <para>Install the applications by running the following commands for each
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| 335 | chosen package:</para>
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| 336 |
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| 337 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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| 338 | make &&
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| 339 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 340 |
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| 341 | <note><para>The luit package should not be compiled at this point. You
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| 342 | should install the luit application after the fonts have been installed.
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| 343 | When compiling the luit package, you will need to change a hard
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| 344 | coded reference to /usr/X11R6 in parser.h. Use the command
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| 345 | "<command>sed -i 's@/usr/X11R6@$XORG_PREFIX@' parser.h</command>" from
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| 346 | the top level of the package source directory.</para></note>
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| 347 |
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| 348 | </sect3>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | </sect2>
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| 351 |
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| 352 | <sect2>
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| 353 | <title>Xorg Fonts</title>
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| 354 |
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| 355 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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| 356 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-fonts">Xorg Fonts</primary>
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| 357 | </indexterm>
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| 358 |
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| 359 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> font packages provide
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| 360 | needed fonts to the <application>Xorg</application> applications.</para>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Font packages can be downloaded
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| 363 | individually from <ulink
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| 364 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.0/src/font/"/>.</para>
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| 365 |
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| 366 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 367 | <title>Installation of Xorg Fonts</title>
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| 368 |
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| 369 | <para>Create a fonts direcorty and a symlink so that the fonts
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| 370 | installed in /usr/share/fonts can be accessible by the old fontpath
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| 371 | $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts:</para>
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| 372 |
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| 373 | <screen><userinput> mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts &&
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| 374 | ln -s -v ../../../share/fonts $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/</userinput></screen>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <para>Run the following commands for each package:</para>
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| 377 |
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| 378 | <note><para>You should install encoding and font-util before all others</para></note>
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| 379 |
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| 380 |
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| 381 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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| 382 | make &&
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| 383 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 384 |
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| 385 | </sect3>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | </sect2>
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| 388 |
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| 389 | <sect2>
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| 390 | <title>Xorg Server</title>
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| 391 |
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| 392 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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| 393 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-server">Xorg Server</primary>
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| 394 | </indexterm>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> Server is the core
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| 397 | of the X Window system.</para>
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| 398 |
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| 399 | <para>The Xorg Server is a single download. Get it from
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| 400 | <ulink url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.0/src/xserver/xorg-server-X11R7.0-1.0.1.tar.bz2"/>.</para>
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| 401 |
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| 402 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 403 | <title>Installation of Xorg Server</title>
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| 404 |
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| 405 | <note><para>You must have the <application>Mesa</application> source
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| 406 | directory availible when building the
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| 407 | <application>Xorg-server</application></para></note>
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| 408 |
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| 409 | <para>Install the server by running the following commands:</para>
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| 410 |
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| 411 | <screen><userinput>sed -i "s@*/@*/\n#include <linux/types.h>\n@" \
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| 412 | hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_agp.c &&
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| 413 | ./configure --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 414 | --localstatedir=/var --with-mesa-source='../../Mesa-&mesalib-version;' \
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| 415 | --with-fontdir=/usr/share/fonts \
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| 416 | --with-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/modules &&
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| 417 | make &&
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| 418 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 419 |
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| 420 | </sect3>
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| 421 |
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| 422 | </sect2>
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| 423 |
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| 424 | <sect2>
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| 425 | <title>Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 426 |
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| 427 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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| 428 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">Xorg Drivers</primary>
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| 429 | </indexterm>
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| 430 |
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| 431 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> drivers provide the means
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| 432 | for the xserver to take advantage of installed hardware.</para>
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| 433 |
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| 434 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Driver packages can be downloaded
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| 435 | individually from <ulink
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| 436 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.0/src/driver/"/>.</para>
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| 437 |
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| 438 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 439 | <title>Installation of Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 440 |
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| 441 | <warning><para>It is very important not to build display drivers that
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| 442 | cannot be used on your hardware. For instance, do not build Sun drivers
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| 443 | for an x86 PC as the Sun drivers will expect to see SPARC symbols
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| 444 | exported from the kernel. Failure to follow this warning will result
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| 445 | in a display lockup, which requires a hard reboot, when configuring
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| 446 | <application>Xorg</application> for the first time.</para></warning>
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| 447 |
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| 448 | <para>Install the drivers by running the following commands for each
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| 449 | package:</para>
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| 450 |
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| 451 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
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| 452 | --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/modules &&
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| 453 | make &&
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| 454 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 455 |
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| 456 | </sect3>
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| 457 |
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| 458 | </sect2>
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| 459 |
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| 460 | <sect2 role="configuration" id='xorg7-config'>
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| 461 | <title>Configuring Xorg</title>
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| 462 |
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| 463 | <para>Make certain that you have executed <command>ldconfig</command> and
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| 464 | create the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file with:</para>
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| 465 |
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| 466 | <screen><userinput>cd ~ &&
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| 467 | Xorg -configure</userinput></screen>
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| 468 |
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| 469 | <para>The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the monitor.
