I doubt this is related to anything in TI PPA.. I don't think we
However unity-2d does use qt.. I don't know really about qt-sdk but
perhaps it is an incompatible version of qt. If possible, try
installing qt-sdk in some location other than /usr... ie, if you use
/usr/local/qt or something like this, then it won't conflict with the
versions that unity-2d uses. Or alternatively install openbox or some
desktop that does not use qt.
> this. The reason for the freezes and crashing was that I was using the wrong
> u-loader after attempting to revert to the prebuilt binaries that I was
> using before upgrading to TI ppa.
> On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 3:07:05 PM UTC+2, Boudet, Xavier wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> A major update has been done on TI PPA. Please read the below e-mail
>> especially for upgrade.
>> If you do not have installed the TI release PPA, please refer to New
>> installation procedure.
>> New installation procedure:
>> 1- Add TI OMAP release PPA:
>> $ sudo su -
>> # export http_proxy=<your proxy if any>
>> # export https_proxy=<your proxy if any>
>> # add-apt-repository ppa:tiomap-dev/release
>> 2- Perform the upgrade:
>> $ sudo apt-get update
>> $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>> $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-omap4-extras
>> 3- You can re-run a dist-upgrade for safety at the end, then reboot
>> Update procedure:
>> 1- Perform the upgrade:
>> $ sudo apt-get update
>> $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>> Post Installation Important Information:
>> * after the installation/update, it is advised to log as default user and
>> to execute:
>> # On Panda 4430:
>> $ /usr/bin/alsaucm -c Panda set _verb HiFi
>> # On PandaES 4460:
>> $ /usr/bin/alsaucm -c PandaES set _verb HiFi
>> * You need to force installation of new bootloaders (if any) through
>> command:
>> $ sudo /usr/sbin/flash-kernel --update-bootloader
>> * It is advised to use Ubuntu 2D instead of Ubuntu (3D) default UI.
>> Nevertheless, main compiz issues have been fixed.
>> * In some cases, you might need to re-install dkms packages: after reboot,
>> check if omapdrm_pvr module is loaded, if not execute following command
>> before to reboot:
>> $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall pvr-omap4-dkms
>> New/Fixed in October 2012 release:
>> * Kernel bug fixes:
>> - Rebase on Linux 3.4.11
>> - Panda DVI connector support
>> - DSS off mode support
>> * Memory leaks during playback fixed
>> * Decoder issues fixed
>> * GBM/KMS support - Wayland DDK libs delivered.
>> * Dual screen support on HDMI and DVI: you need to disable HWcursor in
>> xorg.conf file, please edit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-omap.conf and add
>> in section Device:
>> Option "HWcursor" "false"
>> Playing with GBM/KMS:
>> You just need to install following packages:
>> $ sudo apt-get install libwayland0 libgbm1
>> You can test now the kmscube test apps:
>> $ git clone git://github.com/robclark/kmscube.git
>> go into kmscube dir:
>> $ sudo apt-get install autoconf autotools-dev libtool libdrm-dev
>> libwayland-dev libgbm-dev ubuntu-omap4-extras-graphics-dev
>> $ ./autogen.sh
>> $ make
>> Reboot with text in command line or stop lightdm with "sudo service
>> lightdm stop"
>> If you have booted with text in bootargs, first execute "sudo pvrsrvinit",
>> then execute:
>> $ sudo ./kmscube
>> Known Issues:
>> * BT is not supported - shall be fixed next month.
>> * Black screen issue on some HW - workaround: Ctrl+Alt+F1 then Ctrl+Alt+F7
>> or boot with screen un-plugged, plug it after 1 minute. Issue under
>> investigation.
>> Support:
>> You can report issues on Launchpad directly, use
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-omap4-extras-multimedia or
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-omap4-extras-graphics. We will push
>> updates for bug fixes in the PPA, so make sure to keep your system
>> up-to-date!
>> Reference/Reminder:
>> The 'top-level' ubuntu-omap-extras will install the following packages:
>> - ubuntu-omap-extras-multimedia: another meta package that installs all
>> the requires packages for MM use case:
>> * GST, a modified version still compatible with all Ubuntu apps such as
>> totem
>> * gst-ducati and libDCE the main components that bring MM h/w
>> acceleration into the system
>> - ubuntu-omap-extras-graphics: meta package that pulls in all GFX
>> components including new X11 driver (binary blob) and SGX kernel module
>> (source using DKMS to build)
>> - ubuntu-omap-extras-config: some config scripts to set some permission
>> issues, and to ensure that the Ducati firmware is loaded at boot time by
>> upstart.
>> This release comes with the following major changes:
>> - DCE interface for the h/w accelerated codecs - already there in 11.10
>> - migration to rpmsg driver (aka syslink3, see
>> http://lwn.net/Articles/448562/ and
>> http://omappedia.org/wiki/Category:RPMsg)
>> - DRI2 extension for Video support
>> (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTgxOQ)
>> - migration to a new open source X11 driver for OMAP
>> (http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-omap/ )
>> - a new GST video-sink: dri2videosink to display video through the SGX
>> (instead of v4l2sink). For more information, see
>> https://wiki.linaro.org/OfficeofCTO/MemoryManagement?action=AttachFil...
>> - Linux 3.4 kernel, Ubuntu kernel will be replaced. This kernel is
>> largely based of Linaro kernel, and sources are available here:
>> http://dev.omapzoom.org/?p=integration/kernel-ubuntu.git.
>> Linux-image-<version> package version correspond to a tag ti-ubuntu-<kernel
>> version> in this tree.
>> - ...
>> Regards,
>> Xavier Boudet
