Linux Documentation Minimum System Requirements

• A recent Linux distribution.
• Ubuntu 8.04, Fedora 10, OpenSuse 11 should work.
• Hardware-accelerated graphics. Without hardware acceleration, Cooliris should still run, but will be unusably slow.
• NVidia cards with proprietary drivers (version 173 and above) have been tested and function well
• ATI cards have been tested and work with the latest fglrx drivers
• Intel integrated cards function but with issues
• To test hardware acceleration, run "glxgears" in full screen and see if it runs smoothly
• Firefox 3
• Adobe Flash® 10 or higher (Note also that Cooliris for 64-bit Linux requires a 64-bit Adobe Flash®).

Linux Documentation Adobe Flash® Requirements

Some content displayed within Cooliris may require the appropriate Adobe Flash® version 10 or higher in order to run smoothly. Requirements depends on whether or not you are using 32-bit or 64-bit Linux.

• 32-bit Linux
• Most distributions have a package for Adobe Flash®. Open your package manager, search for "adobe flash" or "netscape flash", and install version 10 if it is not already installed. If that does not work, visit the official installer website at: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
• If you have installed Adobe Flash® version 10 or greater but Cooliris does not recognize it, it may be installed in a non-standard location. To let Cooliris find it, run the following commands in a terminal:
1. Find the Adobe Flash® library:
   find /usr/lib /opt -name libflashplayer.so
2. Create Mozilla's plugins directory if it doesn't already exist:
   mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
3. Create a symlink to the Adobe Flash® library in:
   ln -s /path/to/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
• 64-bit Linux
• Cooliris for 64-bit Linux requires a 64-bit Adobe Flash®. Your distribution, especially if you are using Ubuntu, may use nspluginwrapper to run 32-bit Adobe Flash® because 64-bit Adobe Flash® is not officially released yet. While nspluginwrapper can run in Cooliris, the performance will not be as great. We recommend that you install the pre-release version of 64-bit Adobe Flash®.
• Follow these steps:
1. Download Adobe Flash® 10 Pre-release for Linux 64-bit to your desktop
2. Create Mozilla's plugins directory if it doesn't already exist:
   mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
3. Extract the Adobe Flash® archive into the plugins directory:
   tar -xzf ~/Desktop/libflashplayer*.so.tar.gz -C ~/.mozilla/plugins
4. Restart Firefox

Linux Documentation Known Issues

• When using Intel® integrated graphics and Compiz desktop effects, Cooliris will flicker and rendering will be choppy.
• Cooliris does not support the use of free/open source replacements to the Adobe Flash® multimedia player, such as Gnash or swfdec.
• Certain SELinux restrictions can prevent Cooliris from loading. Make the necessary access changes to allow Cooliris to load.

Linux Documentation Troubleshooting

• The cooliris icon appears in the toolbar but doesn't do anything.
• You're probably using a distribution that we haven't tested yet and is missing a library required by Cooliris to work properly.
• To see what's missing, run:
• ldd ~/.mozilla/firefox/YOUR_PROFILE/extensions/piclens@cooliris.com/libs/libcooliris19.so
• ldd ~/.mozilla/firefox/YOUR_PROFILE/extensions/piclens@cooliris.com/libs/libav.so
• "libxpcom.so" and "libmozjs.so" may appear to be missing, but generally, Firefox will take care of those. If not, try setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the directory containing those libraries before starting Firefox, e.g.:
  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/xulrunner
• If you install any of the missing libraries, you may need to disable and then re-enable the Cooliris extension and then restart Firefox.
• Cooliris flickers, displays parts of the windows below the Cooliris window, or simply looks awful
• You're probably using an Intel® video card and you have desktop effects enabled (Compiz, etc.). Try turning them off.
• Cooliris is unusably slow
• You probably don't have hardware acceleration. If you're using an NVidia or ATI video card, you may need to install proprietary drivers.
• Cooliris is kind of slow
• You may be using an Intel® video card, which lacks high-performance graphics.
• No Adobe Flash® content is displayed
• Make sure you have the appropriate Adobe Flash® 10 or higher installed.
• Adobe Flash® videos run slowly and use up a lot of CPU
• If you're using a 64-bit Linux, it may be running 32-bit Adobe Flash® using nspluginwrapper. Try installing the 64-bit version instead.