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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="xorg7" xreflabel="Xorg-&xorg7-version;">
9 <?dbhtml filename="xorg7.html"?>
10
11 <sect1info>
12 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
13 <date>$Date$</date>
14<!-- <keywordset>
15 <keyword role="package">X11R&xorg7-version;-src.tar</keyword>
16 <keyword role="ftpdir">Xorg7</keyword>
17 </keywordset>
18########## Need a way to fix this on the mirrors ##########
19##### Maybe a single tarball is the way to handle it ######
20-->
21
22
23 </sect1info>
24
25 <title>Xorg-&xorg7-version;</title>
26
27 <indexterm zone="xorg7">
28 <primary sortas="a-xorg7">Xorg</primary>
29 </indexterm>
30
31 <sect2 role="package">
32 <title>Introduction to Xorg</title>
33
34 <para><application>Xorg</application> is a freely redistributable,
35 open-source implementation of the <application>X</application> Window
36 System. This system provides a client/server interface between display
37 hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop
38 environment, while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a
39 standardized application interface (API).</para>
40
41 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Dependencies</bridgehead>
42
43 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
44 <para role="required"><xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
45 <xref linkend="libpng"/>, and
46 <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
47
48 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
49 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
50
51 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
52 <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg-&xorg7-version;'/></para>
53
54 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Download and Installation
55 Instructions</bridgehead>
56
57 <para>With the modular build system, it is no longer possible to download
58 the entire package in a single file. In fact, there may be as many as
59 280 files that need to be fetched from the download location. To assist
60 with such a large task, it is strongly recommended to install
61 <xref linkend="wget"/> for downloading the needed files. A complete
62 <application>wget</application> script is available for each section at
63 <ulink
64 url="http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/x/wget/"/>.</para>
65
66 <note>
67 <para>Even if you intend to download only the necessary packages, you
68 should download the wget scripts and use the package versions listed.
69 Newer packages are likey intended for the next release of
70 <application>Xorg</application> and have already proven to be
71 incompatible with the current version of
72 <application>GTK+</application>.</para>
73 </note>
74
75 <para>Given the number of packages available, deciding which packages you
76 need to install for your particular setup may seem a bit overwhelming at
77 first. Take a look at<ulink
78 url="http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-modular/2005-November/000801.html">
79 this thread</ulink> to get an idea of what you will need. If you are
80 unsure, you should install all packages at the cost of extra
81 disk space.</para>
82
83 <note>
84 <para>The installed size of <application>Xorg</application> can
85 be reduced considerably by installing only the packages that you will
86 need and use. However, the BLFS book cannot account for all dependencies
87 and build options for individual <application>Xorg</application>
88 packages. The instructions assume that all packages have been built
89 from a particular group unless otherwise noted. A
90 <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg-&xorg7-version;">
91 wiki</ulink> page containing dependency information, for users who wish
92 to cut down on the installed size of <application>Xorg</application>, is
93 under development. You are encouraged to add to these
94 pages if you discover additional information that may be helpful to
95 other users.</para>
96 </note>
97
98 <para>Additionally, because of the large number of repetitive commands,
99 you are encouraged to script the build. For most sections, you can use
100 the following commands to compile and install all packages in your build
101 directory:</para>
102
103<screen>for package in *.tar.bz2
104do
105 packagedir=`echo $package | sed 's/.tar.bz2//'`
106 tar -xf $package &amp;&amp;
107 cd $packagedir &amp;&amp;
108 ./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
109 make &amp;&amp;
110 make install
111 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
112 break #stop the build if the previous command failed
113 fi
114 cd .. &amp;&amp;
115 rm -rf $packagedir
116done 2&gt;&amp;1 | tee -a ../xorg-compile.log #log the entire loop</screen>
117
118 </sect2>
119
120 <sect2>
121 <title>Setting up the Xorg Build Environment</title>
122
123 <para>First, you'll need to create a working directory:</para>
124
125<screen><userinput>mkdir xc &amp;&amp;
126cd xc</userinput></screen>
127
128 <para>As with previous releases of the X Window System, it may be
129 desirable to install <application>Xorg</application> into an alternate
130 prefix. This is no longer common practice among Linux distributions.
