Re: Problem building clutter

[Ross Smith <myxiplx googlemail com>]

Haha, sweet.  Gnome-shell runs on Ubuntu 9.04 even though Compiz doesn't.

Ubuntu really messed up 9.04 graphics imo.


On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Ross Smith <myxiplx googlemail com> wrote:
> Thanks guys, that worked a treat.
>
> Adding a few details, just in case anybody else hits this and tries to
> google it:
>
> Original error:
> Build stops with the line:
> *** error during stage build of clutter: ########## Error running make
>  *** [3/6]
>
> Further up in the log you will see:
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lclutter-glx-0.9
>
> And this is all during the build stage:
> *** Building clutter *** [3/6]
>
> The fix, as supplied by Dan Winship is:
> 1. Choose option [4] - start shell
> 2. Type "touch clutter/cogl/Cogl-0.9.gir"
> 3. Type "exit"
> 4. Choose option [1] - rerun stage build
> 5. When the build finishes, run:
>    "jhbuild buildone -f -c clutter"
>
> Ross
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 18:53 -0400, Dan Winship wrote:
>>> Ross Smith wrote:
>>> > The problem is during stage 3 of the script - it has an error building clutter.
>>> >
>>> > The solution was to touch a file in a directory somewhere, then rerun
>>> > this stage of the build, and finally run another command, but that's
>>> > about as much as I can remember :(
>>>
>>> It's not Ubuntu-specific; the clutter source tree is just broken right
>>> now, and will only build completely if you already have a copy of
>>> clutter installed.
>>>
>>> The workaround: when the build bombs out, choose "open a shell", then
>>> type "touch clutter/cogl/Cogl-0.9.gir", then exit the shell and continue
>>> the build. Then afterwards, do "jhbuild buildone -f -c clutter" to do a
>>> rebuild and actually generate that file correctly.
>>
>> I put a fix in Clutter bugzilla at:
>>
>>  http://bugzilla.openedhand.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1594
>>
>> (But Dan's workaround is going to be easier than applying my patch if
>> you just want to get gnome-shell built.)
>>
>> - Owen
>>
>>
>>
>