[Testing] X11(simple desktop) + Chromium(web browser) in a simple installer for Stretch

Joerg · 11 July 2018 14:47

Hi Joakim, I cannot get the launcher to work. I can’t PM you since my user account here is new and PM function seems to be disabled for newbies. Do you have some extra hints that you could send to help me with the launcher? All the best from rainy Hamburg, Jörg

joakim_s · 11 July 2018 14:52

Well the first you should try is ssh in to the device and edit the /home/osmc/x11-start/x_init.sh

try increasing the first sleep number from 2 to 12, see if that helps

andrewvol · 23 July 2018 14:16

Hi. Sorry if my question is stupid, I just not understand. Can I watch film in online cinema using this thing on Vero 4K with hardware decode?

joakim_s · 23 July 2018 15:48

nope no hardware support in cromium

the_bo · 25 July 2018 20:09

Hi @joakim_s

I’m thinking of purchasing the new Vero 4k+ and just wondering is there a way to backup and restore my (x11 desktop with installed programs) from my rpi3 to the vero 4k?

Thanks

sam_nazarko · 25 July 2018 20:18

It wouldn’t be trivial but you could copy your home folder to back up those program settings

Sam

joakim_s · 25 July 2018 22:41

As Sam said make a back-up of osmc home dir, install X on vero4k+, restore your back up.

This will also cover your .kodi setting since that is stored under osmc home dir aswell

the_bo · 25 July 2018 22:46

So no luck with the hardware acceleration Chromium. A pity but I guess the extra Vero hardware and ram should be much better experience than browsing with the pi.

joakim_s · 26 July 2018 12:33

Well, as long as we use debians chromium package there will be no acceleration. Which i opted to do instead of compiling my own version and having to maintain it, when I didn’t get HW-accel to work properly

Still looking into HW-accel, but it has been low on priority list. Lots of things IRL that takes time from me.

Dimitris_D · 12 August 2018 14:40

having a hard time starting chromium after latest update of OSMC.

Tried starting it from lxterminal but still no luck :

osmc@osmc:/$ chromium
(chromium:3677): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_settings_schema_source_lookup: assertion ‘source != NULL’ failed

(chromium:3677): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_settings_schema_source_lookup: assertion ‘source != NULL’ failed
[3713:3713:0812/173151.069758:ERROR:gl_surface_glx.cc(424)] glxQueryVersion failed
[3713:3713:0812/173151.070230:ERROR:gl_initializer_x11.cc(157)] GLSurfaceGLX::InitializeOneOff failed.
[3713:3713:0812/173151.085542:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(201)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
[3677:3692:0812/173151.099139:ERROR:service_manager_context.cc(250)] Attempting to run unsupported native service: /usr/lib/chromium/content_gpu.service
[3677:3692:0812/173151.124515:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(119)] Failed to launch GPU process.
[3677:4042:0812/173151.603101:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(616)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.Notifications.GetCapabilities: object_path= /org/freedesktop/Notifications: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Notifications was not provided by any .service files
Received signal 11 SEGV_MAPERR 000000000000
#0 0x000001bd2b8c
#1 0x000001b6dd58
#2 0x000001bd2e7e
#3 0x000001bd30c0
#4 0x000072d5afe0
#5 0x000000aaa948
#6 0x000001e10400
#7 0x00000211c9de
#8 0x000002a5775c
#9 0x000002a57828
#10 0x000002a57902
#11 0x000002a57988
#12 0x000002a579ba
#13 0x000001a9a01c
#14 0x000001a9a052
#15 0x00000196f25c
#16 0x000001978620
#17 0x00000197888a
#18 0x000000e95312
#19 0x0000010b7ed6
#20 0x000000e9c2f2
#21 0x000000e9d13e
#22 0x000000e9d32e
#23 0x00000194a166
#24 0x00000194a264
#25 0x00000194f558
#26 0x000001949572
#27 0x00000091d95c ChromeMain
#28 0x000072d4c4aa __libc_start_main
[end of stack trace]
Calling _exit(1). Core file will not be generated.

joakim_s · 12 August 2018 15:29

will check it out, which device are you running it on?

Dimitris_D · 12 August 2018 15:57

Thanks for the quick response. It’s a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B.

joakim_s · 12 August 2018 18:00

Tested on both pi2 and vero4k, the latest chromium package from debian seems to be crashing. Been looking for bug reports but i cant find any as new as the package is. My suggestion is to downgrade to previous version.

sudo apt-get install chromium=63.0.3239.84-1~deb9u1

the_bo · 12 August 2018 19:22

My chromium is working fine on latest version 68 on rpi3b+. I’m using the unbuntu version from here so not sure if that’s much different from debain version.

joakim_s · 12 August 2018 19:29

probably since it seems to work for you =), but i was hoping to use the debian package so i could make a store package once MyOSMC store v.2.0 comes.

feodosij · 14 August 2018 08:23

@the_bo, are you setup Ubuntu Mate or Ubuntu Core on your RPi device?

On my device OSMC OS. I setup this tool X11 with Chromium… I’ve launch simple desktop, but run Chromium on it was unsuccessful

joakim_s · 14 August 2018 10:18

@feodosij To install the_bo’s version do like this:

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/380369885/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_armhf.deb
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/380369879/chromium-browser_68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i chromium-browser_68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_armhf.deb
sudo apt --fix-broken install
sudo dpkg -i chromium-browser_68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_armhf.deb
sudo apt-get purge chromium

feodosij · 14 August 2018 11:44

@joakim_s its commands I need to do inside x11 desktop command line? or through osmc command line?

Tom_Doyle · 14 August 2018 12:08

Hi,

You will need issues either with a keyboard attached and exit kodi or via ssh, more details can be found here:

Thanks Tom.

feodosij · 14 August 2018 12:12

@Tom_Doyle and @joakim_s. It works!
Now trying to change resolution on that desktop.

Thank you for your job.