From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 11:16:32 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B235EAB2 for ; Fri, 30 May 2014 11:16:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wp376.webpack.hosteurope.de (wp376.webpack.hosteurope.de [IPv6:2a01:488:42::50ed:8591]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 722692A63 for ; Fri, 30 May 2014 11:16:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from xdsl-78-34-186-231.netcologne.de ([78.34.186.231] helo=dijkstra-old.hb22.cruwe.de); authenticated by wp376.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) id 1WqKnR-000106-5W; Fri, 30 May 2014 13:16:28 +0200 Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 13:16:19 +0200 From: "Christopher J. Ruwe" 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;cjr@cruwe.de;1401448592;da60ee10; X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 11:16:32 -0000 On Thu, 29 May 2014 01:03:04 +0000 "Scott, Brian" 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)