Run pidgin in ubuntu touch on a Nexus5. Problem with Mir - Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
I'm trying to run pidgin in ubuntu touch which is installed on Nexus 5.
I did try to run it in libertine container, however it fails with the follwoing error.
Code:
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect: not accepted by server
(EE)
I have also tried to run it without the container using the following desktop file
Code:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Pidgin Internet Messenger
GenericName=Internet Messenger
Comment=Chat over IM. Supports AIM, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN, Yahoo and more
Exec=pidgin
Icon=pidgin
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;
X-MessagingMenu-UsesChatSection=true
X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=pidgin
X-Ubuntu-XMir-Enable=true
To run pidgin I am using the following script, launching it from phone's command line
Code:
#!/bin/bash
DISP=:1
Xmir :1 -mirSocket /var/run/mir_socket --desktop_file_hint=/home/phablet/pidgin.desktop -debug &
sleep 0.5;
DISPLAY=:1 pidgin &
However, Xmir failed with the following error.
Code:
ARM architecture: Defaulting to software mode because glamor is not stable
XMir initialized with 2 visuals:
Visual id 0x28: ff ff00 ff0000, 24 planes
Visual id 0x29: ff ff00 ff0000, 24 planes
Realize ROOT window 0xb8a6d530 id=0xea "": 1080x1920 +0+0 parent=(nil)
depth=24 redir=0 type=0 class=1 visibility=3 viewable=1
override=0 _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE=0()
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR=(nil)
WM_HINTS=<none>
Aborted
I checked that unity is running, and the resullt of "ps aux | grep unity" was
Code:
unity-system-compositor --disable-overlays=false --spinner=/usr/bin/unity-system-compositor-spinner --file /run/mir_socket --from-dm-fd 10 --to-dm-fd 13 --vt 1
I also checked that mir_socket is created and reachable under /var/run and /run directories
There are no errors in lightdm file
But Xorg log file shows the following error
Code:
[ 89.205] (II) No BusID or DriverName specified - opening /dev/dri/card0
directory
[ 89.205] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 89.205] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[ 89.206] No devices to configure. Configuration failed.
[ 89.206] (EE) Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.
The directory /dev/dri is missing on my phone. Although libdrm2 is installed
Any ideas how to overcome this problem?

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Mqhash said:
Hi
I'm trying to run pidgin in ubuntu touch which is installed on Nexus 5.
I did try to run it in libertine container, however it fails with the follwoing error.
Code:
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect: not accepted by server
(EE)
I have also tried to run it without the container using the following desktop file
Code:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Pidgin Internet Messenger
GenericName=Internet Messenger
Comment=Chat over IM. Supports AIM, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN, Yahoo and more
Exec=pidgin
Icon=pidgin
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;
X-MessagingMenu-UsesChatSection=true
X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=pidgin
X-Ubuntu-XMir-Enable=true
To run pidgin I am using the following script, launching it from phone's command line
Code:
#!/bin/bash
DISP=:1
Xmir :1 -mirSocket /var/run/mir_socket --desktop_file_hint=/home/phablet/pidgin.desktop -debug &
sleep 0.5;
DISPLAY=:1 pidgin &
However, Xmir failed with the following error.
Code:
ARM architecture: Defaulting to software mode because glamor is not stable
XMir initialized with 2 visuals:
Visual id 0x28: ff ff00 ff0000, 24 planes
Visual id 0x29: ff ff00 ff0000, 24 planes
Realize ROOT window 0xb8a6d530 id=0xea "": 1080x1920 +0+0 parent=(nil)
depth=24 redir=0 type=0 class=1 visibility=3 viewable=1
override=0 _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE=0()
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR=(nil)
WM_HINTS=<none>
Aborted
I checked that unity is running, and the resullt of "ps aux | grep unity" was
Code:
unity-system-compositor --disable-overlays=false --spinner=/usr/bin/unity-system-compositor-spinner --file /run/mir_socket --from-dm-fd 10 --to-dm-fd 13 --vt 1
I also checked that mir_socket is created and reachable under /var/run and /run directories
There are no errors in lightdm file
But Xorg log file shows the following error
Code:
[ 89.205] (II) No BusID or DriverName specified - opening /dev/dri/card0
directory
[ 89.205] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 89.205] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[ 89.206] No devices to configure. Configuration failed.
[ 89.206] (EE) Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.
The directory /dev/dri is missing on my phone. Although libdrm2 is installed
Any ideas how to overcome this problem?
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Unfortunately, the only real good method of running X11 applications on Ubuntu Touch is via Libertine. That's odd that it won't connect to Mir. /dev/dri should indeed be missing from your phone, most phones do not expose DRM/DRI to the OS as they don't always have native support for it (for example, Qualcomm devices require the msm_kgsl_drm kernel module, however that module doesn't compile properly on newer kernels.)
On Android devices, an abstraction layer known as Libhybris is used for handling graphics and hardware by wrapping the native Android drivers and using them.
The only thing I could suggest is possibly creating a new empty libertine container and install only pidgin on it to see if it could possibly be an issue with your container, last time I used Ubuntu Touch, Pidgin worked out of the box in Libertine.