131 The common installation prefix for <application>Xorg</application> on
132 Linux is <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. There is no
133 standard alternate prefix, nor is there any exception in the current
134 revision of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard for Release 7 of the X
135 Window System. Alan Coopersmith of Sun Microsystems, has recently
136 stated "At Sun, we were using
137 <filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and plan to stick with
138 it." Only the <filename class="directory">/opt/*</filename> prefix or
139 the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> prefix adhere to the
140 current FHS guidelines.</para>
141
142 <para>Choose your installation prefix, and set the
143 <envar>XORG_PREFIX</envar> variable with the following
144 command:</para>
145
146<screen><userinput>export XORG_PREFIX="<replaceable>&lt;/usr&gt;</replaceable>"</userinput></screen>
147
148 <para>Throughout these instructions, you will use the same three
149 <command>configure</command> switches for all of the packages. Create the
150 <envar>XORG_CONFIG</envar> variable to use for substitution:</para>
151
152<screen><userinput>export XORG_CONFIG="--prefix=$XORG_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var"</userinput></screen>
153
154 <note>
155 <para>If you've decided to use an alternate prefix, be sure to add
156 <filename class="directory"><replaceable>&lt;/usr&gt;</replaceable>/lib/pkgconfig</filename>
157 to your <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> variable.</para>
158 </note>
159
160 </sect2>
161
162 <sect2>
163 <title>Xorg Protocol Headers</title>
164
165 <indexterm zone="xorg7">
166 <primary sortas="a-xorg7-proto">Xorg Protocol Headers</primary>
167 </indexterm>
168
169 <para>The <application>Xorg</application> protocol headers provide the
170 header files required to build the system, and to allow other
171 applications to build against the installed X Window system.</para>
172
173 <para><application>Xorg</application> Proto packages can be downloaded
174 individually from <ulink
175 url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/proto/"/>.</para>
176
177 <sect3 role="installation">
178 <title>Installation of Xorg Protocol Headers</title>
179
180 <para>Install the <application>Xorg</application> protocol headers
181 by running the following commands for each package to be installed.</para>
182
183<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG</userinput></screen>
184
185 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
186 user:</para>
187
188<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
189
190 </sect3>
191
192 </sect2>
193
194 <sect2>
195 <title>Xorg Utilities</title>
196
197 <indexterm zone="xorg7">
198 <primary sortas="a-xorg7-data">Xorg Utilities</primary>
199 </indexterm>
200
201 <para>The <application>Xorg</application> utility packages provide
202 needed utilities, not for the <application>Xorg</application>
203 installation itself, but for other applications that make use of
204 legacy X11R6 installation methods.</para>
205
206 <para><application>Xorg</application> Utility packages can be downloaded
207 individually from <ulink
208 url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/util/"/>.</para>
209
210 <sect3 role="installation">
211 <title>Installation of Xorg Utilities</title>
212
213 <para>First install the <application>xorg-cf-files</application> package
214 with the following commands:</para>
215
216<screen><userinput>sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@$XORG_PREFIX@" site.def &amp;&amp;
217sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@$XORG_PREFIX@" X11.tmpl &amp;&amp;
218./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-config-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/config &amp;&amp;
219make</userinput></screen>
220
221 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
222 user:</para>
223
224<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
225
226 <para>Next, install the <application>Imake</application> package with
227 these commands:</para>
228
229<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-config-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/config &amp;&amp;
230make</userinput></screen>
231
232 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
233 user:</para>
234
235<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
236
237
238 <para>Finally, build the three remaining packages with the standard build
239 commands:</para>
240
241
242<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
243make</userinput></screen>
244
245 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
246 user:</para>
247
248<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
249
250 </sect3>
251
252 </sect2>
253
254 <sect2>
255 <title>Xorg Libraries</title>
256
257 <indexterm zone="xorg7">
258 <primary sortas="a-xorg7-lib">Xorg Libraries</primary>
259 </indexterm>
260
261 <para>The <application>Xorg</application> libraries provide library
262 routines that are used within all X Window applications.</para>
263
264 <para><application>Xorg</application> Library packages can be downloaded
265 individually from <ulink
266 url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/"/>.</para>
267
268 <sect3>
269 <title>Meeting Library Dependencies</title>
270
271 <para>These 17 libraries must be built first, in the order provided,
272 to cover the dependencies of the other library packages:</para>
273
274<screen>xtrans-1.0.0
275libXau-1.0.0
276libXdmcp-1.0.0
277libX11-1.0.0
278libXext-1.0.0
279libICE-1.0.0
280libSM-1.0.0
281libXt-1.0.0
282libXmu-1.0.0
283libXpm-3.5.4.2
284libXp-1.0.0
285libXfixes-3.0.1.2
286libXrender-0.9.0.2
287libfontenc-1.0.1
288libxkbfile-1.0.2
289libXprintUtil-1.0.1
290libXv-1.0.1</screen>
291
292 </sect3>
293
294 <sect3 role="installation">
295 <title>Installation of Xorg Libraries</title>
296
297 <para>Install the libraries by running the following commands for each
298 of the chosen packages:</para>
299
300<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
301make</userinput></screen>
302
303 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
304 user:</para>
305
306<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
307
308 </sect3>
309
310 <sect3 role="configuration">
311 <title>Configuration of Xorg Libraries</title>
312
313 <para>If you've chosen to install <application>Xorg</application> into
314 <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, then no further
315 configuration is necessary and you can skip the rest of this section.
