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Timestamp:
04/23/2004 07:36:51 AM (20 years ago)
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Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>
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Completed xorg section

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  • index.xml

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    5 <!ENTITY version "CVS-20040422">
    6 <!ENTITY releasedate "April 22nd, 2004">
    7 <!ENTITY pubdate "2004-04-22">
     5<!ENTITY version "CVS-20040423">
     6<!ENTITY releasedate "April 23rd, 2004">
     7<!ENTITY pubdate "2004-04-23">
    88<!ENTITY blfs-version "cvs">
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  • introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

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    1111
    1212<itemizedlist>
     13
     14<listitem><para>April 23rd, 2004 [bdubbs]: Completed X.org section.</para></listitem>
    1315
    1416<listitem><para>April 22nd, 2004 [igor]: Moved Qt installation to

  • x/installing/xfree86-setup.xml

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    11<sect1 id="x-setup">
    22<?dbhtml filename="xfree86-setup.html" dir="x"?>
    3 <title>XFree86 Components</title>
     3<title>X Window Components</title>
    44
    55<sect2>
    … …  
    77<para><acronym>DRI</acronym> is a framework for allowing software to access graphics hardware
    88in a safe and efficient manner.  It is installed in
    9 <application>XFree86</application> by default if
     9<application>X</application> by default if
    1010you have a supported video card.  To check if <acronym>DRI</acronym> is installed properly,
    11 check the log file <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename> for statements
    12 like:</para>
     11check the log file <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename> or
     12<filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> for statements like:</para>
    1313
    1414<screen>(II) R128(0): Direct rendering enabled</screen>
    … …  
    3333<sect2>
    3434<title>Adding <application>TrueType</application> fonts to
    35 <application>XFree86</application></title>
     35<application>X</application></title>
    3636
    3737<para><application>TrueType</application> font support is built into
    38 <application>XFree86</application>.  The following items need to
     38<application>X</application>.  The following items need to
    3939be completed to make the fonts available.</para>
    4040
    … …  
    4949directory.</para></listitem>
    5050
    51 <listitem><para>Ensure the <application>TrueType</application> module is loaded in
    52 <filename>XF86Config</filename>.</para></listitem>
     51<listitem><para>Ensure the <application>TrueType</application> module is loaded in the
     52<filename>XF86Config</filename> or <filename>xorg.conf</filename>.</para></listitem>
    5353
    5454<listitem><para>Ensure the <parameter>FontPath</parameter> in
    55 <filename>XF86Config</filename> contains the
    56 <application>TrueType</application> font
    57 directory.</para></listitem>
     55<filename>XF86Config</filename> or <filename>Xorg.conf</filename> contains the
     56<application>TrueType</application> font directory.</para></listitem>
    5857
    5958</itemizedlist>
    … …  
    6160<sect3><title>Establish a <application>TrueType</application> font directory</title>
    6261
    63 <para>The build of <application>XFree86</application> as given above
     62<para>The build of <application>X</application> as given above
    6463automatically creates a <application>TrueType</application>
    6564font directory: <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF</filename>.  This
    … …  
    7978mkfontdir</command></userinput></screen></para></sect3>
    8079
    81 <sect3><title>Ensure <application>TrueType</application> is loaded in <filename>XF86Config</filename></title>
     80<sect3><title>Ensure <application>TrueType</application> is loaded in
     81<filename>XF86Config</filename> or <filename>xorg.conf</filename></title>
    8282<para>The "Module" section should look like:
    8383<screen>Section "Module"
    … …  
    103103<screen><userinput><command>fc-cache</command></userinput></screen>
    104104
    105 <para><application>XFree86</application> will now be able to use
     105<para><application>X</application> will now be able to use
    106106<application>TrueType</application> fonts when it is restarted.
