Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

rleyh · 2012-03-02 00:44:38

Now there is http://rly.freeunix.net for latest updates about the repo. Poke me in the comments about updates or things which do not work, if needed.

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chenxiaolong · 2012-03-02 21:57:10

Massive update again today

Update notes:
1. python-rdflib was removed. python2-rdflib is in extra repo, which is the same thing.
2. Renamed python-geoclue -> python2-geoclue to comply with Arch Linux python package naming guidelines.
3. Renamed python-xapian -> python2-xapian to comply with Arch Linux python package naming guidelines.
4. Added GNOME 3.4 development version of gsettings-desktop-schemas.
5. Added GNOME 3.4 development version of gnome-desktop (with wacom plugin disabled -- too much work to package deps -- it will be in official repos soon anyway).
6. gnome-screensaver-ubuntu has systemd support. If you use systemd, please read the note at the beginning of the PKGBUILD.
7. Added unity-lens-video.
8. Updated and fixed translations for unity. Previously, translations were broken because of an error in the PKGBUILD (wrote list of translations to wrong file).
9. Added translations for unity-2d.
10. Each package now has a compare_versions.sh that parses the PKGBUILD version, the upstream version, and the Ubuntu version of the package. If any package is out of date (as compared with Ubuntu versions for packages that have Ubuntu patches), please report it that my github repo page.

I'm still in the process of updating the packages: 92/92 complete...[DONE]

Note: I was not able to fix the qt-ubuntu build issue. However, I could reproduce it in the Arch Linux version of qt. It fails with the exact same error. I'm not sure if it's caused by the Unity-for-Arch packages or not. I'll have to test in a chroot.

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d_r · 2012-03-04 19:36:42

I registered just to share what I found on the internet when trying to compile qt-ubuntu: I haven't dug deeply into the problem but it compiles fine if you remove the qtwebkit package.

I also wanted to thank you for all your hard work in bringing and maintaing Unity for Arch Linux

kuglee · 2012-03-04 19:57:53

Nautilus-ubuntu: segmentation fault when copying files

unity-lens-files fails to build
http://pastebin.com/6itqRszx

chenxiaolong · 2012-03-04 21:17:13

kuglee wrote:

Nautilus-ubuntu: segmentation fault when copying files
unity-lens-files fails to build
http://pastebin.com/6itqRszx

You'll need to install the vala from the extra repo. From the build log, it seems that you're using Vala 0.16.0 or later. The version needed is 0.14.0 <= version < 0.15.0.

I'll need to look at the nautilus issue.

EDIT: The nautilus issue is fixed in version 3.3.90.0ubuntu6-100

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chenxiaolong · 2012-03-04 21:24:17

d_r wrote:

I registered just to share what I found on the internet when trying to compile qt-ubuntu: I haven't dug deeply into the problem but it compiles fine if you remove the qtwebkit package.
I also wanted to thank you for all your hard work in bringing and maintaing Unity for Arch Linux

Thank you so much for this! I compiled qt-ubuntu so many times (removing patches one by one) before finding out that the official qt doesn't even compile. ...and I almost melted my processor while doing so... (litterally: http://i.imgur.com/Cyggk.png ).

mr_comic · 2012-03-05 06:31:17

Any work on the incons with the white/gray squeare background?

chenxiaolong · 2012-03-05 07:06:09

mr_comic wrote:

Any work on the incons with the white/gray squeare background?

Could you try using an updated light-themes and ubuntu-mono package? I have Ubuntu themes/icons packages at:

https://github.com/chenxiaolong/Unity-for-Arch-Extra

mr_comic · 2012-03-05 07:10:47

Ok, I'm using light-themes-bzr from AUR and it solved the problem, it seemed the problem with my themes is cause I never recompiled them after de libpng update

chenxiaolong · 2012-03-05 07:46:56

mr_comic wrote:

Ok, I'm using light-themes-bzr from AUR and it solved the problem, it seemed the problem with my themes is cause I never recompiled them after de libpng update

I'm glad you got it working

chenxiaolong · 2012-03-06 02:59:04

As soon as all these packages land in extra: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sor … =&limit=50 the following packages should no longer be needed:

* inputproto-ubuntu
* libx11-ubuntu
* libxi-ubuntu
* xorg-xinput-ubuntu
* fixesproto-ubuntu
* libxfixes-ubuntu
* xorg-server-ubuntu
* xf86-input-evdev-ubuntu
* xf86-input-synaptics-ubuntu

mr_comic · 2012-03-06 03:25:58

As far as it seems we're getting closer to have all the dependencies we need in the repos So beautiful.

