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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" condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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53 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg-&xorg7-version;'/></bridgehead>
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54 |
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55 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Download and Installation
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56 | Instructions</bridgehead>
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57 |
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58 | <para>With the modular build system, it is no longer possible to download
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59 | the entire package in a single file. In fact, there may be as many as
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60 | 280 files that need to be fetched from the download location. To assist
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61 | with such a large task, it is strongly recommended to install
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62 | <xref linkend="wget"/> for downloading the needed files. A complete
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63 | <application>wget</application> script is available for each section at
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64 | <ulink
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65 | url="http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/x/wget/"/>.</para>
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66 |
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67 | <para>Given the number of packages available, deciding which packages you
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68 | need to install for your particular setup may seem a bit overwhelming at
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69 | first. Take a look at<ulink
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70 | url="http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-modular/2005-November/000801.html">
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71 | this thread</ulink> to get an idea of what you will need. If you are
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72 | unsure, you should install all packages at the cost of extra
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73 | disk space.</para>
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74 |
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75 | <note>
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76 | <para>The installed size of <application>Xorg</application> can
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77 | be reduced considerably by installing only the packages that you will
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78 | need and use. However, the BLFS book cannot account for all dependencies
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79 | and build options for individual <application>Xorg</application>
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80 | packages. The instructions assume that all packages have been built
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81 | from a particular group unless otherwise noted. A
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82 | <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg-&xorg7-version;">
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83 | wiki</ulink> page containing dependency information, for users who wish
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84 | to cut down on the installed size of <application>Xorg</application>, is
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85 | under development. You are encouraged to add to these
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86 | pages if you discover additional information that may be helpful to
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87 | other users.</para>
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88 | </note>
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89 |
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90 | <para>Additionally, because of the large number of repetitive commands,
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91 | you are encouraged to script the build. For most sections, you can use
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92 | the following commands to compile and install all packages in your build
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93 | directory:</para>
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94 |
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95 | <screen>for package in *.tar.bz2
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96 | do
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97 | packagedir=`echo $package | sed 's/.tar.bz2//'`
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98 | tar -xf $package &&
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99 | cd $packagedir &&
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100 | ./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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101 | make &&
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102 | make install
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103 | if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
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104 | break #stop the build if the previous command failed
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105 | fi
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106 | cd .. &&
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107 | rm -rf $packagedir
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108 | done 2>&1 | tee -a ../xorg-compile.log #log the entire loop</screen>
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109 |
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110 | </sect2>
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111 |
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112 | <sect2>
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113 | <title>Setting up the Xorg Build Environment</title>
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114 |
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115 | <para>First, you'll need to create a working directory:</para>
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116 |
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117 | <screen><userinput>mkdir xc &&
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118 | cd xc</userinput></screen>
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119 |
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120 | <para>As with previous releases of the X Window System, it may be
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121 | desirable to install <application>Xorg</application> into an alternate
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122 | prefix. This is no longer common practice among Linux distributions.
