[Arm-dev] Attempt to install Xfce by hand

[Pablo Sebastián Greco]

Robert,

El 14/10/18 a las 08:51, Robert Moskowitz escribió:
>
>
> On 10/12/18 3:24 PM, Pablo Sebastián Greco wrote:
>>
>> El 12/10/18 a las 14:08, Robert Moskowitz escribió:
>>>
>>>
>>> So I shouldn't rush out to do more testing.  I may have the group 
>>> 'soon' and do it right?  I can afford to assign more time to my paid 
>>> consulting right now!
>> Please test as much as you can, I don't know how long it will take me 
>> to add the groups
>
> So let's start afresh.  I edited the seemingly appropriate group xml 
> files I picked up from the main Centos repo.  First I built a clean 
> install, did yum update, added the epel1 repo, and created a user. 
> Then I installed the rpms from the X11 DE:
>
> yum install glx-utils initial-setup-gui mesa-dri-drivers 
> plymouth-system-theme spice-vdagent xorg-x11-drivers 
> xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-utils xorg-x11-xauth xorg-x11-xinit 
> xvattr tigervnc-server wayland-protocols-devel xorg-x11-drv-keyboard 
> xorg-x11-drv-libinput xorg-x11-drv-mouse xorg-x11-drv-openchrome
>
> there was:
> No package xorg-x11-drv-openchrome available.
>
> But that SHOULD be OK.  Then I installed the Xfce DE:
>
> yum install Thunar xfce-utils xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-settings 
> xfconf xfdesktop xfwm4 gdm leafpad openssh-askpass orage polkit-gnome 
> thunar-archive-plugin thunar-volman tumbler xfce4-appfinder 
> xfce4-icon-theme xfce4-power-manager xfce4-session-engines 
> xfce4-terminal xfwm4-theme-nodoka xfwm4-themes pinentry
>
> No package xfce-utils available.
> No package leafpad available.
> No package xfce4-icon-theme available.
> No package xfwm4-theme-nodoka available.
Those 4 pkgs are also unavailable on x86. I don't know if you tested, 
but I think you should test the steps in x86, and then replicate them on arm
>
> This bothers me.  Probably really need xfce-utils.  Mousepad will do 
> in place of leafpad as that is what Fedora has switched to.
>
> Powered off, connected my KVM that has my Kybd and mouse and directly 
> connected the HDMI monitor connection (the KVM only supports VGA).  
> And powered up....
>
> I see the following on the serial console as the HDMI monitor goes blank:
>
> [  OK  ] Reached target Login Prompts.
>          Starting GNOME Display Manager...
> [FAILED] Failed to start Crash recovery kernel arming.
> See 'systemctl status kdump.service' for details.
> [  OK  ] Started GNOME Display Manager.
>
> kdump is of no concern.
Correct
>
> And Centos is still using the Gnome DM, not dmlight as Fedora does 
> now.  NO dmlight in the repo, I tried installing it after the 
> following test:
>
> Finally get to the login screen and I log in and after a while I am 
> back at the login screen.  :(
>
> So I look at the last 40 lines in /var/log/messages:
>
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 systemd: Starting Location Lookup Service...
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 journal: Failed to connect to avahi service: 
> Daemon not running
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Successfully activated 
> service 'org.freedesktop.GeoClue2'
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 systemd: Started Location Lookup Service.
> Oct 14 07:42:41 ct-c7 journal: Error looking up permission: 
> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name 
> org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore was not provided by any 
> .service files
> Oct 14 07:42:42 ct-c7 org.gnome.Shell.desktop: Window manager warning: 
> "XF86RFKill" is not a valid accelerator
> Oct 14 07:42:42 ct-c7 journal: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID 
> for output
> Oct 14 07:42:44 ct-c7 journal: unable to get EDID for xrandr-default: 
> unable to get EDID for output
> Oct 14 07:42:45 ct-c7 journal: JS WARNING: 
> [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js 29]: reference to undefined 
> property "MetaWindowX11"
> Oct 14 07:42:53 ct-c7 journal: JS ERROR: TypeError: item is 
> undefined#012NMConnectionDevice<._activeConnectionChanged at resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:398:13#012wrapper at resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
> [root at ct-c7 log]# tail messages -n40
> Oct 14 07:42:22 ct-c7 journal: JS WARNING: 
> [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js 221]: reference to undefined 
> property "MetaWindowGroup"
> Oct 14 07:42:22 ct-c7 journal: JS WARNING: 
> [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/osdMonitorLabeler.js 59]: reference to 
> undefined property "MetaDBusDisplayConfigSkeleton"
> Oct 14 07:42:25 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Activating via systemd: 
> service name='org.freedesktop.locale1' 
> unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.locale1.service'
> Oct 14 07:42:25 ct-c7 systemd: Starting Locale Service...
> Oct 14 07:42:25 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Successfully activated 
> service 'org.freedesktop.locale1'
> Oct 14 07:42:25 ct-c7 systemd: Started Locale Service.
> Oct 14 07:42:25 ct-c7 journal: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Failed to 
