Xorg-Server-21.1.7
Introduction to Xorg Server
The Xorg Server is the core of the
X Window system.
Note
Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages
properly if dependencies have been updated since the most recent
stable versions of the book.
Package Information
Xorg Server Dependencies
Required
libxcvt-0.1.2, Pixman-0.42.2,
Xorg
Fonts (only font-util), and at runtime: xkeyboard-config-2.38
Recommended
elogind-246.10, libepoxy-1.5.10
(needed for glamor), libtirpc-1.3.3, and Polkit-122 (runtime)
Optional
acpid-2.0.34 (runtime), Doxygen-1.9.6
(to build API documentation), fop-2.8 (to build
documentation), libunwind-1.6.2, Nettle-3.8.1,
libgcrypt-1.10.1, xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.1, xcb-util-image-0.4.1, xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.10,
xcb-util-wm-0.4.2 (all four to build
Xephyr), xmlto-0.0.28 (to build documentation), xkeyboard-config-2.38 (for tests),
rendercheck
(for tests), and xorg-sgml-doctools
(to build documentation)
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg7Server
Installation of Xorg Server
Install the server by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
--localstatedir=/var \
-Dsuid_wrapper=true \
-Dxkb_output_dir=/var/lib/xkb &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja
test. You will need to run ldconfig as the root
user first or some tests may fail.
Now as the root
user:
ninja 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
-Dsuid_wrapper=true
: Builds
the suid-root wrapper for legacy driver support on rootless xserver
systems.
-Dsystemd_logind=false
: This switch
disables elogind integration, allowing
Xorg Server to work without having the PAM module configured.
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.
-Dxephyr=true
: This option allows
building Xephyr if its dependencies are met.
Contents
Installed Programs:
gtf, X, Xnest, Xorg, Xvfb, and optionally
Xephyr
Installed Libraries:
several under
$XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/ including the modesetting_drv.so
driver
Installed Directories:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d,
$XORG_PREFIX/include/xorg, $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg, and
$XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
Short Descriptions
gtf
|
calculates VESA GTF mode lines
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X
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is a symbolic link to Xorg
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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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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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