<![CDATA[Xmir without Libertine]]>Hi,

how to run Xmir properly without Libertine?

$ Xmir -debug -mirSocket /run/mir_socket -rootless -flatten -neverclose

ARM architecture: Defaulting to software mode because glamor is not stableotless 
XMir initialized with 4 visuals:
	Visual id 0x28: ff ff00 ff0000, 24 planes
	Visual id 0x29: ff ff00 ff0000, 24 planes
	Visual id 0x2a: ff ff00 ff0000, 32 planes
	Visual id 0x2b: ff ff00 ff0000, 32 planes
Realize ROOT window 0x5595c69400 id=0x268 "": 720x1560 +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>

this way it waits for connections, but when I run xeyes:

$ DISPLAY=:0 xeyes

Warning: locale not supported by C library, locale unchanged
XIO:  fatal IO error 2 (No such file or directory) on X server ":0"
      after 58 requests (58 known processed) with 10 events remaining.

Xmir fails:

Realize window 0x5595e427f0 id=0x20000a "xeyes": 150x100 +1+1 parent=0x5595c69400
	depth=24 redir=1 type=0 class=1 visibility=3 viewable=1
	override=0 _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE=0()
	WM_TRANSIENT_FOR=(nil)
	WM_HINTS={flags=0x27,input=True}
Aborted
]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8540/xmir-without-libertineRSS for NodeSat, 16 May 2026 02:20:03 GMTTue, 17 Jan 2023 18:51:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Xmir without Libertine on Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:04:06 GMT]]>desktop_file_hint did the trick, can be taken from the available ones if you do not care much:

Xmir -mirSocket "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/mir_socket" --desktop_file_hint=dialer-app -debug -rootless

also note mir_socket is from phablet run-directory

PS
it depends on application, but xeyes in particular is better without -rootless

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/70055https://forums.ubports.com/post/70055Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:04:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Xmir without Libertine on Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:07:40 GMT]]>was lucky to find the parameter on https://askubuntu.com/questions/760142/how-to-install-ubuntu-sdk-on-ubuntu-touch

for some reason Xmir -help does not show the parameter, neither it looks like anything important

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/70056https://forums.ubports.com/post/70056Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:07:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Xmir without Libertine on Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:04:06 GMT]]>desktop_file_hint did the trick, can be taken from the available ones if you do not care much:

Xmir -mirSocket "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/mir_socket" --desktop_file_hint=dialer-app -debug -rootless

also note mir_socket is from phablet run-directory

PS
it depends on application, but xeyes in particular is better without -rootless

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/70055https://forums.ubports.com/post/70055Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:04:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Xmir without Libertine on Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:50:56 GMT]]>@ygrex Oh somehow, I assumed you're trying to do it for an app. Not sure how to do it via CLI.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/70052https://forums.ubports.com/post/70052Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:50:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Xmir without Libertine on Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:45:45 GMT]]>@kugiigi which desktop file? I literally run "Xmir" and "xeyes" binaries as shown

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/70049https://forums.ubports.com/post/70049Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:45:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Xmir without Libertine on Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:42:50 GMT]]>You can add these in the desktop file.

X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
X-Ubuntu-XMir-Enable=true

Other libertine integrations most likely won't work though such as content hub and maybe keyboard too.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/70047https://forums.ubports.com/post/70047Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:42:50 GMT