> So, I've never built anything before and I'm really going to need some
> help with this. I checked out the xc module and read over the INSTALL
> document but I thought I would ask for some help on the list as well.
> Can anyone give me some advice on how to proceed here?
I'm going to try to start a X Newbie FAQ this weekend. here's the bits
relevant to what you're asking at the moment:
here's the basics of how to edit the site.def file:
1. it's C pre-parser statements, which means it's rather
non-intutive for a
lot of us.
1a. /* */ encloses comments
1b. # signs go in front of pre-parser directives.
2. so just move the /* */ marks so they don't go around
options that you
want to change.
here's the basics of how to install X to a non-default location, so that it
doesn't mess up an existing installation:
1. edit site.def file in the CVS tree; tell it to install to
/usr/local/X11R6
instead of /usr/X11R6. i.e. read the INSTALL-X.org file, then uncomment &
edit this section:
#ifndef ProjectRoot
#define ProjectRoot /usr/local/X11R6
#endif
2. make & install X ('make World >& world.log' then su to root and 'make
install')
3. edit /etc/ld.so.conf, and change the path to X, to be
/usr/local/X11R6/<whatever>
4. change the symlink in /etc/X11/X to point to /usr/local/X11R6/bin/XFree86
(XFree86 is SUID root in my CVS-installed version)
5. edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and change the library paths in
there
to point to /usr/local/X11R6
if you have problems, just do 'startx 2>x.log', and take a look at x.log
(it'll be a bit more readable than /var/log/XFree86.0.log). see what's
getting loaded from where.
> Which pieces of the XFree tree do I need to build?
only option is 'all of it'.
> For example, can I
> just build the server that includes the i830 driver support and use that
> with the rest of my 4.1 distro or do I need to rebuild everything and
> reinstall?
gotta rebuild it all. :( unfortunately it's not like the linux
kernel, where you just decide which bits you want to build.
Carl Soderstrom
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