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127: <h1>NetBSD Documentation: The X Window System</h1>
1.16 spz 128: <div class="sect1">
1.15 snj 129: <div class="titlepage"></div>
1.25 tron 130: <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
1.15 snj 131: <h3 class="title">Note</h3>Please see the NetBSD Guide's
132: <a class="ulink" href="../guide/en/chap-x.html" target="_top">chapter on X</a> for more
133: information about X.</div>
134: </div>
1.1 dsieger 135: <h3 class="title"><a name="running-x">Running X</a></h3>
136: <ul>
137: <li><a href="#x-keyboard-nocaps">How do I make the Caps key another Control key</a></li>
138: <li><a href="#bypassing_xdm">How to bypass xdm</a></li>
139: <li><a href="#startx_not_found">When I type 'startx' I get the message: startx: Command not found. What's wrong?</a></li>
140: <li><a href="#xinit_not_found">Unable to run X - 'xinit: not found'</a></li>
141: <li><a href="#startx_fails">startx fails -'X connection to: 0.0 broken'</a></li>
142: <li><a href="#xconsole">Console output (such as from 'su') garbles X display.</a></li>
143: <li><a href="#xfree86-docs">XFree86 Documentation</a></li>
144: <li><a href="#which_version">Which version of XFree86 am I running?</a></li>
145: <li><a href="#anti_aliased">How to setup anti-aliased fonts on NetBSD for X11</a></li>
146: <li><a href="#fc-cache">Xft using applications eat CPU cycles, but don't appear
147: to do anything!</a></li>
148: <li><a href="#font-error">'No fonts found' - what does this mean?</a></li>
149: <li><a href="#x_wm">How do I change the default window manager?</a></li>
150: </ul>
151: <h3 class="title"><a name="compiling-programs">Compiling programs</a></h3>
152: <ul>
153: <li><a href="#compile_fails_xm">Compile fails - 'unable to locate libXm'</a></li>
154: <li><a href="#compile_fails_xpm">Compile fails - 'unable to locate xpm.h', or '-lXpm: no match'</a></li>
155: <li><a href="#compile_basic">Compile fails to link: Undefined symbol '_XOpenDisplay'</a></li>
156: </ul>
157: <hr>
158: <h3 class="title">Running X</h3>
159: <h4 class="title">
160: <a name="x-keyboard-nocaps"></a>How do I make the Caps key another Control key (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
161: </h4>
162:
163: <p>For XFree 3.x (as shipped with NetBSD 1.l5), add
1.16 spz 164: <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="code">XkbOptions "ctrl:nocaps"</code></span>”</span> if you
1.1 dsieger 165: want the caps-lock key become a second control-key. If you
166: want to use the "Windows" keys on your keyboard, you can get
167: some useful keysyms for them by using
1.16 spz 168: <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="code">XkbModel "pc105"</code></span>”</span> instead.</p>
1.1 dsieger 169:
170: <p>XFree 4.x uses a different config file format. For it,
171: put
172: </p>
173: <pre class="programlisting">Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"</pre>
174: <p>
175: into the "InputDevice" section of your XF86Config file.</p>
176:
177: <h4 class="title">
178: <a name="bypassing_xdm"></a>How to bypass xdm (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
179: </h4>
180:
1.40 maya 181: <p>If <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?xdm+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1">xdm(1)</a> is enabled but you are unable to login
1.1 dsieger 182: for some reason, possibly because there is no root password,
183: and you do not have virtual consoles enabled (or they are
184: not yet supported on your port), you can either press ^C at
185: the immediately after the boot messages indicate xdm is
186: starting, or:</p>
187:
1.25 tron 188: <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
1.16 spz 189: <li class="listitem">Boot to single user mode - Usually this is
1.1 dsieger 190: accomplished by passing '-s' at the end of the boot
191: command.</li>
1.16 spz 192: <li class="listitem">Start the shell - Press <code class="code">ENTER</code> when
1.1 dsieger 193: prompted for the shell.</li>
1.40 maya 194: <li class="listitem">Check and mount the disks using <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?fsck+8.i386+NetBSD-7.1">fsck(8)</a> and
195: <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?mount+8.i386+NetBSD-7.1">mount(8)</a> - <code class="code">fsck -p ; mount -vat ffs</code>
1.1 dsieger 196: </li>
1.16 spz 197: <li class="listitem">Set term terminal type -
1.1 dsieger 198: <code class="code">TERM=<span class="emphasis"><em>vt100</em></span> ; export TERM</code>
199: Note: you may need to use a different terminal type such
200: as 'pc3' or 'sun'.</li>
1.16 spz 201: <li class="listitem">Fix problem - Edit
1.1 dsieger 202: <code class="filename">/etc/rc.conf</code> to disable xdm, run
1.40 maya 203: <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?passwd+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1">passwd(1)</a> to set root's password, or take whatever
1.1 dsieger 204: other corrective action is needed</li>
205: </ul></div>
206:
207: <h4 class="title">
208: <a name="startx_not_found"></a>When I type '<span class="bold"><strong><code class="code">startx</code></strong></span>' I get the message: <code class="code">startx: Command not found.</code> What's wrong? (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
