Oh right - forgot to add that I'm using dfb 1.4.3 and Ubuntu 9.10 x64 sb
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Some Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Niels, > > Thanks for your response. I would like something like an application > manager that SaWMan seems to provide since I would like to manipulate > placement of these windows and scaling of their contents in a programmatic > environment outside of the windowed dfb applications. Basically, I would > want the dfb apps to have an WxH surface, draw to it, and then have some > other application move them and scale them around. Additionally, I would > like to be able to send input to lower windows if the topmost one does not > handle it. Would the default manager be enough there? > > I found that sometimes I have a .fusion-0 directory in my /tmp directory > after running the apps which cause the IPC error. If I delete the directory > then I can run the app again. Unfortunately, I'm still not seeing anything > when just running testman - should I be? > > sb > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Niels Roest <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi there. >> >> First off, for working with windows you can also simply use the "default" >> window manager. >> The major difference with SaWMan is that "default" has no access control, >> so it will simply comply what the apps request, I am guessing this is enough >> for your needs. Just use IDirectFBDisplayLayer::CreateWindow() and use e.g. >> Raise() to change z-order. >> >> I am unsure why you are having issues with x11, since that is exactly what >> I am using - ubuntu 8.04 AMD64 here. Make sure you use a recent version like >> 1.4.x. Are you using the fusion kernel module? >> >> Some Guy wrote: >> >>> I think SaWMan might be useful, so I started to play with it. I'm trying >>> to develop this on a x64 Ubuntu machine. relevant lines in my directfbrc >>> file: >>> >>> system=x11 >>> session=0 >>> wm=sawman >>> >>> When I run testman, I see nothing on the screen. Launching any other df >>> apps do not come up either. If I don't launch testman, and run df_window, >>> I'll see the app, but the window is transparent and I see only one of the >>> windows from df_window flashing as if it as focus. The other window is >>> chopped out, but I can see part of it since it is translucent and behind the >>> focused window. >>> >>> Also, I sometimes get Fusion/Init IPC errors after unclean shutdowns - >>> primarily something about Could not enter world '0'. Is there a way to fix >>> this aside from rebooting? Once I'm in that state, no df app that I've >>> tried runs for me. I read back in 2002 there was an ipc_cleanup script, but >>> it seems to be obsolete now. >>> >>> Any help/advice would be appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> sb >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> directfb-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> .------------------------------------------. >> | DirectFB - Hardware accelerated graphics | >> | http://www.directfb.org/ | >> "------------------------------------------" >> > >
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