On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 1:52 AM Ted Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > Do you or anyone know if gpm works on these rpi touchscreens in console-tty?
Not currently. > And/Or question 2: > > F29 aarch are .xz, need I have fedora installed say x86-64, to have dnf (?) > to write the aarch image for rpi 3 B+? > > Or, is there a writable .iso available instead of the f29.aarch.xz? Please read the docs and start a new thread if they don't answer your questions. > Ty > > Ted > > On Saturday, December 8, 2018, Kevin Cummings <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi Folks, >> Longtime Fedora user here. Last winter, I got a Raspberry Pi, and >> installed F28 on it. Using the HDMI output, it works well. Recently, I >> picked up the Raspberry Pi 7" display (and case). After hooking up the >> display to the Pi via the ribbon cable, I booted it up. >> >> The 7" display works well as the initial console, and I see all the >> usual messages go flying by. At some point (when it decides to switch >> to graphics mode) the display goes blank. Nothing on it. I cannot >> switch even to a virtual console. The new case blocks using the HDMI >> port, so I had to remove the Pi from the case (while leaving the ribbon >> cable attached to the display). After plugging a monitor into the HDMI >> port, what I discovered was that the Pi boots using the display as >> console, then switches to the HDMI port for the X11 driver. (not useful) >> >> How can I get the X11 display to come up on the 7" display in graphics >> mode. What do I need? A new xorg-x11-drv driver? A newer kernel? >> >> I'd like to turn this into a MythTV server (with a USB capture) and use >> the display as a system console with the ability to watch videos on it. >> (Yeah, I'm aware that its only a 800x400 screen.) Failing that, I'd >> like to use it in a "tablet" mode and get used to the touch screen >> interface. >> >> -- >> Kevin J. Cummings >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/) >> _______________________________________________ >> arm mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > arm mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]