209: </h4>
210: <p>You need to add the location of the X binaries to your
1.40 maya 211: shell's <code class="code">path</code> variable. For <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?csh+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1">csh(1)</a> and its
1.1 dsieger 212: derivatives, add <code class="filename">/usr/X11R6/bin</code>
213: to the line in your <code class="filename">.cshrc</code> file which
214: sets the <code class="code">path</code> variable. For <code class="code">sh</code> and
215: its derivatives, you'll need to modify you
216: <code class="filename">.profile</code> instead.</p>
217:
218: <h4 class="title">
219: <a name="xinit_not_found"></a>Unable to run X - '<span class="bold"><strong>xinit: not found</strong></span>' (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
220: </h4>
221:
222: <p>You need <code class="filename">/usr/X11R6/bin</code> in your
223: path. As root add '<span class="bold"><strong><code class="code">set path = ( $path /usr/X11R6/bin )</code></strong></span>'
224: to <code class="filename">/etc/csh.cshrc</code>, and start a new
225: shell.</p>
226:
227: <h4 class="title">
228: <a name="startx_fails"></a>startx fails -'<span class="bold"><strong>X connection to: 0.0 broken</strong></span>' (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
229: </h4>
230:
231: <p>To see the error messages in this case, run:
232:
233: </p>
1.25 tron 234: <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
1.40 maya 235: <li class="listitem">If your shell is <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?csh+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1">csh(1)</a> or
1.33 mspo 236: <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/shells/tcsh/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">shells/tcsh</code></a>:
1.1 dsieger 237: <pre class="programlisting">startx >& ~/x.log</pre>
238: </li>
1.40 maya 239: <li class="listitem">If your shell is <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?sh+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1">sh(1)</a>, <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ksh+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1">ksh(1)</a>, or similar:
1.1 dsieger 240: <pre class="programlisting">startx > ~/x.log 2>&1</pre>
241: </li>
242: </ul></div>
243: <p>
244: Then view <code class="filename">~/x.log</code></p>
245:
246: <h4 class="title">
247: <a name="xconsole"></a>Console output (such as from 'su') garbles X display. (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
248: </h4>
249:
250: <p>The system is outputting a line to the console
251: indicating something has happened (such as 'su'). You should
1.40 maya 252: really run <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?xconsole+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1">xconsole(1)</a> or one 'xterm -C' to capture
1.1 dsieger 253: this console output.</p>
254:
255: <p>You may need to ensure your kernel is compiled with the
256: following enabled:
257: </p>
258: <pre class="programlisting">options UCONSOLE # allow anyone to steal the virtual console</pre>
259: <p>
1.11 dsieger 260: See <a class="ulink" href="../kernel/#how_to_build_a_kernel" target="_top">How to build a kernel</a>
1.1 dsieger 261: for details on how to build your own kernels.</p>
262:
263: <p>If you're logged in as root, and get annoying
264: <code class="code">portmap</code> notices, you may wish to look at the
1.11 dsieger 265: <a class="ulink" href="../misc/#portmap-messup" target="_top">FAQ entry</a>
1.1 dsieger 266: on how to turn those messages off.</p>
267:
268: <h4 class="title">
1.11 dsieger 269: <a name="xfree86-docs"></a><a class="ulink" href="http://www.xfree86.org/sos/resources.html" target="_top">XFree86 Documentation</a> (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
1.1 dsieger 270: </h4>
271:
272: <h4 class="title">
273: <a name="which_version"></a>Which version of XFree86 am I running? (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
274: </h4>
275:
276: <p>To quickly tell which version of the X server you are
1.40 maya 277: running, you can use <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?xdpyinfo+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1">xdpyinfo(1)</a>. E.g.:
1.1 dsieger 278: </p>
279: <pre class="programlisting">$ xdpyinfo | grep release
280: vendor release number: 335</pre>
281: <p>
282:
283: In the case of XFree86, this tells us that the server
284: version is 3.3.5.</p>
285:
286: <h4 class="title">
287: <a name="anti_aliased"></a>How to setup anti-aliased fonts on NetBSD for X11 (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
288: </h4>
289:
1.25 tron 290: <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
1.1 dsieger 291: <h3 class="title">Note</h3>
292: <p>
293: The paths below should be adjusted appropriately if using
1.33 mspo 294: <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/pkgtools/xpkgwedge/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">pkgtools/xpkgwedge</code></a>.
