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Compiling xorg-server-1.7.4 from source / build fails

I'm trying to compile xorg-server-1.7.4 from source, but it's throwing this error:

Code:

glxdri.c: In function '__glXDRIscreenProbe':

glxdri.c:993: error: 'XF86DRI_MAJOR_VERSION' undeclared (first use in this function)

glxdri.c:993: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once

glxdri.c:993: error: for each function it appears in.)

glxdri.c:994: error: 'XF86DRI_MINOR_VERSION' undeclared (first use in this function)

glxdri.c:995: error: 'XF86DRI_PATCH_VERSION' undeclared (first use in this function)

make[1]: *** [glxdri.lo] Error 1

I have installed or compiled all the dependencies for it already, and the configure script runs successfully...

Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong ?

Some one of your dependencies is missing/wrong version. The actual error is higher up the output. You need the very first error. There is parallel development in things like libdrm, mesa, video drivers and a few other obscure libs (pixman?) that requires later versions than you might have.
Try
1. find out what glxdri.c is part of &
2. run ldd on your present version

Thanks, I'll try that...

Ok, here's the first error:

Code:

glxdri.c:46:34: error: X11/dri/xf86driproto.h: No such file or directory

Quite self-explaining. I suppose I have to find which package/dependency installs that file...

Hi,

You miss xf86driproto.
Take a look here for the prerequisites (protos and libraries) needed for compiling xorg-server

Regards

Ok, I found the file inside the xf86driproto package's install dir. (I have version 2.1.1)

I've noticed this line in xorg-server's config.log file:

Code:

pkg_cv_DRIPROTO_CFLAGS='-I/[...path...]/xf86driproto_bin/include/X11/dri '

This was being generated from a pkg-config pc file, xf86driproto.pc, which was also in that install dir (specified earlier by --prefix for that package's configure script), inside lib/pkgconfig.

I changed this line:

Code:

Cflags: -I${includedir}/X11/dri

To this:

Code:

Cflags: -I${includedir}/X11/dri -I${includedir}

Because the file in xorg-server was being included with the X11/dri path prefix, it would work if it started looking from the base of xf86driproto's installed include dir.

I ran configure again, and now make can build that file (glxdri.o) successfully. :)

(although it failed at the next file right after that, not finding "pciaccess.h". I have that file installed however, and it's in another package, so I think the solution is going to be the same for that too.)

Thanks for your help, business_kid, bathory.