Re: What is fluxbox-fbcompose on the launchpad?

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On 14/09/11 12:00, Mathias Gumz wrote:
> hi,
> 
>> I just found the Nightly builds ppa, and there is a package
>> called fluxbox-fbcompose - is this a working compositor for
>> fluxbox?
> 
> fluxbox participated in gsoc2011 (see http://fluxbox.org/news/ ).
> 2 students worked on 2 projects:
> 
> * luafication of the config-files
> (http://git.fluxbox.org/fluxbox_pavel.git/ ) * compositor
> (http://git.fluxbox.org/fluxbox_gediminas.git/)
> 
> the infamous paul tagliamonte with his 733t uber-ubuntu-skillz
> setup 3 nightly-builds:
> 
> * fluxbox.git (HEAD, aka "the nightly") * one for the luafication *
> one for the compositor

Thanks for this clarification - this explains.

> 
>> And if so, can I install it without having to install anightly
>> build of fluxbox, as I do not want to risk crashes - or is it
>> usable on a production computer?
> 
> the compositor is designed to be a companion binary, for a variety
> of reasons. one of them is to allow the users to test the stuff
> without having to exchange their currently running fluxbox binary.

Sounds good.

> 
> if you install the whole fbcompose ppa-package, you will actually 
> replace the currently installed version of fluxbox (except you put 
> that into a quite bizare place such as 
> /hidden/cave/for/dragons/fluxbox). if you do not want that but
> play around with the compositor:

Exactly

> 
> # git clone git://http://git.fluxbox.org/fluxbox_gediminas.git

should be

# git clone git://git.fluxbox.org/fluxbox_gediminas.git


> # cd fluxbox_gediminas.git # ./autogen.sh # ./configure # make
> 
> and then launch the binary 'fbcompose' in 'utils/fbcompose/'.

Well - fluxbox flicers once and then I can do nothing except Ctrl-C to
kill fbcompose, and I get the following messages:

######################
rkrug@ecolmod:~$ source/fluxbox_gediminas/util/fbcompose/fbcompose -vvv
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=44000e1.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=44000cc.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=4400109.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=44000da.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=4400125.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=4400103.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=4400147.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=440011b.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=4400139.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=440015f.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=4400178.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=4400183.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=44001b5.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=44001ab.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=44001d8.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=44001df.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=4400156.
[Warn] X Error: GLXBadPixmap in <UNKNOWN> request, errorCode=173,
majorOpCode=155, minorOpCode=23, resourceId=44001e7.
######################



In addition:

######################
rkrug@ecolmod:~/fluxboxcomposer/bin$ ./fbcompose-list_plugins
./fbcompose-list_plugins: 4: declare: not found
./fbcompose-list_plugins: 5:
OPENGL_PLUGIN_DIRS[0]=/home/rkrug/fluxboxcomposer/share/fluxbox/fbcompose/plugins/opengl:
not found
./fbcompose-list_plugins: 6:
OPENGL_PLUGIN_DIRS[1]=~/.fluxbox/fbcompose/plugins/opengl: not found
./fbcompose-list_plugins: 13: Bad substitution
rkrug@ecolmod:~/fluxboxcomposer/bin$ ls
/home/rkrug/fluxboxcomposer/share/fluxbox/fbcompose/plugins/opengl
total 100
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 rkrug rkrug  1087 2011-09-14 13:29 fade.la
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 rkrug rkrug 45716 2011-09-14 13:29 fade.so
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 rkrug rkrug  1105 2011-09-14 13:29 preview.la
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 rkrug rkrug 41149 2011-09-14 13:29 preview.so
rkrug@ecolmod:~/fluxboxcomposer/bin$
######################

> if you have any problems with that piece of software: join us in
> #fluxbox and talk directly to Gediminas (nick: CopyOfNewFolder).

Can I post this here, because I am not to familiar with irc and prefer
email.

Rainer

> 
> cheers, mathias


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