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  • From: "Andrew \"ruskie\" Levstik" <ruskie AT mages.ath.cx>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] xorg-modular...
  • Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:44:58 +0100

Robin Cook wrote :

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>
> Looks like will need the /usr/X11 and /usr/X11R6 links as have been
> checking some spells and many are checking for one or the other.
>
> CuZnDragon
> Robin Cook
>
> On Sat, 2005-12-24 at 19:56 +0100, Andrew "ruskie" Levstik wrote:
> > Robin Cook wrote :
> >
> > > PGP verify signed message
> > > gpg: Signature made sob 24 dec 2005 19:42:30 CET using RSA key ID
> > > E68725E6
> > > gpg: Good signature from "Robin Cook (CuZnDragon) <rcook AT wyrms.net>"
> > > gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
> > > gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the
> owner.
> > > Primary key fingerprint: 26EC 4C52 AB46 FB53 0D6F 8762 4474 288D E687
> 25E6
> > > PGP verification success
> > >
> > >
> > > Okay, I have the xog-modular install and running here. I am sure there
> > > are some depends that I have missed. I have created profile spells to
> > > cast the section for all but the xorg-xserver ,xorg-doc, and xorg_extras
> > > sections. The build order that is on the web site is xorg-util,
> > > xorg-proto, xorg-libs, xorg-server, xorg-app, xorg-data, xorg-font.
> > > There will be spells form later sections that will cast with earlier
> > > sections because of dependencies but that is the order for the most of
> > > the sections.
> > >
> > > Some notes:
> > >
> > > Files are no longer installed in /usr/X11R6.
> > > All files are in these directories:
> > > /usr/include/X11 - all header files (mainly the xorg-proto section)
> > > /usr/lib - the xorg-libs install mainly here
> > > /usr/lib/X11 - the xorg-apps install mainly here
> > > /usr/lib/xorg - the xorg-drivers install here
> > > /usr/share/X11 - app-defaults and some files from libx11. rgb, and xman
> > > xorg-server installs across all of them.
> > >
> > > Because of this you will need to change the paths in your xorg.conf.
> > > Also I had to change my mouse protocol from auto to imps/2 as the scroll
> > > wheel stopped working when it was auto.
> > >
> > > All the directories that were in /etc/X11 are now in /usr/lib/X11 except
> > > for app-defaults which is now in /usr/share/X11. Not sure if these will
> > > need symlinks for other spells to work or not. (app-defaults, fs,
> > > libproxy, proxymngr, rstart, xdm, xinit, xsm)
> > >
> > > I have not added any symlinks to the spells yet. I have three symlinks
> > > I manually created but not sure if the are actually needed. /usr/X11
> > > -> /usr, /usr/X11R6 -> /usr, /etc/X11/xkb -> /usr/lib/X11/xkb
> > >
> > > Also a CONFLICTS file probably needs to be added to all the xorg-modular
> > > spells with all the other xfree and xorg spells in it.
> > >
> > > xkeyboard-config is recommended over xkbdata, as xkbdata is no longer
> > > maintained. They will me switching to xkeyboard-config on the next
> > > releases.
> > >
> > > There is a custom mesalib spell in the xorg-util section as xorg-modular
> > > no longer has it integrated into it.
> > >
> > > I have a custom nvidia_driver and nvidia_header spells that will need to
> > > be integrate once xorg-modular is put into the devel grimoire.
> > >
> > > Other spells that I know need to be tested, but I haven't had a chance
> > > to yet:
> > > nas
> > > xaw3d
> > > lesstif
> > > artwiz-fonts
> > > gv
> > > groff
> > > xscrabble
> > > xscreensaver
> > >
> > > CuZnDragon
> > > Robin Cook
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> > I'll try getting this installed on my laptop without any X available to
> > see how it goes...
> >
>
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That might only be needed during the transition...

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