Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Kopkins · 2013-02-22 16:24:26

Which is more preferable, to install from source or from repo?

chenxiaolong · 2013-02-22 16:48:50

shiznix wrote:

chenxiaolong wrote:
shiznix wrote:
Yes this has created a fair bit of controversy in the Ubuntu camp as well.
I'm currently using timekiller's systray reversion patch https://launchpadlibrarian.net/13117590 … elist.diff from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/974480
This is working great, systray is present and was going to enable it by default but it appears there is a bug where the icons are shown to be huge.
See here for example -> http://cs419228.userapi.com/v419228880/ … FVgpGA.jpg
Have you guys come across this, or know what package would be responsible for it (unity itself maybe) ?
Unfortunately I can't even file a bug for it on Ubuntu now, seeing as they're removing it entirely.
The patch is included in the unity package as 0003_Revert_r3134_Remove_Systray_Whitelist.patch
The huge icon issue shouldn't happen though. All Ubuntu removed is the ability to configure the systray using dconf. The actual systray functionality was not removed.
Java and Wine applications are whitelisted in the source code though, so if you can reproduce the huge icon bug using a Java or Windows application, you can still file a bug report
OK finally got it sorted, was failing to apply libunity-misc's tarball patchset that fixes https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/856125
Thanks for the response

Glad you got it working Is there something wrong with the Unity-for-Arch package?

chenxiaolong · 2013-02-23 07:18:40

divansantana wrote:

Anyone know how to get Plugin to display unread message count for Pidgin on Unity Launcher as per http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/04/how- … y-launcher example.
I have unity-extra/pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu installed.

I'm not sure. The owner of that particular PPA took it down, so I can't see what changes he/she made to the source code.

Last edited by chenxiaolong (2013-02-23 07:18:48)

chenxiaolong · 2013-02-23 07:20:49

Kopkins wrote:

Which is more preferable, to install from source or from repo?

It depends on how many customized packages you have. If you have any packages from the AUR that replace system packages (like gnome-shell-git or whatever), I'd suggest compiling from source. If not, then just install from the repos. The end result will be the same

Archer1X · 2013-02-24 04:02:24

Hi. I've installed Unity from unity.humbug.in repo, and I have tried to open CCSM but failed (nothing happened)..can somebody explain to me how to open it correctly?

Also, there is no 'Appearance' option in System Settings..everything are so lacking here and there. I'm afraid the repo was out of date or not compiled from the latest source.

If I try to run CCSM from Terminal, it spit out this output:

compizconfig - Info: Backend : ini
compizconfig - Info: Integration : true
compizconfig - Info: Profile : default

And yeah, nothing happened.

Last edited by Archer1X (2013-02-24 04:18:34)

chenxiaolong · 2013-02-24 05:48:55

Archer1X wrote:

Hi. I've installed Unity from unity.humbug.in repo, and I have tried to open CCSM but failed (nothing happened)..can somebody explain to me how to open it correctly?
Also, there is no 'Appearance' option in System Settings..everything are so lacking here and there. I'm afraid the repo was out of date or not compiled from the latest source.
If I try to run CCSM from Terminal, it spit out this output:
compizconfig - Info: Backend : ini
compizconfig - Info: Integration : true
compizconfig - Info: Profile : default
And yeah, nothing happened.

Could you run:

echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP

It should output "Unity". If it doesn't, both gnome-control-center and ccsm will fail to detect that Unity is running, which is what's causing all the problems.

Archer1X · 2013-02-24 09:14:09

chenxiaolong wrote:

Archer1X wrote:
Hi. I've installed Unity from unity.humbug.in repo, and I have tried to open CCSM but failed (nothing happened)..can somebody explain to me how to open it correctly?
Also, there is no 'Appearance' option in System Settings..everything are so lacking here and there. I'm afraid the repo was out of date or not compiled from the latest source.
If I try to run CCSM from Terminal, it spit out this output:
compizconfig - Info: Backend : ini
compizconfig - Info: Integration : true
compizconfig - Info: Profile : default
And yeah, nothing happened.
Could you run:
echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
It should output "Unity". If it doesn't, both gnome-control-center and ccsm will fail to detect that Unity is running, which is what's causing all the problems.