    107107You can check to see if the new fonts are available with the
    … …  
    121121<sect2>
    122122<title>Setting up keyboards</title>
    123 <para>In this version of <application>XFree86</application>, it has been reported that non-Latin
     123<para>In this version of <application>X</application>, it has been reported that non-Latin
    124124keyboard layouts do not include Latin configurations as was previous
    125125practice. To set up a keyboard for Latin and non-Latin input,
    126126change the XkbLayout keyboard driver option in the InputDevice section
    127 of the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file.  For example:</para>
     127of the <filename>XF86Config</filename> or <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file.  For example:</para>
    128128
    129129<screen>   Section "InputDevice"
    … …  
    146146normally set up in <filename>/etc/inittab</filename>.  Most of the information
    147147you need to customize <command>xdm</command> is found in its man page.  To
    148 execute <command>xdm</command> during bootup, change the initdefault level to 5 and add the following lines to <filename>/etc/inittab</filename>:</para>
     148execute <command>xdm</command> during bootup, change the initdefault level to 5
     149and add the following lines to <filename>/etc/inittab</filename>:</para>
    149150
    150151<para><screen><userinput># Run xdm as a separate service
    … …  
    154155<!-- ================================================== -->
    155156<sect2>
    156 <title>Using <application>XFree86</application> Resources</title>
     157<title>Using <application>X</application> Resources</title>
    157158<para>There are many options that can be set in
    158 <application>XFree86</application> and <application>X</application> clients via
     159<application>X</application> and <application>X</application> clients via
    159160resources.  Typically resources are set in the <filename>~/.Xresources</filename>
    160161file.</para>
    … …  
    165166<screen>object.subobject[.subobject...].attribute: value</screen>
    166167
    167 <para>Typically, components of a resource specification are linked together
     168<para>Components of a resource specification are linked together
    168169by either <emphasis>tight</emphasis>, represented by a dot (.),
    169170or <emphasis>loose</emphasis>, represented by an asterisk (*),  bindings.
    … …  
    172173asterisk is a wildcard character that means that any number of levels in
    173174a defined hierarchy can be between the components.
    174 For example, XFree86 offers two new cursors: redglass and whiteglass.  To
     175For example, X offers two special cursors: redglass and whiteglass.  To
    175176use one of these resources, you need to add the following line:</para>
    176177
    … …  
    193194<screen><userinput><command>xrdb -load &lt;filename&gt;</command></userinput></screen>
    194195
    195 <para>To add resources to <application>XFree86</application>'s database in memory use:</para>
     196<para>To add resources to <application>X</application>'s database in memory use:</para>
    196197<screen><userinput><command>xrdb -merge &lt;filename&gt;</command></userinput></screen>
    197198

  • x/xorg/xorg.ent

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    1010<!ENTITY xorg-size "70.3 MB">
    1111<!ENTITY xorg-buildsize "645 MB">
    12 <!ENTITY xorg-time "tbd SBU">
     12<!ENTITY xorg-time "17.1 SBU">

  • x/xorg/xorg.xml

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    11<sect1 id="xorg" xreflabel="X.org-&xorg-version;">
    22<?dbhtml filename="xorg.html" ?>
    3 <title>X.org-&xorg-version;</title>
     3<title>Xorg-&xorg-version;</title>
    44
    55
    66<sect2>
    7 <title>Introduction to <application>X.org</application></title>
     7<title>Introduction to <application>Xorg</application></title>
    88
    99<note><para>There are two packages in BLFS that implement the <application>X</application>
    10 Window System: <application>X.org</application> and <application>XFree86</application>. 
    11 These packages are quite similar.  In fact the base system of <application>X.org</application>
     10Window System: <application>Xorg</application> and <application>XFree86</application>. 
     11These packages are quite similar.  In fact the base system of <application>Xorg</application>
    1212is <application>XFree86</application>-RC2.  The primary difference as of this writing is
    1313the license provisions of the packages.  For someone building a package for their own use,
    1414these issues are not significant.  Most large commercial distributions have decided
    15 to use the  <application>X.org</application> package, but several still use
     15to use the  <application>Xorg</application> package, but several still use
    1616<application>XFree86</application>.</para>
    1717
    1818<para>A second reason for the forking of X packages is the stated goals of the
    1919developers.  Some developers were unhappy with the administration and progress of
    20 <application>XFree86</application>.  X.org's future plans include significant
     20<application>XFree86</application>.  Xorg's future plans include significant
    2121improvements to the internals of the system and more frequent releases.</para>
    2222
    … …  
    2424application with excellent driver support.</para>
    2525
    26 <para>Both <application>X.org</application> and <application>XFree86</application>
     26<para>Both <application>Xorg</application> and <application>XFree86</application>
    2727can be installed in the same way, but this section will provide a slightly
    2828different and more current variation for installation.</para>
    … …  
    3030
    3131
    32 <para><application>X.org</application> is a freely redistributable open-source
     32<para><application>Xorg</application> is a freely redistributable open-source
    3333implementation of the <application>X</application> Window System.
