Changeset c49d8f0

Timestamp:

10/02/2003 05:21:41 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, v5_0, v5_0-pre1, v5_1, v5_1-pre1, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

65adb85

Parents:

3b11616

Message:

Tweaks to XFree86 DRI and other minor issues

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@1263 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

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

index.xml

@@ -3 +3 @@
                         "/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [
 
-<!ENTITY version "20031001">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "October 1st, 2003">
+<!ENTITY version "20031002">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "October 2nd, 2003">
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "cvs">
 

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -12 +12 @@
 <itemizedlist>
 
+<listitem><para>October 2nd, 2003 [bdubbs]: Updated XFree86 instructions
+to clarify DRI implementation and XF86Config modifications.</para></listitem>
+    
 <listitem><para>September 29th, 2003 [igor]: Added missing http/ftp
 links (part I).</para></listitem>

x/installing/xfree86/xfree86-config.xml

@@ -42 +42 @@
 directories completely.</para></listitem>
 
-<listitem><para>Section "Module".  Remove or comment out some of the modules.  
-The "glx" and "dri" sections are not operational until we install DRI 
-below.  Leaving modules in does not hurt anything.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Section "Monitor".  Specify the <userinput>VertRefresh</userinput>
+and <userinput>HorizSync</userinput> values if the system does not automatically 
+detect the monitor and its values.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>Section "InputDevice".  You may want to change the keyboard 
 autorepeat rate by 
 adding <userinput>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</userinput>.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>Section "Device".  You may want to set some of the options 
+available for your selected video driver.  A description of the driver
+parameters is in the man page for your driver.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>Section "Screen".  Add a DefaultDepth statement such 
@@ -68 +72 @@
 
 <para>Move the configuration file to its final location
-<screen><userinput>mv ~/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config-4</userinput></screen></para>
+<screen><userinput>mv ~/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>Create <filename>.xinitrc</filename>

x/installing/xfree86/xfree86-exp.xml

@@ -17 +17 @@
 <para><userinput>ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11</userinput>,
 <userinput>ln -sf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11</userinput>, and
-<userinput>ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput> : These commands are present to enable other (broken) packages to build
+<userinput>ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput> : These 
+commands are present to enable other (broken) packages to build
 against XFree86.  We do this even though the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
 says:
@@ -29 +30 @@
 <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>
+module(s) where the kernel can find them. You only need to copy the driver you 
+need to support your video card.</para>
 
 <para><userinput>depmod -a</userinput> : Update the modules.dep file for module

x/installing/xfree86/xfree86-inst.xml

@@ -213 +213 @@
 depmod -a</userinput></screen>
 </para>
-<warning><para>If you recompile or upgrade your kernel, you will need to re-copy the driver modules
+<warning><para>If you recompile or upgrade your kernel, you will need to re-copy the 
+appropriate driver module(s)
 to the kernel module library and rerun depmod.</para></warning>
+
+<note><para>If you created AGP support as a module when compiling the kernel, you may
+have to add a line to <filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename> to ensure
+the agpgart module is loaded.  For instance, the AGP version of the Radeon video card
+will use the <filename>radeon.o</filename> driver.  It will
+need to have the line <screen>below radeon agpgart</screen> in 
+<filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename> to enable DRI support.</para></note>
+
 </sect3>
 </sect2>