DJ Lucas wrote: > I just updated the wget files in SVN. Bruce, I think I recall you > mentioning this the other day. Are you wanting to do the update? If not, > I don't mind doing it, but I really do want somebody else to go through > it as I fear it is getting kind of stale.
If you do it, I'll review it. > Specifically, the > configuration section is completely out of date. I made a weak attempt > to replace it with a single page about a year ago I'd guess, but things > like 'X -configure' simply do not work any longer on newer hardware, > whereas a simple 'startx' almost always does. > > Other notes: > > LLVM will need to be added to the book for Mesa (Andy posted a nice > build script the other day that links everything dynamic for 2.9, but > 3.0 fails to build for me). > > I did a full installation, including all of the legacy apps and bitmap > fonts, with all deps in place (except for OpenVG). In addition to the > wget files, I have the following related packages: > > fontconfig-2.8.0 > freetype-2.4.8 > libatomic_ops-1.2 > libdrm-2.4.27 > libpthread_stubs-0.3 > libXau-1.0.6 > libxcb-1.7 > libXdmcp-1.1.0 > llvm-2.9 > makedepend-1.0.3 > MesaLib-7.11.2 - old patch for xdemos works, but need to add '-lX11 > -lm' to the compiler command (in patch) > talloc-2.0.7 > util-macros-1.15.0 > xcb-proto-1.6 > xcursor-themes-1.0.3 > xkeyboard-config-2.0 > xorg-server-1.11.2 > xterm-276 > > cairo has --enable-gl in the default configuration, which doesn't work > on the first build. A note should be added about the reciprocal > dependency for Mesa and recommendation made to rebuild with the > additional options after completion of Xorg, and that switch removed > from the default configure flags. > > I removed xf86-input-mouse, xf86-input-keyboard, and > xf86-input-synaptics (xf86-input-evdev covers just about everything on > modern Linux hosts). > > Need to add notes about newer hardware, etc. I appreciate it. I'd rather review what you put together than try to learn it all anew. One thing to note is that I use the proprietary Nvidia driver because of my monitor setup. IIRC, that means not using Mesa as it conflicts with that driver. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
