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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="xorg7" xreflabel="Xorg-&xorg7-version;">
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<?dbhtml filename="xorg7.html"?>
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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<!-- <keywordset>
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<keyword role="package">X11R&xorg7-version;-src.tar</keyword>
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<keyword role="ftpdir">Xorg7</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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########## Need a way to fix this on the mirrors ##########
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##### Maybe a single tarball is the way to handle it ######
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-->
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</sect1info>
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<title>Xorg-&xorg7-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="xorg7">
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<primary sortas="a-xorg7">Xorg</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title>Introduction to Xorg</title>
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<para><application>Xorg</application> is a freely redistributable,
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open-source implementation of the <application>X</application> Window
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System. This system provides a client/server interface between display
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hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop
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environment, while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a
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standardized application interface (API).</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Dependencies</bridgehead>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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<para role="required"><xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
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<xref linkend="libpng"/>, and
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<xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
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<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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<ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg-&xorg7-version;'/></para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Download and Installation
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Instructions</bridgehead>
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<para>With the modular build system, it is no longer possible to download
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the entire package in a single file. In fact, there may be as many as
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280 files that need to be fetched from the download location. To assist
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with such a large task, it is strongly recommended to install
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<xref linkend="wget"/> for downloading the needed files. A complete
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<application>wget</application> script is available for each section at
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<ulink
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url="http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/x/wget/"/>.</para>
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<note>
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<para>Even if you intend to download only the necessary packages, you
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should download the wget scripts and use the package versions listed.
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Newer packages are likey intended for the next release of
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<application>Xorg</application> and have already proven to be
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incompatible with the current version of
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<application>GTK+</application>.</para>
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</note>
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<para>Given the number of packages available, deciding which packages you
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need to install for your particular setup may seem a bit overwhelming at
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first. Take a look at<ulink
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url="http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-modular/2005-November/000801.html">
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this thread</ulink> to get an idea of what you will need. If you are
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unsure, you should install all packages at the cost of extra
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disk space.</para>
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<note>
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<para>The installed size of <application>Xorg</application> can
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be reduced considerably by installing only the packages that you will
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need and use. However, the BLFS book cannot account for all dependencies
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and build options for individual <application>Xorg</application>
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packages. The instructions assume that all packages have been built
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from a particular group unless otherwise noted. A
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<ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg-&xorg7-version;">
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wiki</ulink> page containing dependency information, for users who wish
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to cut down on the installed size of <application>Xorg</application>, is
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under development. You are encouraged to add to these
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pages if you discover additional information that may be helpful to
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other users.</para>
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</note>
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<para>Additionally, because of the large number of repetitive commands,
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you are encouraged to script the build. For most sections, you can use
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the following commands to compile and install all packages in your build
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directory:</para>
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<screen>for package in *.tar.bz2
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do
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packagedir=`echo $package | sed 's/.tar.bz2//'`
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tar -xf $package &&
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cd $packagedir &&
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./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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make &&
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make install
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if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
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break #stop the build if the previous command failed
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fi
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cd .. &&
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rm -rf $packagedir
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done 2>&1 | tee -a ../xorg-compile.log #log the entire loop</screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Setting up the Xorg Build Environment</title>
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<para>First, you'll need to create a working directory:</para>
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<screen><userinput>mkdir xc &&
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cd xc</userinput></screen>
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<para>As with previous releases of the X Window System, it may be
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desirable to install <application>Xorg</application> into an alternate
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prefix. This is no longer common practice among Linux distributions.