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123 | The common installation prefix for <application>Xorg</application> on
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124 | Linux is <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. There is no
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125 | standard alternate prefix, nor is there any exception in the current
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126 | revision of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard for Release 7 of the X
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127 | Window System. Alan Coopersmith of Sun Microsystems, has recently
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128 | stated "At Sun, we were using
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129 | <filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and plan to stick with
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130 | it." Only the <filename class="directory">/opt/*</filename> prefix or
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131 | the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> prefix adhere to the
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132 | current FHS guidelines.</para>
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133 |
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134 | <para>Choose your installation prefix, and set the
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135 | <envar>XORG_PREFIX</envar> variable with the following
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136 | command:</para>
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137 |
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138 | <screen><userinput>export XORG_PREFIX="<replaceable>[/usr]</replaceable>"</userinput></screen>
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139 |
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140 | <para>Throughout these instructions, you will use the same three
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141 | <command>configure</command> switches for all of the packages. Create the
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142 | <envar>XORG_CONFIG</envar> variable to use for substitution:</para>
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143 |
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144 | <screen><userinput>export XORG_CONFIG="--prefix=$XORG_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var"</userinput></screen>
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145 |
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146 | <note>
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147 | <para>If you've decided to use an alternate prefix, be sure to add
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148 | <filename class="directory"><replaceable>[/usr]</replaceable>/lib/pkgconfig</filename>
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149 | to your <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> variable.</para>
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150 | </note>
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151 |
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152 | </sect2>
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153 |
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154 | <sect2>
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155 | <title>Xorg Protocol Headers</title>
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156 |
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157 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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158 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-proto">Xorg Protocol Headers</primary>
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159 | </indexterm>
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160 |
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161 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> protocol headers provide the
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162 | header files required to build the system, and to allow other
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163 | applications to build against the installed X Window system.</para>
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164 |
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165 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Proto packages can be downloaded
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166 | individually from <ulink
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167 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/proto/"/>.</para>
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168 |
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169 | <sect3 role="installation">
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170 | <title>Installation of Xorg Protocol Headers</title>
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171 |
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172 | <para>Install the <application>Xorg</application> protocol headers
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173 | by running the following commands for each package to be installed.</para>
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174 |
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175 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG</userinput></screen>
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176 |
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177 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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178 | user:</para>
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179 |
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180 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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181 |
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182 | </sect3>
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183 |
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184 | </sect2>
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185 |
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186 | <sect2>
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187 | <title>Xorg Utilities</title>
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188 |
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189 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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190 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-data">Xorg Utilities</primary>
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191 | </indexterm>
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192 |
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193 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> utility packages provide
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194 | needed utilities, not for the <application>Xorg</application>
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195 | installation itself, but for other applications that make use of
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196 | legacy X11R6 installation methods.</para>
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197 |
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198 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Utility packages can be downloaded
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199 | individually from <ulink
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200 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/util/"/>.</para>
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201 |
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202 | <sect3 role="installation">
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203 | <title>Installation of Xorg Utilities</title>
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204 |
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205 | <para>First install the <application>xorg-cf-files</application> package
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206 | with the following commands:</para>
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207 |
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208 | <screen><userinput>sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@$XORG_PREFIX@" site.def &&
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209 | sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@$XORG_PREFIX@" X11.tmpl &&
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210 | ./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-config-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/config &&
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211 | make</userinput></screen>
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212 |
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213 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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214 | user:</para>
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215 |
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216 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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217 |
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218 | <para>Next, install the <application>Imake</application> package with
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219 | these commands:</para>
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220 |
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221 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-config-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/config &&
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222 | make</userinput></screen>
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223 |
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224 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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225 | user:</para>
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226 |
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227 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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228 |
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229 |
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230 | <para>Finally, build the three remaining packages with the standard build
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231 | commands:</para>
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232 |
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233 |
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234 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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235 | make</userinput></screen>
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236 |
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237 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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238 | user:</para>
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239 |
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240 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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241 |
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242 | </sect3>
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243 |
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244 | </sect2>
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245 |
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246 | <sect2>
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247 | <title>Xorg Libraries</title>
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248 |
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249 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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250 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-lib">Xorg Libraries</primary>
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251 | </indexterm>
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252 |
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253 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> libraries provide library
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254 | routines that are used within all X Window applications.</para>
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255 |
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256 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Library packages can be downloaded
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257 | individually from <ulink
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258 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/"/>.</para>
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259 |
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260 | <sect3>
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261 | <title>Meeting Library Dependencies</title>
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262 |
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263 | <para>These 17 libraries must be built first, in the order provided,
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264 | to cover the dependencies of the other library packages:</para>
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265 |
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266 | <screen>xtrans-1.0.0
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267 | libXau-1.0.0
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268 | libXdmcp-1.0.0
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269 | libX11-1.0.0
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270 | libXext-1.0.0
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271 | libICE-1.0.0
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272 | libSM-1.0.0
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273 | libXt-1.0.0
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274 | libXmu-1.0.0
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275 | libXpm-3.5.4.2
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276 | libXp-1.0.0
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277 | libXfixes-3.0.1.2
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278 | libXrender-0.9.0.2
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279 | libfontenc-1.0.1
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280 | libxkbfile-1.0.2
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281 | libXprintUtil-1.0.1
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282 | libXv-1.0.1</screen>
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283 |
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284 | </sect3>
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285 |
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286 | <sect3 role="installation">
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287 | <title>Installation of Xorg Libraries</title>
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288 |
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289 | <para>Install the libraries by running the following commands for each
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290 | of the chosen packages:</para>
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291 |
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292 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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293 | make</userinput></screen>
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294 |
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295 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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296 | user:</para>
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297 |
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298 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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299 |
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300 | </sect3>
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301 |
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302 | <sect3 role="configuration">
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303 | <title>Configuration of Xorg Libraries</title>
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304 |
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305 | <para>If you've chosen to install <application>Xorg</application> into
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306 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, then no further
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307 | configuration is necessary and you can skip the rest of this section.
