[Librem-5-dev] early feedback: issues encountered while running maps applications

[rinigus]

While I expect that core developers are very busy now, bumping this with
the hope to receive pointers on where to file issues.

Cheers

Rinigus

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 10:59 PM rinigus <rinigus.git at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am writing up results of testing Pure Maps and OSM Scout Server on QEMU
> and Devkit (by David Boddie). This is to make sure that the issues we
> encountered would not be lost and, hopefully, through filing them help to
> polish L5 before launch.
>
> All tests were done using Pure Maps and/or OSM Scout Server. To install on
> Devkit, configure Flatpak to access Flathub, and run
>
> ```
> flatpak install flathub io.github.rinigus.PureMaps
> flatpak install flathub io.github.rinigus.OSMScoutServer
> ```
>
> For running, use
>
> ```
> flatpak run io.github.rinigus.PureMaps -platform wayland
> flatpak run io.github.rinigus.OSMScoutServer -platform wayland
> ```
>
> # Pure Maps does not run on Devkit
>
> Looks like there are some rendering issues with running OpenGL-accelerated
> maps application. Pure Maps shows the maps using Mapbox GL Native framework
> which is tailored towards usage of hardware acceleration. Its developed for
> Android, iOS, Qt (that's the one which is used). According to David, Pure
> Maps did not crash, but nothing was displayed.
>
> On QEMU, Pure Maps works, but is remarkably slow. On QEMU, I am frequently
> getting rootston running 65% CPU with Pure Maps 35% while updating maps for
> rather long period of time. Not sure what to make out of it.
>
> I am not aware of any other app that would use OpenGL and that could be
> used for testing.
>
> Where should I file this issue? Can someone test on Devkit and
> confirm/deny the issue?
>
>
> # OSM Scout Server has disturbed fonts on Devkit
>
> David posted me a screenshot with OSM Scout Server having strongly
> disturbed chars in the text when running on Devkit. On QEMU, all runs as it
> should. When testing other QML apps, we did not see any issues on Devkit.
> What did had issues on QEMU was few absent fonts under Languages section.
> In particular, looks like we miss Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (+ points
> for having Sinhala). Maybe these absentees mixed up something on Devkit.
>
> Owners of Devkit, maybe you could check out whether OSM Scout Server runs
> and shows the text as it should. If its indeed an issue, then we should
> probably file it.
>
>
> # Apps missing icons in overview
>
> Tested on QEMU: For Pure Maps and OSM Scout Server, the icons are missing
> in overview. When testing Gnome Maps from Flathub, the icon is shown. So,
> there is something that is missing on my side to show them in Phosh. Any
> tips? Works on Gnome Shell (desktop). Icons are missing for included
> calendar as well, for example.
>
>
> # geoclue2: Access denied
>
> Tested on QEMU: When starting Pure Maps, I get permission denied for
> accessing positioning service:
>
> ```
> qt.positioning.geoclue2: Unable to start the client:
> "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied" "'io.github.rinigus.PureMaps'
> disallowed, no agent for UID 1000"
> ```
>
> There was no interaction asking on whether to allow access for that
> application. On Gnome Shell, desktop, all works as it should.
>
>
> # Apps are running with Window decorations
>
> I would expect to have apps running without any window decorations. That
> holds for Gnome apps, as far as I can see. For QML, we are getting window
> decorations and, in console,
>
> "Using the 'xdg-shell' shell integration"
>
> While we cannot close apps in Phosh overview yet (
> https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/phosh/issues/67), it would be still great
> to get rid of these decorations. In addition, there is a question regarding
> design - are we expected to have some kind of cross (X) to close apps? Or
> will there be some gesture / way to close them?
>
> As a side effect of having decorations, swipe from the left border moves
> the window. Again its only for non-Gnome apps, as far as I can see. This
> swipe could be used in the apps (Kirigami) to show menu.
>
> If showing window decorations is a bug, should I file it under Phosh?
>
>
> Despite these issues, I can report that Pure Maps together with OSM Scout
> Server were running correctly in terms of other functionality aspects wjen
> using QEMU. I could download maps, use Pure Maps together with OSM Scout
> Server for offline maps or use some online provider. Would be great to
> ensure it works on the actual hardware as well. Then I can focus on design
> aspects (adjust UX for all and L5/Gnome specifically) and functionality.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rinigus
>
> PS: Sorry for one more long post
>
>
>
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