# DRI Compilation Guide

## VA Linux Systems, Inc. Professional Services - Graphics.

21 April 2001

### 1. Preamble

  1.1. Copyright
  1.2. Trademarks

### 2. Introduction

### 3. Prerequisites

### 4. Linux Kernel Preparation

### 5. CPU Architectures

  5.1. Intel Pentium III Features
  5.2. AMD 3DNow! Features
  5.3. Alpha Features

### 6. Downloading the XFree86/DRI CVS Sources

  6.1. Anonymous CVS download:
  6.2. Registered CVS download:
  6.3. Updating your CVS sources

### 7. Mesa

### 8. Compiling the XFree86/DRI tree

  8.1. Make a build tree
  8.2. Edit the host.def file
  8.3. Compilation
  8.4. Check for compilation errors
  8.5. DRI kernel module installation

### 9. Normal Installation and Configuration

  9.1. X Installation
  9.2. Linker configuration
  9.3. Update Locale Information
  9.4. Setup Miscellaneous Files
  9.5. Disable the Old X Server and Enable the New One
  9.6. Create the XF86Config File
  9.7. Start the New X Server

### 10. Testing the Server Without Installing It

  10.1. Configuration
  10.2. A Startup Script

### 11. Where To Go From Here

        $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/DRIcomp.sgml,v 1.16 2002/01/07 22:05:57 dawes Exp $