5. Installing the System

The binary distribution is composed of a number of zip archives which are the executables, servers, fonts, libraries, include files, man pages, and config files. The full distribution requires about 40-55MB of disk space.

All archives of this alpha version are packed with the info-zip utility, which is available under the name UNZ512X2.EXE (or a later version) from many OS/2 archives. Please obtain a native OS/2 version of this unpacker. DOS PKUNZIP does not work, because it cannot unpack long file names and extended attributes.

At this moment, the distribution covers only the ``core'' distribution which somewhat reduces the usability. Refer to WWW sites and archives listed in the XFree86/OS2 FAQ and elsewhere to obtain pre-built X clients which were ported to XFree86.

The contents of the packages are:

REQUIRED:

Xbase

A special device driver and the SuperProbe program Note: In order to fix a problem occurring with WSeB (Aurora), you must install the most recent version of the xf86sup.sys driver that comes with this file. Older versions won't work.

Xdoc

READMEs and XFree86 specific man pages.

Xbin

all of the executable X client applications and shared libs

Xfnts

the misc and 75dpi fonts

emxrt

Runtime libraries of EMX

Choose at least one of the following to match your hardware:

X8514

the X server for IBM 8514/A and compatible boards

XAGX

the X server for AGX boards

XGlnt

the X server for Permedia / GLINT boards

XI128

the X server for #9 Imagination 128 boards

XMa32

the X server for ATI Mach32 graphics boards

XMa64

the X server for ATI Mach64 graphics boards

XMa8

the X server for ATI Mach8 graphics boards

XMono

the Monochrome X Server

XP9K

the X server for P9000 based boards

XS3

the X server for S3 based boards (excluding S3 ViRGE)

XS3V

the X server for S3 ViRGE based boards

XSVGA

the 8-bit pseudo-color X server for Super VGA cards

XVG16

the 4-bit pseudo-color X server for VGA & SVGA cards.

XW32

the X server for et4000w32 based boards

OPTIONAL:

Xman

pre-formatted man pages for the X11 interface and clients

Xf100

100dpi fonts

Xfscl

Speedo and Type1 fonts

Xfnon

Japanese, Chinese and other fonts

Xfcyr

Cyrillic fonts

Xfsrv

the font server with man pages.

Xprog

the X11 header files and programmer's utilities for compiling other X applications

Xpex

PEX fonts and libraries required for PEX applications

In order to save space on your disk and reduce net bandwidth, choose the software to obtain carefully. Each X server is an archive of about 1.2MB and occupies 3.0MB on the disk. You won't normally need more than the single Xserver tailored to your video card.

If it is your first time install, get the Xbase archive before any of the other packages. This package contains a driver and a test program, which analyzes your video hardware. If this program fails or reports an incompatible hardware, it makes no sense to obtain the other packages in the hope that they would magically work.