    3434This application  provides a client/server interface between display
    … …  
    4747 
    4848 
    49 <sect3><title><application>X.org</application> dependencies</title>
     49<sect3><title><application>Xorg</application> Dependencies</title>
    5050 
    5151<sect4><title>Required</title>
    … …  
    7070</itemizedlist>
    7171
    72 <para>The first package contains the <application>X.org</application> libraries amd
     72<para>The first package contains the <application>Xorg</application> libraries amd
    7373support programs,  the second contains standard X programs, the third contains the
    7474X server, the fourth and fifth are fonts, the sixth is normal documentation, and the seventh
    … …  
    8585
    8686<sect2>
    87 <title>Installation of X.org</title>
    88 <para>Under Construction</para>
     87<title>Installation of <application>Xorg</application></title>
     88
     89
     90<sect3>
     91<title>Kernel Compilation Settings</title>
     92<para>If you have an Intel P6 (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later) it is recommended
     93that you compile <acronym>MTRR</acronym> (Memory Type Range Registers) support into the kernel.
     94The kernel can map Cyrix and AMD <acronym>CPU</acronym>s to the
     95<acronym>MTRR</acronym> interface so selecting this
     96option is useful for those processors also. This option is found in the
     97"Processor type and features" menu.  It can increase performance of
     98image write operations 2.5 times or more on <acronym>PCI</acronym> or
     99<acronym>AGP</acronym> video cards.</para>
     100 
     101<para>In the "Character Devices" section, enable <acronym>AGP</acronym> Support and
     102select the chipset support on your motherboard.  If you do not know the chipset,
     103you may select all the chip types at the expense of extra kernel size. You can usually
     104determine your motherboard's chipset by doing:</para>
     105<screen><userinput><command>cat /proc/pci</command></userinput></screen>
     106 
     107<para>In the "Character Devices" section, <emphasis>disable</emphasis> Direct
     108Rendering Manager unless you have a Direct Rendering Infrastructure
     109(<acronym>DRI</acronym>)
     110supported video card.  A complete list of <acronym>DRI</acronym> supported video cards can
     111be found at <ulink url="http://dri.sourceforge.net" /> in the Status section.
     112Currently, supported cards include those from 3dfx (Voodoo, Banshee), 3Dlabs,
     113ATI (Rage Pro, Rage 128,
     114Radeon 7X00, Radeon 2), Intel (i810, i815), and Matrox (G200, G400, G450).
     115If you do enable <acronym>DRI</acronym> here, make sure you select the video card(s) you want
     116to support as a <emphasis>module</emphasis>.</para>
     117 
     118<para>Additionally NVidia provides their own closed source binary drivers,
     119which do not make use of <acronym>DRI</acronym>. If you intend to use these drivers,
     120do not enable <acronym>DRI</acronym>.</para>
     121 
     122<para>If you made any changes to the kernel configuration, recompile the kernel.</para>
     123 
     124<para>Copy <filename>/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage</filename> and
     125<filename>/usr/src/linux/System.map</filename> to
     126<filename>/boot</filename>, edit <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename>
     127appropriately and run <filename>lilo</filename>. If you use
     128<filename>grub</filename>, edit <filename>/boot/grub/grub.conf</filename>
     129and add the new kernel to the boot menu.
     130</para>
     131 
     132<note><para>If you build <application>Xorg</application> in a chroot environment,
     133make sure the kernel version of the base system and the target system are the same. 
