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I recently got a Rock Pi 4, and tried out slarm64-current-aarch64-xfce.
Blown away by how simply it worked! Thanks for giving us Slackware and non systemd!
Some suggestions/queries/notes:
* NetworkManager was installed but nm-applet was not working.
Code:
nm-applet: error while loading shared libraries: libnm-glib.0
Maybe it needs a recompile?
* A graphical text editor is needed. Could gvim work? I personally use mousepad but thats not available in base Slackware.
* /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd is missing. Is it by design? Edit- Its present but disabled. My error.
* Thunar file manager is showing mount points like pts, shm, proc, sys. I am not sure why its happening and how to fix it. Edit - See reply.
* Sound via HDMI not working. Need to check how to fix. Edit- See reply
* Dragging windows was quite slow. Need to check how to improve it. Edit- See reply.
Thanks again for your work.
Last edited by aaditya; 12-01-2019 at 12:41 AM.
Reason: add update for thunar issue
I will start some notes here. If needed these can be moved to the Slackware or Radxa wiki.
Setting up audio
The default output is from the 3.5 mm audio jack. Whats confusing is the both 3.5 mm jack and HDMI outputs have the same name in Pavucontrol [TODO: can it be fixed?]
To output sound via HDMI, change the output of the running program to the second output via Pavucontrol (Playback tab).
To make HDMI as default, set it as fallback from Pavucontrol Output devices tab.
Last edited by aaditya; 11-28-2019 at 02:00 AM.
Reason: add how to set hdmi as default
I recently got a Rock Pi 4, and tried out slarm64-current-aarch64-xfce.
Blown away by how simply it worked! Thanks for giving us Slackware and non systemd!
Some suggestions/queries/notes:
* NetworkManager was installed but nm-applet was not working.
Code:
nm-applet: error while loading shared libraries: libnm-glib.0
Maybe it needs a recompile?
* A graphical text editor is needed. Could gvim work? I personally use mousepad but thats not available in base Slackware.
* /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd is missing. Is it by design? Edit- Its present but disabled. My error.
* Thunar file manager is showing mount points like pts, shm, proc, sys. I am not sure why its happening and how to fix it.
* Sound via HDMI not working. Need to check how to fix. Edit- See reply
* Dragging windows was quite slow. Need to check how to improve it.
* NetworkManager was installed but nm-applet was not working.
need install (fixed in the collector)
n/ModemManager-1.12.0-aarch64-1
l/gcr-3.34.0-aarch64-1
* A graphical text editor is needed. Could gvim work? I personally use mousepad but thats not available in base Slackware.
can I assemble any i use medit, geany
Thunar file manager is showing mount points like pts, shm, proc, sys. I am not sure why its happening and how to fix it.
* Sound via HDMI not working. Need to check how to fix.
set to analog output by default
* Dragging windows was quite slow. Need to check how to improve it.
xfce configured for fast window movement,
To do this, go to settings > window manager (optional) > effects > enable effects
* NetworkManager was installed but nm-applet was not working.
need install (fixed in the collector)
n/ModemManager-1.12.0-aarch64-1
l/gcr-3.34.0-aarch64-1
Oh, I didnt realize. After installing the above packages, along with
Code:
n/libndp
for /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager
NetworkManager daemon and nm-applet worked.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sndwvs
* A graphical text editor is needed. Could gvim work? I personally use mousepad but thats not available in base Slackware.
can I assemble any i use medit, geany
Nice, I like geany too. But I can seem to find it via Slackpkg:
Code:
bash-5.0# slackpkg search geany
Looking for geany in package list. Please wait... DONE
No package name matches the pattern.
Edit- Fetching manually and installing via installpkg worked.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sndwvs
* Dragging windows was quite slow. Need to check how to improve it.
xfce configured for fast window movement,
To do this, go to settings > window manager (optional) > effects > enable effects Attachment 31972
Nice, enabling composting fixed the window drag issue.
Thanks sndwvs for your kind help and work!
Last edited by aaditya; 11-28-2019 at 06:13 AM.
Reason: geany install instructions
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