Changeset 3c989e81

Timestamp:

03/08/2003 05:51:34 AM (21 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.0, 6.1, 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, v1_0, v5_0, v5_0-pre1, v5_1, v5_1-pre1, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

841dc0b9

Parents:

a613700

Message:

Update XFree86 DRI modules and add fc-cache instruction for TrueType fonts

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@756 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• x/installing/xfree86-setup.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• x/installing/xfree86/xfree86-exp.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• x/installing/xfree86/xfree86-inst.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -10 +10 @@
 
 <itemizedlist>
+
+<listitem><para>March 7th, 2003 [bdubbs]: X: Added fc-cache
+instructions to TrueType and added section on building
+kernel modules.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>March 7th, 2003 [larry]: PST: updated to

x/installing/xfree86-setup.xml

@@ -68 +68 @@
 
 <para>Now change to the directory where you have your TrueType fonts and run
-<screen>mkfontscale &amp;&amp;
-mkfontdir</screen></para></sect3>
+<screen><userinput>mkfontscale &amp;&amp;
+mkfontdir</userinput></screen></para></sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>Ensure TrueType is loaded in <filename>XF86Config</filename></title> 
@@ -87 +87 @@
         ...
 EndSection</screen></para>
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>Update the font cache files</title> 
+<para>Finally, to update all the font
+cache files specified in <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>, run
+<screen><userinput>fc-cache</userinput></screen>
+</para>
 
 <para>XFree86 will now be able to use TrueType fonts when it is restarted.
 You can check to see if the new fonts are available with the
 <userinput>xlsfonts</userinput>  or <userinput>xfontsel</userinput> 
-program.</para></sect3>
+program.</para>
+
+<note><para>You should re-run <userinput>mkfontscale</userinput> and  
+<userinput>mkfontdir</userinput> any time you add or delete TrueType fonts.
+You should also rerun <userinput>fc-cache</userinput> each time
+you add or remove any fonts.</para></note>
+
+</sect3>
 </sect2>
 

x/installing/xfree86/xfree86-exp.xml

@@ -9 +9 @@
 the output while logging the results to a file.</para>
 
-<note><para>When rebuildng, a separate command that may be used if only minor 
+<note><para>When rebuilding XFree86, a separate command that may be used if only minor 
 changes are made to the sources is <userinput>make 
 Everything</userinput>.  This does not automatically remove generated 
@@ -22 +22 @@
 says:
 "In general, software must not be installed or managed via the above 
-symbolic links. They are intended for utilization by users only."</para></sect2>
+symbolic links. They are intended for utilization by users only."</para>
 
+<para><userinput>make -f Makefile.linux</userinput>: This builds the
+XFree86 compatible kernel modules.</para>
+
+<para><userinput>cp gamma.o radeon.o sis.o r128.o i810.o i830.o mga.o tdfx.o
+/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/</userinput>: Put the kernel
+modules where the kernel can find them.</para>
+
+<para><userinput>depmod -a</userinput>: Update the modules.dep file for module
+management.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+

x/installing/xfree86/xfree86-inst.xml

@@ -191 +191 @@
 
 </sect3>
+
+<sect3>
+<title>Updating Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)</title>
+<para>If you have one of the supported DRI cards and have enabled DRI kernel modules as explained
+above, you now need to update the kernel modules to ensure they are compatible with the
+current version of XFree86.  Do do this, perform the following:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>cd programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel &amp;&amp; 
+make -f Makefile.linux  &amp;&amp; 
+mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/  &amp;&amp; 
+cp gamma.o radeon.o sis.o r128.o i810.o i830.o mga.o tdfx.o \
+    /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/  &amp;&amp; 
+depmod -a</userinput></screen>
+</para>
+<warning><para>If you recompile or updrade your kernel, you will need to re-copy the driver modules
+to the kernel module library and rerun depmod.</para></warning>
+</sect3>
 </sect2>