316 If you've opted for an alternate prefix, you should create two symlinks
317 to satisfy the expected environment of several packages.
318 Execute the following commands as the root user:</para>
319
320<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sv $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &amp;&amp;
321ln -sv $XORG_PREFIX/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen>
322
323 <para>As with other library directories, as the root user you must add
324 <filename class="directory">$XORG_PREFIX/lib</filename> to
325 <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and execute
326 <command>/sbin/ldconfig</command>.</para>
327
328 </sect3>
329
330 </sect2>
331
332 <sect2>
333 <title>Xorg Data</title>
334
335 <indexterm zone="xorg7">
336 <primary sortas="a-xorg7-data">Xorg Data</primary>
337 </indexterm>
338
339 <para>The <application>Xorg</application> data packages provide
340 static data such as images and keymaps to the
341 <application>Xorg</application> applications.</para>
342
343 <para><application>Xorg</application> Data packages can be downloaded
344 individually from <ulink
345 url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/data/"/>.</para>
346
347 <sect3 role="installation">
348 <title>Installation of Xorg Data</title>
349
350 <para>First, configure the xbitmap package by running the following
351 command:</para>
352
353<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG</userinput></screen>
354
355 <para>Now install as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
356 user:</para>
357
358<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
359
360 <note>
361 <para>At this point, you should continue to the applications
362 installation. After the applications installation has completed, you
363 should return here and install the xcursor-themes and xkb-data
364 packages.</para>
365 </note>
366
367 <para>Compile the xcursor-themes and xkb-data packages with the
368 following commands:</para>
369
370<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
371make</userinput></screen>
372
373 <para>Install the packages as the
374 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
375
376<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
377
378 </sect3>
379
380 </sect2>
381
382 <sect2>
383 <title>Xorg Applications</title>
384
385 <indexterm zone="xorg7">
386 <primary sortas="a-xorg7-app">Xorg Applications</primary>
387 </indexterm>
388
389 <note>
390 <para>You must install <xref linkend="mesalib"/> before you install
391 Xorg Applications.</para>
392 </note>
393
394 <para>The <application>Xorg</application> applications provide the
395 expected applications available in previous X Window
396 implementations.</para>
397
398 <para><application>Xorg</application> applications can be downloaded
399 individually from <ulink
400 url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/"/>.</para>
401
402 <sect3 role="installation">
403 <title>Installation of Xorg Applications</title>
404
405 <para>Install the applications by running the following commands for each
406 chosen package:</para>
407
408<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
409make</userinput></screen>
410
411 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
412 user:</para>
413
414<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
415
416 <note>
417 <para>Remember to return to the data packages and install the
418 xcursor-themes and xkb-data packages.</para>
419 </note>
420
421</sect3>
422
423 <sect3 role="installation">
424
425 <title>Installation of luit</title>
426
427 <note>
428 <para>The luit package should not be compiled at this point. You
429 should install the luit application after the fonts have been
430 installed.</para>
431 </note>
432
433 <para>A patch is required to fix a race condition in
434 <application>luit</application> that was discovered shortly after
435 release. Download the patch from
436 <ulink url="&patch-root;/luit-1.0.1-race-1.patch"/>.</para>
437
438 <para>Install luit with the following commands:</para>
439
440<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i luit-1.0.1-race-1.patch &amp;&amp;
441./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
442make</userinput></screen>
443
444 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
445 user:</para>
446
447<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
448
449 </sect3>
450
451 </sect2>
452
453 <sect2>
454 <title>Xorg Fonts</title>
455
456 <indexterm zone="xorg7">
457 <primary sortas="a-xorg7-fonts">Xorg Fonts</primary>
458 </indexterm>
459
460 <para>The <application>Xorg</application> font packages provide
461 needed fonts to the <application>Xorg</application> applications.</para>
462
463 <para><application>Xorg</application> Font packages can be downloaded
464 individually from <ulink
465 url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/font/"/>.</para>
466
467 <sect3 role="installation">
468 <title>Installation of Xorg Fonts</title>
469
470 <para>Run the following commands for each package:</para>
471
472 <note>
473 <para>You should install encodings and font-util before all
474 other font packages.</para>
475 </note>
476
477
