Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 14:46:58 +0200 From: Hellmuth Michaelis <hm@hellmuth-michaelis.de> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RPi + FreeBSD + Xorg + XBMC player ? Message-ID: <6585F7BE-4398-4062-A8F8-184BC049A6C2@hellmuth-michaelis.de> In-Reply-To: <20140530131619.1450b2fc@dijkstra-old.hb22.cruwe.de> References: <53850478.3080302@wp.pl> <53854768.1020904@hot.ee> <7DB382CFB050654DBFF7A39B1F8056EB3320BEB4@WPEXCHMBUG1062.central.det.win> <20140530131619.1450b2fc@dijkstra-old.hb22.cruwe.de>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Am 30.05.2014 um 13:16 schrieb Christopher J. Ruwe <cjr@cruwe.de>: > 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) > _______________________________________________ > 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“ Just a datapoint, i cannot quite confirm this, i have a rpi running: FreeBSD pisix.xx.yy.zz 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #5 r259179M: Mon Dec 30 12:55:26 CET 2013 root@vfbcur.xx.yy.zz:/usr/obj-rpi/arm.armv6/usr/src/sys/RPI-B-CUST arm as a router to sixxs. uptime says: 2:37PM up 71 days, 2:27, 1 user, load averages: 0.02, 0.06, 0.07 I had to apply the USB DMA patches to get acceptable network performance and - you are right - some ports don’t compile (i.e. pftop) or crash (don’t remeber which one it was) but all in all it runs now for half a year without noticable problems. Hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelis Hallstraße 20 25462 Rellingen Mobil: +49-160-9645 5696 Telefon: +49-4101-85299-20 Telefax: +49-4101-85299-21 web: www.hellmuth-michaelis.de mail: hm@hellmuth-michaelis.de [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTiH3DAAoJEDc16e0fOQ8BEW4IAJ7AuDcl2YFJRhK4eIer3DIx xnd3PTkYHAa2MH/DQvOoxvxGJm1z+6WjryEVJECZDc5WKKAsRR/XwfXj8vxiSVwq YuOHzmGOClp+eM0FK+w32aP/hiKNaHmZeK4+OBal5v8RwZS83T0YBxKb/IIkqjCn vDXm2vIErRB/sxeZ9h4rPDijIRphhRTXoiph0jbM/bdtJv/nYXJni09k39fnSMPx 3fS35fCJaMWP8U9D+G8bHr1tAdmC98YB4vJwFZXWEAfHGHb2RkgUe+wDBJR+SJWa 6TMsKLTjknXe1PoDUSDQr9vTPhjOB6QOhHmzedm31yYrrilHo2bAmJiHK/J/6+E= =Z/SR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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