[Arm-dev] RPI3 and Gnome

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 01/08/2017 03:32 PM, Paul R. Ganci wrote:
> On 01/08/2017 06:51 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>> On 01/08/2017 02:40 AM, Paul R. Ganci wrote:
>>> I am playing around with making a "desktop" workstation out of a 
>>> Raspberry PI3 using the armv7hl CentOS. I have had no problems 
>>> installing the OS and pretty much have everything working except a 
>>> Gnome desktop.
>>>
>>> I did:
>>>
>>> > yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop"
>>
>> Does any other desktop work, like Xfce?
> No, too many missing dependencies to get any other desktop to install. 
> I tried both mate and Xfce.
>
> The only error in the log is this one
>
>  [  2665.952] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
>
> But that error seems like it should not be fatal if software rendering 
> is possible. I tried to turn off DRI but then the RPI3 just locked up 
> completely... did not even have network connectivity to ssh in. The 
> VideocoreIV is too limited in its capabilities. I am just coming to 
> the conclusion that trying to get the RPI3 to work with CentOS as a 
> desktop is probably not doable.

I just got back to work, and going out of town Wednesday.  I will try 
Xfce with the CubieTruck image.  Which is a armv7.