[PATCH wayland-web] raspberrypi: mention Raspbian packages
darxus at chaosreigns.com
darxus at chaosreigns.com
Tue Jun 4 08:52:37 PDT 2013
Thanks, pushed.
On 06/04, ppaalanen at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen at collabora.co.uk>
>
> Also mention, that using the user 'pi' should save from pain of setting
> up permissions for devices. Run apt-get update, too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen at collabora.co.uk>
> Cc: Daniel Stone <daniel at fooishbar.org>
> Cc: Alex Bradbury <asb at asbradbury.org>
> ---
> raspberrypi.html | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/raspberrypi.html b/raspberrypi.html
> index b1c2a87..44d9ce4 100644
> --- a/raspberrypi.html
> +++ b/raspberrypi.html
> @@ -14,7 +14,35 @@
>
> <p>This is a guide for installing Weston into
> <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/">Raspberry Pi</a>. All commands and
> -compiling are done directly on the Pi.</p>
> +compiling are done directly on the Pi. In Raspbian, it is recommended to
> +run Weston as the user 'pi', as Raspbian seems to allow input device access
> +mostly for this user while logged in locally (not via ssh).</p>
> +
> +<p>However, if you just want to try Weston and not build it, there are
> +packages.</p>
> +
> +<blockquote>
> +<h3>Raspbian packages</h3>
> +
> +<p>There are pre-built Wayland and Weston packages for the
> +<a href="http://www.raspbian.org/">Raspbian</a> distribution.</p>
> +
> +<p>Add the following line to <tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt> file:</p>
> +<pre> deb http://raspberrypi.collabora.com wheezy rpi
> +</pre>
> +<p>Then just issue:</p>
> +<pre> sudo apt-get update
> + sudo apt-get install weston</pre>
> +
> +<p>This will install also a script called <tt>weston-launch</tt>
> +(not the real <tt>weston-launch</tt> program), which will automatically
> +set up <tt>XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</tt> for you and run <tt>weston</tt>.
> +Running Weston with this package is as simple as:</p>
> +<pre> weston-launch</pre>
> +<p>No need to manually set up environment variables. The firmware notes
> +below are still worth checking, though.</p>
> +</blockquote>
> +
>
> <h2>Build dependencies</h2>
>
> @@ -138,7 +166,9 @@ EGL. EGL does not work for clients due to EGL Wayland platform being
> unimplemented on Raspberry Pi.</p>
>
> <p>Weston should work by running <tt>weston</tt>. Remember to have the
> -environment set up.</p>
> +environment set up, and it is useful to have an ssh session open to your
> +RPi on the first try, in case Weston cannot open any input or output
> +devices. It is best to try as the user 'pi' on Raspbian.</p>
>
> <h2>Troubleshooting</h2>
>
> --
> 1.8.1.5
>
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