Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 21:18:54 +0100 (MET) From: Arne Steinkamm <arne@Steinkamm.COM> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: arne@Steinkamm.COM (Arne Steinkamm) Subject: Roots Message-ID: <199611152018.VAA06532@oldman.steinkamm.com>
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Six years, six months... > Message-ID: <921104-21:55:22.831@localhost.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> > Newsgroups: comp.sources.x > Subject: v07i042: VGA X11 Server, Part00/08 > Date: 15 May 90 05:59:05 GMT > Posting-number: Volume 7, Issue 42 > Archive-name: vga > Submitted-by: Thomas Roell <roell@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> > > ----------------------------- Cut here ---------------------------------------- > There it is -- the X11 server of your sleepless nights! > > > FEATURES: > > - various resolutions (640x480, 720x540, 864x606) > - MouseSystems & MicroSoft Mouse support. > - shared libraries > - STREAMS connection (no TCP/IP neccessary!!) > - you need only 80MBytes diskspace for compiling (*smile*) > - it's free!!! > > > INSTALLATION: > > Quite simple, but when you use shared libraries (which are very space-saving!) > the normal strategie for building X11R4 fails. But anyway it's not so hard to > do: > It's assumed that you successfully installed all patches and are > now in the top directory (ex. /usr/local/X11/mit ). > > 1) make Makefile > 2) make Makefiles > 3) make includes > 4) cd lib > cp Imakefile.new Imakefile > make Makefile > cd .. > 5) make depend > 6) make > > Now all should go it's usual way. > > But why all this stuff for shard libs ? > > As you might know SYSV shared libraries are just static linked programs with > a special magic number. Therefor all references must bee resolved befor build > the library. This means if libb.a uses a symbol defined in liba.a, then liba.a > MUST be build before libb.a. Now in our case libXt.a depends upon libXext.a, > which normally will be build after all normal libraries in lib/. Therefore > libXext.a must be build after libX11.a and before libXt.a. > > Ok. -- here are two Imakefiles (Imakefile.old & Imakefile.new). Imakefile.old > is used first three steps, while Imakefile.new is used for real building X11R4. > > > If some of the above descibed steps failed, you should look in config/ix386.cf > to set the correct paths and flags. You could have done this before first > typeing 'make' -- but who reads the README file first ??? (nobody!!!!) > > > HINTS, TIPS & TRICKS: > > 1) After installing all X11 stuff you should use following litte script to > shrink you clients: > > for i in * > do > strip $i > mcs -d $i > done > > 2) You should execute 'chmod 755 xterm xload' in /usr/bin/X11. > > 3) Remove the 100dpi fonts. if you don't plan to use them. It saves some disk > space. > > > > NOTES: > > 1) To compile config/imake successfull you should edit config/Makefile.ini to > contain the statement 'BOOTSTRAPSCFLAGS = -Dix386 -DSYSV -DUSG' , then > go into config and type 'make -f Makefile.ini'. > > 2) There must be a directory called /dev/X !!!! > > 3) There must be a /dev/vtxx with no getty-process on it. (i.e an unallocated > virtual terminal ) > > 4) This is a quick & dirty port for VGA. I done it because I wanted X11 on my > 386box ( and not pay $750 for Interactives version!!). There are limits > on the server. All my experiances with this server caused me to write a > completely new one (not based upon ibm code). It will provide more modes > (Monochrom, 4,8,16,256 Colors), more flexibility -- short speaking: It > will bee much better. I gave away this version only because too many people > have asked for it now. When the new server is stable enought it will be > available immediately. But that won't be before autumn '90. > > 5) I tested the whole thing only with gcc!!! There may be problems with > normal cc. At least the server depends on gcc, because here I used inlines > in gcc syntax. > > 6) Compiling the server will require libdbm.a !!! You can obtain a public > available version of this library for GNU. This library is not standart in > SYS V/386. > > 7) There are minor bugs in server/ddx/ibm/vga. I got no time to fix them all, > so why don't you do that. > > 8) gcc has problems with indirect function calls. That may cause errors in > the libraries. But as far as I tested the clients there are no more bug's > (but who knows...). > > 9) xman: Here I personally use a special format (may not be standard on SYSV). > All manpages are located in /usr/man/cat*. As you should notice * stands for > 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,l,n -- the normal way of UNIX-life. But in that directries > all manpages are preformatted and (thats the important thing) compressed. > The normal extension is missing (and the '.Z', too!!!!) , so there all > 14 characters available for name of the function or command. > > 10) You are urged to send me all you suggestions, comments, bugfixes and > improvements. Let's create a better server than all these comercially > available ones!!! > > > TODO: > > 1) Currently there is only support for seriall mice. Let's add more models and > the variouse bus mice, too. > > 2) The library of available graphics modes (i.e. resolutions) is quite small. > > 3) There sould be a library of keyboard mappings for different countries > (german, frence, spain ....). Greetings .//. Arne -- Arne Steinkamm | Mail (MIME): Arne@Steinkamm.COM IRC: Arne Tel.: +49.89.299.756 | URL: http://WWW.Steinkamm.COM/ NIC-Handle: AS306 Robert-Koch-Str. 4 | "There's coffee in that nebula" D-80538 Muenchen | Cptn. Kathryn Janeway, ST:VOY - The Cloud
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