tried this on Meizu, getting some errors when running the Xmir part of the script..
glamor GLSL version: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.00 build 1.3@3304414 (EE) (EE) Backtrace: (EE) (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x0 (EE) Fatal server error: (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting (EE) On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:34 AM, Marco A. Harrendorf <marcoka...@web.de> wrote: > Dear all, > > since now Vivid is the new stable version I tried out starting of native > X11 applications on my phone as described in the German Ubuntuusers > Wiki, have a look here: > > https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Baustelle/Ubuntu_Touch_Erweiterte_Konfiguration#Grafische-Programme-vom-Ubuntu-PC > > Starting graphical X11 programs on my Ubuntu Phone is working quite > well, especially if you consider that it is still unsupported. My aim in > testing was to get a Web browser like Firefox or Chromium working, so > that I can you use it for my desktop bookmarks and WebRTC VOIP > telephony. > > I will describe here shortly, what you have to do to start graphical > programs. Note: I have adopted the work from the above-mentioned Wiki > page. So many thanks goes to the authors! > > * Make your system partition writable > > sudo mount -o remount,rw / > > * Install a PPA with an updated XMir server > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mlankhorst/ppa > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-xmir > > * Install Fluxbox as window manager > sudo apt-get install fluxbox > > * Install xvkbd as a virtual keyboard > sudo apt-get install xvkbd > > * Install some Web Browser like Dillo, Firefox and Chromium > sudo apt-get install dillo > sudo apt-get install firefox > sudo apt-get install chromium-browser > > Note: If you have not enough space left on your system partition / > (check with df -h) and getting error messages during install, I propose > a solution later. > > * Create a programmstarter script, which allows to start graphical > programs by just giving their console command > ~/.local/share/applications/programstarter.sh > > ############ > #!/bin/bash > export DISPLAY=:1 > Xmir $DISPLAY > --desktop_file_hint=/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/$1.desktop & > sleep 0.5 > fluxbox & > $1 $2 & > xvkbd -geometry 540x320+0+550 -compact > ########### > > Note: xvkbd without & is intended. In this way you can close / kill the > session by closing xvkbd. Furthermore, up to now xvkbd is only show in > portrait mode correctly. > > * Make the programstarter.sh script executable > sudo chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/programstarter.sh > > * Create a desktop file, so that you can start your favorite > application. > > ~/.local/share/application/dillo.desktop > > ################################## > [Desktop Entry] > GenericName=Web Browser > Name=Dillo > Comment=Lightweight browser > MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml; > Exec=/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/programstarter.sh dillo > Terminal=false > Type=Application > Categories=Network;WebBrowser; > Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/dillo.png > X-Ubuntu-Touch=true > #################################### > > ~/.local/share/application/firefox.desktop > > ################################## > [Desktop Entry] > Version=1.0 > Name=Firefox Web Browser > Comment=Browse the World Wide Web > GenericName=Web Browser > Keywords=Internet;WWW;Browser;Web;Explorer > > Keywords[de]=Internet;WWW;Browser;Web;Explorer;Webseite;Site;surfen;online;browsen > Exec=/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/programstarter.sh firefox > Terminal=false > Type=Application > Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png > Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; > MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml > +xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf > +xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http > StartupNotify=true > X-Ubuntu-Touch=true > #################################### > > ~/.local/share/application/chromium.desktop > > ################################## > [Desktop Entry] > GenericName=Web Browser > Name=Chromium > Comment=Heavyweight browser > MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml; > Exec=/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/programstarter.sh > chromium-browser > Terminal=false > Type=Application > Categories=Network;WebBrowser; > Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/chromium-browser.png > X-Ubuntu-Touch=true > #################################### > > * Reload your apps in the scope by choosing a sub category like > communication and then select all apps in your app scope again. > You can now try out your favorite graphical apps. > > ############ > Conclusion: > ############ > > Dillo and Firefox are working fine and look nice. However, touch > support for scrolling is missing. So they show some ugly scroll bars. > Moreover, watching a Youtube video with Firefox results in a black > screen and I hear only the audio. Either some codecs are missing or the > CPU load is too heavy and the GPU is not used. > Furthermore, the WebRTC functionality in Firefox is not working. I can > choose Firefox Hello, nonetheless, neither my video nor my audio is > transmitted. > Does anybody know which codecs are missing? > > Since everything besides of that seems to work in Firefox, I honestly do > not understand, why Canonical is not trying to adopt the Firefox browser > instead of developing its own. From my experience one only needs an > addon which hides some ui parts like the additional settings, changes > the zoom and so on while using a small screen and which unhides this > parts and changes the page zoom if one switches to a larger screen. Or > at least it seems to me that convergence is not far away by such an > approach. > Maybe someone has an idea how to write such an addon? > > In Chromium the WebRTC functionality seems to work, so one could use > this for a VOIP. However, the UI font size is so big that Chromium is > not useable in the moment. > Does anybody has an idea, how one could change the UI font size? > > Exists another WebRTC client which is available as an armhf package and > which I could try out? Having WebRTC working on my Ubuntu Phone is a big > point on my priority list. > > In the future it would be awesome, if one could use the native Ubuntu > Touch virtual keyboard and does not have to rely on xvkbd. > I also get the following error message in the terminal if I invoke > Firefox directly by typing ./programstarter.sh firefox : > > Need more recent mir for cursor support! > > So it seems a newer XMir version is needed to get the Multitouch and the > Ubuntu Touch virtual keyboard and some other stuff working. > Does anybody know if there is an updated package? > > > ############## > Further Tweaks > ############## > > * If you need more space on your system partition and only need english > and german language support, you can try to remove the following > packages to get roughly 100 MB freed (Note: This is without warranty): > > hunspell-fr hunspell-fr-classical hunspell-hu hunspell-ru hunspell-sr > hunspell-sv-se language-pack-touch-ast language-pack-touch-bg > language-pack-touch-bs language-pack-touch-ca language-pack-touch-cs > language-pack-touch-da language-pack-touch-el language-pack-touch-es > language-pack-touch-eu language-pack-touch-fi language-pack-touch-fr > language-pack-touch-gd language-pack-touch-gl language-pack-touch-he > language-pack-touch-hu language-pack-touch-id language-pack-touch-it > language-pack-touch-ja language-pack-touch-ko language-pack-touch-lt > language-pack-touch-lv language-pack-touch-ms language-pack-touch-nb > language-pack-touch-nl language-pack-touch-oc language-pack-touch-pl > language-pack-touch-pt language-pack-touch-ro language-pack-touch-ru > language-pack-touch-sk language-pack-touch-sl language-pack-touch-sr > language-pack-touch-sv language-pack-touch-tr language-pack-touch-ug > language-pack-touch-uk language-pack-touch-zh-hans > language-pack-touch-zh-hant myspell-ca myspell-cs myspell-es myspell-he > myspell-hr myspell-it myspell-nl myspell-pl myspell-pt myspell-pt-br > myspell-pt-pt ubuntu-keyboard-arabic ubuntu-keyboard-azerbaijani > ubuntu-keyboard-bosnian ubuntu-keyboard-catalan > ubuntu-keyboard-chinese-pinyin ubuntu-keyboard-croatian > ubuntu-keyboard-czech ubuntu-keyboard-danish ubuntu-keyboard-dutch > ubuntu-keyboard-finnish ubuntu-keyboard-french ubuntu-keyboard-hebrew > ubuntu-keyboard-hungarian ubuntu-keyboard-italian ubuntu-keyboard-polish > ubuntu-keyboard-portuguese ubuntu-keyboard-russian > ubuntu-keyboard-serbian ubuntu-keyboard-spanish ubuntu-keyboard-swedish > > * The fluxbox UI shows the number of workspaces and the date, so that > the program icons are quite small. I changed this by adjusting the > following toolbar settings in ~/.fluxbox/init > > session.screen0.toolbar.tools: prevwindow, nextwindow, iconbar, > systemtray > session.screen0.workspaces: 1 > > * Change xkvbd to german or other keyboard layout > Change the following line in /etc/X11/app-default/XVkbd > > #include "XVkbd-german" > > > > Thanks to all developers for the fantastic work and keep going!!! > > Best regards, > > Marco > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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