Having too much time on my hands, I'm trying building X from scratch, per:
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/JhBuildInstructions
I've added to the instructions for how to do it on Ubuntu 9.10.
(jhbuild required about 300MB of faff.) Obviously the world isn't
Ubuntu or even Linux, so notes
Hi,
I would like to build X from git, and I found[1], there is a script for
this[2] task, but is little bit outdated. Before digging into it myself, does
anybody have up-to-date script handy? Thanks.
1. http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/BuildingX
2. Section Quick and easy way to install a
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Petr Štetiar yn...@true.cz wrote:
Hi,
I would like to build X from git, and I found[1], there is a script for
this[2] task, but is little bit outdated. Before digging into it myself, does
anybody have up-to-date script handy? Thanks.
Well, I can't help with
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:51:17PM +0100, Petr Štetiar wrote:
Hi,
I would like to build X from git, and I found[1], there is a script for
this[2] task, but is little bit outdated. Before digging into it myself, does
anybody have up-to-date script handy? Thanks.
1.
build
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Adam Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 16:55 -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 13:52 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
You don't ask for the stipple though. It's the default.
My point was that if you want to avoid the vintage X appearance, you'd
likely start the X server with a
Adam == Adam Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Adam You say this as though taste wasn't a good reason.
Not everyone agrees, though, that the traditional pattern and cursor on
startup is less tasteful than your preference.
There is a reason that, when the black root was first added to XFree86,
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:40:19AM -0400, James Cloos wrote:
Adam == Adam Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Adam You say this as though taste wasn't a good reason.
Not everyone agrees, though, that the traditional pattern and cursor on
startup is less tasteful than your preference.
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 16:55 -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 13:52 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
You don't ask for the stipple though. It's the default.
My point was that if you want to avoid the vintage X appearance, you'd
likely start the X server with a black root window
Hi,
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:56:03AM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
Right then. -br is now the default. -retro gives you the old school
root window and cursor behavior.
I don't understand why you don't leave the default as it was. Sureley
the only situation where it is inconvenient to have to
Am 19.09.08, 17:34 -0700 schrieb Yan Seiner:
Keith Packard wrote:
Yes, I'm cool with the black root background; nicer looking, conforming
to the spec and everything.
As a X user and occasional embedded programmer, might I suggest
something with a pattern? Even if it's a X logo in
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 16:55 -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 13:52 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
You don't ask for the stipple though. It's the default.
My point was that if you want to avoid the vintage X appearance, you'd
likely start the X server with a black root window
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 05:34:31PM -0700, Yan Seiner wrote:
Keith Packard wrote:
Yes, I'm cool with the black root background; nicer looking, conforming
to the spec and everything.
As a X user and occasional embedded programmer, might I suggest
something with a pattern? Even if it's a X
Russell Shaw wrote:
I realized that without a window manager you get an ugly black cross cursor
which isn't real useful. X should've had a default arrow cursor.
IMHO, an arrow implies that it's pointing at something, i.e.
clicking a mouse button will have some effect related to whatever the
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 15:02 +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
I think it would be a good idea if there was a default cursor present if
nothing else.
At least when using the ugly grey stipple. If you're using -br, the
missing-cursor plan seems reasonable. Otherwise, it makes debugging X
server startup
Russell Shaw wrote:
Peter Hutterer wrote:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 01:46:21PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
I built X from git. I get a stippled background when X starts but the
mouse cursor is invisible. The mouse is working because i tested it
with xev. I built and installed in this order:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 04:44:51PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
I realized that without a window manager you get an ugly black cross cursor
which isn't real useful. X should've had a default arrow cursor.
X should've a lot of things.
Cheers,
Daniel
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On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 23:39 -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 15:02 +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
I think it would be a good idea if there was a default cursor present if
nothing else.
At least when using the ugly grey stipple. If you're using -br, the
missing-cursor plan
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 08:28 -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 09:45 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 23:39 -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 15:02 +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
I think it would be a good idea if there was a default cursor
Keith Packard wrote:
Yes, I'm cool with the black root background; nicer looking, conforming
to the spec and everything.
As a X user and occasional embedded programmer, might I suggest
something with a pattern? Even if it's a X logo in the center, or just
a shapeless blob, or a row and
Keith Packard wrote:
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 13:52 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
You don't ask for the stipple though. It's the default.
My point was that if you want to avoid the vintage X appearance, you'd
likely start the X server with a black root window instead of the ugly
stipple, and
Peter Hutterer wrote:
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 01:46:21PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
I built X from git. I get a stippled background when X starts but the
mouse cursor is invisible. The mouse is working because i tested it
with xev. I built and installed in this order:
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