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Hi drimades
From the /root/Desktop/xc/BUILD file :
Quote:
The monolithic tree also includes copies of some packages maintained outside
the X.Org project for convenience in building on machines that do not already
have them installed. These include FreeType 2, fontconfig, expat, xterm,
and zlib. For most uses however, it is recommended that you install the
latest version directly from the main distribution site, or use the packages
provided in your operating system, as they are more likely to be up to date
with the latest bug fixes and security patches. Depending on your platform,
use of the bundled versions may be enabled or disabled by default, check the
Imake configuration files for your platform in xc/config/cf to find out. To
override the defaults for your platform or to set the path to the installa-
tion location, see the instructions below on configuring the source via
xorgsite.def and host.def.
Read the entire file for other precisions.
BTW Why not compiling a more recent version, the last one is releases X11R7.2 ?
Before building the distribution, read through the OS-specific README file in
xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc that is relevant to you. Once you have
addressed the OS-specific details, go your build directory (either the xc
directory or the shadow tree created before) and run "make World" with the
BOOTSTRAPCFLAGS set as described in the OS-specific README (if necessary, but
most systems supported by X11R6.9 don't need BOOTSTRAPCFLAGS). It is advisable to redirect stdout and stderr to World.log so that you can track down
problems that might occur during the build.
Isn't there already Xorg binary packages for your Linux distro ?
/*
* Which drivers to build. When building a static server, each of these
* will be included in it. When building the loadable server each of these
* modules will be built.
*
define XF86CardDrivers mga glint nv tga s3virge sis rendition \
neomagic i740 tdfx savage \
cirrus vmware tseng trident chips apm \
GlideDriver fbdev i128 \
ati DevelDrivers ark cyrix \
siliconmotion \
vesa vga XF86OSCardDrivers XF86ExtraCardDrivers
*/
Sorry I don't understand what is your problem exactly, what you are trying to do, why you "need to compile it from source", and you didn't say the Linux distro you are using. Moreover I am not an Xorg expert, I just compiled it several times (at least the monolithic X11R.6.9.0 version).So...
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