Changeset c51ade2


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Timestamp:
05/29/2006 05:16:21 PM (18 years ago)
Author:
Dan Nichilson <dnicholson@…>
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Parents:
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Message:

Fixes for the X Window System Components page: DRI configuration and Xft/Fontconfig

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@6143 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

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  • introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

    r90d588e rc51ade2  
    4646      <itemizedlist>
    4747        <listitem>
     48          <para>[dnicholson] - Fixes for the X Window System Components page.
     49          Add information for setting up DRI correctly. Thanks to Peter
     50          Steiger for the alert.  Clarified the relationship between the Xft
     51          font system and Fontconfig. Thanks to Archaic for reviewing the
     52          previous contents.</para>
     53        </listitem>
     54        <listitem>
    4855          <para>[dnicholson] - Simplified mv command and fixed the
    4956          explanation of the --enable-xine option in GStreamer Plug-ins.

  • x/installing/x-setup.xml

    r90d588e rc51ade2  
    1818    <sect2 role="configuration" id='xconfig'>
    1919    <title>Configuring The X Window System</title>
     20
     21    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
     22    <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/XWindowSystemComponents'/></para>
    2023
    2124    <para>If you've installed the X Window System in any prefix other
    … …  
    7477      </listitem>
    7578      <listitem>
    76         <para>Section "Module". If you are going to install NVidia
     79        <para>Section "Module". If you are going to install NVIDIA
    7780        drivers, remove the "dri" line.</para>
    7881      </listitem>
    … …  
    130133    <filename class="directory">/etc/X11</filename> with previous
    131134    versions of <application>Xorg</application>.  This step is not needed
    132     for users of Xorg-&xorg-version; or XFree86.  Exectute the following
     135    for users of Xorg-&xorg-version; or XFree86.  Execute the following
    133136    commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
    134137    user:</para>
    … …  
    211214    in a safe and efficient manner. It is installed in
    212215    <application>X</application> by default if you have a supported video card.
    213     To check if DRI is installed properly, check the log file
     216    To enable direct rendering using the OpenGL implementation from
     217    <xref linkend="mesalib"/> (built separately with <xref linkend="xorg7"/>
     218    or included with <xref linkend="xorg"/> and <xref linkend="xfree86"/>),
     219    the "glx" and "dri" modules must be loaded.  Additionally, the created
     220    device nodes in <filename class="directory">/dev/dri</filename> must
     221    have proper permissions for your users.  A sample
     222    <filename>XF86config</filename> or <filename>xorg.conf</filename>
     223    file might look like this:</para>
     224
     225<screen><literal>Section "Module"
     226    ...
     227    Load  "glx"
     228    Load  "dri"
     229    ...
     230EndSection
     231...
     232Section "DRI"
     233    Group "video"
     234    Mode  0660
     235EndSection</literal></screen>
     236
     237    <note><para>DRI configuration may differ if you are using alternate
     238    drivers, such as those from
     239    <ulink url="http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html">NVIDIA</ulink> or
     240    <ulink url="http://www.ati.com/">ATI</ulink>.</para>
     241    </note>
     242
     243    <para>To check if DRI is installed properly, check the log file
    214244    <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename> or
    215245    <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> for statements like:</para>
    … …  
    221251
    222252<screen><computeroutput>direct rendering: Yes</computeroutput></screen>
     253
     254    <para>If direct rendering is not enabled, you can add verbosity by
     255    running <command>LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo</command>.  This will
     256    show the drivers, device nodes and files used by the DRI system.</para>
    223257
    224258    <para>You can also run the test program <command>glxgears</command>.
    … …  
    356390      client side using <application>Fontconfig</application>.  The default
    357391      search path is <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>
    358       and <filename class="directory">~/.fonts</filename>.
    359       When installing <application>X</application>, symlinks were created from
    360       the <filename class="directory">OTF</filename> and <filename
    361       class="directory">TTF</filename> <application>X</application> font
    362       directories to <filename
    363       class="directory">/usr/share/fonts/X11-{OTF,TTF}</filename>.  This
    364       prevents <application>Fontconfig</application> from using the poorly
    365       rendered Type1 fonts or the non-scalable bitmapped fonts.</para>
    366 
    367       <para><application>Fontconfig</application> searches directories in its
     392      and <filename class="directory">~/.fonts</filename>.
     393      <application>Fontconfig</application> searches directories in its
    368394      path recursively and maintains a cache of the font characteristics in
    369395      <filename>fonts.cache-1</filename> files in each directory.  If the cache
    … …  
    371397      fetched from the fonts themselves.  This cache
    372398      can be regenerated using the <command>fc-cache</command> command at any
    373       time.</para>
     399      time. You can see the list of fonts known by
     400      <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the command
     401      <command>fc-list</command>.</para>
     402
     403      <para>The <application>X</application> fonts were not installed in a
     404      location known to <application>Fontconfig</application>. This prevents
     405      <application>Fontconfig</application> from using the poorly rendered
