Running An X.Org Server On 64-bit ARM Can Be A Chore

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Running An X.Org Server On 64-bit ARM Can Be A Chore

While for many Phoronix readers it's been many years since being required to fiddle around with the X.Org Server's xorg.conf in order to configure your graphics adapter / monitor to get the X Server up and running, for 64-bit ARM (AArch64) a manual configuration may still be needed...

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[Aeder]

Wouldn't it be better to focus all effort on getting ARM to run Wayland at feature parity instead of trying to make X.Org work on it?

[GraysonPeddie]

I'm wondering as well. Unless there are X.org-dependent applications that are compiled for ARM processors.

[AJenbo]

Making Linux list it as the boot vga sounds like the right solution to me.

[Ardje]

I don't understand the problem. You have a platform, you install xorg with the platform driver and it works. If you have multiple graphics, you need multiple platform drivers.
I have more problems configuring Xorg on a pc platform. Fortunately, arm platforms still have serial consoles.

[haerwu]

I wrote post on which phoronix post is based on. And let me answer your comments:

Aeder: Wayland works fine. But it is still secondary environment compared to X11.

@GraysonPeddie: this is AArch64, not ARM. I run normal KDE session on it, can use Libreoffice, watch movies and still plenty of cpu time left.

AJenbo: we already agreed about going that way

Ardje: serial console is fine for debugging and emergencies. Are you using your x86 desktop only via serial line?

[Ardje]

Ardje: serial console is fine for debugging and emergencies. Are you using your x86 desktop only via serial line?[/QUOTE]
I use intel arch mostly through network (servers): either ssh or when indeed in emergency: a console server that connects to the serial console.
The term emergency is overrated, since I always do normal network reconfigurations by serial console.
80% fo my arms are reachable using serial console ;-). My arm desktop too. And it's so refreshing.
The intel desktop is 99% used for gaming, as the catalyst driver doesn't really work for my desktop usage.