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Topic: XFree86.dsl, How i created

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henk1955

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Posted: Dec. 17 2004,09:08

i have made a XFree86.dsl. it is very easy, but you need some experience in dsl making.

1. download http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian....386.deb to /home/dsl ( it is the debian-testing XFre86)
2. mkdir tmp
3. dpkg --extract xserver*.deb tmp/
5. delete cd tmp/usr/share ( no need to keep the docs :-) )
6. set the SUID bit on usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
7. create a XFree86.dsl from usr ( how to create a good dsl can be found elseware in the forums)

so far the creation of the executable and libraries.

9. create a /etc/X11X/F86Config file ( this is the hard part, but examples are all over the internet, i will put some on my website)
10. load the XFree86.dsl
11. change /home/dsl/.xserverrc to: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -nolisten tcp

12. exit the windowmanager
14. now you are back at the bash prompt. type: exit
15. now you should be running your windowmanager in XFree86

this does NOT remove the DSL KDrive ( the small XServer)
if the XFree86 wont start, you can type: xsetup.sh to get the DSL-X back.
then try to correct the error in XF86Config

i use this XFree86.dsl on:
Dell Latitude C640 (ATI Radeon Mobility 7500)
Dell GX260 ( onboard video i810)
ASUS P4P800-VM ( onboard video i810)

the display is much faster and it allows to adjust the monitor refresh rate.

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ico2

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Posted: Dec. 17 2004,11:24

cooooooooooooooool, xfree86 is going to be very useful to people who do not like kdrive

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cbagger01

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Posted: Dec. 17 2004,13:26

Sounds like a good candidate for addition to the official repository.

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Posted: Dec. 17 2004,21:32

Any idea if the nvidia drivers can be added / created as a seperate .dsl, from a live CD? (I don't have a HDD install running at the moment)

ie. use XFree86.dsl and a tar.gz containing one version of
/etc/X11X/F86Config
/home/dsl/.xserverrc
for a "stock standard" 2D svga (or two tar.gz's, one for 800x600, one for 1024x768, etc)

OR
use XFree86.dsl AND nvidia.dsl plus an nvidia800.tar.gz, nvidia1024.tar.gz, etc., for machines with nvidia 3d?

I assume(!) there's a similar system for radeon stuff?

PS. Roughly how big is the XFree86.dsl package?

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Posted: Dec. 17 2004,23:28

Hmm, I've tried searching the forum, but can't find how to make a dsl in a way that the destination directory is different from the origin one - ie., we are packaging the contents of /home/dsl/tmp so when they are extracted they end up at /
Any quick tips on how to make the file list to achieve this?

PS. to those, like myself, who are unsure how to "set the SUID bit on usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86":
The "Set User ID" or SUID bit can be set as follows : chmod u+s <filename>

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