Xorg-Server-1.18.1
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-7.9
platform.
Package Information
Additional Downloads
Xorg Server Dependencies
Required
OpenSSL-1.0.2g or Nettle-3.2 or
libgcrypt-1.6.5, Pixman-0.34.0,
Xorg
Fonts, and xkeyboard-config-2.17
Recommended
libepoxy-1.3.1 (required for glamor, see
command explanations below) and xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.0 (used by Xnest)
Optional
acpid-2.0.26 (runtime), Doxygen-1.8.11
(to build API documentation), fop-2.1, (to build
documentation), ghostscript-9.18 (to build documentation),
xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.0 (used by
Xnest), xcb-util-image-0.4.0, xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9,
xcb-util-wm-0.4.1 (all three to build
Xephyr) and xmlto-0.0.28 (to build documentation)
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg7Server
Installation of Xorg Server
If you have downloaded the optional patch, apply it by running the
following command:
patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-server-1.18.1-add_prime_support-1.patch
If you have downloaded the recommended patch, apply it by running
the following command:
patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-server-1.18.1-wayland_190-1.patch
Install the server by running the following commands:
./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
--enable-glamor \
--enable-install-setuid \
--enable-suid-wrapper \
--disable-systemd-logind \
--with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb &&
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
--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. It is also used by the modesetting driver (which
is part of this package) for hardware using KMS which offers
acceleration.
--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.
--disable-systemd-logind:
Do not build systemd-logind support, otherwise, an error (EE),
logged in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, occurs
when starting the X server. Systemd is not supported by BLFS.
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.
--enable-dmx: Build DMX (Distributed
Multihead X) server.
--enable-kdrive: this option allows the
configure script to
enable Xephyr if its dependencies are met.
Contents
Installed Programs:
cvt, gtf, X, Xnest, Xorg, and Xvfb;
optional: dmxaddinput, dmxaddscreen, dmxinfo, dmxreconfig,
dmxresize, dmxrminput, dmxrmscreen, dmxtodmx, dmxwininfo,
vdltodmx, Xdmx, xdmxconfig, Xephyr, and Xfbdev
Installed Libraries:
several under
$XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/{,drivers,extensions} including
modesetting_drv.so
Installed Directories:
$XORG_PREFIX/{include/xorg,lib/xorg,share/X11/xorg.conf.d}
and /var/lib/xkb
Short Descriptions
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cvt
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calculates VESA CVT mode lines.
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dmx*
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are various tools used for manipulating the dmx server.
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gtf
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calculates VESA GTF mode lines.
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vdltodmx
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is a tool used to convert VDL config files to DMX config
files.
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X
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is a symbolic link to Xorg.
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Xdmx
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is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers
as its display devices.
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Xephyr
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is a nested X server which supports modern X extensions.
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Xnest
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is a nested X server.
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Xorg
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is the X11R7 X Server.
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Xvfb
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is the virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11.
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xdmxconfig
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is a graphical configuration utility for the dmx server.
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modesetting_drv.so
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provides a video driver for machines using Kernel Mode
Setting (KMS). This will use glamor if that has been
enabled and the hardware offers acceleration.
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Last updated on 2016-02-22 14:52:02 -0800