maemo.org - Talk - Installing harmattan platform SDK: Xephyr shows only black screen

SOLUTION:
Well I tried to search extensively before posting this, but it turned out that I just did not use the right keywords.
Finally I have found the post here @maemo.org that have the solution! (It seems that the command in the SDK documentation might not be the right one...)
https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=73479
So using this solution, my Xephyr is not showing a black screen anymore! (Thanks "druckertinte" for finding this out.)

Oh, one more thing, if you want to have visible cursors for Xephyr, use the -softCursor option!

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Hi guys,

This is my first development-related post, so bear with me, please. :-)

So I have successfuly set up the Harmattan Platfrom SDK on a Devuan/Bewoulf 3.1 box installed in Virtualbox (that was a whole separate adventure in itself :-) )

After that I wanted to try out the xephyr, emulator environment.

I am following the instructions written in the "thecrust" website:
http://mirror.thecust.net/meego_1.2_...Harmattan.html

But after starting the meego session, the xephyr screen remains black and nothing happens.. :-(
(I also check that the DISPLAY environment variable is correct as a last command...)

The listing for the startup is the following:

Code:

tvandorffy@Wanderer-dvn:~$ /scratchbox/login



Welcome to Scratchbox, the cross-compilation toolkit!



Use 'sb-menu' to change your compilation target.

See /scratchbox/doc/ for documentation.



[sbox-HARMATTAN_X86: ~] > meego-sb-session start

Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/000

Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/00dbus-system

System DBUS already started; not starting.



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/01dbus-session

DBus session is already started, skipped



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/05gconfd

/usr/lib/gconf2/gconfd-2 daemon is already started, skipped



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/08timed

/usr/bin/timed daemon is already started, skipped



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/09messageserver

/usr/bin/messageserver daemon is already started, skipped



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/14themedaemon

Stale pid, stealing



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/15compositor

Stale pid, stealing



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/19sysuid

Stale pid, stealing



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/20input-method

Stale pid, stealing



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/30qttas

/usr/bin/qttasserver daemon is already started, skipped



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/35applauncherd

Stale pid, stealing



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/40tracker

Starting miners?

  ? File System

  ? Applications



Starting /etc/meego-sb-session/session.enabled/59home

Stale pid, stealing



[sbox-HARMATTAN_X86: ~] > 

[sbox-HARMATTAN_X86: ~] > echo $DISPLAY

:2

[sbox-HARMATTAN_X86: ~] >

That "miners" startup is suspicios, but I do not know anything about that at the moment...

Any ideas what could be a problem?

Thanks a lot,

Tamas