Compiling Phoenix from source

morck · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 6:45 pm Post subject:

@larman:
I already have "/usr/lib/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts " in my "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf" file and xfs is started with the default runlevel. So this does not change anything.
but thanks anyway

vers_iq · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 264

sgaap · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 8:25 pm Post subject:

Hmm, I did not noticed that it had something to do with my problem but it seems to work

ormi · Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2002 6:03 am Post subject: Java (again)

Did I miss something? I followed vers_iq's instructions (the first post) and compiled phoenix with success(?). The only problem is java-plugin. I haven't compiled it, but I've downloaded pre-compiled java-jre from java.sun.com. Phoenix-bin works fine, but when I'm running own-compiled phoenix, I get:

vers_iq · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 264

I thought this has been a common issue with mozilla/phoenix/galeon compiled against gcc-3.x and precompiled jre (gcc-2.95.x).

dreamer3 · Guru Joined: 24 Sep 2002 Posts: 553

Phoenix 0.5 is out, anyone running it yet? I'm updating my entire copy of the CVS tree right now and will be compililng soon.

vers_iq · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 264

I just finished compiling mine. But i had error when using the same source as mozilla 1.2.1, but worked fine with nigthly sources (link from my first post). No real physical change except phoenix seems to be much faster in almost every aspect (start/refresh/......). Some changes i did on my compilation options are --without-mng instead of --with-system-mng, --enable-extension=default,-irc,-venkman, --enable-svg and export MOZ_INTERNAL_LIBART_LGPL=1 is set as my default and MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME is no longer at /usr/lib/phoenix/lib/mozilla-1.2b but /usr/lib/phoenix/lib/mozilla-1.3a. The rest are pretty much the same. I am thinking of creating a new ebuild base on mozilla-1.2.1 which xft2 is only compiled for phoenix requirement instead of install it to the system and use the current plugins dir /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins.
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karl11 · Guru Joined: 25 Jun 2002 Posts: 469 Location: Raleigh, NC

Does anyone know why flash broke in the mozilla 1.3 tree? Also, does anyone have an idea when this will be fixed or a workaround? I have the precompiled phoenix-bin which works fine, but then I compile phoenix straight from cvs and that is what I mainly use. The break occured not long after November 14...it also breaks the extension architecture, so we are now waiting on extension writers to bring their projects up to par.

Karl

vers_iq · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 264

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vers_iq · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 264

I assume u compile your own phoenix, make sure --enable-old-abi-compat-wrappers is included and try compile against gtk.
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DarkE · n00b Joined: 20 Aug 2002 Posts: 31

I compiled phoenix with a nightly tarball, too.
I'm surfing with it right now

but I changed the phoenix-ebuild to compile only with xft-2.0 when it is in USE, else it will use freetype2.
I compiled without xft-2.0

mbhowm10 · Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2002 7:06 pm Post subject:

Just finished building from the cvs. Looks great. I noticed that when running phoenix from the command line and then accessing a flash site, I got an error saying nongtk plugin trying to access gtk. I would get the grey box like karl said and then sometimes it would crash the browser. In order to get flash working I had to compile it with gtk1 support instead of gtk2, but still enabled xft. It works now and the fonts look beautiful. So now, along with java from scratch and mplayer cvs (with wmv9 and sorenson :wink:

), I finally have a fully functional fast browser.

Meethune

morck · Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2002 8:49 pm Post subject:

@ mbhowm10:
is there a way to use mplayer as a plugin, or how do you watch those sorenson-movies ???

mbhowm10 · Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2002 10:02 pm Post subject:

go to http://www.99b.org
and get the mplayer-cvs ebuild. Just untar the ebuild in /usr/portage and them emerge mplayer-cvs. Tada! you have wmv9 and sorenson playback. As far as mplayer as plugin, you need to emerge plugger. Plugger is a wrapper for a bunch of multimedia programs so mozilla/phoenix can use them as plugins (embedded playback

). You can read about all it can do here http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger.html.
Anyway you then edit the pluggerrc file to point to mplayer-cvs instead of the version of mplayer in the portage tree. make sure you make the appropriate symlinks in the plugins directory. Also check out the updated FAQ on the mplayer homepage. They have answers to the most common problems regarding sorenson playback. Have Fun!

Meethune

bmb · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2002 Posts: 36

I was trying to compile phoenix 0.5 by using the second ebuild.
First, I got this problem

dreamer3 · Guru Joined: 24 Sep 2002 Posts: 553

ghost_diy · n00b Joined: 14 Nov 2002 Posts: 16

I was trying to compile phoenix 0.5 by using the second ebuild.
First, I got this problem

Code:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) net-www/phoenix-0.5 to /
>>> md5 ;-) mozilla-source.tar.bz2
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking mozilla-source.tar.bz2

bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing.
Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

!!! ERROR: net-www/phoenix-0.5 failed.
!!! Function unpack, Line 31, Exitcode 2
!!! failure unpacking mozilla-source.tar.bz2

I delete mozilla source and try again again again ......,it display same error!

nempo · Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 4:29 pm Post subject:

I get that to, looks like a bad tar:ball on the server. They probably were to tired to finish the compression that night :0

bmb · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2002 Posts: 36

The .gz source is OK, but the .bz2 source is still corrupted. So the unpacking is doing OK now. But I still have the compiling problem.

dreamer3 · Guru Joined: 24 Sep 2002 Posts: 553

Ok, it's been a while back in this thread so I thought I would post the Phoenix 0.5 ebuild that I'm using quite successfully. It forgoes your own compile flags in favor of -Os and a few others, but you could change that. I changed it once though and then it wouldn't compile. The -Os produces a very snappy Phoenix though if you ask me.

Lots of people have complained about very poor results then compiled with gtk2, so I would stick with gtk1... good luck.

Also, if it's been more than a day since you downloaded your mozilla-sources file, I would delete it and let the ebuild download a new one. While the ebuild does connect to CVS it only updates the Phoenix SPECIFIC portions of the source tree. I was using an older mozilla-sources and one day it just broke because of OTHER parts of the source tree being too old. You can also read about how to update your compressed download in it's entirity from CVS here.

Because I'm on dialup when I go to compile a new Pheonix I untar the sources, update via CVS as described at mozilla.com, and then retar everything and place it back in distfiles. Saves me a lot of time. ;-)

ebuild removed in favor of the MUCH improved on I just posted at the end of this thread

CYwolf · Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 2:19 am Post subject: Cute

Okay, I tried this ebuild. Now I have /usr/share/phoenix/lib/mozilla-1.3a/phoenix-bin, which when run, pops up mozilla-1.3a (and doesn't share mozilla 1.2's preferences). This isn't quite what I expected.

dreamer3 · Guru Joined: 24 Sep 2002 Posts: 553

CYwolf · Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:33 am Post subject: Hrm

No, this is definately mozilla-1.3a (with mail, composer, address book and chatzilla icons), not the phoenix build of it, and I have no /usr/bin/phoenix. I thought the compile was running unusually long.

I suppose this could be a result of copying & pasting the ebuild, but I didn't notice any errors or warnings.
This could also be an anomaly of my environment settings, I had another thread going on that earlier today. I'd like to hear if this worked for anybody else.

bmb · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2002 Posts: 36

No matter what I do, I always got the above compiling error.

sad.