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308 | If you've opted for an alternate prefix, you should create two symlinks
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309 | to satisfy the expected environment of several packages.
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310 | Execute the following commands as the root user:</para>
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311 |
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312 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sv $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
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313 | ln -sv $XORG_PREFIX/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen>
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314 |
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315 | <para>As with other library directories, as the root user you must add
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316 | <filename class="directory">$XORG_PREFIX/lib</filename> to
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317 | <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and execute
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318 | <command>/sbin/ldconfig</command>.</para>
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319 |
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320 | </sect3>
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321 |
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322 | </sect2>
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323 |
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324 | <sect2>
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325 | <title>Xorg Data</title>
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326 |
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327 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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328 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-data">Xorg Data</primary>
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329 | </indexterm>
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330 |
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331 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> data packages provide
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332 | static data such as images and keymaps to the
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333 | <application>Xorg</application> applications.</para>
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334 |
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335 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Data packages can be downloaded
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336 | individually from <ulink
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337 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/data/"/>.</para>
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338 |
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339 | <sect3 role="installation">
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340 | <title>Installation of Xorg Data</title>
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341 |
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342 | <para>First, install the xbitmap package by running the following
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343 | commands:</para>
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344 |
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345 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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346 | make</userinput></screen>
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347 |
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348 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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349 | user:</para>
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350 |
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351 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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352 |
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353 | <note>
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354 | <para>At this point, you should continue to the applications
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355 | installation. After the applications installation has completed, you
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356 | can use the same instructions above to install the xcursor-themes and
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357 | xkb-data packages.</para>
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358 | </note>
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359 |
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360 | </sect3>
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361 |
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362 | </sect2>
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363 |
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364 | <sect2>
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365 | <title>Xorg Applications</title>
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366 |
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367 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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368 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-app">Xorg Applications</primary>
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369 | </indexterm>
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370 |
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371 | <note>
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372 | <para>You must install <xref linkend="mesalib"/> before you install
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373 | Xorg Applications.</para>
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374 | </note>
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375 |
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376 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> applications provide the
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377 | expected applications available in previous X Window
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378 | implementations.</para>
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379 |
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380 | <para><application>Xorg</application> applications can be downloaded
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381 | individually from <ulink
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382 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/"/>.</para>
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383 |
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384 | <sect3 role="installation">
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385 | <title>Installation of Xorg Applications</title>
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386 |
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387 | <para>Install the applications by running the following commands for each
