Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:06:35 -0400 From: "Sung N. Cho" <sucho2@vt.edu> To: Ron Rosson <insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Preferred way of going to XFree86 4.1.0 Message-ID: <3B53818B.A47BA3E7@vt.edu> References: <20010716121206.B35206@lunatic.oneinsane.net>
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Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson wrote:
> Currently running 4.3-stable with Xfree86 3x and am seriously thinking
> about upgrading Xfree86 4.1.0. IS there any thing I have to watch out
> for?
>
> A recommeneded step by step.
>
> TAI
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I have been using XFree86-4.0.3 and now XFree86-4.1 since it came out on
FreeBSD
4.3. Here are the steps, I took for getting it to work properly.
1) Uninstall XFree86-3.3.x if you've installed it. (Actually, you don't
need to
uninstall it. It will just get over written!)
2) Install XFree86-4 either from /stand/sysinstall or by running "make
install"
from /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4
3) Now, once everything is installed, run the configuration as a super
user:
#XFree86 -configure
now, this would have created a config file "XF86Config.new" in /root.
Copy this
file to /etc/X11:
#cp /root/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config **** Note, I
excluded ".new"
*****
now, you still need to retouch XF86Config file specific to your system:
#ee /etc/X11/XF86Config
Here is the configuration for my system:
----------------------------------------------------------
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
# Load "glx"
Load "pex5"
Load "record"
Load "xie"
Load "type1" # I'm also loading type1 font!
Load "freetype" # I'm also loading freetype font!
AbiWord
complains if these don't get loaded!
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psm0" # Or, "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
if you
have moused running!
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
Option "accel" "True" # [<bool>] #
My option
#Option "crt_screen" # [<bool>]
#Option "composite_sync" # [<bool>]
Option "hw_cursor" "True" # [<bool>] #
My option
Option "linear" "Trued" #
[<bool>] # My
option
Option "mmio_cache" "True" # [<bool>] #
My option
#Option "probe_clocks" # [<bool>]
#Option "reference_clock" # <freq>
Option "shadow_fb" "True" #
[<bool>] # My
option
#Option "sw_cursor" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Mach64 LB"
ChipSet "ati"
ChipId 0x4c42
ChipRev 0xdc
VideoRam 8192 # This is extra I've added
(Video RAM =
8Meg)
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16 # This is added to run the 16bit
color
depth. You can use 24 or 32 also
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4) now, I wanna X to start automatically, so as a super user (root) do
these:
#ee /etc/rc.local
Here's how my rc.local file looks like:
---------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm # I'm running xdm. If you wanna kdm instead, then
replace
it with /usr/local/bin/kdm
--------------------------------------------------------
5) now, you have to change the mode for rc.local file you've just
created. Do
this:
#chown root:wheel /etc/rc.local # I'm making this a root owned
file
#chmod u+x /etc/rc.local # make this file executable
6) Now, you still need a little more. You need to create ".xsession"
file in
your home directory.
Sign on as a regular user and do this:
% ee $HOME/.xsession or ee ~/.xsession (either
works)
Here's how my .xsession file looks like:
----------------------------------------------------------
/usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce # I'm using xfce as my desktop. If KDE
preferred, then
/usr/local/bin/startkde
----------------------------------------------------------
7) now, you have to make ".xsession" executable. Do this as a regular
user:
% chmod u+x $HOME/.xsession
8) Now, you need to copy files into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm for X can
start. Do
this as a super user:
#rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm # It turns out
this
directory is empty!
# cp -Rp /etc/X11/xdm /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm
9) Now, Do this:
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm
# ee Xsetup_0
Here's how mine looks:
------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
# $Xorg: Xsetup_0,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $
# xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed
-exitOnFail
# I disabled it
# If you wanna have KDM login background, then add this:
/usr/local/bin/kdmdesktop
------------------------------------------------------------
10) Now do this:
# ee Xsession
Here's how my modified version looks:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
#
# $Xorg: Xsession,v 1.4 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $
#
#
#
#
# $XFree86: xc/programs/xdm/config/Xsession,v 1.3 2001/01/17 23:45:24
dawes Exp $
# redirect errors to a file in user's home directory if we can
for errfile in "$HOME/.xsession-errors" "${TMPDIR-/tmp}/xses-$USER"
"/tmp/xses-$USER"
do
if ( cp /dev/null "$errfile" 2> /dev/null )
then
chmod 600 "$errfile"
exec > "$errfile" 2>&1
break
fi
done
case $# in
1)
case $1 in
failsafe)
exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0
;;
xfce)
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce
;;
esac
esac
# The startup script is not intended to have arguments.
startup=$HOME/.xsession
resources=$HOME/.Xresources
if [ -s "$startup" ]; then
if [ -x "$startup" ]; then
exec "$startup"
else
exec /bin/sh "$startup"
fi
else
if [ -r "$resources" ]; then
xrdb -load "$resources"
fi
exec xsm # You can replace xsm by
say,
/usr/local/bin/startkde to start kde
# in this case, you
won't
even need .xsession in your home directory
fi
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE END
Reboot the computer. Or, if you wanna boot quickly, do this:
#shutdown now
then at the prompt, type
# return
You should be in X automatically.
I hope this helps.
Sung N. Cho,
Dept. of Physics,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.
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