mwp Gtk4 migration guide
This document describes the migration from legacy (Gtk+-3.0) mwp to contemporary (Gtk4) mwp.
- Modern POSIX operating system, for example:
- Alpine Linux 3.20
- Arch Linux
- Debian "Sid"
- Fedora 40
- FreeBSD 14
- Ubuntu 24.04
The following are minimum versions.
- Gtk4 (4.12)
- libsoup3 (3.2)
- libshumate (1.3)
- meson (1.40)
- blueprint-compiler (0.12.0)
- libvte4
- libadwaita-1 1.4
- libepoxy
- libsecret-1
For replaying blackbox log, bbl2kml 1.0.24 or later is rquired.
The gsettings / dconf tree is now /org/stronnag/mwp/. The keys are (mainly) the same as for mwp/gtk3 and may be migrated:
dconf dump /org/mwptools/planner/ | dconf load /org/stronnag/mwp/
Full list of settings is at the end of this document.
In preparation for the announced removal of the Bing Maps service, mwp adds a MapBox entry where the user has acquired a Mapbox API key.
This key may be either stored in the Desktop keyring (managed by libsecret) or as a plain text string in the gsettings database.
Add to the keyring using secret-tool with the following attributes:
secret-tool store --label="Mapbox API" name mapbox-api-key domain org.stronnag.mwp
Password: *************************************************
The key should be added to the gsettings database:
gsettings set org.stronnag.mwp mapbox-apikey 'pk.xxxxxxx'
# where 'pk.xxxxxxx' is your MapBox API Key
Note that sadly libshumate creates a cache directory name from which the MapBox access token may be recovered, so there is little security / privacy gain by using the secret key-ring, alas. See Gitlab issue.
As libgdl is retired, a simple, bespoke panel comprising embedded resizeable panes has been implemented. The configuration may be user defined by a simple text file ~/.config/mwp/panel.conf.
- The panel consists for four vertical panels
- The top panel can hold three horizontal panes
- The other panels can hold two panes.
Each entry is defined by a comma separated line defining the panel widget, the row (0-3) and the column (0-2) and an optional minimum size (only required for the artificial horizon). The default panel is defined (in the absence of a configuration file) as:
# default widgets
ahi,0,1,100
rssi, 1, 0
dirn, 1, 1
flight, 2, 0
volts, 3, 0
Which appears as:
The available panel widgets are named as:
| Name | Usage |
|---|---|
ahi |
Artificial horizon |
dirn |
Direction comparison |
flight |
"Flight View" Position / Velocity / Satellites etc, |
volts |
Battery information |
vario |
Vario indicator |
No other legacy widgets have been migrated.
So using the following ~/.config/mwp/panel.conf
# default + vario widgets
ahi,0,1,100
vario,0,2
rssi, 1, 0
dirn, 1, 1
flight, 2, 0
volts, 3, 0
would appear as:
mwp (Gtk4) and legacy (Gtk+-3.0) versions can coexist.
- Install mwp (Gtk+-3.0)
- Rename the executable (e.g. to mwp3)
- Install mwp (Gtk4).
If you use any of the map proxies (bproxy, gmproxy), you must use the latest version.
There are a couple of Gtk related environment variables that may affect the performance of mwp, particularly on older or less well supported GPUs:
-
GSK_RENDERER: Recently the Gtk default was changed fromgltongl(new GL). At some stage the Gtk default will becomevulkan. Thenglandvulkanrenderers may be slower thatglon older GPUs, so setting this toglmay improve performance, particularly when dragging way point icons. On some less well supported GPUs (e.g. Imagination on riscv64) it may be necessary to use thecairorenderer. If is also necessary on the author's touch screen tablet. -
GDK_BACKEND: In the event that your hardware / software stack is almost hopelessly broken such that mwp is aborted with a Gdk message like "Error 71 (Protocol error) dispatching to Wayland display", then setting this variable tox11
These environment variables may be set in ~/.config/mwp/cmdopts if needed.
If you use a map sources file in ~/.config/mwp, optionally convert the #X# elements (for X, Y, Z) replacing with more standard {x} etc.