     134This is especially important if you enabled <acronym>DRI</acronym> support as a module as
     135instructed above.</para></note>
     136</sect3>
     137
     138<sect3><title>Setting Up a Shadow Directory</title> 
     139<para>When building <application>Xorg</application> you should create
     140a shadow directory of symbolic links for the compiled code.  To do that, we first
     141make the <application>lndir</application>.  Starting from the
     142<filename class='directory'>xc</filename> directory:</para>
     143
     144<screen><userinput><command>pushd config/util &amp;&amp;
     145make -f Makefile.ini lndir &amp;&amp;
     146cp lndir /usr/bin/ &amp;&amp;
     147popd</command></userinput></screen>
     148
     149<para>Now create the shadow tree:</para>
     150
     151<screen><userinput><command>mkdir ../xcbuild &amp;&amp;
     152cd ../xcbuild &amp;&amp;
     153lndir ../xc</command></userinput></screen>
     154</sect3>
     155
     156<sect3><title>Creating <filename>host.def</filename></title> 
     157<para>The next step is to create the <filename>config/cf/host.def</filename> file.
     158The documentation for <application>Xorg</application> indicates that the
     159application will build without a <filename>host.def</filename> file, but
     160the included libraries for <application>fontconfig</application> and
     161<application>freetype2</application> do not build properly on a base LFS system so
     162we must specify that we have those and some other libraries too.</para>
     163
     164<note><para><filename>config/cf/host.def</filename> is a C file, not a shell
     165script.  Be sure to make sure the comments delimited by /* ... */ are
     166balanced when modifying the file. </para></note>
     167
     168
     169<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; config/cf/host.def &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
     170/* Begin Xorg host.def file */
     171 
     172/* System Related Information.  If you read and configure only one
     173 * section then it should be this one.  The Intel architecture defaults are
     174 * set for a i686 and higher.  Axp is for the Alpha architecture and Ppc is
     175 * for the Power PC.  AMD64 is for the Opteron processor. Note that there have
     176 * been reports that the Ppc optimization line causes segmentation faults during
     177 * build.  If that happens, try building without the DefaultGcc2PpcOpt line.  ***********/
     178 
     179/* #define DefaultGcc2i386Opt -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -fno-strict-aliasing -march=i686 */
     180/* #define DefaultGccAMD64Opt -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -fno-strict-aliasing */
     181/* #define DefaultGcc2AxpOpt  -O2 -mcpu=ev6 */
     182/* #define DefaultGcc2PpcOpt  -O2 -mcpu=750 */
     183
     184#define HasFreetype2             YES
     185#define HasFontconfig            YES
     186#define HasExpat                 YES
     187#define HasLibpng                YES
     188#define HasZlib                  YES
     189
     190/*
     191 * Which drivers to build.  When building a static server, each of these
     192 * will be included in it.  When building the loadable server each of these
     193 * modules will be built.
     194 *
     195#define XF86CardDrivers         mga glint nv tga s3virge sis rendition \
     196                                neomagic i740 tdfx savage \
     197                                cirrus vmware tseng trident chips apm \
     198                                GlideDriver fbdev i128 \
     199                                ati AgpGartDrivers DevelDrivers ark cyrix \
     200                                siliconmotion \
     201                                vesa vga XF86OSCardDrivers XF86ExtraCardDrivers
     202*/
     203
     204/*
     205 * Select the XInput devices you want by uncommenting this.