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| 470 | This command will create a file, <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename> in your
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| 471 | home directory.</para>
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| 472 |
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| 473 | <indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
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| 474 | <primary sortas="e-etc-X11-xorg-conf">/etc/X11/xorg.conf</primary>
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| 475 | </indexterm>
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| 476 |
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| 477 | <para>Edit <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename> to suit your system. The
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| 478 | details of the file are located in the xorg.conf man page. Some things
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| 479 | you may want to do are:</para>
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| 480 |
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| 481 | <itemizedlist>
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| 482 | <listitem>
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| 483 | <para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
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| 484 | You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system
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| 485 | normally comes up closer to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove
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| 486 | some font directories completely.</para>
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| 487 | </listitem>
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| 488 | <listitem>
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| 489 | <para>Section "Module". If you are going to install NVidia
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| 490 | drivers, remove the "dri" line.</para>
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| 491 | </listitem>
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| 492 | <listitem>
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| 493 | <para>Sections "InputDevice". You may want to change the
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| 494 | keyboard autorepeat rate by adding
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| 495 | <option>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</option>.</para>
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| 496 | </listitem>
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| 497 | <listitem>
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| 498 | <para>Section "Monitor". Specify the <option>VertRefresh</option>
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| 499 | and <option>HorizSync</option> values if the system does not
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| 500 | automatically detect the monitor and its values.</para>
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| 501 | </listitem>
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| 502 | <listitem>
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| 503 | <para>Section "Device". You may want to set some of the options
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| 504 | available for your selected video driver. A description of the driver
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| 505 | parameters is in the man page for your driver.</para>
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| 506 | </listitem>
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| 507 | <listitem><para>Section "Screen". Add a DefaultDepth statement such as:
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| 508 | <option>DefaultDepth 24</option>. In the SubSection for your
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| 509 | default depth, add a modes line such as:
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| 510 | <option>Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"</option>. The first
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| 511 | mode listed will normally be the starting resolution.</para>
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| 512 | </listitem>
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| 513 | </itemizedlist>
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| 514 |
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| 515 | <para>Test the system with:</para>
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| 516 |
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| 517 | <screen><userinput>X -config ~/xorg.conf.new</userinput></screen>
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| 518 |
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| 519 | <para>You will only get a gray background with an X-shaped mouse cursor,
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| 520 | but it confirms the system is working. Exit with
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| 521 | <keycap>Control+Alt+Backspace</keycap>. If the system does not work, take
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| 522 | a look at <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> to see what went
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| 523 | wrong.</para>
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| 524 |
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| 525 | <para>Move the configuration file to its final location:</para>
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| 526 |
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| 527 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf</userinput></screen>
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| 528 |
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| 529 | <para>Create <filename>.xinitrc</filename>:</para>
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| 530 |
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| 531 | <screen><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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| 532 | <literal># Begin .xinitrc file
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| 533 | xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &
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| 534 | xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &
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| 535 | twm</literal>
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| 536 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 537 |
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| 538 | <para>This provides an initial screen with a small clock that is
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| 539 | managed by a simple window manager, Tab Window Manager. For details of
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| 540 | <command>twm</command>, see the man page.</para>
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| 541 |
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| 542 | <note><para>The above file is the default configuration for Xorg. Xorg's
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| 543 | distrubuition no longer includes xterm, as such the startx will fail if
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| 544 | you have not yet installed <xref linkend="xterm2"/>.</para></note>
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| 545 |
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| 546 | <indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
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| 547 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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| 548 | </indexterm>
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| 549 |
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| 550 | <note>
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| 551 | <para>When needed, <application>Xorg</application> creates the directory
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| 552 | <filename>/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename> if it does not exist. If this
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| 553 | directory is not owned by <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>,
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| 554 | <application>Xorg</application> delays startup by a few seconds and also
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| 555 | appends a warning to the logfile. This also affects startup of other
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| 556 | applications. To improve performance, it is advisable to manually create
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| 557 | the directory before <application>Xorg</application> uses it. Add the
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| 558 | file creation to <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename> that is
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| 559 | sourced by the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</filename> startup
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| 560 | script.</para>
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| 561 |
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| 562 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles << "EOF"
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| 563 | <literal>/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root</literal>
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| 564 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 565 |
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| 566 | </note>
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| 567 |
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| 568 | <indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
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| 569 | <primary
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| 570 | sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-createfiles">/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</primary>
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| 571 | </indexterm>
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| 572 |
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| 573 | <para>Start <application>X</application> with:</para>
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| 574 |
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| 575 | <screen><userinput>startx</userinput></screen>
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| 576 |
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| 577 | <para>to get a basic functional <application>X Window
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| 578 | System</application>.</para>
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| 579 |
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| 580 | <para>At this point, you should check out <xref linkend='x-setup'/> for
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| 581 | the necessary configuration to make <application>X</application> fully
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| 582 | functional. Additionally, you can have a look at <xref linkend='x-config'/>
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| 583 | for information on fine tuning your <application>X</application>
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| 584 | configuration.</para>
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| 585 |
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| 586 | <para>For a list of the package contents and a description of the commands,
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| 587 | see the sections in the <xref linkend='xfree86-contents'/>.</para>
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| 588 |
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| 589 | </sect2>
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| 590 |
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| 591 | </sect1>
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