Re: XDM configuration

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

Hi Mark,

> I've been reading your howto again (also because I want to
> tweak more on my system now, like the arts deamon, and
> I've installed gdm, which looks great on Gentoo b.t.w. :-),
> here are my findings:

first a question :-)
you were reading the stable version of the howto, right ?-)
(
 haven't i asked you to check the unstable one :-)

http://varna.demon.co.uk/~svetlio/ruby-contrib/how-to/XFree_local_multi-user-HOWTO/
)

> 
> In section 1.1:
> 	kernel 2.4 & 2.5 patches are mentioned, perhaps you can add 
> 	reference to 2.6 patches as well?
>

i think i already did , but you probably see both 2.5 & 2.6 (in wich case i
refer to ruby-2.6)
i probably have to remove all 2.5 stuff, but 2.6 is not yet official 

> In section 4.4.:
> 	Under Backstreet Ruby, each console is represented by 8 tty's:
> 		VGA: tty0 to tty7
> 		DUMB1: tty8 to tty15
> 		DUMB2: tty16 to tty23
> 
> I think this is outdated, if I understand correctly, it should now
> read:
> 		current console: tty0
> 		VGA: tty0 to tty16
> 		DUMB0: tty17
> 		DUMB1: tty18
> 		etc.
> 
> (at least on my 2.6 system I'm using tty7 & tty17 as consoles)
> 

i think it's done, but i might have missed smth -- please recheck 
(the unstable howto -- link above)


> In section 6.1 you can add:
> 
> 	Gentoo uses:
> 		/etc/X11/XF86Config

> And in section 6.2:
> 
> 	Gentoo uses:
> 		/etc/X11/XF86Config

i'll add only these, cause i mention only differencies :-)

> I'll get back to you when I've got my artsd & input agent running ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> > > Modified X server binary for Gentoo (based on 4.3.0-r2 package)
> > > can be found here (2Mb):
> > > http://hoth.xs4all.nl/~hurenkam/linuxconsole/XFree86-prefid
> >
> > this could probably go to Aivils web site :-)
> > + available to those that haven't read the howto
> > + available from 5 mirrors (in Latvia,Germany, UK ,USA
> >
> > please send me also Gentoo version, gcc & glibc version
> > and i'll write to Aivils or you can also write him
> I'm running Gentoo-1.4rc1, but I keep it up-to-date, which
> means it's comparable to what you can download/install
> right now.
> 
> gcc version 3.2.3 (Gentoo package gcc-3.2.3-r1)
> glibc version 2.3.2 (Gentoo package glibc-2.3.2-r2)
> 
> > > I also created a package (62Mb), but haven't tested it, I just
> > > took the binary before I packaged it:
> > > http://hoth.xs4all.nl/~hurenkam/linuxconsole/xfree-4.3.0-r2.tbz2
> > >
> > > Beware, I have a slow uplink (~15kb/s), so if I can put it elsewhere
> > > that would be nice :-)
> >
> > it's a source right?
> > i was afraid of that( that was the only thing that poped in my head when
> > you mentioned gentoo)
> > the problem is that i also don't have much web space and it's not a very
> > fast link :(
> No, it is not source, it's a binary package (like normal .rpm), but
> packaged
> for Gentoo ebuild system.
> If I have some time to play around, I'll see if I can get a modified
> ebuild
> script put together so that people can build their own XFree using the
> gentoo ebuild command. (That's a rather new area for me, so it may
> take a while before I figure it out :-( )
> 
> > have you worked with rpm? can't you prepare a package similar to my
> XFree
> > source rpm's
> > my src rpms look like:
> > - we need a compiled XFree tree in the rpm build directory
> > - we link the XF tree to a new durectory (lndir -silent -ignorelinks)
> > - patch the new directory, cd to xc/programs/Xserver && make
> > - then install only the additional modified binary
> Sounds pretty much like what I did on my Gentoo system... :-)
> 
> > do you think you can make similar package under gentoo?
> I'll try the ebuild first (that's gentoo native after all :-), if I can't
> get 
> it to work, I'll try the rpm approach (which is just as new to me :-( ).

thanks for your help :-)

svetljo

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