How to Compile Ozone-GBM for Linux (Testing)

How to Compile Ozone-GBM for Linux

This has to be done on an x86 system otherwise no goma_ctl.py therefore no .src folder will be created and game over.

  • Run from console DRM and GBM buffers (build for platform DRM)
git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
sudo apt install gedit -y
gedit .bashrc #add this if at home directory
export PATH="${HOME}/depot_tools:$PATH"
sudo reboot #shutdown linux and open again
cd ~/depot_tools
./fetch --nohooks --no-history chromium
./src/build/install-build-deps.sh
#Set the CPU Target
gedit gclient #add these lines
target_os = ["chromeos"]
target_cpu = ["arm64"]

#Reset Depot_Tools for Cross-compilers
gclient sync
gclient runhooks

#Prepares files for Ninja Build
gn args src/out/ --arch='arm64' --args='dcheck_always_on=true enable_nacl=false has_native_accessibility=false is_chrome_branded=false is_debug=false is_official_build=false ozone_auto_platforms=false ozone_platform="gbm" ozone_platform_gbm=true use_evdev_gestures=false use_glib=false use_gtk=false use_ozone=true use_pulseaudio=false use_system_minigbm=false use_vc4_minigbm=true use_xkbcommon=false'

#gn args src/out/ --arch='arm64'
#gn args src/out/ --arch='arm64' --args='ozone_auto_platforms=false ozone_platform_wayland=true'

#Building with ozone_demo for a quicker test.
ninja -C src/out/ -j$(nproc) ozone_demo
šŸ–±ļøOr Manually gedit args.gn:šŸ–±ļø
cd src/out/
gedit args.gn # src/out/args.gn
# Set build arguments here. See `gn help buildargs`.

use_ozone = true
target_os = "chromeos"
target_cpu = "arm64"
#cc_wrapper = "ccache"
enable_nacl = false
has_native_accessibility = false
is_chrome_branded = false
ozone_auto_platforms = false
ozone_platform = "gbm"
ozone_platform_gbm = true
#target_sysroot = "//build/linux/debian_bullseye_arm64-sysroot"
use_evdev_gestures = false
use_pulseaudio = false
use_vc4_minigbm = true
use_system_minigbm = false
use_glib = false
use_gtk = false
ozone_platform = "drm"
ozone_platform_drm = true
is_debug = false
is_official_build = false
use_xkbcommon = true
dcheck_always_on = true

#save it

Now you will wished u had 64GB’s of ram and threadrippers to become a Speedy Gonzales… plenty of targets to achieve under a full build.

#Full Build
#ninja -C src/out/ -j$(nproc) chrome

From here on I have no clue the right process to follow :confused:

But I assume we need to compile the output files into .tar.gz
To then extract them on the system and boot it.
There is obviously the matters of google users api’s which is another process but for this for now I will keep it ā€˜guest user’.


#now files to a .tar.gz to be extracted in system and run with:
./chrome --ozone-platform=drm --force-system-compositor-mode --login-profile=user --user-data-dir=/home/area/.config/google-chrome-gbm --use-gl=egl --in-process-gpu --crosh-command=/bin/bash

Building MiniGBM (i dont even know what this is exacly but whatever)

ninja -C out/OzoneChromeOS chrome
sudo apt install libdrm-dev
ln -s libminigbm.so.1.0.0 libminigbm.so

Official ChromeOS startup flags:

