LuminocityHowTo

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This is fun to play with (I really like the desktop switcher) but its not a functional window manager like Metacity. Its only to be looked at. So don't show this off to all your Window's buddies (unless you say "this is the future of Linux") because they will be disappointed when they switch to use it only to find out its basically a demo. This is fun to play with (I really like the desktop switcher) but it's not a functional window manager like ["Metacity"]. It's only to be looked at. So don't show this off to all your Windows buddies (unless you say "this is the future of Linux") because they will be disappointed when they switch to use it only to find out it's basically a demo.
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'''apt-get install cvs libtool libxxf86vm-dev build-essential docbook-xsl automake1.7 libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev xlibmesa-glu-dev ''' {{{apt-get install cvs libtool libxxf86vm-dev build-essential docbook-xsl automake1.7 libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev xlibmesa-glu-dev
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'''mkdir luminocity'''
'''cd luminocity/ '''
{{{mkdir luminocity
cd luminocity/ }}}
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'''cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome get jhbuild'''
'''cd jhbuild/'''
'''make'''
'''make install'''
{{{cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome get jhbuild
cd jhbuild/
make
make install}}}
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'''cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome get '''
'''
luminocity/luminocity.modules'''
'''cp luminocity/luminocity.modules modulesets/'''
{{{cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome get luminocity/luminocity.modules
cp luminocity/luminocity.modules modulesets/}}}
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'''cd ..''' {{{cd ..
}}}
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'''gedit''' {{{gedit
}}}
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"import os {{{import os
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os.environ['INSTALL'] = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], 'bin', 'install-check')" os.environ['INSTALL'] = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], 'bin', 'install-check')
}}}
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Save the file as "jhbuildrc-luminocity" Save the file as {{{jhbuildrc-luminocity}}}
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'''mkdir ~/luminocity/src/'''
'''mkdir ~/luminocity/opt/'''
{{{mkdir ~/luminocity/src/
mkdir ~/luminocity/opt/}}}
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'''export AUTOMAKE=automake-1.7'''
'''export ACLOCAL=aclocal-1.7'''
{{{export AUTOMAKE=automake-1.7
export ACLOCAL=aclocal-1.7}}}
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'''~/bin/jhbuild -f ~/luminocity/jhbuildrc-luminocity build xserver luminocity''' {{{~/bin/jhbuild -f ~/luminocity/jhbuildrc-luminocity build xserver luminocity
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'''~/bin/jhbuild -f ~/luminocity/jhbuildrc-luminocity shell''' {{{~/bin/jhbuild -f ~/luminocity/jhbuildrc-luminocity shell
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"If you want to change the window size, start Xfake with:Xfake -screen <width>x<height*number_of_workspaces>x<bpp> "If you want to change the window size, start Xfake with:

{{{
Xfake -screen <width>x<height*number_of_workspaces>x<bpp>
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For example, this would make luminocity to open in 1024x768 window when using 4 workspaces:" For example, this would make luminocity to open in 1024x768 window when using 4 workspaces:
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'''Xfake -ac -nolisten tcp -screen 1024x3072x32 :1 &''' {{{Xfake -ac -nolisten tcp -screen 1024x3072x32 :1 &
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'''DISPLAY=:1 gxine &''' {{{DISPLAY=:1 gxine &
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'''luminocity :1''' {{{luminocity :1
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'''luminocity :1 -d 4 /path/to/background ''' {{{luminocity :1 -d 4 /path/to/background
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CategoryDocumentation CategoryCleanup

If you are like me, you probably like to have some eye candy and the Luminocity demos enticed you. All those effect look great, but what good are they if we have to wait years for the effect to get into Gnome?

I created this howto to help people like myself install Luminocity now in order to try out the new effects. It does alright on my Pentium 4 with an ATI card (newest fglrx drivers installed), but using a mouse wheel seems to make it crash (anyone got a work around?).

This is fun to play with (I really like the desktop switcher) but it's not a functional window manager like ["Metacity"]. It's only to be looked at. So don't show this off to all your Windows buddies (unless you say "this is the future of Linux") because they will be disappointed when they switch to use it only to find out it's basically a demo.

This howto was created by adding this Gentoo one to this wikipage:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:2ai6TpucWhoJ:forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-313926.html+install+luminocity&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox&strip=1

For future note, every time you see bold, it is a new command line to enter.I will only use the bold for bash commands.

First we need to install some things.

{{{apt-get install cvs libtool libxxf86vm-dev build-essential docbook-xsl automake1.7 libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev xlibmesa-glu-dev }}}

Now lets make a directory:

{{{mkdir luminocity cd luminocity/ }}}

Now we need to install jhbuild:

{{{cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome get jhbuild cd jhbuild/ make make install}}}

I don't really get this part but its needed to work:

{{{cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome get luminocity/luminocity.modules cp luminocity/luminocity.modules modulesets/}}}

Now get out of that directory

{{{cd .. }}}

and start gedit:

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