Testing PA4 on Gentoo Linux

[Matthias Heizmann]

Hi,

I would like to test PA4 on Gentoo Linux.

1. First, I installed KDE SC 4.10.

2. I wrote ebuilds (packages in Gentoo Linux) for the mobile versions of the 
KDE PIM applications. These mobile applications work fine. Great!

3. I wrote ebuilds (in fact, modified ebuilds from the kde portage overlay) 
that install the following projects from git://anongit.kde.org/
bodega-client  
contour  
declarative-plasmoids  
plasma-active-maliit  
plasma-mobile  
plasma-mobile-config  
share-like-connect  
startactive

4. I installed the active-development/master version of kde-runtime 
(in fact in Gentoo kde-runtime is split in 36 packages, I installed these 36 
using the sources of the branch from the repository)

5. I added KWIN_PLASMA_ACTIVE=ON to the cmake arguments of kde-workspace.


Unfortunately, Plasma Active is not yet running properly. If I start "KDE 
Plasma Workspace" in KDM, then plasma-desktop is started. After starting 
plasma-device afterwards there are some issues. E.g., 
- Windows do not appear in fullscreen, but in about 640xXXX in the upper right 
corner of the screen.
- Windows never get the focus
- Windows are stay above main bar and the Application-Launcher 
- dragging down the main bar (to see the Application-Launcher) does not always 
work


What did I miss in my installation?

The documentation says:
http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active/Development#Plasma_Active_Core_Development
> For building Plasma Active from master, you need the "active-
> development/4.7" or "active-development/master" branches from kdelibs and
> kde-runtime.
I guess this information is partly outdated, because I found these branches 
only for kde-runtime not for kdelibs.

Do I have to modify something else?
Do I have to modify /etc/X11/Sessions/KDE-4 or /usr/bin/startkde?
Do I have to execute /usr/bin/startactive somewhere?

Any hints and suggestions are welcome.

Cheers,
Matthias