> Ken Moffat wrote: >> Since we seem to be getting into discussing what to build in xorg, >> I'll throw in my tuppence worth. The following are all working for >> me on LFS-7.0, and I don't have an xorg.conf. > Good info, but I do think I'll need a xorg.conf file. I have two hi-res > monitors and a high end nvidia card and I think I need the proprietary > driver to get that working properly. > > Also I really don't want to install in /usr because it makes upgrades > while using a GUI much harder. > >> As before, I've reduced the xorg-apps, although there is probably >> still more here than really necessary - why bother building example >> apps just because in xorg-6.9 we had to build them ? Similarly, >> no core fonts (slight detrimental effect to xcalc, see the note). >> xcalc-1.0.3 >> NB omitting core fonts means that the sqrt key doesn't show the >> correct symbol. I used to build the adobe 75 or 100 dpi (according >> to screen size) and misc-misc fonts for some years, but I stopped >> bothering - I don't use square roots normally. > I like galculator because it supports RPN. > > Generally I build all the apps to just check for the book. I do use > xpdf because I can't cut/paste from kpdf. I probably need to look at > other options. I also use xeyes. Sometimes they are useful for finding > the mouse cursor. > >> I've long-since abandonned the old core fonts, as you can see from >> my reduced build. I've got a load of other fonts, but as far as the >> book is concerned I should mention the following - >> bitstream-vera-1.10 >> baekmuk-ttf-2.2 >> dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.33 >> firefly-1.3.0 >> freefont-ttf-20100919 > I do the bitstream, dejavu, and freefont packages too, but not the > others. I agree that we could drop the core fonts. > >> and perhaps it might also be worth mentioning >> ubuntu-font-family-sources_0.80.orig >> >> finally, a wm that will do until I've built gtk+-2 and icewm: >> >> fluxbox-1.3.2 > I test with twm, but then move to fluxbox or kde. > > -- Bruce Is it time to drop all of the legacy packages as a whole, or at least separate them? As far as testing the server is concerned, we can run X directly without a wm.
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