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388 | chosen package:</para>
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389 |
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390 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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391 | make</userinput></screen>
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392 |
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393 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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394 | user:</para>
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395 |
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396 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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397 |
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398 | <note>
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399 | <para>The luit package should not be compiled at this point. You
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400 | should install the luit application after the fonts have been
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401 | installed.</para>
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402 | </note>
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403 |
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404 | <note>
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405 | <para>Remember to return to the data packages and install the
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406 | xcursor-themes and xkb-data packages.</para>
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407 | </note>
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408 |
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409 | </sect3>
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410 |
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411 | <sect3 role="installation">
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412 |
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413 | <title>Installation of luit</title>
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414 |
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415 | <para>A patch is required to fix a race condition in
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416 | <application>luit</application> that was discovered shortly after
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417 | release. Download the patch from
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418 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/luit-1.0.1-race-1.patch"/>.</para>
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419 |
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420 | <para>Install luit with the following commands:</para>
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421 |
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422 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i luit_1.0.1-race-1.patch &&
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423 | ./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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424 | make</userinput></screen>
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425 |
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426 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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427 | user:</para>
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428 |
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429 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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430 |
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431 | </sect3>
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432 |
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433 | </sect2>
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434 |
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435 | <sect2>
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436 | <title>Xorg Fonts</title>
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437 |
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438 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
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439 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-fonts">Xorg Fonts</primary>
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440 | </indexterm>
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441 |
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442 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> font packages provide
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443 | needed fonts to the <application>Xorg</application> applications.</para>
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444 |
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445 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Font packages can be downloaded
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446 | individually from <ulink
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447 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/font/"/>.</para>
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448 |
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449 | <sect3 role="installation">
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450 | <title>Installation of Xorg Fonts</title>
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451 |
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452 | <para>Run the following commands for each package:</para>
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453 |
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454 | <note>
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455 | <para>You should install encodings and font-util before all
|
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456 | other font packages.</para>
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457 | </note>
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458 |
|
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459 |
|
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460 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG</userinput></screen>
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461 |
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462 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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463 | user:</para>
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464 |
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465 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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466 |
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467 | <para>When all of the fonts have been installed, the system must be
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468 | configured so that <application>Fontconfig</application> can find the
|
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469 | TrueType fonts since they are outside of the default search path of
|
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470 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>. Make symlinks
