Author: dj
Date: 2009-08-25 17:10:36 -0600 (Tue, 25 Aug 2009)
New Revision: 7985
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-setup.xml
Log:
Corrected text issues for #2811
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-setup.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-setup.xml 2009-08-25 06:47:37 UTC (rev 7984)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-setup.xml 2009-08-25 23:10:36 UTC (rev 7985)
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
in the original location with the commands as the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
-<screen role="root"><userinput>for file in
$XORG_PREFIX/{lib/X11/xinit,share/X11/{app-defaults,twm,xkb}}
+<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -p /etc/X11 &&
+for file in $XORG_PREFIX/{lib/X11/xinit,share/X11/{app-defaults,twm,xkb}}
do
mv -v $file /etc/X11/ 2> /dev/null &&
ln -v -s /etc/X11/$(basename $file) $file
@@ -70,26 +71,6 @@
<sect2 role="configuration" id='xconfig'>
<title>Configuring The X Window System</title>
- <para>If you've installed the X Window System in any prefix other than
- <filename>/usr</filename>, become the <systemitem
- class="username">root</systemitem> user and update the library linker's
- cache by adding <filename class='directory'>/usr/X11R6/lib</filename>
- to <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and running
- <command>ldconfig</command>.</para>
-
- <para>Additionally, while still the <systemitem
- class="username">root</systemitem> user, ensure
- <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/bin</filename> and
- <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig</filename> are added
- to the <envar>PATH</envar> and <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar>
- environment variables, respectively. Instructions for doing this are
- described in the section <xref linkend="postlfs-config-profile"/>.</para>
-
- <para>Ensure you replace
- <filename class="directory">/usr/X11R6</filename> with
- <envar>$XORG_PREFIX</envar> in the previous two paragraphs if you did not
- create the compatibility symlink in the previous step.</para>
-
<para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
create a basic X Window System configuration file with the following
command:</para>
@@ -105,6 +86,7 @@
monitor. This command will create a file,
<filename>xorg.conf.new</filename>, in your home directory.</para>
+<!--
<para>Recent versions of <application>xorg-server</application> force the
use of the evdev input driver, and ignore legacy input devices defined in
<filename>xorg.conf</filename>. This will result in an X display that
@@ -118,6 +100,7 @@
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
EndSection
EOF</userinput></screen>
+-->
<para>Edit the newly created configuration file to suit your system. The
details of the files are located in the <filename>xorg.conf.5x</filename>
@@ -126,8 +109,8 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Section "Files". Change the order of the font paths searched.
- You may want to put 100dpi fonts ahead of 75dpi fonts if your system
- normally comes up closer to 100 dots per inch. You may want to remove
+ You may want to put 75dpi fonts ahead of 100dpi fonts if your system
+ normally comes up closer to 75 dots per inch. You may want to remove
some font directories completely.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -167,11 +150,10 @@
a look at <filename>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</filename> to see what went
wrong.</para>
- <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create
- the configuration directory and move the configuration file to the new
- directory:</para>
+ <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, move the
+ configuration file to the new directory:</para>
-<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D ~/xorg.conf.new
/etc/X11/xorg.conf</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 ~/xorg.conf.new
/etc/X11/xorg.conf</userinput></screen>
<para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create
<filename>.xinitrc</filename>:</para>
@@ -471,11 +453,7 @@
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/";>DejaVu
fonts</ulink>
- These fonts are replacements for the Bitstream Vera fonts and
- provide Latin-based scripts with accents and Cyrillic glyphs.
- The DejaVu fonts by are not aliased to the generic family names
- by default, so <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename> will
- have to be edited for it to be recognized by the generic names such
- as "Sans". This will be described below.</para>
+ provide Latin-based scripts with accents and Cyrillic glyphs.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
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