[Arm-dev] Attempt to install Xfce by hand

Fri Oct 19 04:49:52 UTC 2018

I was able to install xfce on a machiattobin via:

yum install epel-release
yum groupinstall xfce

just my two cents

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 2:04 PM Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:

> On 10/18/2018 03:07 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 10/18/18 3:55 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> >> On 10/18/2018 02:43 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 10/18/18 3:32 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> >>>> On 10/18/2018 12:36 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >>>>> Some progress
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 10/17/18 8:30 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >>>>>> Johnny,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I have this new keyboard with a poorly positioned Del key, and I
> >>>>>> deleted your message in such a way that it seems to be gone.  So I
> >>>>>> went to the archive and pulled it up there.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> yum group install Xfce "X Window System"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Helped.  It added 6 packages plus 21 dependencies:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Installing for group install "X Window System":
> >>>>>>    plymouth-system-theme    armv7hl 0.8.9-0.31.20140113.el7.centos
> >>>>>> base     31 k
> >>>>>>    spice-vdagent            armv7hl 0.14.0-15.el7 base     66 k
> >>>>>>    xorg-x11-drivers         armv7hl 7.7-6.el7 base    8.3 k
> >>>>>>    xorg-x11-server-Xorg     armv7hl 1.19.5-5.el7 base    1.2 M
> >>>>>>    xorg-x11-utils           armv7hl 7.5-22.el7 base    107 k
> >>>>>>    xvattr                   armv7hl 1.3-27.el7 base     22 k
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> But I am now at the situation where the login fails and I end up
> >>>>>> right
> >>>>>> back at the login page.  I looked at the message log and see the
> >>>>>> following:
> >>>>> .....
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have had some help in private exchanges and have done the
> following:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> yum install avahi gnome-backgrounds
> >>>>> systemctl enable avahi-daemon
> >>>>> systemctl start avahi-daemon
> >>>>>
> >>>>> this took care of a number of errors, but why gnome-backgrounds for
> >>>>> Xfce
> >>>>> to deal with the message:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Oct 17 20:17:39 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But still a couple of unresolved errors that are stopping the login:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> =============private exchange=====================
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Oct 18 10:45:34 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.
> >>>>> gnome-shell --- a nasty piece of work, and one the Gnome Mafia
> >>>>> want to cram down our throats
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Fedora next ship was blocked by this for a while ....
> >>>>> definitely file a bug and carp publicly
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> =============end private exchange=====================
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So to publicly carp...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I even tried installing gnome-shell:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> # yum install gnome-shell
> >>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> >>>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> >>>>>    * base: mirror.siena.edu
> >>>>>    * centos-kernel: mirror.siena.edu
> >>>>>    * extras: mirror.siena.edu
> >>>>>    * updates: mirror.siena.edu
> >>>>> Package gnome-shell-3.26.2-5.el7.armv7hl already installed and latest
> >>>>> version
> >>>>> Nothing to do
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So what does it want?  This is a bug...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>    And along with the above message is:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Oct 18 10:45:36 ct-c7 org.gnome.Shell.desktop: Window manager
> >>>>> warning: "XF86RFKill" is not a valid accelerator
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This is also a bug to file with a need for that the accelerator not
> >>>>> be called when the modules is absent, as on arm?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So I think I am getting closer to running Xfce, but stumbling along
> >>>>> the way.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> All help on the above greatly appreciated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> The good (and bad :D) news is .. I have tried to install xfce on my
> >>>> cubbietruck plus .. and I have hit the same issue.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am going to try to get it working now.
> >>>>
> >>>> If I get it working, I'll post the solution.
> >>> thanks for digging into this.  I was looking for a x86 box to do a
> >>> 'standard' minimal install and then install Xfce and see what was being
> >>> dropped on the box.  Thing is, where do I have an x86 box here other
> >>> than my notebook?
> >> I am quite sure the issue is some pieces GNOME need to be installed to
> >> make everything work.
> >>
> >> I am going to try 2 things:
> >>
> >> 1) a gnome desktop install .. but afterwards only use xfce
> >
> > I can confirm that this works.  It is how I got my first working Xfce,
> > see my post back on 10-14 9:34am EDT.
>
> This does work .. so we really just need to figure out the minimum
> number of packages to make this work.
>
> BTW . firefox is absolutely not usable with a 2GB cubietruck_plus in xfce.
>
> If someone wanted to seriously use this setup, it would not be on this
> machine.
>
> >
> >> 2) try with mate and lightdm and not gdm for the main screen .. then use
> >> xfce or mate
> >
> > It would be nice to use lightdm rather than gdm on arm.  Fedora is, but
> > then I found some bugs on lightdm that have since been fixed (otherwise
> > F29 would not be in beta, as it was a blocker or something like that).
> >
> > I looked at mate, but had already adjusted to xfce thanks to it
> > appearing in the first Fedora-arm images.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I'll see if I can figure out what is missing to make xfce  work with a
> minimal install.
>
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