Orange Pi Zero mainline xfce4 possible?

nickeh · 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?

Igor · 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.

nickeh · 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?

Igor · 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.