On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 11:26, Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:40 AM Eric Curtin <ecur...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 09:02, Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm trying to get Fedora working on my Raspberry Pi 3b+, and have some > > > > questions/issues I don't see addressed in the docs. First off, for this > > > > hardware, should I be using the aarch64 or armhfp images? I've been > > > > trying with aarch64 and that boots, but just wanted to doublecheck. > > > > Second, is it possible to get Gnome running? The "hardware status" wiki > > > > page says XFce is recommended, but it's not clear whether that means > > > > Gnome won't work, or if it's just not recommended. I tried the > > > > Workstation image and the firstboot wizard runs successfully, but then > > > > when attempting to login, gnome-shell crashes after chugging for a > > > > couple minutes and dumps me back at the gdm login screen. I tried > > > > adding 'cma=192M' to kernel args as suggested on the wiki, but no > > > > change. > > > > > > You should use aarch64, we're retiring armhfp post F-36. The problem > > > with GNOME is that you need to allocate 256Mb of RAM for the GPU for > > > it to work and then remaining ~768Mb doesn't give you a lot of space > > > to run an OS and app. Given those constraints it works to some > > > definition of "work". > > > > > > > If the answer turns out to be the Gnome isn't going to work and I have > > > > to go with Xfce, I don't see an Xfce spin built for aarch64, only > > > > armhfp, is that correct? Is that what I should be using? > > > > > > There is XFCE for aarch64. > > > > One option is to try and use the server edition which I believe > > installs no Desktop Environment,: > > https://getfedora.org/en/server/download/ > > > > And install via: > > > > sudo dnf groupinstall "Xfce Desktop" > > > > Gnome 3 does work reasonably well on rpi4, but as of now I'm not sure > > that's on Fedora's officially supported list. > > If by reasonably well you mean that it runs a completely unaccellated > desktop rendered primarily on the CPU sure. The reason RPi4 is still > not officially supported on Fedora is because the accelerated graphics > isn't upstream, I've picked this up and are attempting to get the bits > upstream but time will tell there.
I am grateful to hear this. > > Basically all RPi devices are unobtainable ATM and I don't think here > is "go and buy more HW because the experience is less bad" is the > right response to this thread TBH. > I apologize. I was trying to share that this has not been my experience on rpi4 "gnome-shell crashes after chugging for a couple minutes and dumps me back at the gdm login screen", but the wrong response I understand. _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- arm@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to arm-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
