How to compile?

[maribu]

Hi, Simon!

I cannot figure out how I have to set up the build environment. Where do I get .deps/fbdev.Plo, Makefile.in and Makefile.am?

I pretty sure there are somewhere instructions how to build. But I searched for them without success. Would you be so kind to point me to the right direction?

Thanks,
Maribu

[root42]

It seems that the sources are incomplete. The Makefile says that it is generated by automake, but I cannot find any of the typical autoconf/automake source files (e.g. the ones you just mentioned).

[root42]

Any news on this? Is this project abandoned? Any other information on accelerated X11 on the RasPi?

[licaon-kter]

Since they sponsored Wayland porting I highly doubt it.

[ssvb]

If you are still interested in X11, you can try https://github.com/ssvb/xf86-video-fbturbo
When using 3.10 Raspberry Pi kernel, windows moving/scrolling is accelerated by DMA. But even without this basic hardware acceleration, the desktop performance is much better than what you get in default raspbian because of the other optimizations.

[root42]

@ssvb Thanks for the link. I did not know that specific project yet.

[ssvb]

@root42: There is also a discussion thread in the Raspberry Pi forums: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=45746
But actually very few people seem to care about graphics on Raspberry Pi anyway, they are even not interested in 3D games (via https://github.com/lunixbochs/glshim ): http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=45252 :)

@licaon-kter: If you mean the development sponsored by Raspberry Pi foundation, then yes, some work is being done with Wayland. But AFAIK @simonjhall with his fbdev_exa project was never part of 'they'.

[root42]

@ssvb Have you tried the project? I guess compiling the stuff will take some time, wouldn't it? Plus I only have the 256 MB Pi so far. Maybe it's time to upgrade...

[ssvb]

@root42 I'm a developer of the fbturbo project :) The installation of fbturbo is supposed to be relatively simple (just follow the instructions and type commands in order) - https://github.com/ssvb/xf86-video-fbturbo/wiki/Installation
The compilation is fast and does not require much RAM because it's a small project with few source files. It should not take more than a few minutes to compile, and the time is mostly spent at the configure stage.

As for the fbdev_exa, I could not get it compiled from the sources either.

[root42]

@ssvb Thanks for the info!

[licaon-kter]

@ssvb: since the main Linux direction is towards Wayland anyway this is the right way to do it, but in the mean time it makes RPi a X-less usable platform. :-\