Changeset 77b3389 for x/xorg/xorg.xml

Timestamp:

06/03/2004 04:57:10 PM (20 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, v5_1, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

c9bc781d

Parents:

12b1ef07

Message:

Grammar. Some udates to xorg setuo.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@2255 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• x/xorg/xorg.xml (modified) (11 diffs)

x/xorg/xorg.xml

@@ -9 +9 @@
 <note><para>There are two packages in BLFS that implement the <application>X</application> 
 Window System: <application>Xorg</application> and <application>XFree86</application>.  
-These packages are quite similar.  In fact the base system of <application>Xorg</application>
+These packages are quite similar.  In fact, the base system of <application>Xorg</application>
 is <application>XFree86</application>-RC2.  The primary difference as of this writing is 
 the license provisions of the packages.  For someone building a package for their own use,
@@ -21 +21 @@
 improvements to the internals of the system and more frequent releases.</para>
 
-<para><application>XFree86</application> continues to be a solid, conservitive 
+<para><application>XFree86</application> continues to be a solid, conservative 
 application with excellent driver support.</para>
 
@@ -33 +33 @@
 implementation of the <application>X</application> Window System. 
 This application  provides a client/server interface between display
-hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment
+hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment,
 while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized
 application interface (<acronym>API</acronym>).</para>
@@ -50 +50 @@
  
 <sect4><title>Required</title>
-<para><xref linkend="libpng"/>, <xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="freetype2"/> 
-and <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>.</para>
+<para><xref linkend="libpng"/>, <xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="freetype2"/> and
+<xref linkend="fontconfig"/>.</para>
+</sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>Optional</title> 
+<para><xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>.</para>
 </sect4>
 
@@ -90 +94 @@
 <sect3>
 <title>Kernel Compilation Settings</title>
-<para>If you have an Intel P6 (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later) it is recommended
+<para>If you have an Intel P6 (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later), it is recommended
 that you compile <acronym>MTRR</acronym> (Memory Type Range Registers) support into the kernel.
 The kernel can map Cyrix and AMD <acronym>CPU</acronym>s to the
-<acronym>MTRR</acronym> interface so selecting this
+<acronym>MTRR</acronym> interface, so selecting this
 option is useful for those processors also. This option is found in the
 "Processor type and features" menu.  It can increase performance of
@@ -136 +140 @@
 
 <sect3><title>Setting Up a Shadow Directory</title>  
-<para>When building <application>Xorg</application> you should create
+<para>When building, <application>Xorg</application> you should create
 a shadow directory of symbolic links for the compiled code.  To do that, we first
 make the <application>lndir</application>.  Starting from the 
@@ -158 +162 @@
 application will build without a <filename>host.def</filename> file, but
 the included libraries for <application>fontconfig</application> and 
-<application>freetype2</application> do not build properly on a base LFS system so 
-we must specify that we have those and some other libraries too.</para>
+<application>freetype2</application> do not build properly on a base LFS system. 
+Therefore, you must specify that these libraries, as well as others, should be
+imported from the system.</para>
 
 <note><para><filename>config/cf/host.def</filename> is a C file, not a shell 
-script.  Be sure to make sure the comments delimited by /* ... */ are
+script.  Ensure the comments delimited by /* ... */ are
 balanced when modifying the file. </para></note>
 
@@ -270 +275 @@
 This command runs multiple makefiles to completely rebuild the system.
 <parameter>2&gt;&amp;1</parameter> redirects error messages
-to the same location as normal output. The <command>tee</command> command
+to the same location as standard output. The <command>tee</command> command
 allows viewing of the output while logging the results to a file. The parentheses
-around the command run the entire comand in a subshell and finally the
+around the command runs the entire comand in a subshell and finally the
 <command>exit $PIPESTATUS</command> ensures the result of the <command>make</command>
 is returned as the result and not the result of the <command>tee</command> command.</para>
@@ -286 +291 @@
 ln -sf ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</command></screen>
 These commands are present to enable other (broken) packages to build
-against <application>Xorg</application>.  We do this even though the i
+against <application>Xorg</application>.  We do this even though the 
 Filesystem Hierarchy Standard says:
 "In general, software must not be installed or managed via the above
@@ -310 +315 @@
 <para>Edit <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and add
 <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib</filename>.
-Run</para> <screen><userinput><command>ldconfig</command></userinput></screen>
- 
-<para>Add <filename class='directory'>/usr/X11R6/bin</filename> to your
-<envar>PATH</envar> environment
-variable in <filename>.bash_profile</filename> or <filename>/etc/profile</filename>.  
-The statement should look something like <parameter>PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin</parameter>
-and be placed before the <command>export PATH</command>
-statement.</para>
+Run:</para> <screen><userinput><command>ldconfig</command></userinput></screen>
+ 
+<para>Ensure <filename class='directory'>/usr/X11R6/bin</filename> is added to your
+<envar>PATH</envar> environment variable. Instructions for doing this are described
+in the section "<xref linkend='postlfs-config-profile'/>."</para>
  
 <para>Expand the <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> so that other packages
-can find <application>Xorg</application> libraries. Add the following line to
-<filename>.bash_profile</filename> for root user:</para>
-<screen><userinput><command>export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</command></userinput></screen>
- 
-<para>Run</para>
-<screen><userinput><command>source ~/.bash_profile</command></userinput></screen>
- 
+can find <application>Xorg</application> libraries. Procedures for this are also
+described in the section "<xref linkend='postlfs-config-profile'/>."</para>
+
 <para>Set up your mouse:
 <screen><userinput><command>ln -s psaux /dev/mouse</command></userinput></screen>
@@ -411 +409 @@
 </note>
  
-<para>Start <application>X</application> with
+<para>Start <application>X</application> with:
 <screen><userinput><command>startx</command></userinput></screen>
-to get basic functional <application>X</application> Window System.</para>
+to get a basic functional <application>X</application> Window System.</para>
 
 <para>At this point, you should check out the X Window Components at