Xorg and XFree86 need update

[bdubbs@…]

Both xorg and xfree86 need to be updated for Linux 2.6 and DRI. There is an #include that needs to be removed from one file to get both programs to build with linux 2.6. The dri instructions are out of date.

[Randy McMurchy]

Added instructions to comment out the offensive #include linux/config.h lines from source file video driver files. XFree now builds against LFS-6.0.

DRI instructions have been updated, but not checked out.

Xorg still needs the above change.

[Randy McMurchy]

Updated Xorg instructions to comment out linux/config.h includes from the source video driver files in Xorg. Also updated the DRI instructions to remove using GCC-2.95.

DRI has not been checked out yet.

[Randy McMurchy]

Due to the use of udev device file creation in the LFS-6.0 book, the instructions to create a symlink to /dev/mouse won't work correctly (the link will get removed at every reboot).

The instructions need to change to use something more permanent in the udev device structure, or change the instructions and tell the users to point to /dev/psaux or /dev/ttyS0 or whatever during the XF86Config (and equivalent Xorg file) setup.

[kpfleming@…]

Would it not be simplest to just configure X to use /dev/input/mice? Granted, if the user has multiple pointing devices attached this can be tricky, but for 95% of the users of the book this won't be a problem.

[igor@…]

I've removed the part about compiling and installing DRI modules as kernel releases are more frequent than Xorg so the kernel's DRI drivers should be more up-to-date.

[igor@…]

Updated XFree86 page. This bug is hopefully resolved.

[bdubbs@…]

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