Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.6

Chapter 24. X Window System Environment

Xorg-Server-1.16.0

Introduction to Xorg Server

The Xorg Server is the core of the X Window system.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 platform.

Package Information

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Xorg Server Dependencies

Required

OpenSSL-1.0.1i or Nettle-2.7.1 or libgcrypt-1.6.2, Pixman-0.32.6, Xorg Fonts, and xkeyboard-config-2.12

Recommended

libepoxy-1.2 (required for glamor, see command explanations below)

Optional

acpid-2.0.23 (runtime), Doxygen-1.8.8 (to build API documentation), fop-1.1, (to build documentation), ghostscript-9.14 (to build documentation), and xmlto-0.0.26, (to build documentation)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg7Server

Installation of Xorg Server

If you are enabling glamor, apply the recommended patch by running the following command: 

patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-server-1.16.0-upstream_glamor_fix-1.patch

If you have downloaded the optional patch, apply it by running the following command: 

patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-server-1.16.0-add_prime_support-1.patch

Install the server by running the following commands: 

sed -i "/scrnintstr/i #include <xorg-server.h>" exa/exa.h glamor/glamor.h &&

./configure $XORG_CONFIG                    \
           --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb   \
           --enable-dmx                     \
           --enable-glamor                  \
           --enable-install-setuid          \
           --enable-suid-wrapper            &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now as the root user: 

make install &&
mkdir -pv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d &&
cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles << "EOF"
/tmp/.ICE-unix dir 1777 root root
/tmp/.X11-unix dir 1777 root root
EOF

Command Explanations

sed -i ...: This sed fixes two header files that are broken with Glibc 2.20 so the drivers using them wouldn't fail to build.

--enable-dmx: Build DMX (Distributed Multihead X) server.

--enable-glamor: Build the Glamor DIX (Device Independent X) module which is currently required for Southern Islands and Sea Islands radeon video chipsets, optional for some other radeons, and also optional for the intel driver.

--enable-install-setuid: The Xorg binary must run as the root user. This switch ensures that the binary is installed setuid when make is run by an unprivileged user.

--enable-suid-wrapper: Build suid-root wrapper for legacy driver support on rootless xserver systems.

cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles...: This command creates the /tmp/.ICE-unix and /tmp/.X11-unix directories at startup, and ensures that the permissions and ownership are correct as required by the server.

Contents

Installed Programs: cvt, dmxaddinput, dmxaddscreen, dmxinfo, dmxreconfig, dmxresize, dmxrminput, dmxrmscreen, dmxtodmx, dmxwininfo, gtf, vdltodmx, X, Xdmx, xdmxconfig, Xnest, Xorg, and Xvfb
Installed Libraries: several under $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/{,extensions,multimedia}
Installed Directories: $XORG_PREFIX/include/xorg, $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg, $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xorg.conf.d, and /var/lib/xkb

Short Descriptions

cvt

calculates VESA CVT mode lines.

dmx*

are various tools used for manipulating the dmx server.

gtf

calculates VESA GTF mode lines.

vdltodmx

is a tool used to convert VDL config files to DMX config files.

X

is a symbolic link to Xorg.

Xnest

is a nested X server.

Xorg

is the X11R7 X Server.

Xvfb

is the virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11.

xdmxconfig

is a graphical configuration utility for the dmx server.

Last updated on 2014-09-11 19:58:21 -0700