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From: arne@oldman.steinkamm.com (Arne Steinkamm)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers,de.alt.folklore.computer,de.comp.os.unix,de.comp.x11
Subject: Roots
Date: 15 Nov 1996 21:12:41 +0100
Organization: Arne Steinkamm Consultancy
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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

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