On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:05:40AM +0800, Tinker wrote: > Juan, > > Re console: > Is there not even console graphics on the ARM boards yet, so only serial > interface?
The HDMI/Video port requires a KMS driver. > > Re X: > Using open-source drivers only, you can actually run X on the Mali GPU:s > (i.e. the chips in most ARM:s), unaccelerated. IIRC, the most of ARM boards on Linux use a KMS driver + Xorg modesetting driver. Anyway, the devs are working on more important things for the platform. > > Here's a video showing this on an EOMA68-A20 board in some Linux: > https://youtu.be/iM4cDjGY9vY?t=180 . > > The low speed of the A20 CPU results in some flickering when switching > windows and tabs. I think on the modern ~2Ghz ARM:s e.g. RK3399, as its > single-thread and memory speed is approx 5x that of the A20, the > unaccelerated X should provide a perfect desktop experience (web browsing, > openoffice etc., anything except video decoding). > > It would be super ultra cool to be able to do this on OpenBSD some day. > > Tinker > > On 2016-11-22 07:48, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 11:46:48AM -0700, Haroon Khalid wrote: > > > Is there any example of a touch screen like this working with a > > > beaglebone > > > or raspberry pi for example? > > > > > > https://www.adafruit.com/product/1601 > > > > No, we don't have graphical support for the ARM boards yet. > > > > Try with a "standard" (i.e. without special drivers) touch screen and > > i386/amd64. > -- Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info