478<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG</userinput></screen>
479
480 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
481 user:</para>
482
483<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
484
485 <para>When all of the fonts have been installed, the system must be
486 configured so that <application>Fontconfig</application> can find the
487 TrueType fonts since they are outside of the default search path of
488 <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>. Make symlinks
489 to the <application>Xorg</application> TrueType font directories by
490 running the following commands as the
491 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
492
493<screen><userinput role="root">install -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts &amp;&amp;
494ln -svn $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts/OTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &amp;&amp;
495ln -svn $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF</userinput></screen>
496
497 <note>
498 <para>If you haven't done so, and intend to install
499 <application>luit</application>, do so now.</para>
500 </note>
501
502 </sect3>
503
504 </sect2>
505
506 <sect2>
507 <title>Xorg Server</title>
508
509 <indexterm zone="xorg7">
510 <primary sortas="a-xorg7-server">Xorg Server</primary>
511 </indexterm>
512
513 <para>The <application>Xorg</application> Server is the core
514 of the X Window system.</para>
515
516 <para>The Xorg Server is a single download. Get it from
517 <ulink url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/xserver/xorg-server-1.0.2.tar.bz2"/>.</para>
518
519 <sect3 role="installation">
520 <title>Installation of Xorg Server</title>
521
522 <note>
523 <para>You must have the <application>Mesa</application> source
524 directory available when building the
525 <application>Xorg-server</application>.</para>
526 </note>
527
528<!-- To be removed if/when proposed glibc patch is added to LFS SVN
529 Leave in in for a couple of weeks with 'you may need' and a testcase
530 around it to save the support list silly questions. Should remove in
531 a couple of weeks -->
532 <para>Recent glibc may have a problem with it's installed sys/kd.h file.
533 This has recently been fixed in LFS svn. Execute the
534 following commands to work around a broken kd.h file. The commands will
535 only make the modification if needed:</para>
536
537<screen><userinput>grep "__undef_LINUX" \
538 /usr/include/sys/kd.h 2&gt;&amp;1 &gt; /dev/null || \
539 sed -i.bak '/CONFIG_H/i #include &lt;linux/types.h&gt;' \
540 hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_agp.c</userinput></screen>
541<!-- End remove -->
542
543 <para>Install the server by running the following commands:</para>
544
545<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
546 --with-mesa-source='<replaceable>&lt;/path/to&gt;</replaceable>/Mesa-&mesalib-version;' \
547 --with-fontdir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts \
548 --with-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &amp;&amp;
549make</userinput></screen>
550
551 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
552 user:</para>
553
554<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
555
556 </sect3>
557
558 </sect2>
559
560 <sect2>
561 <title>Xorg Drivers</title>
562
563 <indexterm zone="xorg7">
564 <primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">Xorg Drivers</primary>
565 </indexterm>
566
567 <para>The <application>Xorg</application> drivers provide the means
568 for the xserver to take advantage of installed hardware.</para>
569
570 <para><application>Xorg</application> Driver packages can be downloaded
571 individually from <ulink
572 url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/"/>.</para>
573
574 <sect3 role="installation">
575 <title>Installation of Xorg Drivers</title>
576
577 <warning><para>It is very important not to build display drivers that
578 cannot be used with your hardware. For instance, do not build Sun drivers
579 for an x86 PC as the Sun drivers will expect to see SPARC symbols
580 exported from the kernel. Failure to follow this warning will result
581 in a display lockup, which requires a hard reboot, when configuring
582 <application>Xorg</application> for the first time.</para></warning>
583
584 <para>Install the drivers by running the following commands for each
585 package:</para>
586
587<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
588 --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &amp;&amp;
589make</userinput></screen>
590
591 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
592 user:</para>
593
594<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
595
596 </sect3>
597
598 </sect2>
599
600 <sect2 role="configuration" id='xorg7-config'>
601 <title>Configuring Xorg</title>
602
603 <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user ensure you
604 have executed <command>ldconfig</command> and
605 create the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file with:</para>
606
607<screen><userinput>cd ~ &amp;&amp;
608Xorg -configure</userinput></screen>
609
610 <para>The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the monitor.