     206 *
     207#define XInputDrivers           mouse keyboard acecad calcomp citron \
     208                                digitaledge dmc dynapro elographics \
     209                                microtouch mutouch penmount spaceorb summa \
     210                                wacom void magictouch aiptek
     211 */
     212
     213/* Most installs will only need this */
     214
     215#define XInputDrivers           mouse keyboard
     216
     217
     218/* End Xorg host.def file */
     219<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
     220
     221<para>There are several other options that you may want to consider.  A well documented
     222example file is <filename>config/cf/xorgsite.cf</filename>.</para>
     223</sect3>
     224
     225<sect3>
     226<title>Build Commands</title>
     227<para>Install <application>Xorg</application> by running the following commands:</para>
     228 
     229 
     230<screen><userinput><command>( make World 2&gt;&amp;1 | tee xorg-compile.log &amp;&amp; exit $PIPESTATUS ) &amp;&amp;
     231make install &amp;&amp;
     232make install.man &amp;&amp;
     233ln -sf ../X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11 &amp;&amp;
     234ln -sf ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &amp;&amp;
     235ln -sf ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</command></userinput></screen>
     236 
     237</sect3>
     238
     239<sect3>
     240<title>Updating Direct Rendering Infrastructure (<acronym>DRI</acronym>)</title>
     241<para>If you have one of the supported <acronym>DRI</acronym> cards and
     242have enabled <acronym>DRI</acronym> kernel modules as explained
     243above, you now need to update the kernel modules to ensure they are compatible with the
     244current version of <application>Xorg</application>.  To do this, perform the following:</para>
     245 
     246<screen><userinput><command>cd programs/Xserver/hw/xorg/os-support/linux/drm/kernel &amp;&amp;
     247make  CC=/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc -f Makefile.linux  &amp;&amp;
     248mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/  &amp;&amp;
     249cp gamma.o radeon.o sis.o r128.o i810.o i830.o mga.o tdfx.o \
     250    /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/  &amp;&amp;
     251depmod -a</command></userinput></screen>
     252 
     253<warning><para>If you recompile or upgrade your kernel, you will need to re-copy the
     254appropriate driver module(s)
     255to the kernel module library and rerun the <command>depmod -a</command> command.</para></warning>
     256 
     257<note><para>If you created <acronym>AGP</acronym> support as a module when compiling
     258the kernel, you may have to add a line to <filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename> to ensure
     259the agpgart module is loaded.  For instance, the <acronym>AGP</acronym> version of the
     260Radeon video card will use the <filename>radeon.o</filename> driver.  It will
     261need to have the line <screen>below radeon agpgart</screen> in
     262<filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename> to enable <acronym>DRI</acronym> support.</para></note>
     263</sect3>
    89264</sect2>
    90265
    91266<sect2>
    92 <title>Command Explainations</title>
    93 <para>Under Construction</para>
     267<title>Command explanations</title>
     268 
     269<para><command>( make World 2&gt;&amp;1 | tee xorg-compile.log
     270   &amp;&amp; exit $PIPESTATUS )</command>:
     271This command runs multiple makefiles to completely rebuild the system.
     272<parameter>2&gt;&amp;1</parameter> redirects error messages
     273to the same location as normal output. The <command>tee</command> command
     274allows viewing of the output while logging the results to a file. The parentheses
     275around the command run the entire comand in a subshell and finally the
     276<command>exit $PIPESTATUS</command> ensures the result of the <command>make</command>
     277is returned as the result and not the result of the <command>tee</command> command.</para>
     278 
     279<note><para>When rebuilding <application>Xorg</application>, a separate command that may
     280be used if only minor changes are made to the sources is <command>make
     281Everything</command>.  This does not automatically remove generated
     282files and only rebuilds those files or programs that are out
     283of date.</para></note>
     284 
     285<para><screen><command>ln -sf ../X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11
     286ln -sf ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11
     287ln -sf ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</command></screen>
     288These commands are present to enable other (broken) packages to build
     289against <application>Xorg</application>.  We do this even though the i
     290Filesystem Hierarchy Standard says:
     291"In general, software must not be installed or managed via the above
     292symbolic links. They are intended for utilization by users only."</para>
     293 
     294<para><command>make  CC=/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc -f Makefile.linux</command>: This builds the
     295<application>Xorg</application> compatible kernel modules using the same compiler used to compile
     296the kernel.</para>
     297 
     298<para><command>cp gamma.o radeon.o sis.o r128.o i810.o i830.o mga.o tdfx.o
     299/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/</command>: Put the kernel
     300module(s) where the kernel can find them. You only need to copy the driver you
     301need to support your video card.</para>
     302 
     303<para><command>depmod -a</command>: Update the modules.dep file for module
     304management.</para>
     305
    94306</sect2>
    95307
    96 
    97308<sect2>
    98 <title>Configuring X.org</title>
    99 <para>Under Construction</para>
     309<title>Configuring Xorg</title>
     310
     311<para>Edit <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and add
     312<filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib</filename>.
     313Run</para> <screen><userinput><command>ldconfig</command></userinput></screen>
     314 
     315<para>Add <filename class='directory'>/usr/X11R6/bin</filename> to your
     316<envar>PATH</envar> environment
     317variable in <filename>.bash_profile</filename> or <filename>/etc/profile</filename>. 
