How to build entirety of Xorg 7.4 from source

[Florian Lier]

Hey
>
> You hints are excellent. I will try themout over the
> next few days. And yes, I am building from scratch!
> BTW, what do you mean by bleeding edge X?
> I have no idea what features/modules/components
> would constitute a bleeding edge X.

*Bleeding edge* is a term that refers to technology 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology> that is so new (and thus, 
presumably, not perfected) that the user is required to risk reductions 
in stability and productivity in order to use it^[1] 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding_edge#cite_note-0> . It also 
refers to the tendency of the latest technology to be extremely 
expensive. [wikipedia]


I guess Xi2.0 is such a module :)

cheers, fl0

>
> Cheers,
>
> JD
>
> Florian Lier wrote:
>> hey jd,
>>
>> No problem....
>> I guess "the rt2860 wifi mini-pci" driver won't be affected by 
>> building a xserver ^^
>>
>> "ATI Mobility Radeon 9600"  I guess the latest driver from the git 
>> works fine (but
>> you better ask here or google first)
>>
>> "How do you suggest I install 7.4 (once I build it) - I mean
>> do I first uninstall my existing X (on which so many packages
>> depend), and then install 7.4?"
>>
>> You don't need to replace or uninstall your "old" xserver,
>> as you might have noticed the script builds the server
>> here: PREFIX="/opt/gfx-test" which means you can
>> start the sever like that:
>>
>>
>>   1.
>>
>>       rmmod i915 /# assuming you're using Intel/
>>
>>   2.
>>
>>       rmmod drm
>>
>>   3.
>>
>>       insmod /<path_to_drm_tree_above>//linux-core/drm.ko
>>
>>   4.
>>
>>       insmod /<path_to_drm_tree_above>//linux-core/i915.ko
>>
>>   5.
>>
>>       export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gfx-test/lib
>>
>>   6.
>>
>>       startx -- /opt/gfx-test/bin/Xorg -verbose /# make sure you have
>>       a ~/.xinitrc with what you want to run/
>>
>>
>> If the server works fine you can set the new xorg stack as your 
>> default x-server. I won't recommend you
>> setting a "bleeding edge" X as default (btw, it won't startup atm 
>> have a look @ xorg tinderbox).
>> I don't know that much about Fedora, but I installed FC10 lately from 
>> a live cd which works fine for me...
>> Do you want to compile it from scratch?
>>
>> Cheers, Florian
>>
>>
>>
>> JD wrote:
>>> Hi Florian,
>>> and thank you very much for your response.
>>> I have a Fedora FC7 notebook.  with 2 cruicial drivers
>>> that I had struggled a lot to make  them work; namely,
>>> the rt2860 wifi mini-pci card from Ralink Technology, and
>>> the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600.
>>> The modification that have been made to these drivers in
>>> their latest incarnations, do not work for me.
>>>
>>> How do you suggest I install 7.4 (once I build it) - I mean
>>> do I first uninstall my existing X (on which so many packages
>>> depend), and then install 7.4? I am afraid that the dependencies
>>> will be broken, and many if not most graphical packages
>>> will stop working.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> JD
>>>
>>>
>>> Florian Lier wrote:
>>>> Hey JD,
>>>>
>>>> there's a little script on the Xorg / git development site.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/git
>>>>
>>>> You can copy and paste the script into a myxorgscript.sh (chmod +x 
>>>> it )
>>>> You can start building X like that (in console): sh myxorgscript 
>>>> init | build | update
>>>>
>>>> Depending on what distri you're using you'll need a bunch of 
>>>> dependencies.
>>>> If you're on Ubuntu I can help you out...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> DEPS="\autoconf automake xserver-xorg-dev libdrm-dev 
>>>> build-essential libxxf86vm-dev libxdamage-dev libxfixes-dev 
>>>> libxfixes3 expat libexpat-dev libtool autobook \
>>>> libxinerama1 libxinerama-dev libxkbfile-dev libxkbfile1 openssl 
>>>> libssl-dev xkbsel x11-xkb-utils libxfont1 libxfont-dev git-core 
>>>> gawk libxt-dev \
>>>> xdebconfigurator autoconf-doc libhal-dev libdbus-1-dev 
>>>> libxcomposite-dev libpng12-dev libsm-dev libxrandr-dev \
>>>> libxdamage-dev libxinerama-dev libstartup-notification0-dev 
>>>> libgconf2-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libmetacity-dev 
>>>> librsvg2-dev libdbus-1-dev \
>>>> libdbus-glib-1-dev libgnome-desktop-dev 
>>>> libgnome-window-settings-dev gitweb curl intltool libxslt1-dev 
>>>> xsltproc libwnck-dev python-dev libX11-xcb-dev \
>>>> pyrex-mode python-pyrex x11proto-scrnsaver-dev libxss-dev 
>>>> libprotobuf0 libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler gperf xmlto 
>>>> libglut3-dev freeglut3-dev \
>>>> freeglut-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (this is if you want to build compiz too)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>> cheers florian
>>>>
>>>> JD wrote:
>>>>> Dear Developers of Xorg
>>>>>
>>>>> I wanted to build the entirety of X 7.4 frm source, but when
>>>>> I saw that it is made up of individual tarballs, I decided to
>>>>> write and ask if there is a single tarball of everything,
>>>>> with a top level configure ...etc to build the whole thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> I searched the FAQ for a "how to build X" or just "how to build"
>>>>> but came up empty.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanx for any info to show how to build the whole 7.4 X system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> JD
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> xorg mailing list
>>>>> xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
>>>>> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>
>>>
>>

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