Re: Desktop Environments, MATE, XFCE4 anyone else running a desktop environment on their ARM64 sbc with FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT?

Hello,

Enlightenment installed from package worked perfectly on RPi4 with 4GB de RAM on FreeBSD 13.

Peter 

> Le 13 déc. 2022 à 11:35, Fred Finster <fred@thegalacticzoo.com> a écrit :
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> Hello Fellow FreeBSD-arm users,
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> just wondering if anyone else is enjoying a desktop environment on their ARM64 sbc running FreeBSD 13.0-STABLE or 13.1-RELENG or 14.0-CURRENT?  MATE or XFCE4? other Desktop Environment?
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> I was enjoying MATE desktop environment on my Raspberry Pi 4B with 8 gb ram, using hardware I bought almost 2 years ago in January 2021 from Vilros.com  .
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> https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=343233
> (Solved), HDMI audio sound output through TV speakers Freebsd 13 or 14 plus VCHIQ audio patch file
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> This  wiki.radxa.com/rock5   SBC hardware looks promising.  Is there any FreeBSD O/S support for that hardware for the RK3588 8 cpu board?  too new to know, until someone buys one hardware board and tries booting FreeBSD-ARM64.?
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> https://ameridroid.com/collections/rock5-model-b
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> https://wiki.radxa.com/Rock5
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> pkg update ;  pkg upgrade   broke my desktop environment from being usable.  versionsort() function was undefined somehow in the updated software.    Well, I learned to ssh into the Raspi4B via the ethernet cable and that is working fine for building and testing software with a single screen.
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> Audio_Patch for VCHIQ, So nice to listen to YouTube videos on your SBC computer.  What can I do to review and help move that patch to be part of the source code?
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> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36431   I am reading this now. Doing my part to move FreeBSD source forward.
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> Wishing you a pleasant week FreeBSD-arm user, in your use of FreeBSD on Armv7 or Armv8a.  Bob P  is doing his testing, too! Good Job Bob.
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> -- 
> Fred  Finster
> fred@thegalacticzoo.com
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