- mwp-area-planner (future work)
- ublox-geo (abandoned)
For the Debian package runtime dependencies:
libadwaita-1-0 (>= 1.4~beta)
libc6 (>= 2.38)
libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4)
libepoxy0 (>= 1.0)
libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0)
libglib2.0-0t64 (>= 2.80.0)
libgraphene-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.4)
libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.6.0)
libgtk-4-1 (>= 4.13.5)
libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146)
libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.2)
libpaho-mqtt1.3 (>= 1.3.0)
libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
libprotobuf-c1 (>= 1.0.1)
libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7)
libshumate-1.0-1 (>= 1.0.0~alpha.1+20220818)
libsoup-3.0-0 (>= 3.3.1)
libtinfo6 (>= 6)
libvte-2.91-gtk4-0
libxml2 (>= 2.7.4),
Example packages:
sudo apt install -y blueprint-compiler libprotobuf-c-dev \
libvte-2.91-gtk4-dev libshumate-dev libpaho-mqtt-dev libgtk-4-dev \
libadwaita-1-dev libepoxy-dev libsecret-1-dev
The Ubuntu 24.04 version of meson is too old. A more update version may be installed locally using pipx.
sudo apt install pipx
pipx install meson
Other packages as for Debian.
Example package list:
sudo dnf5 install -y libshumate-devel vte291-gtk4-devel protobuf-c-devel \
paho-c-devel blueprint-compiler gtk4-devel libepoxy-devel libsecret-devel
| Name | Summary | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| adjust-tz | Adjust FC's TZ (and DST) | mwp should adjust FC's TZ (and DST) based on the local clock | true |
| ah-invert-roll | Invert AH roll | Set to true to invert roll in the AH (so it becomes an attitude indicator) | false |
| arming-speak | speak arming states | whether to reporting arming state by audio | false |
| atexit | Something that is executed at exit | e.g. gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim true. See also manage-power (and consider setting manage-power to true instead). |
"" |
| atstart | Something that is executed at startup | e.g. gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power idle-dim false. See also manage-power (and consider setting to true). |
"" |
| audio-on-arm | start audio on arm | start audio on arm (and stop on disarm) | true |
| auto-follow | set auto-follow | set auto-follow on start | true |
| auto-restore-mission | Whether to automatically import a mission in FC memory to MWP | If the FC holds a valid mission in memory, and there is no mission loaded into MWP, this setting controls whether MWP automatically downloads the mission. | false |
| auto-wp-edit | Whether direct WP editing is available | If true, the user can edit / create waypoints directly by clicking on the map, if false, it is necessary to toggle the WP Edit button to enable editing. | false |
| autoload-geozones | Autoload geozones from FC | Autoload geozones from FC on connect, remove from display on disconnect | false |
| baudrate | Baud rate | Serial baud rate | 115200 |
| beep | Beep for alerts | Whether to emit an alert sound for alerts. | true |
| blackbox-decode | Name of the blackbox_decode application | Name of the blackbox_decode application (in case there are separate for iNav and betaflight) | "blackbox_decode" |
| bluez-disco | Use Bluetooth discovery | Only discovered Bluetooth serial devices with non-zero RSSI will be offered | false |
| default-altitude | Default altitude | Default Altitude for mission (m) | 20 |
| default-latitude | Default Latitude | Default Latitude when no GPS | 50.909528 |
| default-loiter | Default Loiter time | Default Loiter time | 30 |
| default-longitude | Default Longitude | Default Longitude when no GPS | -1.532936 |
| default-map | Default Map | Default map key | "" |
| default-nav-speed | Default Nav speed | Default Nav speed (m/s). For calculating durations only. | 2.5 |
| default-zoom | Default Map zoom | Default map zoom | 15 |
| delta-minspeed | Minimum speed for elapsed distance updates | Minimum speed for elapsed distance updates (m/s). Default is zero, which means the elapsed distance is always updated; larger values will take out hover / jitter movements. | 0.0 |
| device-names | Device names | A list of device names to be added to those that can be auto-discovered | [] |
| display-distance | Distance units | 0=metres, 1=feet, 2=yards | 0 |
| display-dms | Position display | Show positions as dd:mm:ss rather than decimal degrees | false |
| display-speed | Speed units | 0=metres/sec, 1=kilometres/hour, 2=miles/hour, 3=knots | 0 |
| dump-unknown | dump unknown | dump unknown message payload (debug aid) | false |