Hi. I've tried reinstalling MATE Desktop and try running CCSM but it also failed and won't open. Running the command you gave giving '0' output, means nothing shown up, and that's when I ran it in MATE Desktop. Weird, because I have it running before this, no problem at all.

Archer1X · 2013-02-24 14:05:58

Problem solved..I don't remember what I really have reinstalled, but as far as I've remember, they are compizconfig-backend-gconf, libcompizconfig, compizconfig-python..and now I can launch CCSM + Compiz Fusion Icon without a problem.
I will try to reinstall Unity in my Archer1X later when I have enough time to make my brain bleeding again..kudos!

P/S: Somebody need to update the ArchWiki because I have tried to install Unity from source using the script provided HERE but failed because of some 'PKGBUILD not found' error.

EDIT: Ahhh..really sorry Mods..forgot to edit my post earlier..

Last edited by Archer1X (2013-02-24 14:12:26)

qiuwei · 2013-02-24 18:53:52

Archer1X wrote:

Problem solved..I don't remember what I really have reinstalled, but as far as I've remember, they are compizconfig-backend-gconf, libcompizconfig, compizconfig-python..and now I can launch CCSM + Compiz Fusion Icon without a problem.
I will try to reinstall Unity in my Archer1X later when I have enough time to make my brain bleeding again..kudos!
P/S: Somebody need to update the ArchWiki because I have tried to install Unity from source using the script provided HERE but failed because of some 'PKGBUILD not found' error.
EDIT: Ahhh..really sorry Mods..forgot to edit my post earlier..

I think now the automatic install script is now included in chenxiaolong's repo.

oi_wtf · 2013-02-24 19:46:11

A very basic one
well, I've got my own one and I'd suggest anyone to create his own one,
taking the best things from available scripts creating something that's exactly what you need.

And you'll learn something, exactly like it's meant to be with arch

chenxiaolong · 2013-02-26 21:29:28

I'm currently working on adding tests to the Unity-for-Arch packages. The tests should (hopefully) let me find out if something is going to break earlier. The tests will require the new TESTPKG-* packages in the git repo. To skip the tests, pass "--nocheck" to makepkg. Please add that to your install scripts if you don't want tests to be built Tests will always be enabled on my build server (http://cxl.epac.to:8081).

divansantana · 2013-02-27 21:38:49

@chenxiaolong Any chance of packaging "unity-scope-calculator" from ppa:scopes-packagers/ppa
I find it really useful.

xgdgsc · 2013-03-01 13:41:39

@chenxiaolong
Have you ever thought of applying as a TU and bring unity to [community]?
I hope you can maintain a stable version of unity(as the latest Ubuntu stable release (now 12.10)) in [community]. And maintain a dev unity version which follows latest released stable unity in future Ubuntu(now it's 13.04) as you do now.

oi_wtf · 2013-03-01 14:14:16

@chen, qt4-ubuntu in branch qt4 should conflict and provide the 'qt4' package from the official repo

chenxiaolong · 2013-03-01 16:44:05

oi_wtf wrote:

@chen, qt4-ubuntu in branch qt4 should conflict and provide the 'qt4' package from the official repo

Thanks! Fixed and merged into master.

chenxiaolong · 2013-03-01 16:44:39

divansantana wrote:

@chenxiaolong Any chance of packaging "unity-scope-calculator" from ppa:scopes-packagers/ppa
I find it really useful.

I'll package it and upload it to the AUR after I get home from school

chenxiaolong · 2013-03-01 16:53:56

xgdgsc wrote:

@chenxiaolong
Have you ever thought of applying as a TU and bring unity to [community]?
I hope you can maintain a stable version of unity(as the latest Ubuntu stable release (now 12.10)) in [community]. And maintain a dev unity version which follows latest released stable unity in future Ubuntu(now it's 13.04) as you do now.

Unfortunately, I don't have the time to be a TU and I don't think my Unity packages could ever become a part of [community] due to their dependence on patched packages.

