ubuntu-nexus7

xbmc should build against gles not gl

Bug #1084201 reported by Steve Payne on 2012-11-28

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
Kodi	Unknown	Unknown	auto-trac.xbmc.org #13628
ubuntu-nexus7	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned
xbmc (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I think all that's needed is a reasonably small tweak to the rules (see attached patch). The work to make it use GLES was already done in order to make it work on the Raspberry Pi.

(The resultant binary seems to look like the OpenGL-based one but now no longer runs at a snail's pace. It's still confused about the screen resolution (gets 800x1280 instead of 1280x800) which I am guessing is probably down to the way the TEGRA driver might be reporting it:

ubuntu@dexter:~$ grep 1280 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 12.352] (II) TEGRA(0): Modeline "800x1280"x0.0 0.00 800 800 800 800 1280 1280 1280 1280 (0.0 kHz eP)
[ 12.352] (II) TEGRA(0): Output LVDS-1 using initial mode 800x1280
[ 12.352] (--) TEGRA(0): Virtual size is 1280x800 (pitch 0)
[ 12.352] (**) TEGRA(0): Driver mode "800x1280"
ubuntu@dexter:~$

but I have yet to find time to fully dig through the XBMC code to find out exactly where it's getting its notion of the available resolutions from.)

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lp://staging/ubuntu/raring-proposed/xbmc

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Steve Payne (c-launchpad-iamsrp-com) wrote on 2012-11-28:

patch Edit (943 bytes, text/plain)

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Sean Feole (sfeole) wrote on 2012-11-28:

Hey Steve, thanks for the bug report!

Have you filed an upstream bug with XBMC Media Center?? Looks like they use their own tracker

Please see: https://launchpad.net/xbmc

When you do please send me the link and I will be happy to link this bug accordingly

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Steve Payne (c-launchpad-iamsrp-com) wrote on 2012-11-28:

Added as http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/13628

Sean Feole (sfeole) on 2012-11-28

Changed in ubuntu-nexus7:
status:	New → Confirmed
tags:	added: mobile nexus7

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2012-11-28

Changed in xbmc:
status:	Unknown → New

Sean Feole (sfeole) on 2012-12-10

Changed in ubuntu-nexus7:
assignee:	nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2012-12-10:

Thanks for the work there, that component is in universe though and it seems it needs sponsoring so unassigning canonical-desktop-team and subscribing ubuntu-sponsors instead

Changed in ubuntu-nexus7:
assignee:	Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → nobody

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Sean Feole (sfeole) wrote on 2012-12-10:

Hey Sebastien, did you mean to subscribe the bug to ubuntu-sponsers?

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2012-12-10:

yes, since there is a patch (the activity log and the subscriber list confirms they correctly got subscribed... was there any issue?)

Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) on 2012-12-10

Changed in xbmc (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Fix Committed

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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote on 2012-12-10:

I have tried applying your patch. To build on the Nexus 7 I had to add a build dependency on libgles2-mesa-dev and then the tablet compiled XBMC in 90 minutes but did not succeed to make a package due to an dh-shlibdeps problem on libgles2-mesa. I could start the compiled binary via

./xbmc.bin

in the main directory of the source at least, only with the problem that xbmc assumes a portrait screen whereas the desktop is landscape (and a video app should be used in landscape). So at least the program starts, meaning that the GLES support is correct now.

Then I tried out whether the build servers could package the patched XBMC. I test-built on a PC (amd64) to be sure nothing is broken (15 minutes) and uploaded this. Unfortunately it FTBFS already during ./configure due to a Python problem (why did the previous version build on the build servers then?).

So we are at least a step further knowing that your patch worked. Now we must hope that someone steps up making the package build and solving the landscape problem.

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Steve Payne (c-launchpad-iamsrp-com) wrote on 2012-12-11:

Thanks for taking the time to look at this request.

I think/hope that the landscape problem is addressed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1085350

Once I apply the workaround therein it looks okay. However, it doesn't seem to understand using the touch-screen for pointer input (using an attached mouse works fine). I've not had any time to look into this issue.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-12-12:

This bug was fixed in the package xbmc - 2:11.0~git20120510.82388d5-1ubuntu6

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xbmc (2:11.0~git20120510.82388d5-1ubuntu6) raring; urgency=low

* debian/rules: Added multi-arch search path for Python header files
"-I/usr/include/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/python2.7" to CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS.
-- Till Kamppeter <email address hidden> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:47:30 +0100