> execute child process “ibus-daemon” (No such file or directory)
> Oct 14 07:42:27 ct-c7 journal: JS WARNING: 
> [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/slider.js 38]: reference to undefined 
> property "CallyActor"
> Oct 14 07:42:27 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Activating via systemd: 
> service name='org.freedesktop.GeoClue2' unit='geoclue.service'
> Oct 14 07:42:27 ct-c7 systemd: Starting Location Lookup Service...
> Oct 14 07:42:28 ct-c7 journal: Failed to connect to avahi service: 
> Daemon not running
> Oct 14 07:42:28 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Successfully activated 
> service 'org.freedesktop.GeoClue2'
> Oct 14 07:42:28 ct-c7 systemd: Started Location Lookup Service.
> Oct 14 07:42:28 ct-c7 journal: No permission to trigger offline 
> updates: Polkit.Error: 
> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action 
> org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update is not registered
> Oct 14 07:42:30 ct-c7 spice-vdagent[1540]: Cannot access vdagent 
> virtio channel /dev/virtio-ports/com.redhat.spice.0
> Oct 14 07:42:30 ct-c7 gnome-session: gnome-session-binary[1432]: 
> WARNING: App 'spice-vdagent.desktop' exited with code 1
> Oct 14 07:42:30 ct-c7 gnome-session-binary[1432]: WARNING: App 
> 'spice-vdagent.desktop' exited with code 1
> Oct 14 07:42:31 ct-c7 journal: Failed to get current display 
> configuration state: 
> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name 
> "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist
> Oct 14 07:42:33 ct-c7 gnome-session-binary: Entering running state
> Oct 14 07:42:36 ct-c7 journal: Failed to load background 
> 'file:///usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-lock.jpg': Error opening 
> file /usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-lock.jpg: No such file or 
> directory
> Oct 14 07:42:38 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Activating via systemd: 
> service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' 
> unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service'
> Oct 14 07:42:38 ct-c7 systemd: Starting Hostname Service...
> Oct 14 07:42:38 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Successfully activated 
> service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'
> Oct 14 07:42:38 ct-c7 systemd: Started Hostname Service.
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 journal: Some code accessed the property 
> 'AuthList' on the module 'authList'. That property was defined with 
> 'let' or 'const' inside the module. This was previously supported, but 
> is not correct according to the ES6 standard. Any symbols to be 
> exported from a module must be defined with 'var'. The property access 
> will work as previously for the time being, but please fix your code 
> anyway.
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Activating via systemd: 
> service name='org.freedesktop.realmd' unit='realmd.service'
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 systemd: Starting Realm and Domain Configuration...
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Successfully activated 
> service 'org.freedesktop.realmd'
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 systemd: Started Realm and Domain Configuration.
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Activating via systemd: 
> service name='org.freedesktop.GeoClue2' unit='geoclue.service'
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 systemd: Starting Location Lookup Service...
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 journal: Failed to connect to avahi service: 
> Daemon not running
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 dbus[588]: [system] Successfully activated 
> service 'org.freedesktop.GeoClue2'
> Oct 14 07:42:40 ct-c7 systemd: Started Location Lookup Service.
> Oct 14 07:42:41 ct-c7 journal: Error looking up permission: 
> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name 
> org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore was not provided by any 
> .service files
> Oct 14 07:42:42 ct-c7 org.gnome.Shell.desktop: Window manager warning: 
> "XF86RFKill" is not a valid accelerator
> Oct 14 07:42:42 ct-c7 journal: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID 
> for output
> Oct 14 07:42:44 ct-c7 journal: unable to get EDID for xrandr-default: 
> unable to get EDID for output
> Oct 14 07:42:45 ct-c7 journal: JS WARNING: 
> [resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js 29]: reference to undefined 
> property "MetaWindowX11"
> Oct 14 07:42:53 ct-c7 journal: JS ERROR: TypeError: item is 
> undefined#012NMConnectionDevice<._activeConnectionChanged at resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:398:13#012wrapper at resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
>
>
> So I am missing something...
>
> I will set this drive to the side so we can go back to testing it once 
> you tell me whatelse I need to install...
I may be missing something too, so I'd like you to test this from 
another angle. First get Gnome working, and then install the xfce 
packages, so we know X has everything to run.

>
> thanks
>
Thanks for testing.
Pablo.

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