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A.r. Naresh
Asked: 2013-10-05 19:20:39 +0800 CST

How to load Xmir on Ubuntu 13.10

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I want to try Xmir on Ubuntu 13.10 but the results of command 

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i mir

showing a warning 

(WW) "xmir" is not to be loaded by default. Skipping.

Terminal output - sample image:

What I have to do in order to test Xmir in Ubuntu 13.10 ?

mir

1 Answers

  1. I had exactly the same question. See at ubuntu-discourse site.

    I've found the answer here.

    Quoting

    As many of you will know, the Mir team had two core goals for the Ubuntu 13.10 cycle:

    • Deliver Mir + XMir + Unity 7 on the desktop for those cards that supported it, and >fall back to X for those that don’t.
    • Deliver a native Mir + Unity 8 running on Ubuntu Touch images and devices.

    Unfortunately, due to some outstanding technical difficulties, we can only achieve the latter of these two goals.

    While we are on track to successfully deliver Mir for Ubuntu on smartphones, we are unfortunately not going to be able to deliver Mir + XMir + Unity 7 as the default experience on the desktop.

    In order to test Xmir on 13.10 you have to install a package named: unity-system-compositor

    Open a terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and apply the following command (to install the package) 

    sudo apt-get install unity-system-compositor

    After that, reboot your system for the changes to take effect.

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