/opt/google/chrome/chrome --enable-native-gpu-memory-buffers --enable-webgl-image-chromium --enable-features=Pepper3DImageChromium,UmaStorageDimensions,QuickUnlockFingerprint,AutoNightLight,AllowAmbientEQ,ArcAdbSideloading,Crostini,CrostiniGpuSupport,PluginVm,Borealis,SmartDim,EnableNeuralPalmDetectionFilter,OnDeviceSpeechRecognition --gpu-sandbox-failures-fatal=yes --gpu-sandbox-start-early --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --enable-logging --log-level=1 --use-cras --enable-wayland-server --user-data-dir=/home/chronos --disable-mojo-broker --ash-use-cros-mojo-service-manager --cros-healthd-uses-service-manager --login-profile=user --has-chromeos-keyboard --enable-touchview --enable-dim-shelf --form-factor=CHROMEBOOK --guest-wallpaper-large=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/wallpaper/guest_large.jpg --guest-wallpaper-small=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/wallpaper/guest_small.jpg --child-wallpaper-large=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/wallpaper/child_large.jpg --child-wallpaper-small=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/wallpaper/child_small.jpg --default-wallpaper-large=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/wallpaper/kohaku_large.jpg --default-wallpaper-small=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/wallpaper/kohaku_small.jpg --default-wallpaper-is-oem --device-help-content-id=kohaku --has-internal-stylus --fingerprint-sensor-location=keyboard-top-right --ozone-nnpalm-properties={"model":"alpha","radius-polynomial":"0.1010944, 3.51837568","touch-compatible":"true"} --arc-availability=officially-supported --enable-arcvm --enable-houdini --enable-houdini64 --enterprise-enrollment-initial-modulus=15 --enterprise-enrollment-modulus-limit=19 --enable-crashpad --ml_service=enabled --ondevice_handwriting=use_rootfs --ondevice_document_scanner=use_rootfs --feature-management-level=0 --feature-management-max-level=1 --login-manager --feature-flags=["borealis-enabled@1","borealis-linux-mode@1","crostini-multi-container@1"] --first-exec-after-boot --enable-features=AllowAmbientEQ,ArcAdbSideloading,AutoNightLight,Borealis,Crostini,CrostiniGpuSupport,EnableNeuralPalmDetectionFilter,OnDeviceSpeechRecognition,Pepper3DImageChromium,PluginVm,QuickUnlockFingerprint,SmartDim,UmaStorageDimensions --flag-switches-begin --enable-features=AllowAmbientEQ,ArcAdbSideloading,AutoNightLight,Borealis,Crostini,CrostiniGpuSupport,EnableNeuralPalmDetectionFilter,OnDeviceSpeechRecognition,Pepper3DImageChromium,PluginVm,QuickUnlockFingerprint,SmartDim,UmaStorageDimensions,BorealisLinuxMode,BorealisPermitted,CrostiniMultiContainer --flag-switches-end --origin-trial-disabled-features=WebGPU

Following this complex guide: https://dev.to/yaegashi/howto-building-chromium-on-ozone-gbm-for-rpi4-568e

ChromiumOS UI for Linux without DE so… you can try this on any debian armbian ubuntu cli kde etc…

Credits to Daniel aka AreaScout for these files.
Souce: https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=43170

For my experiment I used Radxa Rock 5B on this image

# Assign this to your user (your_user)
usermod -aG usermod -aG sudo,adm,audio,operator,input,video,render,tty,staff,games,users,plugdev,netdev,disk your_user
su - your_user
wget https://area.mdrjr.net/images/Chromium_Linux/chromium-OzoneChromeOS.tar.gz
tar xvf chromium-OzoneChromeOS.tar.gz
cd chromium-OzoneChromeOS
sudo apt install aptitude -y
sudo aptitude install libnss3 libnspr4 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libxcb1 libxkbcommon0 libasound2 fontconfig-config libgbm1 libgl1 libegl1-mesa libgles2-mesa -y
./chrome --ozone-platform=drm --force-system-compositor-mode --login-profile=user --user-data-dir=/home/area/.config/google-chrome-gbm --use-gl=egl --in-process-gpu --crosh-command=/bin/bash

#adds google play store but doesnt work šŸ‘†
--arc-availability=officially-supported

Add Secure Shell and Crosh terminal plugin to it and you’re sorted.

How Ozone was compiled: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/ozone_overview.md
If you want to build it for your own you have to build it on a i386 (x86_64) machine, the build system only supports this arch, it will download cross compilers:

#To build a compiler you will need this 
use_ozone = true
target_os = "chromeos"
target_cpu = "arm64"
use_system_minigbm = false
use_glib = false
use_gtk = false
ozone_platform = "drm"
ozone_platform_drm = true
is_debug = false
is_official_build = false
use_xkbcommon = true
dcheck_always_on = true

and yes… its quite useless… but… we can explore it before giving up.
To get a better version… maybe this guide: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/ozone_overview.md
Building it
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/heads/main/docs/linux/ozone_drm.md

Important: https://github.com/joone/meta-crosswalk

Works: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/linux/build_instructions.md