1.1 dsieger 295: </p>
296: </div>
297:
1.16 spz 298: <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
299: <li class="listitem">
1.1 dsieger 300: <p>
301: Install the
1.33 mspo 302: <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/fonts/ms-ttf/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">fonts/ms-ttf</code></a> package from pkgsrc.
1.1 dsieger 303: If you use the pkgsrc version of X, install also the
1.33 mspo 304: <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/fonts/mkfontscale/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">fonts/mkfontscale</code></a> and
305: <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/fonts/fontconfig/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">fonts/fontconfig</code></a> packages.
1.1 dsieger 306: </p>
307: </li>
1.16 spz 308: <li class="listitem">
1.1 dsieger 309:
310: <p>
311: If using the XFree86 shipped with NetBSD, you may consider
1.33 mspo 312: using <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/fonts/fontconfig/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">fonts/fontconfig</code></a> from pkgsrc
1.1 dsieger 313: as it offers more tweaking options. Set the variable <code class="varname">
314: PREFER.fontconfig</code> to pkgsrc in the <code class="filename">/etc/mk.conf
315: </code> file to ensure that the pkgsrc version is used in
316: favour of the shipped (or native) version:
317: </p>
318: <pre class="programlisting">
319: PREFER.fontconfig=pkgsrc
320: </pre>
321: <p>
322: </p>
323:
324: <p>
325: You may also want to instruct fontconfig to never use
326: <span class="emphasis"><em>bitmap fonts</em></span> again:
327: </p>
328: <pre class="programlisting">
329: # cd /usr/pkg/etc/fontconfig/conf.d
330: # ln -s ../../../share/examples/fontconfig/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf .
331: </pre>
332: <p>
333: </p>
334:
335: <p>
336: You may wish to replace the native fontconfig libraries entirely,
337: which is useful should you have any previously-compiled binaries
338: that used it.
339: </p>
340: <pre class="programlisting">
341: # cd /usr/X11R6/lib
342: # mv libfontconfig.so.1.0 libfontconfig.so.1.0.old
343: # rm libfontconfig.so.1
344: # ln -s ../../pkg/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 .
345: # cd /usr/X11R6/bin
346: # mv fc-cache fc-cache.old
347: # mv fc-list fc-list.old
348: </pre>
349: <p>
350: </p>
351:
352: </li>
1.16 spz 353: <li class="listitem">
1.1 dsieger 354: <p>
355: To configure fontconfig, add the following line to your
356: local.conf. This file is generally found in
357: <code class="filename">/etc/fonts/local.conf</code>.
358: If you installed the fonts/fontconfig package, you will
359: <span class="bold"><strong>also</strong></span> need to add the line to
360: <code class="filename">/usr/pkg/etc/fonts/local.conf</code>
361: (or replace one with a symbolic link to another):
362: </p>
363: <pre class="programlisting">
364: <dir>/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF</dir>
365: </pre>
366: <p>
367: </p>
368:
369: <p>
370: The <code class="filename">local.conf</code> file may look like this:
371: </p>
372: <pre class="programlisting">
373: <?xml version="1.0"?>
374: <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
375: <fontconfig>
376: <dir>/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF</dir>
377: </fontconfig>
378: </pre>
379: <p>
380: </p>
381:
382: <p>
383: You can also add other directories containing fonts to the
384: <code class="filename">local.conf</code> file. The following lines are
385: for using teTeX-3.0 and ghostscript fonts:
386: </p>
387: <pre class="programlisting">
388: <dir>/usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/fonts/</dir>
389: <dir>/usr/pkg/share/ghostscript/fonts</dir>
390: </pre>
391: <p>
392: </p>
393:
394: </li>
1.16 spz 395: <li class="listitem">
1.1 dsieger 396: <p>
397: Rebuild the font cache for applications that use fontconfig
398: </p>
399: <pre class="programlisting">
400: # fc-cache -v
401: </pre>
402: <p>
403: Depending on your hardware this may take a long time.
