[LINUX] HOW-TO get AmbX with X11 working using Boblight and CombustD

**bobo1on1** · 2010-11-23 15:15

Are you using osx or linux on the atv? Because I don't have a machine with osx.

tkarns24 · 2010-11-24 20:15

Hey Bob1on1 i believe that i am running linux, like i said tho i'm very new to all this so please bear with me

djwhite · 2011-01-22 15:40

Hi,

Have just come across boblight, momolight etc and was wondering if any body knows i can get the same effects working on an AppleTV running XBMC ?

MartinT1985 · 2011-02-04 17:54

Hello,

i installed the bobligth plugin but i can't start boblight-X11

root@HTPCVDR:/# boblight-X11
-bash: boblight-X11: Kommando nicht gefunden.

root@HTPCVDR:/# boblight
boblight-constant boblightd boblight-v4l

boblight-constant is working

did i miss something?

Thanks for the help in advance.

**bobo1on1** · 2011-02-04 20:14

You didn't compile boblight with X11 support, the configure script will say what's missing.

MartinT1985 · 2011-02-04 20:28

Hello,

you're right, configure says that it won't built x11, but doesn't say why :

Code:

root@HTPCVDR:/tmp/boblight-1.3# ./configure

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c

checking whether build environment is sane... yes

checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p

checking for gawk... gawk

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes

checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no

checking for style of include used by make... GNU

checking for gcc... gcc

checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out

checking whether the C compiler works... yes

checking whether we are cross compiling... no

checking for suffix of executables...

checking for suffix of object files... o

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes

checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed

checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3

checking for library containing strerror... none required

checking for gcc... (cached) gcc

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes

checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed

checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3

checking for gcc... (cached) gcc

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes

checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed

checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3

checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E

checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep

checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E

checking for ANSI C header files... yes

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed

checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F

checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld

checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes

checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B

checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm

checking whether ln -s works... yes

checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864

checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes

checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes

checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r

checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all

checking for ar... ar

checking for strip... strip

checking for ranlib... ranlib

checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok

checking for sys/types.h... yes

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checking for unistd.h... yes

checking for dlfcn.h... yes

checking for objdir... .libs

checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no

checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC

checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes

checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes

checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes

checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes

checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes

checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no

checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so

checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate

checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes

checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes

checking whether to build shared libraries... yes

checking whether to build static libraries... yes

checking for pow in -lm... yes

checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes

checking for X... libraries , headers

checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes

checking arpa/inet.h usability... yes

checking arpa/inet.h presence... yes

checking for arpa/inet.h... yes

checking fcntl.h usability... yes

checking fcntl.h presence... yes

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checking netdb.h usability... yes

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checking netinet/in.h usability... yes

checking netinet/in.h presence... yes

checking for netinet/in.h... yes

checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes

checking for string.h... (cached) yes

checking sys/ioctl.h usability... yes

checking sys/ioctl.h presence... yes

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checking sys/socket.h usability... yes

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checking sys/time.h presence... yes

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checking termios.h usability... yes

checking termios.h presence... yes

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checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes

checking for inline... inline

checking for pid_t... yes

checking for size_t... yes

checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes

checking for error_at_line... yes

checking vfork.h usability... no

checking vfork.h presence... no

checking for vfork.h... no

checking for fork... yes

checking for vfork... yes

checking for working fork... yes

checking for working vfork... (cached) yes

checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no

checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes

checking for GNU libc compatible malloc... yes

checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes

checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes

checking for getpagesize... yes

checking for working mmap... yes

checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes

checking for GNU libc compatible realloc... yes

checking return type of signal handlers... void

checking for floor... no

checking for gethostbyname... yes

checking for gettimeofday... yes

checking for inet_ntoa... yes

checking for memset... yes

checking for pow... no

checking for rint... no

checking for socket... yes

checking for strchr... yes

checking for pkg-config... no

checking for jack... * boblight-jack will NOT be built!

checking for alsa... * alsa support disabled!

checking for x11... * boblight-X11 will NOT be built!

checking linux/videodev2.h usability... yes

checking linux/videodev2.h presence... yes

checking for linux/videodev2.h... yes

configure: creating ./config.status

config.status: creating Makefile

config.status: creating src/Makefile

config.status: creating config.h

config.status: config.h is unchanged

config.status: executing depfiles commands

config.status: executing libtool commands

donpepe · 2011-02-04 20:37

Google is your friend ;-)
http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=390...stcount=95

MartinT1985 · 2011-02-04 20:45

thx but i read that Smile

i have libx11-dev installed Smile

the dependencies are installed http://code.google.com/p/boblight/wiki/Compiling

"sudo apt-get install libx11-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libxrender-dev portaudio19-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libavdevice-dev"

pluppp · 2011-02-13 15:17

Hi! Im getting this error: No protocol specified ERROR: Can't open display :0.0 when i try to run boblight-X11. Before it was: Can't open display (null) and i try this: export DISPLAY=:0.0, but no luck. Can somebody help me with this? My graphics card is Asus Geforce 7600GT. Thanks!

**bobo1on1** · 2011-02-13 18:31

Are you running an X server when starting boblight-X11 ?

bobo1on1 cheapass Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,752 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 20	2010-11-23 15:15 Post: #121 Are you using osx or linux on the atv? Because I don't have a machine with osx.
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tkarns24 Junior Member Posts: 39 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-11-24 20:15 Post: #122 Hey Bob1on1 i believe that i am running linux, like i said tho i'm very new to all this so please bear with me
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djwhite Junior Member Posts: 24 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 0 Location: London	2011-01-22 15:40 Post: #123 Hi, Have just come across boblight, momolight etc and was wondering if any body knows i can get the same effects working on an AppleTV running XBMC ?
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MartinT1985 Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-02-04 17:54 Post: #124 Hello, i installed the bobligth plugin but i can't start boblight-X11 root@HTPCVDR:/# boblight-X11 -bash: boblight-X11: Kommando nicht gefunden. root@HTPCVDR:/# boblight boblight-constant boblightd boblight-v4l boblight-constant is working did i miss something? Thanks for the help in advance.
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bobo1on1 cheapass Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,752 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 20	2011-02-04 20:14 Post: #125 You didn't compile boblight with X11 support, the configure script will say what's missing.
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donpepe Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-02-04 20:37 Post: #127 Google is your friend ;-) http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=390...stcount=95
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MartinT1985 Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-02-04 20:45 Post: #128 thx but i read that i have libx11-dev installed the dependencies are installed http://code.google.com/p/boblight/wiki/Compiling "sudo apt-get install libx11-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libxrender-dev portaudio19-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libavdevice-dev" (This post was last modified: 2011-02-06 11:22 by MartinT1985.)
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pluppp Junior Member Posts: 5 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-02-13 15:17 Post: #129 Hi! Im getting this error: No protocol specified ERROR: Can't open display :0.0 when i try to run boblight-X11. Before it was: Can't open display (null) and i try this: export DISPLAY=:0.0, but no luck. Can somebody help me with this? My graphics card is Asus Geforce 7600GT. Thanks! (This post was last modified: 2011-02-13 17:35 by pluppp.)
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bobo1on1 cheapass Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,752 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 20	2011-02-13 18:31 Post: #130 Are you running an X server when starting boblight-X11 ?
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