XFree86-4.6.0

Xfree86 may have a problem with sys/kd.h installed with some recent versions of Glibc. This has recently been fixed in LFS SVN. Execute the following commands to work around a broken kd.h file. The grep command is to ensure the modification is only made if it is needed. Run these commands from within the xc folder:

grep "__undef_LINUX" \
    /usr/include/sys/kd.h 2>&1 > /dev/null || \
    sed -i.bak '/X.h/i #include <linux/types.h>' \
    programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_agp.c

When building XFree86, you should create a shadow directory of symbolic links for the compiled code. To do that, first make lndir. Starting from the xc directory:

make -C config/util -f Makefile.ini lndir

Now create the shadow tree:

mkdir ../xcbuild &&
cd ../xcbuild &&
../xc/config/util/lndir ../xc

Although XFree86 will compile without a host.def file, the following file is recommended for customizing the installation. Start from the xcbuild directory.

Note

The host.def file is a C file, not the usual configuration file. If you make any changes, be sure the comment characters (/* and */) are balanced. Most of the entries in the file below are commented out with the default settings shown.

cat > config/cf/host.def << "EOF"
/* Begin XFree86 host.def file */

/* This setting reduces compile time a little by omitting rarely used
 * input devices.  You can find the complete list in
 * config/cf/xfree86.cf *********************************************/

#define XInputDrivers                 mouse void

/* VIDEO DRIVERS ****************************************************
 * If you are sure you only want the drivers for one or a few video
 * cards, you can delete the drivers you do not want. ***************/

#define XF86CardDrivers  mga glint nv tga s3 s3virge sis rendition \
                         neomagic i740 tdfx savage \
                         cirrus vmware tseng trident chips apm \
                         GlideDriver fbdev i128 nsc \
                         ati i810 DevelDrivers ark \
                         cyrix siliconmotion \
                         v4l vesa vga \
                         dummy XF86OSCardDrivers XF86ExtraCardDrivers

/* These settings ensure we use our libraries ************************/
#define HasFreetype2             YES
#define HasFontconfig            YES
#define HasExpat                 YES
#define HasLibpng                YES
#define HasZlib                  YES

/* Uncomment the following define if you'd like
 * xdm to use Linux-PAM
#define HasPam                  YES
 */

/* GENERAL SETTINGS */

#define SystemManDirectory        /usr/share/man
#define DocDir                    /usr/share/doc/xfree86-4.6.0

/* Installation prefix. The default is to install into /usr/X11R6. If you
 * would like to install into /usr, uncomment these options. */

/* #define ProjectRoot            /usr */
/* #define LinkGLToUsrLib         NO   */
/* #define LinkGLToUsrInclude     NO   */

/* End XFree86 host.def file */
EOF

Edit the file for your hardware and desires. You can find more options by reading the other files in xc/config/cf and on the wiki. http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/XFree86-4.6.0

Install XFree86 by running the following commands:

sed -i 's:^.*asm.*$:# define PAGE_MASK   (~(getpagesize() - 1)):' \
    ../xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.c &&
sed -i -e "s@^#include <linux/config.h>@/* & */@" \
    `grep -lr linux/config.h ../xc` &&
( make World 2>&1 | tee xfree-compile.log && exit $PIPESTATUS )

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install &&
make install.man

If you installed XFree86 into the default prefix, /usr/X11R6, make these symlinks to work around some applications which look for things in the wrong place. As root:

ln -v -s ../X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11 &&
ln -v -s ../X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
ln -v -s ../X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11

The XFree86 fonts have been installed outside of Fontconfig's default search path of /usr/share/fonts. In order for Fontconfig to find the installed TrueType fonts, you should make symlinks to their directories. If you installed XFree86 with the prefix /usr, omit /X11R6 from the following commands. As root:

install -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts &&
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

XFree86 installs the XRender and XExtensions extension libraries but does not install the corresponding pkg-config files. Create the files with these commands. If you installed XFree86 with the prefix /usr, omit /X11R6 from the paths. As root:

cat > /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc << "EOF"
prefix=/usr/X11R6
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
includedir=${prefix}/include

Name: Xrender
Description: X Render Library
Version: 0.8.3
Cflags: -I${includedir} -I/usr/X11R6/include
Libs: -L${libdir} -lXrender  -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11

EOF

cat > /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xextensions.pc << "EOF"
prefix=/usr/X11R6
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
includedir=${prefix}/include

Name: XExtensions
Description: Sundry X extension headers
Version: 1.0.1
Cflags: -I${includedir}

EOF

You should now continue on to the X Window System Components section to complete the configuration of XFree86.