Brand new (second attempt) 3.22 install:
Server startup confirmed by eye, or creation of an Xorg.log file.
X starts the server.
startx starts the XFCE desktop.
Lightdm does not (OpenRC says it is running, supervised).
Weird.
This guy also found the problem, but his solution did not WFM.
https://superuser.com/questions/1768522/lightdm-starts-but-nothing-happens
Any ideas?
OK, no idea why it worked as a _regular_ user without any effort, but I
got it working using the usual goat slaughtering methods (add XF86 fbdev
package, add an xorg.conf snippet, and add a usercfg.txt).
On 25/06/2025 09:17, Ian Smith wrote:
> I> got it working using the usual goat slaughtering methods (add XF86 fbdev> package, add an xorg.conf snippet, and add a usercfg.txt).
I don't know what you mean by this. Can you unpack that a little?
I tried to get Xfce on Alpine on a Pi and I failed totally. Never so
much as an X cursor.
Someone told me to copy the settings from Raspbian, but the thing is,
current Raspian does not use X.org any more. It uses Wayland. :-(
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Hi Liam ;)
Firstly, did you know that you can switch to X11 on PiOS using
raspi-config?
Back to the main thing, Alpine works fine on RPi 3 & 4. It is only PI5
and Pi500 that I had issues with. These were mostly display issues.
1) X will not work without adding a snippet something like:
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-vc4.conf
Section "OutputClass"
Identifier "vc4"
MatchDriver "vc4"
Driver "modesetting"
Option "PrimaryGPU" "true"
EndSection
2) You will also need to add a driver:
$ doas apk add xf86-video-fbdev
3) Make sure you are using "full KMS" in /boot/usercfg.txt
4) There is also an issue where OpenRC messages are not displayed on 5
& 500 - add console=tty1 to /boot/cmdline.txt.
If any of thsi is unclear let me know.
Cheers,
Ian.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 at 11:29, Ian Smith <m4r35n357@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi Liam ;)
Hi! :-)
> Firstly, did you know that you can switch to X11 on PiOS using> raspi-config?
I did. I have, however, had some difficulty getting this to actually
work. I have repeatedly toggled the setting without success.
This was soon after the release of PiOS 5, though.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/03/raspberry_pi_os_5/> Back to the main thing, Alpine works fine on RPi 3 & 4. It is only PI5> and Pi500 that I had issues with. These were mostly display issues.
Aha. It was a Pi 5 CM in the official IO board I was trying.
> 1) X will not work without adding a snippet something like:>> $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-vc4.conf> Section "OutputClass"> Identifier "vc4"> MatchDriver "vc4"> Driver "modesetting"> Option "PrimaryGPU" "true"> EndSection>> 2) You will also need to add a driver:>> $ doas apk add xf86-video-fbdev>> 3) Make sure you are using "full KMS" in /boot/usercfg.txt>> 4) There is also an issue where OpenRC messages are not displayed on 5> & 500 - add console=tty1 to /boot/cmdline.txt.>> If any of thsi is unclear let me know.
Thank you very much. I will try again but I am not sure when I will
have the time.
I asked about it back in March:
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Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 at 13:28
Subject: X.org on Raspberry Pi 5
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