On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Amit Pundir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings! > > I have been assigned a task to port gnome-desktop on omap3evm i.e. to > bring up omap3-evm LCD with a running Gnome Desktop like GUI, similar > to what I got on my X86-Desktop. > > I have been lookin around for possible solutions and even started to > build my own from scratch untill I been redirected to this list for > debian-arm distribution which looks quiet promising. > > > It would be great if someone can help me in answering my following concerns: > > Is there any pre-build solution available for omap/arm platform which > I can download and check? > > How much pain will it take to build certain packets on top of it or to > customize the kernel/package needs? As of now X11 and Gnome-desktop > are must for me. > > Lastly, did anyone tested it on omap3-evm(ARM Cortex A8) or any other OMAP? > > Thanks for your concern. > > Regards > Amit Pundir >
Hi Amit, Take a look at these two wiki's for the TI Beagleboard (Omap3530) that i've written. http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardHandheldsMojo You'll notice a nice speed bump with Mojo's 8.04 release (armv5 & armv6), otherwise both will load gnome via. apt-get install xorg gdm gnome. and tweak /etc/X11/xorg.conf for "fbdev" ;) (it's a little slow with debian (armv4) but it does work, this will change when ti release their 2d/3d drivers) Since you'll be more working on the gnome/x11 aspect, stick with the 2.6.27 release (oer4) (i've seen weird graphics issues at the higher resolutions with 2.6.28-rc's) The kernel's listed on those wiki's are tuned for the beagleboard, i don't have an omap3-evm to test with. But they are both based off this git reference (which just happens to be down at this exact moment) (the linux-omap.bb will list generic patches for all omap platforms, with specific patches for omap-evm/beagle etc. i just happened to build the beagle target.) http://gitweb.openembedded.net/?p=openembedded.git;a=commit;h=ea662c15729c1fb25be4ab1ea9010020aa2df34e Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