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The common installation prefix for <application>Xorg</application> on
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Linux is <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. There is no
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standard alternate prefix, nor is there any exception in the current
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revision of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard for Release 7 of the X
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Window System. Alan Coopersmith of Sun Microsystems, has recently
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stated "At Sun, we were using
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<filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and plan to stick with
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it." Only the <filename class="directory">/opt/*</filename> prefix or
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the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> prefix adhere to the
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current FHS guidelines.</para>
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<para>Choose your installation prefix, and set the
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<envar>XORG_PREFIX</envar> variable with the following
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command:</para>
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<screen><userinput>export XORG_PREFIX="<replaceable></usr></replaceable>"</userinput></screen>
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<para>Throughout these instructions, you will use the same three
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<command>configure</command> switches for all of the packages. Create the
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<envar>XORG_CONFIG</envar> variable to use for substitution:</para>
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<screen><userinput>export XORG_CONFIG="--prefix=$XORG_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var"</userinput></screen>
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<note>
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<para>If you've decided to use an alternate prefix, be sure to add
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<filename class="directory"><replaceable></usr></replaceable>/lib/pkgconfig</filename>
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to your <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> variable.</para>
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</note>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Xorg Protocol Headers</title>
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<indexterm zone="xorg7">
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<primary sortas="a-xorg7-proto">Xorg Protocol Headers</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>The <application>Xorg</application> protocol headers provide the
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header files required to build the system, and to allow other
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applications to build against the installed X Window system.</para>
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<para><application>Xorg</application> Proto packages can be downloaded
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individually from <ulink
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url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/proto/"/>.</para>
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<sect3 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Xorg Protocol Headers</title>
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<para>Install the <application>Xorg</application> protocol headers
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by running the following commands for each package to be installed.</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Xorg Utilities</title>
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<indexterm zone="xorg7">
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<primary sortas="a-xorg7-data">Xorg Utilities</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>The <application>Xorg</application> utility packages provide
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needed utilities, not for the <application>Xorg</application>
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installation itself, but for other applications that make use of
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legacy X11R6 installation methods.</para>
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<para><application>Xorg</application> Utility packages can be downloaded
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individually from <ulink
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url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/util/"/>.</para>
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<sect3 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Xorg Utilities</title>
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<para>First install the <application>xorg-cf-files</application> package
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with the following commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@$XORG_PREFIX@" site.def &&
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sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@$XORG_PREFIX@" X11.tmpl &&
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./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-config-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/config &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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<para>Next, install the <application>Imake</application> package with
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these commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-config-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/config &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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<para>Finally, build the three remaining packages with the standard build
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commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Xorg Libraries</title>
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<indexterm zone="xorg7">
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<primary sortas="a-xorg7-lib">Xorg Libraries</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>The <application>Xorg</application> libraries provide library
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routines that are used within all X Window applications.</para>
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<para><application>Xorg</application> Library packages can be downloaded
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individually from <ulink
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url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/"/>.</para>
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<sect3>
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<title>Meeting Library Dependencies</title>
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<para>These 17 libraries must be built first, in the order provided,
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to cover the dependencies of the other library packages:</para>
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<screen>xtrans-1.0.0
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libXau-1.0.0
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libXdmcp-1.0.0
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libX11-1.0.0
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libXext-1.0.0
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libICE-1.0.0
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libSM-1.0.0
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libXt-1.0.0
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libXmu-1.0.0
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libXpm-3.5.4.2
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libXp-1.0.0
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libXfixes-3.0.1.2
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libXrender-0.9.0.2
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libfontenc-1.0.1
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libxkbfile-1.0.2
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libXprintUtil-1.0.1
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libXv-1.0.1</screen>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Xorg Libraries</title>
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<para>Install the libraries by running the following commands for each
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of the chosen packages:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 role="configuration">
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<title>Configuration of Xorg Libraries</title>
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<para>If you've chosen to install <application>Xorg</application> into
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<filename class="directory">/usr</filename>, then no further
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configuration is necessary and you can skip the rest of this section.
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If you've opted for an alternate prefix, you should create two symlinks
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to satisfy the expected environment of several packages.
