nickeh Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Hi, is it possible to run xfce4 on mainline on a Orange Pi Zero? I'm doing it with jessie legacy (I need to have a mumble client running, accessing it with X11vnc) but I wanted to upgrade. I've tried the same setup but without any luck. apt-get install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg apt-get install --no-install-recommends xinit apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-terminal tango-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme lightdm lightdm fails to start on boot and startx tells me: Fatal server error: (EE) no screens found(EE) Have somebody done it and can it be done easily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 armbian-config -> system -> install desktop ... do that on a clean image. But its officially untested on Oranepi Zero. Here the problem is probably because HDMI is disabled by default (need to be enabled in boot/script.bin|fex). Probably the same on a mainline kernel. Since it's not there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickeh Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, Igor said: armbian-config -> system -> install desktop ... do that on a clean image. But its officially untested on Oranepi Zero. Here the problem is probably because HDMI is disabled by default (need to be enabled in boot/script.bin|fex). Probably the same on a mainline kernel. Since it's not there. Thanks I'll try that way, is there a reason why the fex editor is removed from armbian-config under system? Can I find it anywhere else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, nickeh said: Thanks I'll try that way, is there a reason why the fex editor is removed from armbian-config under system? Fex editor is not there if there are no sunxi-tools installed or if you are running a mainline kernel ... or there is a bug, your system is broken somehow. Quote Can I find it anywhere else? If GUI is not operational, there is always a manual way: bin2fex and fex2bin tools. If not, you install them, eventually compile from sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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