Subject: Only shown red arrow for mir_demo_server && mir_demo_client?

From: Xiang Zhai <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 04 May 2013 21:41:11 +0800

Hi Mir developers,

When sudo mir_demo_server in VT1, only shown a red arrow in the middle 
of the screen!
Then sudo chmod 777 /tmp/mir_socket, run mir_demo_client in VT2, it 
still shown that red arrow switched back to VT1.
And switched to VT2, mir_demo_client already quit released connection && 
Surface.

Do I need to try some other demo server && client to make my friends be 
amazed :)

I built the latest mir up-to-date by bzr pull from 
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mir-team/mir/trunk/
And also built mesa from bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/+branch/mesa/
What is more built drm from git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/drm
Do I miss something else?

OS: Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor 
Graphics Controller (rev 09)

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From: Alan Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 04 May 2013 07:10:50 -0700

Hi Mir user,

you're unlikely to amaze your friends with these demo programs - they
are targeted at developers wanting to know how to write for Mir, not (at
least currently) end users.

The arrow you see is a cursor (admittedly an unsophisticated one) it
should move with your mouse.

The binaries have poor names (c.f.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1108715) and this is one cause of
your confusion. (There is also a lack of documentation - not even a
"--help" option.)

Anyway...

mir_demo_client is a minimal example of the code needed to connect to
the Mir server - it doesn't actually display anything.

mir_demo_client_accelerated and mir_demo_client_unaccelerated show two
different ways of displaying something.

mir_egl* are additional clients that also display things.

mir_demo_shell is an alternative server that supports Alt-TAB switching
between multiple clients.

HTH
Alan

On 04/05/13 06:41, Xiang Zhai wrote:
> And switched to VT2, mir_demo_client already quit released connection
> && Surface.
>
> Do I need to try some other demo server && client to make my friends
> be amazed :)
>

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From: Xiang Zhai <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 04 May 2013 23:00:48 +0800

> Hi Mir user,
Linux Deepin BD say hi to Mir developers :)
> least currently) end users.
Emm... there are a lot of cool videos on youtube about Mir on PC && 
Android, so how is going about Mir and UnityNextUI? Is it available to 
Mir developers && users in Ubuntu 13.10?
> should move with your mouse.
I do not often use my mouse, and I experienced the cursor moving now :)
> the Mir server - it doesn't actually display anything.
Yes, it is a very good Hello World example to connect and create Surface :)
> different ways of displaying something.
And I experienced mir_demo_client_accelerated 
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTUyMTQwMDI4.html