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Execute the following commands as the root user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sv $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
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ln -sv $XORG_PREFIX/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen>
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<para>As with other library directories, as the root user you must add
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<filename class="directory">$XORG_PREFIX/lib</filename> to
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<filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and execute
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<command>/sbin/ldconfig</command>.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Xorg Data</title>
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<indexterm zone="xorg7">
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<primary sortas="a-xorg7-data">Xorg Data</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>The <application>Xorg</application> data packages provide
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static data such as images and keymaps to the
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<application>Xorg</application> applications.</para>
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<para><application>Xorg</application> Data packages can be downloaded
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individually from <ulink
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url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/data/"/>.</para>
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<sect3 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Xorg Data</title>
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<para>First, configure the xbitmap package by running the following
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command:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now install as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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<note>
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<para>At this point, you should continue to the applications
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installation. After the applications installation has completed, you
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should return here and install the xcursor-themes and xkb-data
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packages.</para>
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</note>
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<para>Compile the xcursor-themes and xkb-data packages with the
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following commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>Install the packages as the
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<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Xorg Applications</title>
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<indexterm zone="xorg7">
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<primary sortas="a-xorg7-app">Xorg Applications</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<note>
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<para>You must install <xref linkend="mesalib"/> before you install
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Xorg Applications.</para>
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</note>
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<para>The <application>Xorg</application> applications provide the
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expected applications available in previous X Window
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implementations.</para>
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<para><application>Xorg</application> applications can be downloaded
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individually from <ulink
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url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/"/>.</para>
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<sect3 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Xorg Applications</title>
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<para>Install the applications by running the following commands for each
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chosen package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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<note>
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<para>Remember to return to the data packages and install the
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xcursor-themes and xkb-data packages.</para>
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</note>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of luit</title>
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<note>
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<para>The luit package should not be compiled at this point. You
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should install the luit application after the fonts have been
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installed.</para>
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</note>
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<para>A patch is required to fix a race condition in
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<application>luit</application> that was discovered shortly after
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release. Download the patch from
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<ulink url="&patch-root;/luit-1.0.1-race-1.patch"/>.</para>
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<para>Install luit with the following commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i luit-1.0.1-race-1.patch &&
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./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Xorg Fonts</title>
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<indexterm zone="xorg7">
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<primary sortas="a-xorg7-fonts">Xorg Fonts</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>The <application>Xorg</application> font packages provide
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needed fonts to the <application>Xorg</application> applications.</para>
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<para><application>Xorg</application> Font packages can be downloaded
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individually from <ulink
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url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/font/"/>.</para>
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<sect3 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Xorg Fonts</title>
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<para>Run the following commands for each package:</para>
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<note>
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<para>You should install encodings and font-util before all
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other font packages.</para>
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</note>
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<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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<para>When all of the fonts have been installed, the system must be
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configured so that <application>Fontconfig</application> can find the
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TrueType fonts since they are outside of the default search path of
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<filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>. Make symlinks
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to the <application>Xorg</application> TrueType font directories by
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running the following commands as the
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<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">install -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts &&
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ln -svn $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts/OTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &&
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ln -svn $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF</userinput></screen>
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<note>
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<para>If you haven't done so, and intend to install
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<application>luit</application>, do so now.</para>
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</note>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Xorg Server</title>
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<indexterm zone="xorg7">
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<primary sortas="a-xorg7-server">Xorg Server</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>The <application>Xorg</application> Server is the core
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of the X Window system.</para>
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<para>The Xorg Server is a single download. Get it from
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<ulink url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/xserver/xorg-server-1.0.2.tar.bz2"/>.</para>
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<sect3 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Xorg Server</title>
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<note>
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<para>You must have the <application>Mesa</application> source
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directory available when building the
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<application>Xorg-server</application>.</para>
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</note>
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<!-- To be removed if/when proposed glibc patch is added to LFS SVN
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Leave in in for a couple of weeks with 'you may need' and a testcase
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around it to save the support list silly questions. Should remove in
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a couple of weeks -->
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<para>Recent glibc may have a problem with it's installed sys/kd.h file.
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This has recently been fixed in LFS svn. Execute the
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following commands to work around a broken kd.h file. The commands will
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only make the modification if needed:</para>
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<screen><userinput>grep "__undef_LINUX" \
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/usr/include/sys/kd.h 2>&1 > /dev/null || \
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sed -i.bak '/CONFIG_H/i #include <linux/types.h>' \
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hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_agp.c</userinput></screen>
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<!-- End remove -->
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<para>Install the server by running the following commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
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--with-mesa-source='<replaceable></path/to></replaceable>/Mesa-&mesalib-version;' \
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--with-fontdir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts \
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--with-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Xorg Drivers</title>
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<indexterm zone="xorg7">
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<primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">Xorg Drivers</primary>
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|
</indexterm>
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|
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<para>The <application>Xorg</application> drivers provide the means
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|
for the xserver to take advantage of installed hardware.</para>
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|
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<para><application>Xorg</application> Driver packages can be downloaded
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|
individually from <ulink
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url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/"/>.</para>
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|
|
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<sect3 role="installation">
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|
<title>Installation of Xorg Drivers</title>
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|
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<warning><para>It is very important not to build display drivers that
|
|
cannot be used with your hardware. For instance, do not build Sun drivers
|
|
for an x86 PC as the Sun drivers will expect to see SPARC symbols
|
|
exported from the kernel. Failure to follow this warning will result
|
|
in a display lockup, which requires a hard reboot, when configuring
|
|
<application>Xorg</application> for the first time.</para></warning>
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|
|
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<para>Install the drivers by running the following commands for each
|
|
package:</para>
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|
|
|
<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
|
|
--with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &&
|
|
make</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
|
|
user:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
|
|
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</sect3>
|
|
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</sect2>
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|
|
|
<sect2 role="configuration" id='xorg7-config'>
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|
<title>Configuring Xorg</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user ensure you
|
|
have executed <command>ldconfig</command> and
|
|
create the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file with:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen><userinput>cd ~ &&
|
|
Xorg -configure</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the monitor.