611 This command will create a file, <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename>, in your
612 home directory.</para>
613
614 <indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
615 <primary sortas="e-etc-X11-xorg-conf">/etc/X11/xorg.conf</primary>
616 </indexterm>
617
618 <para>Edit <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename> to suit your system. The
619 details of the file are located in the xorg.conf man page. Some things
620 you may want to do are:</para>
621
622 <itemizedlist>
623 <listitem>
624 <para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
625 You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system
626 normally comes up closer to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove
627 some font directories completely.</para>
628 </listitem>
629 <listitem>
630 <para>Section "Module". If you are going to install NVidia
631 drivers, remove the "dri" line.</para>
632 </listitem>
633 <listitem>
634 <para>Sections "InputDevice". You may want to change the
635 keyboard autorepeat rate by adding
636 <option>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</option>.</para>
637 </listitem>
638 <listitem>
639 <para>Section "Monitor". Specify the <option>VertRefresh</option>
640 and <option>HorizSync</option> values if the system does not
641 automatically detect the monitor and its values.</para>
642 </listitem>
643 <listitem>
644 <para>Section "Device". You may want to set some of the options
645 available for your selected video driver. A description of the driver
646 parameters is in the man page for your driver.</para>
647 </listitem>
648 <listitem><para>Section "Screen". Add a DefaultDepth statement such as:
649 <option>DefaultDepth 24</option>. In the SubSection for your
650 default depth, add a modes line such as:
651 <option>Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"</option>. The first
652 mode listed will normally be the starting resolution.</para>
653 </listitem>
654 </itemizedlist>
655
656 <para>Test the system with:</para>
657
658<screen><userinput>X -config ~/xorg.conf.new</userinput></screen>
659
660 <para>You will only get a gray background with an X-shaped mouse cursor,
661 but it confirms the system is working. Exit with
662 <keycap>Control+Alt+Backspace</keycap>. If the system does not work, take
663 a look at <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> to see what went
664 wrong.</para>
665
666 <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create
667 the configuration directory and move the configuration file to the new
668 directory:</para>
669
670<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -D ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf</userinput></screen>
671
672 <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create
673 <filename>.xinitrc</filename>:</para>
674
675<screen><userinput>cat &gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
676<literal># Begin .xinitrc file
677xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &amp;
678xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &amp;
679twm</literal>
680EOF</userinput></screen>
681
682 <para>This provides an initial screen with a small clock that is
683 managed by a simple window manager, Tab Window Manager. For details of
684 <command>twm</command>, see the man page.</para>
685
686 <note>
687 <para>The above file is the default configuration for Xorg. Xorg's
688 distribution no longer includes <command>xterm</command>, and as such the
689 <command>startx</command> command will fail if you have not yet
690 installed <xref linkend="xterm2"/>.</para>
691 </note>
692
693 <indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
694 <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
695 </indexterm>
696
697 <note>
698 <para>When needed, <application>Xorg</application> creates the directory
699 <filename class='directory'>/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename> if it does not
700 exist. If this directory is not owned by
701 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>,
702 <application>Xorg</application> delays startup by a few seconds and also
703 appends a warning to the logfile. This also affects startup of other
704 applications. To improve performance, it is advisable to manually create
705 the directory before <application>Xorg</application> uses it. Add the
706 file creation to <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename> that is
707 sourced by the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</filename> startup
708 script.</para>
709
710<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles &lt;&lt; "EOF"
711<literal>/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root</literal>
712EOF</userinput></screen>
713 </note>
714
715 <indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
716 <primary
717 sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-createfiles">/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</primary>
718 </indexterm>
719
720 <para>Start <application>X</application> with:</para>
721
722<screen><userinput>startx</userinput></screen>
723
724 <para>and a basic functional <application>X Window
725 System</application> should be displayed.</para>
726
727 <para>At this point, you should check out <xref linkend='x-setup'/> for
728 the necessary configuration to make <application>X</application> fully
729 functional. Additionally, you can have a look at <xref linkend='x-config'/>
730 for information on fine tuning your <application>X</application>
731 configuration.</para>
732
733 <para>For a list of the package contents and a description of the commands,
734 see the sections in the <xref linkend='xfree86-contents'/>.</para>
735
736 </sect2>
737
738</sect1>
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