     318The statement should look something like <parameter>PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin</parameter>
     319and be placed before the <command>export PATH</command>
     320statement.</para>
     321 
     322<para>Expand the <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> so that other packages
     323can find <application>Xorg</application> libraries. Add the following line to
     324<filename>.bash_profile</filename> for root user:</para>
     325<screen><userinput><command>export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</command></userinput></screen>
     326 
     327<para>Run</para>
     328<screen><userinput><command>source ~/.bash_profile</command></userinput></screen>
     329 
     330<para>Set up your mouse:
     331<screen><userinput><command>ln -s psaux /dev/mouse</command></userinput></screen>
     332 
     333Adjust the symbolic link as necessary for other types of mice.  For instance,
     334a serial mouse on the first serial port would be linked to ttyS1.</para>
     335 
     336<para>Create the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file with
     337<screen><userinput><command>cd ~
     338Xorg -configure</command></userinput></screen>
     339The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the monitor.  This
     340command will create a file, <filename>xorg.new</filename> in your home
     341directory.</para>
     342 
     343<para>Edit <filename>xorg.new</filename> to suit your system.  The
     344details of the file are located in the man
     345page <command>man xorg.conf</command>.  Some things you may want to
     346do are:</para>
     347 
     348<itemizedlist>
     349 
     350<listitem><para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
     351You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system normally
     352comes up closer to 100 dots per inch.  You may want to remove some font
     353directories completely.</para></listitem>
     354 
     355<listitem><para>Section "Monitor".  Specify the <parameter>VertRefresh</parameter>
     356and <parameter>HorizSync</parameter> values if the system does not automatically
     357detect the monitor and its values.</para></listitem>
     358 
     359<listitem><para>Section "InputDevice".  You may want to change the keyboard
     360autorepeat rate by
     361adding <parameter>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</parameter>.</para></listitem>
     362 
     363<listitem><para>Section "Device".  You may want to set some of the options
     364available for your selected video driver.  A description of the driver
     365parameters is in the man page for your driver.</para></listitem>
     366 
     367<listitem><para>Section "Screen".  Add a DefaultDepth statement such
     368as: <parameter>DefaultDepth 16</parameter>. In the SubSection for your
     369default depth, add a modes line such
     370as: <parameter> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"</parameter>.
     371The first mode listed will normally be the starting
     372resolution.</para></listitem>
     373 
     374</itemizedlist>
     375<para>Test the system with
     376<screen><userinput><command>Xorg -config ~/xorg.new</command></userinput></screen>
     377You will only get a gray background with an X-shaped mouse cursor, but it
     378confirms the system is working.  Exit with Control-Alt-Backspace.  If the
     379system does not work, take a look
     380at <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> to see what went
     381wrong.</para>
     382 
     383<para>Move the configuration file to its final location</para>
     384<screen><userinput><command>mv ~/xorg.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf</command></userinput></screen>
     385 
     386<para>Create <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
     387<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
     388# Begin .xinitrc file
     389xterm  -g 80x40+0+0   &amp;
     390xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &amp;
     391twm
     392<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
     393This provides an initial screen with an xterm and a clock that is managed by a
     394simple window manager, Tab Window Manager.  For details of twm, see the
     395man page.</para>
     396 
     397<note>
     398 
     399<para>When needed, <application>Xorg</application> creates the directory
     400<filename>/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename> if it does not exist. If this directory is
     401not owned by root, <application>Xorg</application> delays startup by a few seconds
     402and also appends a warning to the logfile. This also affects startup of other
     403applications. To improve performance, it is advisable to manually create the directory
     404before Xorg uses it. Add the file creation to <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename>
     405that is sourced by the
     406<filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</filename> startup script.</para>
     407 
     408<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/sysconfig/createfiles &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
     409/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
     410<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
     411 
     412</note>
     413 
     414<para>Start <application>X</application> with
     415<screen><userinput><command>startx</command></userinput></screen>
     416to get basic functional <application>X</application> Window System.</para>
     417
     418<para>At this point, you should check out the X Window Components at
     419<xref linkend='x-setup'/>.</para>
     420
    100421</sect2>
    101 
    102 
    103 
    104 
    105 <!--
    106 &xorg-intro;
    107 &xorg-inst;
    108 &xorg-exp;
    109 &xorg-config;
    110 &xorg-desc;
    111 -->
    112 
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