|
|
This command will create a file, <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename>, in your
|
|
home directory.</para>
|
|
|
|
<indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
|
|
<primary sortas="e-etc-X11-xorg-conf">/etc/X11/xorg.conf</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
|
|
<para>Edit <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename> to suit your system. The
|
|
details of the file are located in the xorg.conf man page. Some things
|
|
you may want to do are:</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
|
|
You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system
|
|
normally comes up closer to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove
|
|
some font directories completely.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Section "Module". If you are going to install NVidia
|
|
drivers, remove the "dri" line.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Sections "InputDevice". You may want to change the
|
|
keyboard autorepeat rate by adding
|
|
<option>Option "Autorepeat" "250 30"</option>.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Section "Monitor". Specify the <option>VertRefresh</option>
|
|
and <option>HorizSync</option> values if the system does not
|
|
automatically detect the monitor and its values.</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 as:
|
|
<option>DefaultDepth 24</option>. In the SubSection for your
|
|
default depth, add a modes line such as:
|
|
<option>Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"</option>. The first
|
|
mode listed will normally be the starting resolution.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<para>Test the system with:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen><userinput>X -config ~/xorg.conf.new</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>You will only get a gray background with an X-shaped mouse cursor,
|
|
but it confirms the system is working. Exit with
|
|
<keycap>Control+Alt+Backspace</keycap>. If the system does not work, take
|
|
a look at <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> to see what went
|
|
wrong.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create
|
|
the configuration directory and move the configuration file to the new
|
|
directory:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -D ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create
|
|
<filename>.xinitrc</filename>:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
|
|
<literal># Begin .xinitrc file
|
|
xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &
|
|
xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &
|
|
twm</literal>
|
|
EOF</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>This provides an initial screen with a small clock that is
|
|
managed by a simple window manager, Tab Window Manager. For details of
|
|
<command>twm</command>, see the man page.</para>
|
|
|
|
<note>
|
|
<para>The above file is the default configuration for Xorg. Xorg's
|
|
distribution no longer includes <command>xterm</command>, and as such the
|
|
<command>startx</command> command will fail if you have not yet
|
|
installed <xref linkend="xterm2"/>.</para>
|
|
</note>
|
|
|
|
<indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
|
|
<primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
|
|
<note>
|
|
<para>When needed, <application>Xorg</application> creates the directory
|
|
<filename class='directory'>/tmp/.ICE-unix</filename> if it does not
|
|
exist. If this directory is not owned by
|
|
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>,
|
|
<application>Xorg</application> delays startup by a few seconds and also
|
|
appends a warning to the logfile. This also affects startup of other
|
|
applications. To improve performance, it is advisable to manually create
|
|
the directory before <application>Xorg</application> uses it. Add the
|
|
file creation to <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename> that is
|
|
sourced by the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</filename> startup
|
|
script.</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles << "EOF"
|
|
<literal>/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root</literal>
|
|
EOF</userinput></screen>
|
|
</note>
|
|
|
|
<indexterm zone="xorg7 xorg7-config">
|
|
<primary
|
|
sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-createfiles">/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
|
|
<para>Start <application>X</application> with:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen><userinput>startx</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>and a basic functional <application>X Window
|
|
System</application> should be displayed.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>At this point, you should check out <xref linkend='x-setup'/> for
|
|
the necessary configuration to make <application>X</application> fully
|
|
functional. Additionally, you can have a look at <xref linkend='x-config'/>
|
|
for information on fine tuning your <application>X</application>
|
|
configuration.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>For a list of the package contents and a description of the commands,
|
|
see the sections in the <xref linkend='xfree86-contents'/>.</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|