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+<td align="right" valign="center"><img src="logo32.png" align="right" width="64" height="32" border="0"></td></tr></table><h1 align=center>Installing TQt/Embedded</h1>
+
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+
+<p> This installation procedure is written for Linux. It may need
+to be modified for other platforms.
+<p> <ol type=1>
+<li> Unpack the archive if you have not done so already
+<p> <pre>
+ cd &lt;anywhere&gt;
+ gunzip qt-embedded-commercial-VERSION.tar.gz # uncompress the archive
+ tar xf qt-embedded-commercial-VERSION.tar # unpack it
+</pre>
+
+Replace <tt>VERSION</tt> with the TQt/Embedded version number throughout.
+<p> This document assumes that the archive is installed as <tt>~/qt-embedded-commercial-VERSION</tt>.
+<li> Compile the TQt/Embedded library and examples.
+<p> <pre>
+ cd ~/qt-embedded-commercial-VERSION
+ export QTDIR=~/qt-embedded-commercial-VERSION
+ ./configure
+ make
+</pre>
+
+<p> The configuration system is designed to allow platform-specific options
+to be added, but in general all Linux systems which have framebuffer
+support can use the "linux-generic-g++" platform.
+The configuration system also supports cross-compilers:
+to build on Linux/x86 for the Linux/MIPSEL target, you would use:
+<pre>
+ ./configure -embedded mips
+</pre>
+
+<p> Only a small number of configurations are predefined.
+You can create your own custom configuration by adding new files
+to the <tt>mkspecs/qws/</tt> directory. Use existing similar configurations
+as a starting point.
+<p> <b>Note</b>: Due to a bug in the configure script, cross-compiling on
+a little-endian machine (e.g. x86) for a big-endian processor
+(e.g. PowerPC) will use the host's endianness instead of the
+target's. Workaround: after running configure, and before running
+make, edit <tt>$QTDIR/include/qconfig.h</tt> and change the definition of
+<tt>Q_BYTE_ORDER</tt>.
+<p> <li> Enable framebuffer support.
+<p> You may need to recompile your kernel to enable the framebuffer.
+This document does not describe how to do this; the
+<a href="emb-framebuffer-howto.html">Framebuffer HOWTO page</a>
+contains a short description. (You should see
+a penguin logo at boot time when the frame buffer is enabled.)
+<p> For Matrox G100/G200/G400 use the matrox frame buffer driver.
+<p> For NVidia TNT cards use the nvidia frame buffer driver.
+<p> For Mach64 and most other cards, use the vesafb driver.
+<p> Note that some cards are only supported in VGA16 mode, this will
+not work with the current version of TQt/Embedded, since VGA/16 is
+not yet supported. You may need to upgrade your kernel, or even
+switch to an experimental kernel.
+<p> The frame buffer must also be enabled with a boot parameter. See
+<tt>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb</tt> for details.
+<p> The <tt>fbset</tt> program, which should be included in Linux distributions,
+may be used to switch video modes without rebooting the system. The
+video mode active when the server is started will be used. (8-bit
+modes are still experimental.) <b>Note</b>: <tt>fbset</tt> does not work
+with the vesafb driver.
+<p> <li> Change permissions.
+<p> To run TQt/Embedded, you need write access to the framebuffer device
+<tt>/dev/fb0</tt>.
+<p> You also need read access to the mouse device. (Note that
+<tt>/dev/mouse</tt> is normally a symbolic link; the actual mouse device
+must be readable.)
+<p> <li> How to run the demonstration program.
+<p> Log into a virtual console and do this:
+<p> <pre>
+ cd ~/qt-embedded-commercial-VERSION/examples/launcher
+ ./start-demo
+</pre>
+
+<p> <li> Miscellaneous troubleshooting and known bugs.
+<p> To kill gpm, run the following command as root:
+<p> <pre>
+ gpm -k
+</pre>
+
+<p> In some cases, if the server does not work, it will work when run as root.
+<p> Show processes using the framebuffer:
+<p> <pre>
+ fuser -v /dev/fb0
+</pre>
+
+<p> Kill such processes:
+<pre>
+ fuser -vk /dev/fb0
+</pre>
+
+or harsher:
+<pre>
+ fuser -k -KILL /dev/fb0
+</pre>
+
+<p> Show existing semaphores:
+<pre>
+ ipcs
+</pre>
+
+<p> Remove semaphores:
+<pre>
+ ipcrm
+</pre>
+
+<p> The communication between client and server is done through the
+named pipe <tt>/tmp/qtembedded-username/TQtEmbedded-0</tt>; sometimes it may need to be deleted
+(e.g. if you run TQt/Embedded with root privileges then later as an unprivileged user).
+<p> <li> Customization.
+<p> The TQt/Embedded library can be reduced in size by
+<a href="emb-features.html">removing unnecessary features</a>.
+<p> <li> This document shows how to use TQt/Embedded with the Linux framebuffer. For
+development and debugging purposes it is often easier to use the <a href="emb-qvfb.html">TQt/Embedded virtual framebuffer</a> instead.
+<p> </ol>
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