     406      Type 1 fonts or the non-scalable bitmapped fonts. Symlinks were created
     407      from the <filename class="directory">OTF</filename> and <filename
     408      class="directory">TTF</filename> <application>X</application> font
     409      directories to <filename
     410      class="directory">/usr/share/fonts/X11-{OTF,TTF}</filename>. This allows
     411      <application>Fontconfig</application> to use the OpenType and TrueType
     412      fonts provided by <application>X</application> (which are scalable and
     413      of higher quality).</para>
    374414
    375415      <para><application>Fontconfig</application> uses names such as
    … …  
    379419      has all characters that cover the orthography of the language indicated
    380420      by the locale settings.  Knowledge of these font names is included in
    381       <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>.</para>
     421      <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Fonts that are not listed
     422      in this file are still usable by <application>Fontconfig</application>,
     423      but they will not be accessible by the generic family names.</para>
    382424
    383425      <para>Standard scalable fonts that come with <application>X</application>
    … …  
    400442          - These fonts are replacements for the Bitstream Vera fonts and
    401443          provide Latin-based scripts with accents and Cyrillic glyphs.
    402           <application>Fontconfig</application> does not know about the DejaVu
    403           fonts by default, so <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename> will
     444          The DejaVu fonts by are not aliased to the generic family names
     445          by default, so <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename> will
    404446          have to be edited for it to be recognized by the generic names such
    405447          as "Sans".  This will be described below.</para>
    … …  
    417459          - These fonts provide slightly worse Unicode coverage than FreeFont,
    418460          but are better hinted.  Be sure to read the license before using
    419           them.  <application>Fontconfig</application> knows about them by
    420           default.</para>
     461          them. These fonts are listed in the
     462          <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename> aliases by default.</para>
    421463        </listitem>
    422464        <listitem>
    423465          <para><ulink
    424466          url="http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/FireFly">Firefly New Sung font</ulink>
    425           - This font provides Chinese coverage.  However,
    426           <application>Fontconfig</application> does not know about this font
    427           by default.</para>
     467          - This font provides Chinese coverage. This font is not listed in
     468          the <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename> aliases by default.
     469          </para>
    428470        </listitem>
    429471        <listitem>
    … …  
    431473          url="http://cle.linux.org.tw/fonts/Arphic">Arphic fonts</ulink> -
    432474          A similar set of Chinese fonts to the Firefly New Sung font.
    433           <application>Fontconfig</application> knows about these fonts by
    434           default and will substitute them for generic family names.</para>
     475          These fonts are listed in the
     476          <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename> aliases by default.
     477          </para>
    435478        </listitem>
    436479        <listitem>
    437480          <para><ulink
    438481          url="http://sourceforge.jp/projects/efont/">Kochi fonts</ulink> -
    439           These provide Japanese characters, and
    440           <application>Fontconfig</application> knows about these fonts by
    441           default.</para>
     482          These provide Japanese characters, and they are listed in the aliases
     483          in <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename> by default.</para>
    442484        </listitem>
    443485        <listitem>
    444486          <para><ulink
    445487          url="http://kldp.net/projects/baekmuk/">Baekmuk fonts</ulink>
    446           - These fonts provide Korean coverage, and
    447           <application>Fontconfig</application> knows about these fonts by
    448           default.</para>
     488          - These fonts provide Korean coverage, and they are listed in the
     489          aliases in <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename> by default.
     490          </para>
    449491        </listitem>
    450492      </itemizedlist>
    … …  
    466508      DejaVu is a replacement for Bitstream Vera fonts, it can be substituted
    467509      for that family.  Visually inspect the <filename>fonts.conf</filename> to
    468       see how fonts are grouped together under the generic family names and a
    469       preference list is created.  To replace Bitstream Vera with DejaVu, as the
    470       <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
     510      see how fonts are grouped together under the generic family names within
     511      &lt;alias&gt; tags and a preference list is created within &lt;prefer&gt;
     512      tags. To replace Bitstream Vera with DejaVu, run the following command as
     513      the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
    471514
    472515<screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i 's/&lt;family&gt;Bitstream Vera/&lt;family&gt;DejaVu/' /etc/fonts/fonts.conf</userinput></screen>
    … …  
    478521 -->
    479522
    480     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    481     <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/XWindowSystemComponents'/></para>
     523    <para>To see which fonts will be used as the generic fonts in your locale,
     524    run the command <command>fc-match monospace</command>. Substitute "sans" or
     525    "serif" to see the fonts that will be used for those aliases.
     526    </para>
    482527
    483528    </sect3>
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