As for the stable releases, if someone wants to maintain the latest stable release as a branch of Unity-for-Arch on GitHub, I'd be happy to give commit access. I didn't stay at the 12.10 releases because Unity runs with llvmpipe software rendering on my computer, which is incredibly slow. (and also because I love new features )

But like I say, if someone wants to do it, I'll give him/her commit access to Unity-for-Arch. It's not that easy of a job though, packages will need to have certain patches backported for the older packages to work.

qiuwei · 2013-03-02 09:40:48

chenxiaolong wrote:

New testing repo!
Before I go any further, I recommend http://unity.xe-xe.org/ for normal use because pekmop1024 tests the packages he builds
Short description
I've built a new testing repo for i686 and x86_64. It's created by the Jenkins CI software (more on that later), which monitors my Unity-for-Arch git repo and automatically builds the packages every time I make a change. Only the changed packages are built, so you won't see all 52 packages in the updates every day If you look at the web interface linked below, most of the time, it takes less than 20 minutes from me typing "git push" to the package showing up in "pacman -Syu"
Just put this in /etc/pacman.conf
[Unity-for-Arch]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = http://dl.dropbox.com/u/486665/Repos/Unity-for-Arch/$arch
Unity-for-Arch-Extra is coming soon!
Web Interface
The Jenkins web interface is available here: http://cxl.epac.to:8091/. From there, you can see:
* The build log in real time: http://i.imgur.com/GAUoDw7.png
* How long a package takes to build: http://i.imgur.com/zt8TzAU.png
* Whether a commit fails to build or not
And probably the most useful: the packages for the last 10 builds are kept: http://i.imgur.com/4c3C10m.png If something ever breaks, you can download an older version and if it works, click the "Changes" link (which shows the git commit corresponding to the build), and file a bug report
I will try my best to keep the web interface up 24/7, but combine my crappy internet (http://www.speedtest.net/result/2515420420.png) with my crappy router (http://i.imgur.com/Bxb9Mt4.png) and it may not be possible.
Btw, if your ISP is ipv6 enabled, the web interface is available at http://[2001:470:8:c14:216:3eff:fe54:ee1e]:8090/
Long description
Hardware
Everything in done inside of a Arch Linux Xen VM on a Fedora 18 host. Why Fedora 18? Because Xen + libvirt is such a pain to install and keep working in Arch. The specs of the computer is:
Computer: Custom built one that a neighbor didn't want
Motherboard: Foxconn MCP61M05/M61PMV
CPU: AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e
RAM: 4 GB
GPU: NVIDIA (integrated) GeForce 6150SE
HDD: Seagate ST3160815AS 7200RPM 160GB
VM Specs:
Type: Xen Paravirtualized Guest
CPU: 2 logical CPUs
RAM: 1024 MB
Disk: 30 GB on LVM
The VM
The VM has nothing installed except for sudo, devtools, dropbox, and jenkins. Nothing is built directly on the VM. The build process is done in a chroot.
How Jenkins is set up
There's a master job called UFA-1.0-Get-Git-Sources. It continuously monitors the Unity-for-Arch git repo and runs a script (http://paste.ubuntu.com/1673107/) whenever a new git commit is made. The script will store the current commit in "new-commit" and check if the "old-commit" file is available. If not, it will do a complete rebuild of all the packages. If the file exists, it will run git and find out which packages changed between the two commits.
The script is designed to be efficient. A package will never be built twice for one commit. An example is if I update compiz-ubuntu and unity at the same time. Normally, UFA-1.0-Get-Git-Sources would put compiz-ubuntu and unity on the build queue. But since unity depends on compiz-ubuntu, compiz-ubuntu will also put unity on the queue when it's finished building. So this ends up happening:
UFA-1.0-Get-Git-Sources
-> UFA-2.0-Build-compiz-ubuntu
-> UFA-2.0-Build-unity
-> UFA-2.0-Build-unity
How to avoid this? The script will look at the dependencies for every package and if a single dependency is going to be built then the script will not build that package. Following the previous example, the script will look at unity's dependencies, find out that compiz-ubuntu is there, and skip unity because compiz-ubuntu will call it. So we end up with this:
UFA-1.0-Get-Git-Sources
-> UFA-2.0-Build-compiz-ubuntu
-> UFA-2.0-Build-unity
which is exactly what we want.
The actual build jobs are very simple. All I have to do is set up the dependencies: http://i.imgur.com/35SYJWp.png and then tell it to run build-in-chroot.sh (which is in the git repo).
After a package (UFA-2.0-Build-*) is built, it will call UFA-3.0-Publish-Repo, which uploads the packages to my Dropbox account where the repo is stored.
The build process
All of the builds are done inside chroots. However, I don't do it the way most Arch packagers do it. I do it like Debian/Ubuntu's pbuilder, Fedora's mock, and openSUSE's OBS.
Most Arch packagers create a single chroot and build it inside of a chroot. While it's still technically a "clean" build, it's very easy to miss dependencies. For example, if I forgot to add compiz-ubuntu to unity's dependencies and built the entire Unity-for-Arch project in a single chroot, by the time I get to compiling unity, compiz-ubuntu would already be installed. I would never know that it's required.
Other distros (and I) create a new chroot for every single build. This way, I can find out what all the dependencies are. The builds would fail if any dependency was missing. So, a full rebuild of Unity-for-Arch creates 104 chroots (52 for i686, 52 for x86_64)
Of course, this completely kills the disk performance. It's bad to the point where "echo hi" takes 5 seconds to run because it takes 5 seconds to load /usr/bin/echo
All of the packages are built using "make -j1" right now. I allow 2 packages to be built at the same time, so I'm not sure if "make -j2" would be any faster.
Btw, the total time it takes to build the entire Unity-for-Arch project for both i686 and x86_64 is 8 hours, 13 minutes, and 49 seconds
Questions, bugs?
Please let me know if you have any problems or if there are any bugs. I've tested this for four days so hopefully there aren't any
Also, if someone wants to set up Jenkins, whether it's for Unity-for-Arch or another project, I'd be glad to help out.

