Hi All, I downloaded: http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/armhfp/ for the PI3 This article says the PI3 runs X. http://news.softpedia.com/news/centos-7-linux-officially-released-for-raspberry-pi-2-banana-pi-and-cubietruck-497891.shtml When I groupinstall Gnome desktop and reboot, then run startx I get an error about no screens found. Whats the trick to get X on the PI3? Thanks, Jerry
On 01/18/2017 07:16 AM, Jerry Geis wrote:> Hi All, > > I downloaded: > http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/armhfp/ > for the PI3 > > This article says the PI3 runs X. > http://news.softpedia.com/news/centos-7-linux-officially-released-for-raspberry-pi-2-banana-pi-and-cubietruck-497891.shtml > > When I groupinstall Gnome desktop and reboot, then run startx I get an > error about no screens found. > > Whats the trick to get X on the PI3?X does not work in CentOS on the PI .. the drivers required to make it work are proprietary. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170118/ecfb9aaa/attachment-0001.sig>
>X does not work in CentOS on the PI .. the drivers required to make it >work are proprietary.Yikes... What sense does that make??? (rhetorical really) So does that mean we have to install a binary driver like an NVIDIA driver set? If so where is that located ? I have not found it. Thanks, Jerry
On 18/01/17 14:16, Jerry Geis wrote:> Hi All, > > I downloaded: > http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/armhfp/ > for the PI3 > > This article says the PI3 runs X. > http://news.softpedia.com/news/centos-7-linux-officially-released-for-raspberry-pi-2-banana-pi-and-cubietruck-497891.shtml > > When I groupinstall Gnome desktop and reboot, then run startx I get an > error about no screens found. > > Whats the trick to get X on the PI3? > > Thanks, > > JerryWell, nothing on our (CentOS) side claims that X was working. Technically a lot of pkgs were built, but all images are minimal. If you're intestested into armhfp/aarch64, can you consider subscribing to the dedicated arm-dev list (https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev) and start a thread there ? I don't remember if someone already tried to have X working on such armhfp boards (with CentOS pkgs that is) -- Fabian Arrotin The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org gpg key: 56BEC54E | twitter: @arrfab -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170118/6990b9e1/attachment-0001.sig>