How to install modular Xorg

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Introduction

The purpose of this document is to guide the reader on how to install the modular Xorg.

No X installed

Assuming you have just made a clean install of NetBSD and you have not installed the X11 sets, you should do the following:

/etc/mk.conf

Edit your /etc/mk.conf and add the following line:

X11_TYPE=modular

Install xorg server

Provided that your pkgsrc tree lies in /usr/pkgsrc, type:

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/x11/modular-xorg-server
# make install

Install xorg apps

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-apps
# make install

Install xorg fonts

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-fonts
# make install

Install xorg input device

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/x11/xf86-input-keyboard
# make install

And:

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/x11/xf86-input-mouse
# make install

Install xorg video driver

In order to determine the appropriate driver for you, list the /usr/pkgsrc/x11/xf86-video-* files. For example, if you would need the nvidia driver, search for it:

# ls -ld xf86-video-* | grep nv
# drwxr-r-x  4 root wheel  512 Aug 26 16:17 xf86-video-nv

and then install it:

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/x11/xf86-video-nv
# make install

Configure Xorg

Run as root the xorgconfig(1) utility to create an xorg.conf file.

XFree86 installed

Monolithic Xorg installed

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