WoW, I just read this. This is so COOOOL! Thanks!

Unia · 2013-03-02 14:13:15

^ Really, you had to quote all of that post for just a single sentence?

tydell · 2013-03-02 19:03:33

There is small problem with unity. My system is up to date. After last upgrade there is no panel and hud dash after desktop shows up. There also no working unity's keybinding like Alt or Alt+F2 etc. I have only clean wallpaper or icons on desktop too if nautilus handle it. CCSM won't start either (it claims about libprotobuf.so.7). The reason for that situation are two packages:

community/protobuf 2.5.0-1 
community/protobuf-python 2.5.0-1

I had downgrade it to 2.4.1-2 version and after that everything is ok.

oi_wtf · 2013-03-02 21:31:45

You'll just have to rebuild compiz so it'll link against the new protobuf library.

Last edited by oi_wtf (2013-03-02 21:45:44)

tydell · 2013-03-02 21:47:39

I thought so. I installed unity via pacman straight from xe-xe repo but i thought it need to recompile it to work with new libraries. Thanks for the answer.

utopyand · 2013-03-02 22:43:11

Hello, i've installed Unity by the aur package, but i can't login, nor with LightDM (gtk-greeter) neither with Lxdm, it just flashes and return to the login prompt. From a log i saw something about pam_authenticate failed, but running Unity from terminal within my Xfce session works.

oi_wtf · 2013-03-03 02:46:43

the aur is not the way you should install unity.
use the unity.xe-xe.org repo or build it yourself using the git repo instead.

beware that as of now compiz-ubuntu of the xe-xe repo is linked against libprotobuf.so.7 (see posts above yours)

chenxiaolong · 2013-03-03 07:16:50

qiuwei wrote:

WoW, I just read this. This is so COOOOL! Thanks!

I didn't know anybody read my long posts...Awesome!

The build server was down for the past few days because it was too much load for my wireless router. Now I got a real pfSense router and everything is fine again

ipv4: http://cxl.epac.to:8091/
ipv6: http://[2001:470:8:c14:216:3eff:fe54:ee1e]:8090/

I've just started a rebuild for compiz-ubuntu for the new protobuf update. If you look within the next ~50 minutes, you can see it compile http://cxl.epac.to:8091/job/UFA-2.0-Bui … 12/console

Arch Linux

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#1637 2013-02-27 21:38:49

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#1641 2013-03-01 16:44:39

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

#1642 2013-03-01 16:53:56

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

#1643 2013-03-02 09:40:48

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

New testing repo!

Short description

Web Interface

Long description

Questions, bugs?

#1644 2013-03-02 14:13:15

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

#1645 2013-03-02 19:03:33

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