Author: dnicholson
Date: 2006-03-28 07:55:44 -0700 (Tue, 28 Mar 2006)
New Revision: 5764
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xfree86.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg7.xml
Log:
Make only TrueType fonts available to Fontconfig for X servers. Fix luit patch
name.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-03-28 14:38:47 UTC
(rev 5763)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-03-28 14:55:44 UTC
(rev 5764)
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
<para>March 28th, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[dnicholson] - Added commands to make only TrueType fonts
+ available to Fontconfig in Xorg-6.9.0, Xorg-7.0.0 and XFree86-4.5.0.
+ Fixed name of luit patch in Xorg-6.9.0.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[randy] - Updated to Firefox-1.5.0.1.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xfree86.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xfree86.xml 2006-03-28 14:38:47 UTC (rev 5763)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xfree86.xml 2006-03-28 14:55:44 UTC (rev 5764)
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
instruct <application>XFree86</application> to build them.</para>
</note>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+ <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/XFree86-&xfree86-version;'/></bridgehead>
+
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Download Instructions</bridgehead>
<para>There are several files that need to be fetched from the download
@@ -382,6 +385,18 @@
ln -v -sf ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
ln -v -sf ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen>
+ <para>The <application>XFree86</application> fonts have been installed
+ outside of <application>Fontconfig</application>'s default search path
+ of <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>. In order
+ for <application>Fontconfig</application> to find the installed TrueType
+ fonts, you should make symlinks to their directories. Assuming you've
+ installed <application>XFree86</application> in the default prefix, run
the
+ following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+ user:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF
/usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &&
+ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
/usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF</userinput></screen>
+
<para><application>XFree86</application> installs the
<application>XRender</application> and
<application>XExtensions</application> extension libraries but does not
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg.xml 2006-03-28 14:38:47 UTC (rev 5763)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg.xml 2006-03-28 14:55:44 UTC (rev 5764)
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+ <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg-&xorg-version;'/></bridgehead>
+
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Download Instructions</bridgehead>
<para>As an alternative to downloading the entire source tree in a single
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@
<filename>asm/types.h</filename>. Fix both issues with the following
commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../X11R&xorg-version;-luit_race-1.patch
&&
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-&xorg-version;-luit_race-1.patch
&&
sed -i "[EMAIL PROTECTED]/@*/\n#include <linux/types.h>\n@" \
programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_agp.c</userinput></screen>
@@ -373,6 +376,18 @@
ln -v -s ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
ln -v -s ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen>
+ <para>The <application>Xorg</application> fonts have been installed
+ outside of <application>Fontconfig</application>'s default search path
+ of <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>. In order
+ for <application>Fontconfig</application> to find the installed TrueType
+ fonts, you should make symlinks to their directories. Assuming you've
+ installed <application>Xorg</application> in the default prefix, run the
+ following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+ user:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF
/usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &&
+ln -svn /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
/usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF</userinput></screen>
+
</sect3>
</sect2>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg7.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg7.xml 2006-03-28 14:38:47 UTC (rev 5763)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg7.xml 2006-03-28 14:55:44 UTC (rev 5764)
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
- <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
- <ulink role="usernotes" url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg-7.0.0'/></para>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3" condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+ <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg-&xorg7-version;'/></bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Download and Installation
Instructions</bridgehead>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
and build options for individual <application>Xorg</application>
packages. The instructions assume that all packages have been built
from a particular group unless otherwise noted. A
- <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg-7.0.0";>
+ <ulink
url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg-&xorg7-version;";>
wiki</ulink> page containing dependency information, for users who wish
to cut down on the installed size of <application>Xorg</application>, is
under development. You are encouraged to add to these
@@ -464,6 +464,17 @@
<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
+ <para>When all of the fonts have been installed, the system must be
+ configured so that <application>Fontconfig</application> can find the
+ TrueType fonts since they are outside of the default search path of
+ <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>. Make symlinks
+ to the <application>Xorg</application> TrueType font directories by
+ running the following commands as the
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput role="root">ln -svn $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts/OTF
/usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF &&
+ln -svn $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
/usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF</userinput></screen>
+
<note>
<para>If you haven't done so, and intend to install
<application>luit</application>, do so now.</para>
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