thanks, tried with -sw and got rid of the seg fault, but chromium still doesn't run. log just says says Focus: focused Resize requested to 1152x1847. FPS with software rendering would probably be pretty bad also even if it worked
I think I'll wait for the official version of Chromium to land on the phone Thanks guys Jouni On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:06 AM, p <kaabud...@yahoo.de> wrote: > On ubuntuusers.de there was a tip posted [1] to add -sw to the Xmir > commandline to switch to software rendering in order to get around a > segmentation fault in Xmir. You might try that. > > [1] > > https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/wie-bekommt-man-xmir-auf-dem-nexus-7-zum-laufe/2/#post-7540153 > > > > >________________________________ > > Von: Jouni Helminen <jouni.helmi...@canonical.com> > >An: marcoka...@web.de > >CC: Ubuntu Phone <ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net> > >Gesendet: 18:49 Dienstag, 23.Juni 2015 > >Betreff: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Convergence, Browser and WebRTC > > > > > > > >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 > >> > >> > > > >-- > >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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