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471 | to the <application>Xorg</application> TrueType font directories by
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472 | running the following commands as the
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473 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
|
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474 |
|
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475 | <screen><userinput role="root">ln -svn $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts/OTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &&
|
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476 | ln -svn $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF</userinput></screen>
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477 |
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478 | <note>
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479 | <para>If you haven't done so, and intend to install
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480 | <application>luit</application>, do so now.</para>
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481 | </note>
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482 |
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483 | </sect3>
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484 |
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485 | </sect2>
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486 |
|
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487 | <sect2>
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488 | <title>Xorg Server</title>
|
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489 |
|
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490 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
|
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491 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-server">Xorg Server</primary>
|
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492 | </indexterm>
|
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493 |
|
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494 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> Server is the core
|
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495 | of the X Window system.</para>
|
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496 |
|
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497 | <para>The Xorg Server is a single download. Get it from
|
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498 | <ulink url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/xserver/xorg-server-1.0.2.tar.bz2"/>.</para>
|
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499 |
|
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500 | <sect3 role="installation">
|
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501 | <title>Installation of Xorg Server</title>
|
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502 |
|
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503 | <note>
|
---|
504 | <para>You must have the <application>Mesa</application> source
|
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505 | directory available when building the
|
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506 | <application>Xorg-server</application>.</para>
|
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507 | </note>
|
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508 |
|
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509 | <para>Install the server by running the following commands:</para>
|
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510 |
|
---|
511 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
|
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512 | --with-mesa-source='../../Mesa-&mesalib-version;' \
|
---|
513 | --with-fontdir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts \
|
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514 | --with-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &&
|
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515 | make</userinput></screen>
|
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516 |
|
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517 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
|
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518 | user:</para>
|
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519 |
|
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520 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
|
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521 |
|
---|
522 | </sect3>
|
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523 |
|
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524 | </sect2>
|
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525 |
|
---|
526 | <sect2>
|
---|
527 | <title>Xorg Drivers</title>
|
---|
528 |
|
---|
529 | <indexterm zone="xorg7">
|
---|
530 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">Xorg Drivers</primary>
|
---|
531 | </indexterm>
|
---|
532 |
|
---|
533 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> drivers provide the means
|
---|
534 | for the xserver to take advantage of installed hardware.</para>
|
---|
535 |
|
---|
536 | <para><application>Xorg</application> Driver packages can be downloaded
|
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537 | individually from <ulink
|
---|
538 | url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/"/>.</para>
|
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539 |
|
---|
540 | <sect3 role="installation">
|
---|
541 | <title>Installation of Xorg Drivers</title>
|
---|
542 |
|
---|
543 | <warning><para>It is very important not to build display drivers that
|
---|
544 | cannot be used with your hardware. For instance, do not build Sun drivers
|
---|
545 | for an x86 PC as the Sun drivers will expect to see SPARC symbols
|
---|
546 | exported from the kernel. Failure to follow this warning will result
|
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547 | in a display lockup, which requires a hard reboot, when configuring
|
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548 | <application>Xorg</application> for the first time.</para></warning>
|
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549 |
|
---|
550 | <para>Install the drivers by running the following commands for each
|
---|
551 | package:</para>
|
---|
552 |
|
---|
553 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
|
---|
554 | --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &&
|
---|
555 | make</userinput></screen>
|
---|
556 |
|
---|
557 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
|
---|
558 | user:</para>
|
---|
559 |
|
---|
560 | <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
|
---|
561 |
|
---|
562 | </sect3>
|
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563 |
|
---|
564 | </sect2>
|
---|
565 |
|
---|
566 | <sect2 role="configuration" id='xorg7-config'>
|
---|
567 | <title>Configuring Xorg</title>
|
---|
568 |
|
---|
569 | <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user ensure you
|
---|
570 | have executed <command>ldconfig</command> and
