Changeset eca7a58 for x

Timestamp:

09/25/2015 01:11:15 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

Fernando de Oliveira <fernando@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

c81d34a

Parents:

1c2bec77

Message:

• Fix starting X with startx (from xinit) and sddm (with consolekit2 and upowerd) and somwhat related fixes

◦ sddm-0.12.0: fixes for upauer, Consolekit2, DBUS_CONFIG_FILENAME,

example-config, nolisten tcp, numlock, and setxkbmap.

◦ sddm bootscript: remove upowerd parts.
◦ xinit-1.3.4: Fix startx to use the first available virtual terminal
◦ ConsoleKit2-1.0.0: Fix docdir and xinitrc.d script 90-consolekit.sh

name and place

◦ lxde-common-0.99.0: Fix lxde session start
◦ LXQt Desktop Final Instructions: Fix lxde session start
◦ xfce4-session-4.12.1: Fix lxde session start
◦ Starting KDE4: Fix lxde session start

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@16461 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Location:

x

Files:

• dm/sddm.xml (modified) (7 diffs)
• installing/xinit.xml (modified) (1 diff)

x/dm/sddm.xml

@@ -122 +122 @@
 
     <para>
+      First, fix the application to start <command>upowerd</command>,
+      if necessary, and after login, start the session with
+      <command>ck-launch-session</command>:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -e '/UPOWER_SERVICE)/ s:^://:' \
+    -i src/daemon/PowerManager.cpp &amp;&amp;
+
+sed -e 's/eval exec/&amp; ck-launch-session /' \
+    -i data/scripts/Xsession</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
       Install <application>SDDM</application> by running the following
       commands:
@@ -132 +144 @@
       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  \
       -DENABLE_JOURNALD=OFF       \
+      -DDBUS_CONFIG_FILENAME=sddm_org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.conf \
       -Wno-dev .. &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
@@ -159 +172 @@
       <parameter>-DENABLE_JOURNALD=OFF</parameter>: This switch is used because
       BLFS does not support <application>systemd</application>.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      <parameter>-DDBUS_CONFIG_FILENAME=sddm_org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.conf</parameter>:
+      This switch is used for safety reason: other DMs already use
+      <filename>org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.conf</filename>. Verify in your
+      system taht this is not the case, if you wish to remove it.
     </para>
 
@@ -186 +206 @@
       <para>
         This file is not installed with the build instructions, and
-        default values are used by sddm. In order to generate the default
-        <filename>/etc/sddm.conf</filename>, issue, as the <systemitem
-        class="username">root</systemitem> user:
-      </para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>sddm --example-config > /etc/sddm.conf</userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>
-        You need to edit this file, if your system has any unconventional
-        characteristics. For example, if Xorg is installed in /opt, use your
-        preferred editor as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
-        user to replace the <emphasis>ServerPath</emphasis> and
-        <emphasis>XauthPath</emphasis> default paths by
-        <emphasis>/opt/xorg/bin/</emphasis>. Or, as the <systemitem
+        default values are used by sddm. In order to generate the example
+        <filename>sddm.example.conf</filename>, issue:
+      </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sddm --example-config > sddm.example.conf</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        We repeat, this command generates an example config file.  If there is
+        an already previously installed <filename>/etc/sddm.conf</filename>, it
+        will generate a replica. If there is no yet the
+        <filename>/etc/sddm.conf</filename> file, as the
+        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, copy the example
+        file to <filename>/etc/sddm.conf</filename>:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>cp -v sddm.example.conf /etc/sddm.conf</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        Normally, you want to edit this file. For example, if Xorg is installed
+        in /opt, use your preferred editor as the
+        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+        user to replace the <emphasis>XauthPath</emphasis> default path by
+        <emphasis>/usr/bin/xauth</emphasis>. Or, as the <systemitem
         class="username">root</systemitem> user, issue
       </para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -e '/ServerPath/ s|usr|opt/xorg|' \
-    -e '/XauthPath/  s|usr|opt/xorg|' \
     -i.orig /etc/sddm.conf</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -210 +238 @@
         This command will do the substitution and create a copy of the original
         file with name <filename>/etc/sddm.conf.orig</filename>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+        From now on, we will describe how to modify configurations using sed,
+        but of course you may rather use your preferred editor as the
+        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, instead. You generally
+        want the server option that comes in sddm.example.conf, for security
+        reasons.  Unless you want a remote machine to use the local X server,
+        in which case, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+        user, issue:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>sed -e 's/-nolisten tcp//'\
+    -i /etc/sddm.conf</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        Desktop (Notebook) users, normally wish the Num Lock key on (off).  For
+        that, as the <systemitem
+        class="username">root</systemitem> user, issue:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>sed -e 's/\"none\"/\"on\"/' \
+    -i /etc/sddm.conf</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        That was for Desktop users. For Notebook users,
+        replace \"on\" by \"off\", in the command above.
       </para>
 
@@ -378 +433 @@
       </para>
 
+      <note>
+        <para>
+          In the next couple of paragraphs, due to a problem with sddm-greeter,
+          we mention how to define the keyboard used there. Notice that this is
+          also the keyboard that will be used in the X session, unless there is
+          a configuration in the Desktop Environment or in the Window Manager
+          overriding it, afterwards.
+        </para>
+      </note>
+
       <para>
         Keyboard selection: the greeter shows a double question mark or the
@@ -391 +456 @@
 
       <para>
-        E.g. <command>echo 'setxkbmap "gb,br,us"' &gt;&gt;
-        /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup</command>
+        E.g. <command>echo 'setxkbmap "fr,gb,br,us"' &gt;&gt;
+        /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup</command>. You can be accurate defining
+        the keyboard(s), for example: <command>echo 'setxkbmap -model pc105
+        -layout br,us -variant abnt2,dvorak -keycodes evdev' &gt;&gt;
+        /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup</command>. See man setxkbmap.
       </para>
 

x/installing/xinit.xml

@@ -73 +73 @@
     <title>Installation of xinit</title>
 
+    <para>First, modify <command>startx</command>, hence the X session starts on
+    the first unused virtual terminal, which normally is vt7:</para>
+    <!--Apparently, this should not be done for systemd systems-->
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -e '/$serverargs $vtarg/ s/serverargs/: #&amp;/' \
+    -i startx.cpp</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Install <application>xinit</application> by running the
     following commands:</para>