X on RPI2 - which driver

Hans Petter Selasky hp at selasky.org
Thu Sep 10 14:52:16 UTC 2015


On 09/10/15 16:47, John wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:40:01AM +0100, John wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:49:38AM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
>>> On 09/10/15 11:45, John wrote:
>>>> Hello list,
>>>>
>>>> Which xorg drivers work on the rpi2? X -configure just shows vesa
>>>> however I've not installed dbus/hal yet.
>>>
>>> I think you can use:
>>>
>>> xf86-video-scfb
>>
>> Thanks for that, I'll try it when hal and friends finish installing.
>
> No dice, I get the following from X -configure
>
> root at potato:~ # X -configure
>
> X.Org X Server 1.14.7
> Release Date: 2014-06-05
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT arm
> Current Operating System: FreeBSD potato.growveg.org 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT
> #0 r286947: Wed Aug 19 18:04:27 MDT 2015     brd at hive.den.so14k.com:/usr/local/raspbsd
> /obj/RPI2/obj/arm.armv6/usr/local/raspbsd/src/RPI2/sys/RPI2 arm
>
> Build Date: 09 September 2015  09:44:10PM
>
> Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
>          Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>          to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>          (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Sep 10 15:36:17 2015
> List of video drivers:
>          scfb
>          fbdev
>          vesa
> scfb trace: probe start
> No devices to configure.  Configuration failed.
> (EE) Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.
>
> I'm not sure where to start given it didn't even write a config!
>

Hi,

You need a manual X.org config. Try searching the web.

--HPS



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