Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 13:16:19 +0200 From: "Christopher J. Ruwe" <cjr@cruwe.de> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RPi + FreeBSD + Xorg + XBMC player ? Message-ID: <20140530131619.1450b2fc@dijkstra-old.hb22.cruwe.de> In-Reply-To: <7DB382CFB050654DBFF7A39B1F8056EB3320BEB4@WPEXCHMBUG1062.central.det.win> References: <53850478.3080302@wp.pl> <53854768.1020904@hot.ee> <7DB382CFB050654DBFF7A39B1F8056EB3320BEB4@WPEXCHMBUG1062.central.det.win>
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On Thu, 29 May 2014 01:03:04 +0000 "Scott, Brian" <brian.scott4@det.nsw.edu.au> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Sulev-Madis > Silber (ketas) Sent: Wednesday, 28 May 2014 12:18 PM To: Marek > Salwerowicz Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: RPi + FreeBSD + Xorg + XBMC player ? > > >On 2014-05-28 00:32, Marek Salwerowicz wrote: > >> Hi list, > >> > >> I was wondering if anyone has succeeded in installing the X Server, > >> simple window manager and XBMC software under FreeBSD? > >> > >> I would like to use my RPi as XBMC media player. > > > >Should be possible. I've heard that X works there, but I haven't > >tried it by myself. > > Has anyone actually got X running recently? I've just been trying to > build a few packages on the Pi and it looks like things have moved on > since the various tutorials on the web were written. The scfb video > driver is included in ports now but other broken-ness in xorg-server > (dri) stops it being built. > > Haven't even started trying to get applications like XBMC going. > > Brian > ********************************************************************** > This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain > privileged information or confidential information or both. If you > are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. > ********************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > My experiences with the RPi are that bad that I consider the setup as unusable: - ports do not compile (PostgreSQL) - ports compile but coredump (mit-krb5) - machine crashes frequently The only instance runnuing so far is an RPi setup for bind99 and isc-dhcpd. I cannot assert that the RPi is at fault, could be the SD-Card. I have given up, though, $ENOTIME. Cheers, -- Christopher TZ: GMT + 1h GnuPG/GPG: 0xE8DE2C14 FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE #5 r265586+b9bac26(stable/10): Sat May 10 20:45:36 CEST 2014 cjr@dijkstra-old.hb22.cruwe.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC Punctuation matters: "Lets eat Grandma or Lets eat, Grandma" - Punctuation saves lives. "A panda eats shoots and leaves" or "A panda eats, shoots, and leaves" - Punctuation teaches proper biology. "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." (RFC 1925)
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