Changeset 18bcaf6

Timestamp:

03/28/2006 02:55:44 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Dan Nichilson <dnicholson@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

43d8a509

Parents:

cee59ff

Message:

Make only TrueType fonts available to Fontconfig for X servers. Fix luit patch name.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@5764 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• x/installing/xfree86.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• x/installing/xorg.xml (modified) (3 diffs)
• x/installing/xorg7.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[dnicholson] - Added commands to make only TrueType fonts
+          available to Fontconfig in Xorg-6.9.0, Xorg-7.0.0 and XFree86-4.5.0.
+          Fixed name of luit patch in Xorg-6.9.0.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[randy] - Updated to Firefox-1.5.0.1.</para>
         </listitem>

x/installing/xfree86.xml

@@ -93 +93 @@
       instruct <application>XFree86</application> to build them.</para>
     </note>
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect3" condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+    <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/XFree86-&xfree86-version;'/></bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Download Instructions</bridgehead>
@@ -383 +386 @@
 ln -v -sf ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen>
 
+      <para>The <application>XFree86</application> fonts have been installed
+      outside of <application>Fontconfig</application>'s default search path
+      of <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>.  In order
+      for <application>Fontconfig</application> to find the installed TrueType
+      fonts, you should make symlinks to their directories.  Assuming you've
+      installed <application>XFree86</application> in the default prefix, run the
+      following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+      user:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &amp;&amp;
+ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF</userinput></screen>
+
       <para><application>XFree86</application> installs the
       <application>XRender</application> and

x/installing/xorg.xml

@@ -106 +106 @@
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
 
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect3" condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+    <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg-&xorg-version;'/></bridgehead>
+
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Download Instructions</bridgehead>
 
@@ -204 +207 @@
       commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../X11R&xorg-version;-luit_race-1.patch &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-&xorg-version;-luit_race-1.patch &amp;&amp;
 sed -i "s@*/@*/\n#include &lt;linux/types.h&gt;\n@" \
     programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_agp.c</userinput></screen>
@@ -374 +377 @@
 ln -v -s ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen>
 
+      <para>The <application>Xorg</application> fonts have been installed
+      outside of <application>Fontconfig</application>'s default search path
+      of <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>.  In order
+      for <application>Fontconfig</application> to find the installed TrueType
+      fonts, you should make symlinks to their directories.  Assuming you've
+      installed <application>Xorg</application> in the default prefix, run the
+      following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+      user:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &amp;&amp;
+ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF</userinput></screen>
+
     </sect3>
 

x/installing/xorg7.xml

@@ -50 +50 @@
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
 
-    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
-    <ulink role="usernotes" url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg-7.0.0'/></para>
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect3" condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+    <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg-&xorg7-version;'/></bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Download and Installation
@@ -80 +80 @@
       packages.  The instructions assume that all packages have been built
       from a particular group unless otherwise noted. A
-      <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg-7.0.0">
+      <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg-&xorg7-version;">
       wiki</ulink> page containing dependency information, for users who wish
       to cut down on the installed size of <application>Xorg</application>, is
@@ -464 +464 @@
 
 <screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>When all of the fonts have been installed, the system must be
+      configured so that <application>Fontconfig</application> can find the
+      TrueType fonts since they are outside of the default search path of
+      <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>.  Make symlinks
+      to the <application>Xorg</application> TrueType font directories by
+      running the following commands as the
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput role="root">ln -svn $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts/OTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &amp;&amp;
+ln -svn $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF</userinput></screen>
 
       <note>