Re: What is fluxbox-fbcompose on the launchpad?

Hello.

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:40:08 +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote:
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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$
> ######################

Noted, I will look into these. Eventually :) (I am in lazy mode right now).

For now try running the compositor with -m xrender parameters passed
to it (i.e. fbcompose -m xrender).

>> 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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