404: </p>
405: </li>
1.16 spz 406: <li class="listitem">
1.1 dsieger 407: <p>
408: Run the following commands:
409: </p>
410: <pre class="programlisting">
411: # mkfontscale /usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
412: # mkfontdir /usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
413: </pre>
414: <p>
415: There should now be the files <code class="filename">fonts.dir</code> and
416: <code class="filename">fonts.scale</code> in the TTF font directory.
417: </p>
418: </li>
1.16 spz 419: <li class="listitem">
1.1 dsieger 420: <p>Configure the X server:
421: </p>
1.25 tron 422: <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
1.16 spz 423: <li class="listitem">
424: <p> In the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Module</span>”</span> section, make sure that the following exists:
1.1 dsieger 425: </p>
426: <pre class="programlisting">
427: Load "type1"
428: Load "freetype"
429: </pre>
430: <p>
431: </p>
432: </li>
1.16 spz 433: <li class="listitem">
1.1 dsieger 434: <p>
1.16 spz 435: In the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Files</span>”</span> section, verify the order of
1.1 dsieger 436: the font paths. Verify that the TTF and Type1
437: font paths are before the rest:
438: </p>
439: <pre class="programlisting">
440: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
441: FontPath "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF"
442: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
443: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
444: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
445: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
446: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
447: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"</pre>
448: <p>
449: </p>
450:
451: <p>
452: To apply the changes to the current X session, instead of
453: restarting X, run the following command
454: </p>
455: <pre class="programlisting">
456: # xset fp rehash
457: </pre>
458: <p>
459: This will examine newly added font paths for changes.
460: </p>
461:
462: <p>
1.16 spz 463: Instead of adding <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">FontPath</span>”</span> directives to the X configuration file,
1.1 dsieger 464: you can run the following commands from
465: <code class="filename">~/.xinitrc</code>
466: (or <code class="filename">~/.xsession</code>) file:
467: </p>
468: <pre class="programlisting">
469: xset +fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
470: xset +fp /usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
471: xset +fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local
472: </pre>
473: <p>
474: </p>
475:
476: </li>
477: </ul></div>
478: <p>
479: </p>
480: </li>
1.16 spz 481: <li class="listitem">
1.1 dsieger 482: <p>That's it! Run the following commands to test the configuration.
483: </p>
484: <pre class="programlisting">
485: $ xterm -ls -fg gray -bg black -ls -fa 'Courier New:bold' -fs 10
486: </pre>
487: <p>
488: </p>
489:
490: <p>
491: Run the command <strong class="userinput"><code>fc-list</code></strong> it should list
492: the fonts available, and shouldn't dump core!
493: </p>
494:
495: <p>
496: While the xterm command from above only tests the fontconfig part, the following
497: command will test the XLFD-style access:
498: </p>
499: <pre class="programlisting">
500: $ xterm -fn '-monotype-Courier New-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1'
501: </pre>
502: <p>
503: </p>
504:
505: <p>
506: Another test is that the following should show multiple fonts:
507: </p>
508: <pre class="programlisting">
509: $ xlsfonts | grep -i 'courier new'
510: </pre>
511: <p>
512: </p>
513:
514: </li>
1.16 spz 515: <li class="listitem">
1.1 dsieger 516: <p>
517: You can find other TTF font packages under pkgsrc/fonts.