|
---|
571 | create the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file with:</para>
|
---|
572 |
|
---|
573 | <screen><userinput>cd ~ &&
|
---|
574 | Xorg -configure</userinput></screen>
|
---|
575 |
|
---|
576 | <para>The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the monitor.
|
---|
577 | This command will create a file, <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename>, in your
|
---|
578 | home directory.</para>
|
---|
579 |
|
---|
580 | <indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
|
---|
581 | <primary sortas="e-etc-X11-xorg-conf">/etc/X11/xorg.conf</primary>
|
---|
582 | </indexterm>
|
---|
583 |
|
---|
584 | <para>Edit <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename> to suit your system. The
|
---|
585 | details of the file are located in the xorg.conf man page. Some things
|
---|
586 | you may want to do are:</para>
|
---|
587 |
|
---|
588 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
589 | <listitem>
|
---|
590 | <para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
|
---|
591 | You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system
|
---|
592 | normally comes up closer to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove
|
---|
593 | some font directories completely.</para>
|
---|
594 | </listitem>
|
---|
595 | <listitem>
|
---|
596 | <para>Section "Module". If you are going to install NVidia
|
---|
597 | drivers, remove the "dri" line.</para>
|
---|
598 | </listitem>
|
---|
599 | <listitem>
|
---|
600 | <para>Sections "InputDevice". You may want to change the
|
---|
601 | keyboard autorepeat rate by adding
|
---|
602 | <option>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</option>.</para>
|
---|
603 | </listitem>
|
---|
604 | <listitem>
|
---|
605 | <para>Section "Monitor". Specify the <option>VertRefresh</option>
|
---|
606 | and <option>HorizSync</option> values if the system does not
|
---|
607 | automatically detect the monitor and its values.</para>
|
---|
608 | </listitem>
|
---|
609 | <listitem>
|
---|
610 | <para>Section "Device". You may want to set some of the options
|
---|
611 | available for your selected video driver. A description of the driver
|
---|
612 | parameters is in the man page for your driver.</para>
|
---|
613 | </listitem>
|
---|
614 | <listitem><para>Section "Screen". Add a DefaultDepth statement such as:
|
---|
615 | <option>DefaultDepth 24</option>. In the SubSection for your
|
---|
616 | default depth, add a modes line such as:
|
---|
617 | <option>Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"</option>. The first
|
---|
618 | mode listed will normally be the starting resolution.</para>
|
---|
619 | </listitem>
|
---|
620 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
621 |
|
---|
622 | <para>Test the system with:</para>
|
---|
623 |
|
---|
624 | <screen><userinput>X -config ~/xorg.conf.new</userinput></screen>
|
---|
625 |
|
---|
626 | <para>You will only get a gray background with an X-shaped mouse cursor,
|
---|
627 | but it confirms the system is working. Exit with
|
---|
628 | <keycap>Control+Alt+Backspace</keycap>. If the system does not work, take
|
---|
629 | a look at <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> to see what went
|
---|
630 | wrong.</para>
|
---|
631 |
|
---|
632 | <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, move
|
---|
633 | the configuration file to its final location:</para>
|
---|
634 |
|
---|
635 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf</userinput></screen>
|
---|
636 |
|
---|
637 | <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create
|
---|
638 | <filename>.xinitrc</filename>:</para>
|
---|
639 |
|
---|
640 | <screen><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
|
---|
641 | <literal># Begin .xinitrc file
|
---|
642 | xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &
|
---|
643 | xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &
|
---|
644 | twm</literal>
|
---|
645 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
---|
646 |
|
---|
647 | <para>This provides an initial screen with a small clock that is
|
---|
648 | managed by a simple window manager, Tab Window Manager. For details of
|
---|
649 | <command>twm</command>, see the man page.</para>
|
---|
650 |
|
---|
651 | <note>
|
---|
652 | <para>The above file is the default configuration for Xorg. Xorg's
|
---|
653 | distribution no longer includes <command>xterm</command>, and as such the
|
---|
654 | <command>startx</command> command will fail if you have not yet
|
---|
655 | installed <xref linkend="xterm2"/>.</para>
|
---|
656 | </note>
|
---|
657 |
|
---|
658 | <indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
|
---|
659 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
|
---|
660 | </indexterm>
|
---|
661 |
|
---|
662 | <note>
|
---|
663 | <para>When needed, <application>Xorg</application> creates the directory
|
---|
664 | <filename class='directory'>/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename> if it does not
|
---|
665 | exist. If this directory is not owned by
|
---|
666 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>,
|
---|
667 | <application>Xorg</application> delays startup by a few seconds and also
|
---|
668 | appends a warning to the logfile. This also affects startup of other
|
---|
669 | applications. To improve performance, it is advisable to manually create
|
---|
670 | the directory before <application>Xorg</application> uses it. Add the
|
---|
671 | file creation to <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename> that is
|
---|
672 | sourced by the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</filename> startup
|
---|
673 | script.</para>
|
---|
674 |
|
---|
675 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles << "EOF"
|
---|
676 | <literal>/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root</literal>
|
---|
677 | EOF</userinput></screen>
|
---|
678 | </note>
|
---|
679 |
|
---|
680 | <indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
|
---|
681 | <primary
|
---|
682 | sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-createfiles">/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</primary>
|
---|
683 | </indexterm>
|
---|
684 |
|
---|
685 | <para>Start <application>X</application> with:</para>
|
---|
686 |
|
---|
687 | <screen><userinput>startx</userinput></screen>
|
---|
688 |
|
---|
689 | <para>and a basic functional <application>X Window
|
---|
690 | System</application> should be displayed.</para>
|
---|
691 |
|
---|
692 | <para>At this point, you should check out <xref linkend='x-setup'/> for
|
---|
693 | the necessary configuration to make <application>X</application> fully
|
---|
694 | functional. Additionally, you can have a look at <xref linkend='x-config'/>
|
---|
695 | for information on fine tuning your <application>X</application>
|
---|
696 | configuration.</para>
|
---|
697 |
|
---|
698 | <para>For a list of the package contents and a description of the commands,
|
---|
699 | see the sections in the <xref linkend='xfree86-contents'/>.</para>
|
---|
700 |
|
---|
701 | </sect2>
|
---|
702 |
|
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703 | </sect1>
|
---|