You appear to be roughing it for some reason. Since the normal pieces of advice aren't things you want to hear, maybe this will help: You can disable Tk support when building Python. You can also exclude XCB by building an Xlib from the 1.3 series instead of 1.4. Sending from a mobile, pardon the brevity. ~ C. <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 5, 2011 1:52 PM, "matti christensen" <<a href="mailto:mattic@iki.fi">mattic@iki.fi</a>> wrote: > > i'm new with this list but compiled X on Linux from Linux kernel > 1.2.13 - and now i have my first real problem as i downloaded source > from <a href="http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/src/everything/">http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/src/everything/</a> = > > - it seems to me that i'm unable to compile libX 1.4.0 without libxcb > - that's perfectly ok for me, but do i need libxcb is unclear ( i have > SiS 315PRO on Lemote Fuloong 2F ) > > - it appears to me that i'm not able to compile libxcb 1.7 without > Python ( which i do not need or want on my system ) > > - it also looked lot like impossible to build Python 2.7.1 without > TCL/TK ( which i do not need or want on my system ) > > - as tried to compile TK 8.5.9 i bumbed to errors telling me i ought > to have X on my system .... > > would some nice person be kind enough to give me some feedback and > comments on this ( using some package management system is no answer > as i have no and am not going to install any ) > > > matti christensen > > keep-IT-simple > > _______________________________________________ > <a href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a>: X.Org support > Archives: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg">http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg</a> > Info: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> > Your subscription address: <a href="mailto:mostawesomedude@gmail.com">mostawesomedude@gmail.com</a> </div>