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