kuglee · 2012-03-06 19:08:05

I'm using the unity-greeter, I've set its background in dconf. The background shows up in "lightdm --test-mode", but at the login screen the default background remains. I've also set it for the root, but still nothing. I start the greeter from inittab, but I've tried to start it as a daemon too, but nothing seems to work.

chenxiaolong · 2012-03-06 23:00:35

kuglee wrote:

I'm using the unity-greeter, I've set its background in dconf. The background shows up in "lightdm --test-mode", but at the login screen the default background remains. I've also set it for the root, but still nothing. I start the greeter from inittab, but I've tried to start it as a daemon too, but nothing seems to work.

Could you tar the lightdm logs in /var/log/lightdm and also post the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file?

kuglee · 2012-03-07 11:04:17

http://ubuntuone.com/6OL5wMX44yDN05l4GLssd2
http://ubuntuone.com/6VoFGHAKr4NX8VWKZnlf6u

Looks like it wants to load the default background:
[+5.12s] DEBUG: background.vala:58: Making background /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png at 1366x768

I've tried with greeter-user set to my account but that didn't work either.

chenxiaolong · 2012-03-09 21:43:43

kuglee wrote:

http://ubuntuone.com/6OL5wMX44yDN05l4GLssd2
http://ubuntuone.com/6VoFGHAKr4NX8VWKZnlf6u
Looks like it wants to load the default background:
[+5.12s] DEBUG: background.vala:58: Making background /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png at 1366x768
I've tried with greeter-user set to my account but that didn't work either.

Hmmm...are you running dconf-editor as the lightdm user? I mean, did you run something light this?

user $ xhost +
access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
user $ sudo su
Password:
root # sudo -u lightdm dconf-editor
...
root # exit
user $ xhost -
access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect

And then change /com/canonical/unity-greeter/background in dconf?

EDIT: When you run lightdm in test mode, it runs as your user, not the lightdm user, so maybe that's why it works.

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kuglee · 2012-03-09 23:06:30

Thanks, it's working now!

chenxiaolong · 2012-03-10 00:55:54

kuglee wrote:

Thanks, it's working now!

You're welcome

rleyh · 2012-03-10 15:01:21

chenxiaolong do you have any motivation to port ubuntu-tweak?
http://ubuntu-tweak.com/

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chenxiaolong · 2012-03-10 17:18:01

rleyh wrote:

chenxiaolong do you have any motivation to port ubuntu-tweak?
http://ubuntu-tweak.com/

Ooooh...that looks fun Sure, I'll try to port it to Arch. I'm a little bit worried about the package management/PPA part. I'm not sure what to do with it, remove it?

quasifilmie · 2012-03-10 22:30:36

chenxiaolong wrote:

Ooooh...that looks fun Sure, I'll try to port it to Arch. I'm a little bit worried about the package management/PPA part. I'm not sure what to do with it, remove it?

No point in keeping it unless you want to port apt...

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rleyh · 2012-03-10 23:53:55

quasifilmie wrote:

chenxiaolong wrote:
Ooooh...that looks fun Sure, I'll try to port it to Arch. I'm a little bit worried about the package management/PPA part. I'm not sure what to do with it, remove it?
No point in keeping it unless you want to port apt...

ack, i do not need another application to take care of my packages or /etc/pacman.conf. pacman/yaourt is just fine for this.

FYI there is also myunity https://launchpad.net/myunity and unsettings https://launchpad.net/unsettings.
Maybe one of those makes more sense for Unity-for-Arch, but ubuntu-tweak seems to be the most mature choice.

quasifilmie · 2012-03-11 04:20:59

When I used ubuntu natty I problems with myunity. Wonder if that has changed. @rleyh I was completely joking about porting apt to arch. However, I read here on the forums someone being somewhat successful in porting pacman to some debian-based distro -- I think it was ubuntu.

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rleyh · 2012-03-11 19:40:14

quasifilmie wrote:

@rleyh I was completely joking about porting apt to arch.

I know and i'm sharing your ironically expressed opinion

chenxiaolong · 2012-03-13 05:21:34

Awesome news: Xorg server 1.12.0 arrived in the updates today, which means that from now on, patched Xorg packages are no longer needed! I will release updates tomorrow and post instructions on how to revert back to the Arch Linux Xorg packages

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