| espeak-voice | Default espeak voice | Default espeak voice (see espeak documentation) | "en" |
| flash-warn | Flash storage warning | If a dataflash is configured for black box, and this key is non-zero, a warning in generated if the data flash is greater than "flash-warn" percent full. | 0 |
| flite-voice-file | Default flite voice file | Default flite voice file (full path, *.flitevox), see flite documentation) | "" |
| forward | Types of message to forward | Types of message to forward (none, LTM, minLTM, minMAV, all) | "minLTM" |
| ga-alt | Units for GA Altiude | 0=m, 1=ft, 2=FL | 0 |
| ga-range | Units for GA Range | 0=m, 1=km, 2=miles, 3=nautical miles | 0 |
| ga-speed | Units for GA Speed | 0=m/s, 1=kph, 2=mph, 3=knots | 0 |
| geouser | User account on geonames.org | A user account to query geonames.org for blackbox log timezone info. A default account of 'mwptools' is provided; however users are requested to create their own account. | "mwptools" |
| gpsd-host | gpsd provider | Provider for GCS location via gpsd. Default is "localhost", can be set to other host name or IP address. Setting blank ("") disables. | "localhost" |
| gpsintvl | gps sanity time (m/s) | gps sanity time (m/s), check for current fix | 2000 |
| ignore-nm | Ignore Network Manager | Set to true to always ignore NM status (may slow down startup) | false |
| kml-path | Directory for KML overlays | Directory for KML overlays, default = current directory | "" |
| led | GPS LED colour | GPS LED colour as well know string or #RRGGBB | "#60ff00" |
| load-safehome | Load default set of safehomes | Set to file[,Y]. File defines a set of safehome lines (CLI format), optionally followed by a comma and Y. If the definition includes ",Y", then the safehome locations will be displayed. If the name has the special value '-FC-', then safehomes will be loaded from the FC on connection. | "" |
| log-on-arm | start logging on arm | start logging on arm (and stop on disarm) | false |
| log-path | Directory for replay log files | Directory for log files (for replay), default = current directory | "" |
| log-save-path | Directory for storing log files | Directory for log files (for save), default = current directory | "" |
| los-margin | Margin(m) for LOS Analysis | Margin(m) for LOS Analysis | 0 |
| mag-sanity | Enable mag sanity checking | mwp offers a primitive mag sanity checker that compares compass heading with GPS course over the ground using LTM (only). There are various hard-coded constraints (speed > 3m/s, certain flight modes) and two configurable parameters that should be set here in order to enable this check. The parameters are angular difference (⁰) and duration (s). The author finds a settings of 45,3 (i.e. 45⁰ over 3 seconds) works OK, detecting real instances (a momentarily breaking cable) and not reporting false positives. | "" |
| manage-power | manage power and screen | whether to manage idle and screen saver | false |
| map-sources | Additional Map sources | JSON file defining additional map sources | "" |
| mapbox-apikey | Mapbox API Key | Mapbox API key, enables Mapbox as a map Provider. Setting blank ("") disables. | "" |
| max-climb-angle | Maximum climb angle highlight for terrain analysis | If non-zero, any climb angles exceeding the specified value will be highlighted in Terrain Analysis Climb / Dive report. Note that the absolute value is taken as a positive (climb) angle | 0.0 |
| max-dive-angle | Maximum dive angle highlight for terrain analysis | If non-zero, any dive angles exceeding the specified value will be highlighted in Terrain Analysis Climb / Dive report. Note that the absolute value is taken as a negative (dive) angle | 0.0 |
| max-home-delta | home position delta (m) | Maximum variation of home position without verbal alert | 2.5 |
| max-radar-slots | Maximum number of aircraft | Maximum number of aircraft reported by iNav-radar | 4 |
| max-wps | Maximum number of WP supported | Maximum number of WP supported | 120 |
| min-dem-zoom | Minimum zoom for DEM loading | DEMs will not be fetched if zoom is below this value | 9 |
| misc-icon-size | Miscellaneous icon size | Size for miscellaneous icons (radar, GCS location) in pixels. -1 means the image's natural size (no scaling). | 32 |
| mission-meta-tag | use meta vice mwp in mission file | If true, the legacy 'mwp' tag is named 'meta' | false |
| mission-path | Directory for mission files | Directory for mission files, default = current directory | "" |
