[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] running af at 24-bit depth

[From: Kimmo.Hamalainen at nokia.com]

Hi,

If you have Xephyr in Scratchbox, it should work like this without hacks:

1) Make the following script outside Scratchbox:
#!/bin/sh -e
prefix=/scratchbox/users/${USER}/targets/PC/usr
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${prefix}/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
exec ${prefix}/bin/Xephyr :2 -host-cursor -screen 800x480x16 -dpi 96 -ac

2) Run the script _outside_ Scratchbox. Xephyr should display a window.

3) Login to Scratchbox

4) Type the following commands:
[sbox-PC: ~] > export DISPLAY=<IP of host running Xephyr>:2
[sbox-PC: ~] > af-sb-init.sh start


BR, Kimmo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org
> [mailto:maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org]On Behalf Of ext Aleksandr
> Koltsoff
> Sent: 30 May, 2005 15:16
> To: maemo-developers at maemo.org
> Subject: [maemo-developers] running af at 24-bit depth
> 
> 
> Hello
> 
> Most of you might know that running af-sb-init.sh will lead 
> to funny screens 
> when your X server is at 24bpp.
> 
> The component that provides images to applications 
> (sapwood-server), has a 
> hardcoded value in it that is set to 16. Since the process 
> runs without a 
> Gdk-context, it's not easy to detect the depth directly (I'm 
> guessing here 
> though).
> 
> I've modified the server so that the depth can be controlled via an 
> environmental variable called SAPWOOD_DEPTH and if it's set 
> to 24, then 
> sapwood will use that.
> 
> After this, af runs ok on 24bpp.
> 
> I put a compiled (sbox/i386) debs, sources and a README 
> (renamed to usage.txt 
> because of ISP) with instructions here: 
> http://koltsoff.fi/770/sapwood-16_24_bit/
> 
> And yes I know it's a hack, and yes I know better ways of 
> doing this, but 
> again, it's just a hack. I do not propose including that into 
> the SDK, but 
> wouldn't oppose it either.
> 
> ak.
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