1.33 mspo 518: For example <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/fonts/vera-ttf/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">fonts/vera-ttf</code></a>
1.1 dsieger 519: </p>
520: </li>
521: </ol></div>
522:
523:
524: <h4 class="title">
525: <a name="fc-cache"></a>Xft using applications eat CPU cycles, but don't appear
526: to do anything! (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
527: </h4>
528:
529: <p>It is possible that the application in question is
530: computing the font information that should have been
531: prepared by fc-cache - re-run '<code class="code">fc-cache -v</code>' to
532: make sure the information in the cache is up-to-date.</p>
533:
534: <h4 class="title">
535: <a name="font-error"></a>'No fonts found' - what does this mean? (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
536: </h4>
537:
538: <pre class="programlisting">No fonts found; this probably means that the fontconfig
539: library is not correctly configured. You may need to
540: edit the fonts.conf configuration file. More information
1.40 maya 541: about fontconfig can be found in the <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?fontconfig+3.i386+NetBSD-7.1">fontconfig(3)</a> manual
1.11 dsieger 542: page and on <a class="ulink" href="http://fontconfig.org" target="_top">http://fontconfig.org</a></pre>
1.1 dsieger 543:
544: <p>You haven't run '<code class="code">fc-cache -v</code>' like the
1.33 mspo 545: <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/fonts/fontconfig/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">fonts/fontconfig</code></a>
1.11 dsieger 546: <a class="ulink" href="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/fonts/fontconfig/MESSAGE" target="_top">MESSAGE</a>
1.1 dsieger 547: suggests during installation. For details, see
1.11 dsieger 548: '<code class="code">pkg_info -D fontconfig</code>' and <a class="ulink" href="#anti_aliased" target="_top">above</a>.</p>
1.1 dsieger 549:
550: <h4 class="title">
551: <a name="x_wm"></a>How do I change the default window manager? (<a href="#running-x">top</a>)
552: </h4>
553:
554: <p>First thing to do is to install the window manager you
555: prefer. You can find a lot of them, ready to install, in
1.33 mspo 556: pkgsrc's <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/wm/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">wm</code></a> category. After
1.1 dsieger 557: a successful installation, figure out how is the
558: binary named. It will usually match package's name.</p>
559:
560: <p>Once you know how to execute the window manager, you
561: have to configure your X session to start it up. We will be
562: using twm in our examples (which comes with X), whose binary
563: is named <code class="code">twm</code>:</p>
564:
1.25 tron 565: <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
1.40 maya 566: <li class="listitem">If you are using <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?startx+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1">startx(1)</a>, edit the
1.1 dsieger 567: <code class="filename">~/.xinitrc</code> file and
568: append the following line to it:
569: <code class="code">exec twm</code>
570: </li>
1.40 maya 571: <li class="listitem">If you are using <a href="//netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?xdm+1.i386+NetBSD-7.1">xdm(1)</a>, edit the
1.1 dsieger 572: <code class="filename">~/.xsession</code> file and append the
573: following line to it:
574: <code class="code">exec twm</code>
575: </li>
576: </ul></div>
577:
578: <p>You can see that the content for each file is the same,
579: so you may want to create a link between them.</p>
580: <hr>
581: <h3 class="title">Compiling programs</h3>
582: <h4 class="title">
583: <a name="compile_fails_xm"></a>Compile fails - 'unable to locate libXm' (<a href="#compiling-programs">top</a>)
584: </h4>
585:
586: <p>Xm does not come with the standard X11 environment. It is
1.11 dsieger 587: part of <a class="ulink" href="http://www.opengroup.org/desktop/motif/" target="_top">Motif</a>,
1.1 dsieger 588: which is a commercial graphical user interface.</p>
589:
1.11 dsieger 590: <p>A freeware implementation of Motif called <a class="ulink" href="http://www.lesstif.org/" target="_top">Lesstif</a> is also available.
591: It is available as part of the <a class="ulink" href="../software/packages.html" target="_top">NetBSD packages collection</a>,
1.33 mspo 592: under <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/x11/lesstif/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">x11/lesstif</code></a>.</p>
1.1 dsieger 593:
594: <h4 class="title">
595: <a name="compile_fails_xpm"></a>Compile fails - 'unable to locate xpm.h', or '-lXpm: no match' (<a href="#compiling-programs">top</a>)
596: </h4>
597:
598: <p><code class="filename">xpm.h</code> is part of the X PixMap
599: library, used by many programs to allow more multi (than
600: two) colour icons.
1.11 dsieger 601: It is available as part of the <a class="ulink" href="../software/packages.html" target="_top">NetBSD packages collection</a>,
1.33 mspo 602: under <a href="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/graphics/xpm/README.html" target="_top"><code class="filename">graphics/xpm</code></a></p>
1.1 dsieger 603:
604: <h4 class="title">
605: <a name="compile_basic"></a>Compile fails to link: Undefined symbol '_XOpenDisplay' (<a href="#compiling-programs">top</a>)
606: </h4>
607:
608: <p>If it is a third party item of software, you should
1.11 dsieger 609: check if a version is available via the <a class="ulink" href="../software/packages.html" target="_top">NetBSD packages collection</a>.
1.1 dsieger 610: If you are writing you own code you need to ensure you link
611: against the necessary X libraries. In this case, add
612: <code class="code">-L/usr/X11R6 -lX11</code> to the end of your link
613: line.</p>
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