| msp2-adsb | MSP2_ADSB_VEHICLE_LIST usage | Options for requesting MSP2_ADSB_VEHICLE_LIST. "off": never request, "on:" always request, "auto:" heuristic based on serial settings / bandwidth | "off" |
| osd-mode | Data items overlaid on the map | 0 = none, 1 = current WP/Max WP, 2 = next WP distance and course. This is a mask, so 3 means both OSD items. | 3 |
| poll-timeout | Poll messages timeout (ms) | Timeout in milliseconds for telemetry poll messages. Note that timer loop has a resolution of 100ms. | 900 |
| pos-is-centre | Determines position label content | Whether the position label is the centre or pointer location | false |
| radar-alert-altitude | Altitude below which ADS-B alerts may be generated | Target altitude (metres) below which ADS-B proximity alerts may be generated. Requires that 'radar-alert-range' is also set (non-zero). Setting to 0 disables. Note that ADS-B altitudes are AMSL (or geoid). | 0 |
| radar-alert-range | Range below which ADS-B alerts may be generated | Target range (metres) below which ADS-B proximity alerts may be generated. Requires that 'radar-alert-altitude' is also set (non-zero). Setting to 0 disables. | 0 |
| radar-list-max-altitude | Maximum altitude for targets to show in the radar list view | Maximum altitude (metres) to include targets in the radar list view. Targets higher than this value will show only in the map view. This is mainly for ADS-B receivers where there is no need for high altitude targets to be shown. Setting to 0 disables. Note that ADS-B altitudes are AMSL (or geoid). | 0 |
| rings-colour | range rings colour | range rings colour as well know string or #RRGGBBAA | "#ffffff20" |
| rth-autoland | Set land on RTH waypoints | Automatically assert land on RTH waypoints | false |
| say-bearing | Whether audio report includes bearing | Whether audio report includes bearing | true |
| show-sticks | Whether to show sticks in log replay | If "yes", stick position is shown bottom right during log replay, if "no" , never shown. If "icon", then it shown iconified (bottom right) | "icon" |
| smartport-fuel-unit | User selected fuel type | Units label for smartport fuel (none, %, mAh, mWh) | "none" |
| speak-amps | When to speak amps/hr used | none, live-n, all-n n=1,2,4 : n = how often spoken (modulus basically) | "none" |
| speak-interval | Interval between voice prompts | Interval between voice prompts, 0 disables | 15 |
| speech-api | API for speech synthesis | espeak, speechd, flite. Only change this if you know you have the required development files at build time | "espeak" |
| speechd-voice | Default speechd voice | Default speechd voice (see speechd documentation) | "male1" |
| stats-timeout | timeout for flight statistics display (s) | Timeout before the flight statistics popup automatically closes. A value of 0 means no timeout. | 30 |
| symbol-scale | Symbol scale | Symbol scale factor, scales map symbols as multiplier. | 1.0 |
| touch-factor | Touch (Hi)DPI scaling | Adjustment factor for HiDpi touch screens (0 disable, often 1.5 or 2.0). | 0.0 |
| uc-mission-tags | Upper case mission XML tags | If true, MISSION, VERSION and MISSIONITEM tags are upper case (for interoperability with legacy Android applications) | false |
| uilang | Language Handling | "en" do everything as English (UI numeric decimal points, voice), "ev" do voice as English (so say 'point' for decimals even when shown as 'comma') | "" |
| view-mode | UAV view mode | Options for model view | "inview" |
| vlevels | Voltage levels | Semi-colon(;) separated list of cell voltages values for transition between voltage label colours | "" |
| window-scale | Window size as percent of monitor | Default window size size as percent of monitor size for non-full screen invocation. | 80 |
| wp-dist-size | Font size (points) for OSD WP distance display | Font size (points) for OSD WP distance display | 56.0 |
| wp-spotlight | Style for the 'next waypoint' highlight | Defines RGBA colour for 'next way point' highlight | "#ffffff60" |
| wp-text-style | Style of text used for next WP display | Defines the way the WP numbers are displayed. Font, size and RGBA description (or well known name, with alpha) | "Sans 72/#ff000060" |
| zone-detect | Application to return timezone from location | If supplied, the application will be used to return the timezone (in preference to geonames.org). The application should take latitude and longitude as parameters. See samples/tzget.sh | "" |
The DBus name / path are changed to map the application Id; e.g. org.stronnag.mwp and /org/stronnag/mwp. A few of the DBus interfaces have been enhanced; you can introspect the bus to determine this pending new documentation.