Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.2

Chapter 24. Graphical Environments

Xorg-Server-21.1.4

Introduction to Xorg Server

The Xorg Server is the core of the X Window system.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.2 platform.

Package Information

Xorg Server Dependencies

Required

libxcvt-0.1.2, Pixman-0.40.0, Xorg Fonts (only font-util), and at runtime: xkeyboard-config-2.36

Recommended

libepoxy-1.5.10 (needed for glamor), libtirpc-1.3.3, and Systemd-251

Optional

acpid-2.0.33 (runtime), Doxygen-1.9.4 (to build API documentation), fop-2.7 (to build documentation), libunwind-1.6.2, Nettle-3.8.1, libgcrypt-1.10.1, xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.0, xcb-util-image-0.4.0, xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9, xcb-util-wm-0.4.1 (all four to build Xephyr), xmlto-0.0.28 (to build documentation), rendercheck (for tests), and xorg-sgml-doctools (to build documentation)

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg7Server

Installation of Xorg Server

Install the server by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
      --localstatedir=/var  \
      -Dsuid_wrapper=true   \
      -Dxkb_output_dir=/var/lib/xkb &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. You will need to run ldconfig as the root user first or some tests may fail.

Now as the root user: 

ninja install &&
mkdir -pv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

Command Explanations

-Dsuid_wrapper=true: Builds the suid-root wrapper for legacy driver support on rootless xserver systems.

-Dsystemd_logind=false: This switch disables systemd-logind integration, allowing Xorg Server to work without having the systemd PAM module configured.

-Dxephyr=true: This option allows building Xephyr if its dependencies are met.

Contents

Installed Programs: gtf, X, Xnest, Xorg, Xvfb, and optionally Xephyr
Installed Libraries: several under $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg/modules/ including the modesetting_drv.so driver
Installed Directories: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, $XORG_PREFIX/include/xorg, $XORG_PREFIX/lib/xorg, and $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xorg.conf.d

Short Descriptions

gtf

calculates VESA GTF mode lines

X

is a symbolic link to Xorg

Xephyr

is a nested X server which supports modern X extensions

Xnest

is a nested X server

Xorg

is the X11R7 X Server

Xvfb

is the virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11

modesetting_drv.so

provides a video driver for machines using Kernel Mode Setting (KMS). This will use glamor if that has been enabled and the hardware offers acceleration