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Thank you for your reply
ShadowEO said:
The only thing I could suggest is possibly creating a new empty libertine container and install only pidgin on it to see if it could possibly be an issue with your container.
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Unfortunately, I did try to create a new container but same error. No change . I even tried to run firefox but same error
ShadowEO said:
last time I used Ubuntu Touch, Pidgin worked out of the box in Libertine.
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What phone were you running ubuntu touch on?

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Mqhash said:
Hi
I'm trying to run pidgin in ubuntu touch which is installed on Nexus 5.
I did try to run it in libertine container, however it fails with the follwoing error.
Code:
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect: not accepted by server
(EE)
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How exactly did you get to this point? Which UT image? Was libertine included? The scope? The app? Did you install parts of it via apt? How did you run it? Where/how do you read the error?
I have also tried to run it without the container using the following desktop file
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When you say without the container what exactly do you mean? If you only make the desktop file yourself, then there still is only one pidgin executable and that is the one in the container, right ... I don't know how to connect the two.
Code:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Pidgin Internet Messenger
GenericName=Internet Messenger
Comment=Chat over IM. Supports AIM, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN, Yahoo and more
Exec=pidgin
Icon=pidgin
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;
X-MessagingMenu-UsesChatSection=true
X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=pidgin
X-Ubuntu-XMir-Enable=true
To run pidgin I am using the following script, launching it from phone's command line
Code:
#!/bin/bash
DISP=:1
Xmir :1 -mirSocket /var/run/mir_socket --desktop_file_hint=/home/phablet/pidgin.desktop -debug &
sleep 0.5;
DISPLAY=:1 pidgin &
However, Xmir failed with the following error.
Code:
ARM architecture: Defaulting to software mode because glamor is not stable
XMir initialized with 2 visuals:
Visual id 0x28: ff ff00 ff0000, 24 planes
Visual id 0x29: ff ff00 ff0000, 24 planes
Realize ROOT window 0xb8a6d530 id=0xea "": 1080x1920 +0+0 parent=(nil)
depth=24 redir=0 type=0 class=1 visibility=3 viewable=1
override=0 _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE=0()
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR=(nil)
WM_HINTS=<none>
Aborted
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So, firstly, I think libertine should work, so I'd focus on that first. Secondly, if you want to explore an alternative route, I had things working in the past with:
* install via apt
* write a shell script like yours (search the internet for that desktop_file_hint, it seems to have some magical hidden meaning, you do not want to set it to pidgin, but I think to some uhm, whatdidtheycallit, "unconfined" app I think)
* write a desktop file and point it to shell script, and launch it by tapping on the display