libera/#devuan-arm/ Thursday, 2021-06-17

zmomentHi, for my RPi 3B+ system running Beowulf, I didn't find documentation in the devuan site, so I'm following https://wiki.debian.org/Xorg to install Xorg.23:44
zmomentwhen cd /etc/X11; Xorg -configure get  an error No devices to configure23:44
zmomentIs the process different in devuan?23:45
gnarfacei think the process is different for raspberry pis23:47
gnarfacethey have a magic file in /boot23:47
gnarfaceyou have to populate it with screen setup info amongst other things23:48
gnarface"Xorg -configure" probably hasn't worked right for a decade and a half anyway, but that's neither here nor there23:48
gnarfacehttps://elinux.org/RPiconfig23:49
gnarfacehere's the reference i used that worked on my 1st gen one anyway23:49
gnarfacehttps://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/23:49
gnarfacethis might be more up to date or not, not sure23:49
gnarfaceoh, and I think i had to both set hdmi_force_hotplug=1 in there as well, but ymmv23:52
gnarface...both set hdmi_force_hotplug=1 in there *and connect it to a already-powered-on monitor* as well23:53
stiltrI've not had to mess with xorg conf files in years. Never had to on a pi. I think all I ever did was apt install xorg-server or whatever the package is.23:53
gnarfacei'm pretty sure you do need to mess with that config.txt if you don't like the default resolution though23:54
gnarfacei had to mess with it just to make mine work but that may have been more something to blame on the receiver than the rpi, i dunno23:54
stiltrYeah, if you need to force a non-standard resolution, you can do it there. I've not had to do that, but some monitors require it.23:55
gnarfacealso since it was a gen1 rpi maybe it's very different23:55
stiltrxserver-xorg is the package I was thinking of.23:55
gnarfacebut i thought they all use that same config.txt23:55
stiltrMaybe. I don't remember having to do that on my gen1 either, but it was a while ago now.23:55
gnarfacethe gen1 at least ignores any resolutions you try to set in the xorg.conf23:56
zmomentI saw the xorg and the xserver-xorg and installed the xorg package23:56
stiltrAh, yeah, looks like xorg is the bigger meta package. That should pull in everything you need.23:57
zmomentbut I have to create a   .xinitrc file, right?23:57
stiltrPotentially. I think it depends on if you're using a login manager.23:59
gnarfacenah debian has defaults now with the "alternatives" system.  you only need that .xinitrc file to specify a window manager if you aren't running a gui login and you don't want to mess with the "alternatives" tools/symlinks setup23:59

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