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mutter: add a section about running it directly

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY mutter-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/mutter/&gnome-42;/mutter-&mutter-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY mutter-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/mutter/&gnome-42;/mutter-&mutter-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY mutter-md5sum "18b6f716ba0f6b899ed2edb08ab4ca68">
10 <!ENTITY mutter-size "2.6 MB">
11 <!ENTITY mutter-buildsize "130 MB (without tests)">
12 <!ENTITY mutter-time "0.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4)">
13 <!ENTITY mutter-time-systemd "0.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4, add 1.0 SBU for tests)">
14]>
15
16<sect1 id="mutter" xreflabel="Mutter-&mutter-version;">
17 <?dbhtml filename="mutter.html"?>
18
19 <sect1info>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>Mutter-&mutter-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="mutter">
26 <primary sortas="a-Mutter">Mutter</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to Mutter</title>
31
32 <para>
33 <application>Mutter</application> is the window manager for
34 <application>GNOME</application>. It is not invoked directly,
35 but from <application>GNOME Session</application> (on a
36 machine with a hardware accelerated video driver).
37 </para>
38
39 &lfs112_checked;
40
41 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
42 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
43 <listitem>
44 <para>
45 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mutter-download-http;"/>
46 </para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>
50 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mutter-download-ftp;"/>
51 </para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>
55 Download MD5 sum: &mutter-md5sum;
56 </para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>
60 Download size: &mutter-size;
61 </para>
62 </listitem>
63 <listitem>
64 <para>
65 Estimated disk space required: &mutter-buildsize;
66 </para>
67 </listitem>
68 <listitem revision='sysv'>
69 <para>
70 Estimated build time: &mutter-time;
71 </para>
72 </listitem>
73 <listitem revision='systemd'>
74 <para>
75 Estimated build time: &mutter-time-systemd;
76 </para>
77 </listitem>
78 </itemizedlist>
79 <!--
80 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
81 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
82 <listitem>
83 <para>
84 Recommended patch:
85 <ulink url="&patch-root;/mutter-&mutter-version;-consolidated_fixes-1.patch"/>
86 </para>
87 </listitem>
88 </itemizedlist>
89 -->
90 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Mutter Dependencies</bridgehead>
91
92 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
93 <para role="required">
94 <!-- now using internal shipped clutter and cogl copies -->
95 <!-- <xref linkend="clutter"/>, -->
96 <xref linkend="gnome-settings-daemon"/>,
97 <xref linkend="graphene"/>,
98 <xref linkend="libxcvt"/>,
99 <xref linkend="libxkbcommon"/>,
100 <xref linkend="pipewire"/>, and
101 <xref linkend="zenity"/>
102 </para>
103
104 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
105 <para role="recommended">
106 <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>,
107 <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
108 <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, and
109 <xref linkend="sysprof"/>
110 </para>
111
112 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended (Required to
113 build the Wayland compositor)</bridgehead>
114 <para role="recommended">
115 <xref linkend="libinput"/>,
116 <xref linkend="wayland"/>,
117 <xref linkend="wayland-protocols"/>, and
118 <xref linkend="xwayland"/>.
119 Additionally, <xref linkend="gtk3"/> needs to be built with
120 <application>Wayland</application> support.
121 </para>
122
123 <bridgehead renderas="sect4"
124 revision="sysv">Recommended (Runtime)</bridgehead>
125 <para role="recommended" revision="sysv">
126 <xref linkend="blocaled" role="runtime"/>
127 </para>
128
129 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
130 <para role="optional">
131 <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/> (required for tests) and
132 <xref linkend="xorg-server"/> (for X11 sessions)
133 </para>
134
135 <!-- NOTE: Mutter compiles git versions of COGL and Clutter for it's own
136 internal use. This is because the wayland support upstream isn't advanced
137 enough for the graphics stack used in Mutter. -->
138
139 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
140 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mutter"/>
141 </para>
142
143 </sect2>
144
145 <sect2 role="installation">
146 <title>Installation of Mutter</title>
147 <!--
148 <para>
149 First, apply a patch that fixes annoying bugs found after GNOME 42
150 release:
151 </para>
152
153<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mutter-&mutter-version;-consolidated_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
154-->
155 <para>
156 Install <application>Mutter</application> by running the following
157 commands:
158 </para>
159
160<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
161cd build &amp;&amp;
162
163meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Dtests=false .. &amp;&amp;
164ninja</userinput></screen>
165
166<!--
167 <para>
168 To test the results, issue:
169 <command>dbus-run-session ninja test</command>. The tests
170 require an active X session to run correctly. It is not necessary to
171 run a separate D-bus session if not in a GNOME session, but it
172 provides a clean environment in any case. One test,
173 <filename>native-headless</filename>, is known to fail.
174 </para>
175 -->
176 <!-- there are no added problems in sysv, AFAICT. Running the tests is
177 not easy whatever the init system. But using the instructions below in
178 a gnome session on sysv works (no test failure)...
