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| <<Include(Mir/Header)>> = Ubuntu 13.10 = These are Ubuntu 13.10 specific instructions, please refer to [[http://unity.ubuntu.com/mir/|the Mir development wiki]] for the most recent instructions. == Known issues == A list of known critical bugs can be found here: http://goo.gl/HZhiY0 == Removing the system-compositor-testing PPA == Should you have been using the system-compositor-testing PPA you will have to remove the PPA and it's content from your system prior to installing XMir from archive. `$> sudo apt-get update` <<BR>> `$> sudo apt-get install ppa-purge` <<BR>> `$> sudo ppa-purge ppa:mir-team/system-compositor-testing` <<BR>> `$> sudo rm /etc/apt/preferences.d/50-pin-mir.pref` <<BR>> Then, follow "Installing from Archive". == Installing from Archive == Prior to landing Mir and related packages in the Ubuntu archive, we offered XMir via the system-compositor-testing ppa (ppa:mir-team/system-compositor-testing). As of August 9, 2013 XMir can be installed directly from archive via `$> sudo apt-get update` <<BR>> `$> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade` <<BR>> `$> sudo apt-get install unity-system-compositor` <<BR>> `$> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop-mir` <<BR>> `$> sudo restart lightdm` <<BR>> == Verifying that unity-system-compositor is running == You can check in 3 ways whether unity-system-compositor is running: `$> ps aux | grep unity-system-compositor` <<BR>> `$> grep -i xmir /var/log/Xorg.0.log` <<BR>> `$> ls -l /var/log/lightdm/unity-system-compositor.log` <<BR>> == Removing unity-system-compositor == === Temporarily === If you want to temporarily switch back to using X.org on your system, run following commands: `$> sudo vi /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/10-unity-system-compositor.conf` <<BR>> and add a comment to the second line: `[SeatDefaults]` <<BR>> `#type=unity;xlocal` <<BR>> and restart lightdm `$> sudo restart lightdm` <<BR>> If you want to enable XMir back again, you simply remove the comment: `[SeatDefaults]` <<BR>> `type=unity;xlocal` <<BR>> and restart lightdm `$> sudo restart lightdm` <<BR>> === Permanently === In order to remove unity-system-compositor permanently from your system, run following command: `$> sudo apt-get remove unity-system-compositor` <<BR>> `$> sudo restart lightdm` <<BR>> |