Lazarus won't start
lazarus / 1-Linux

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Drannok · 2007-10-21 05:13

Hello all...

I installed Lazarus on my Fedora 7 without any warnings / errors at
all (i tried both RPM and Compilation methods).

But when i try:
# lazarus

or

# startlazarus

nothing happens

i must use Ctrl + C to retrieve the bash prompt

I tried to let the application appear but after 30 min i decided to
Ctrl + C one more time.

Can anyone help me please ?

Thanks by advance

Fedora 7 with KDE + Compiz-Fusion
Lazarus-0.9.22-0.rpm
fpc-2.0.4-0.rpm
fpc-src-2.0.4-0.rpm

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Drannok · 2007-10-22 07:21

Well, i finally found the problem...

Actually i'm using Fedora 7 with Compiz-Fusion (a 3D desktop
environment) and this works in the XGL session mode.

But actually Lazarus seems not to support that mode, so i use a trick
to make it work:

launching Lazarus on another display.

Here is a script i put in the /usr/bin path:

Code: [Select]#!/bin/sh

if [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
        echo "Usage : noxgl <program> [options]"
        echo "        noxgl -b <program> [options]"
        echo "              (-b option means 'border' so it adds a
window border)"
        exit
fi

if [ "$1" = "-b" ]; then
        if [ -x /usr/bin/kwin ]; then
                WM=kwin
        else
                WM=metacity
        fi
        DISPLAY=:0.0
        $WM&
        shift
        $@
        killall $WM
else
        DISPLAY=:0.0 "$@"
fi

i named this scrip "noxgl" so if i want to launch an app without XGL i
just type for example:

noxgl -b startlazarus

it works for all the apps

Thanks to Nicofo for his help

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Almindor · 2007-10-22 09:02

I'm not sure why this is a problem, on ubuntu/nvidia lazarus works
fine in both gtk1 and gtk2 with compiz [fusion]. I guess AIGLX is just
better...

On the other hand Qt gives problems with window borders but that's
probably compiz bug.