179 <para revision='sysv'>
180 This package does not come with a test suite that runs properly in the
181 SystemV environment.
182 </para>
183 -->
184
185 <para>
186 The test suite requires debug functions to be enabled in the build, and an
187 external program called <command>xvfb-run</command>. If you wish to run
188 the tests, you should download and install it before running
189 <command>meson</command>.
190
191 You can obtain it from <ulink
192 url="&sources-anduin-http;/mutter/xvfb-run">xvfb-run</ulink>, and install
193 it with executable permissions in <filename
194 class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. <command>xvfb-run</command> needs
195 <command>Xvfb</command> at runtime, and <command>Xvfb</command> can be
196 installed from either <xref linkend='xorg-server'/> or <xref
197 linkend='xwayland'/>.
198
199 You should also replace <parameter>--buildtype=release
200 -Dtests=false</parameter> in the <command>meson</command> command, with
201 <parameter>--buildtype=debugoptimized -Dtests=true</parameter>. The test
202 suite requires the mutter schema to be installed on the system, so it is
203 better to run the tests after installing the package.
204 </para>
205
206 <para>
207 You can also test basic functions of <application>Mutter</application>
208 following <xref linkend='mutter-starting'/>, after installing it.
209 </para>
210
211 <para>
212 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
213 </para>
214
215<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
216
217 <para>
218 The tests can now be run: issue
219 <command>ninja test</command>. The tests
220 require an active X or wayland session.
221 The <filename>native-unit</filename> is known to fail.
222 A lot of tests will fail if the opengl rendering is not done in hardware.
223 </para>
224 </sect2>
225
226 <sect2 role="commands">
227 <title>Command Explanations</title>
228
229 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
230 href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
231
232 <para>
233 <parameter>-Dtests=false</parameter>: Prevents building the tests,
234 and removes a hard requirement on <command>xvfb-run</command>.
235 </para>
236
237 <para>
238 <option>-Dprofiler=false</option>: Use this option if
239 <application>Sysprof</application> is not installed, and you don't
240 want meson to download <application>Sysprof</application> source
241 code.
242 </para>
243
244 </sect2>
245
246 <sect2 role="starting" id="mutter-starting">
247 <title>Starting Mutter</title>
248
249 <!-- Mutter as a Wayland compositor Works with mutter-42.4 and 43.0.
250 IIRC mutter can also be used as a X window manager: just replace
251 "twm" with "mutter &dash;&dash;x11" in xinitrc. But I've not tested
252 such a configuration recently (I don't build Xorg Server or xinit
253 these days. -->
254
255 <para>
256 <application>Mutter</application> is normally used as a component of
257 <application>gnome-shell</application>, but it can be used as a
258 standalone Wayland compositor too. To run
259 <application>Mutter</application> as a Wayland compositor, in a
260 virtual console, issue:
261 </para>
262
263 <screen role='nodump'><userinput>mutter --wayland -- vte-2.91</userinput></screen>
264
265 <para>
266 Replace <command>vte-2.91</command> with the command line for the
267 first application you want in the Wayland session. Note that once this
268 application exits, the Wayland session will be terminated.
269 </para>
270
271 <para>
272 <application>Mutter</application> can also function as a nested
273 compositor in another Wayland session. In a terminal emulator, issue:
274 </para>
275
276 <screen role='nodump'><userinput>MUTTER_DEBUG_DUMMY_MODE_SPECS=1920x1080 mutter --wayland --nested -- vte-2.91</userinput></screen>
277
278 <para>
279 Replace <replaceable>1920x1080</replaceable> with the size you want
280 for the nested Wayland session.
281 </para>
282 </sect2>
283
284 <sect2 role="content">
285 <title>Contents</title>
286
287 <segmentedlist>
288 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
289 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
290 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
291
292 <seglistitem>
293 <seg>
294 mutter
295 </seg>
296 <seg>
297 libmutter-10.so
298 </seg>
299 <seg>
300 /usr/{lib,include,libexec/installed-tests,share/{,installed-tests}}/mutter-10
301 </seg>
302 </seglistitem>
303 </segmentedlist>
304
305 <variablelist>
306 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
307 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
308 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
309
310 <varlistentry id="mutter-prog">
311 <term><command>mutter</command></term>
312 <listitem>
313 <para>
314 is a <application>Clutter</application> based compositing
315 <application>GTK+</application> Window Manager
316 </para>
317 <indexterm zone="mutter mutter-prog">
318 <primary sortas="b-mutter">mutter</primary>
319 </indexterm>
320 </listitem>
321 </varlistentry>
322
323 <varlistentry id="libmutter">
324 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmutter-9.so</filename></term>
325 <listitem>
326 <para>
327 contains the <application>Mutter</application> API functions
328 </para>
329 <indexterm zone="mutter libmutter">
330 <primary sortas="c-libmutter">libmutter-9.so</primary>
331 </indexterm>
332 </listitem>
333 </varlistentry>
334
335 </variablelist>
336
337 </sect2>
338
339</sect1>
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