Changeset 18bcaf6 for x/installing/xorg.xml

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

File:

• x/installing/xorg.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

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>