Please leave the mailing list on replied. > I would agree that fedora 34 arm has some disadvantages when run on Raspberry Pi 4 with xorg server. I have fedora installed onto a SSD drive. As another member mentioned, I have found that audio does not work out of the box. I have not tried to get audio to work because audio was not important to me on this build. I would hope that Raspberry Pi support and fedora-arm would work on remedying the few problems that exist. > > I would like to note that I also have Archlinux-Arm with X server on an SD card (128 GiG) and everything works without any problem at all, so I would think that if Arch-ARM can build a system that is fully functional on Raspberry Pi 4, so can Fedora-ARM. All of my systems are running 64 bit with Raspberry Pi 4, by the way. Archlinux-Arm uses the downstream Raspberry Pi fork of the kernel. > On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 1:32 AM Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > >> On this page it states that the RPi4 is not supported. >> >> That is correct, there's a very large cavernous gap between "may work >> for a number of purposes including yours" and something that will work >> for the vast majority of users. >> >> The core "supported" status will change when the standard GUI runs >> fully accelerated and users have WiFi/sound and the things that are >> associated with a reasonable desktop experience as that's the default >> means a lot of new users expect. That's what I, as the RPi maintainer, >> did when we introduced "supported" RPi3. Any less than that the >> support queries are too high. >> >> > >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi#Raspberry_Pi_4 >> > > >> > > yes the statement about hardware support isn't quite correct anymore. >> > > But there is still a noticeable difference between the mainline kernel >> > > (which Fedora uses) and the vendor kernel from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. >> > > >> > > Most notably are: >> > > - audio support >> > > - V3D support >> >> Those two are critical. >> >> > An update to say clearly that only server/headless worked then would better the. The blanket “it does not work”. I is only that I looked deeper that I found out that it >> > might work. >> >> The Wiki page explicitly does not say "it does not work" it says it's >> not supported. The words are chosen specifically. By saying it's >> supported a user can rock up when something doesn't work and ask for >> support or assistance, if something breaks we block the release etc. >> By saying it's not supported a user may try it and if it works for >> them great, but if it breaks while we'll attempt to fix it that may >> take time and it may not get fixed. >> >> > Oh and would need a warning that the boot is very slow. >> > I see a black screen for a couple of minutes before I see any output >> > from the kernel or systemd. >> >> Oh look, a user asking for "support".... see my points above! >> >> > > A lot users doesn't accept this. Instead of blaming the vendor to focus >> > > on its own kernel branch, they blame Fedora for using the mainline >> > > kernel. So that's the reason to say it's not officially supported. >> >> It's one reason, but not the only ones. >> >> > >> There a lots of messages in this mailing archieve showing that people are >> > >> getting Fedora to work on RPi4. >> >> Yes, and that's the idea, a more advanced user will be able to >> ascertain it works, and it has for a *long* time and likely be able to >> do most of what they want to do. >> >> > >> Is there still a reason to claim its not supported? >> > >> If so what should I be watching out for/avoiding with the RPi4? >> > > For a headless / server setup there shouldn't be no general issues. >> >> For a headless server it should be fine, but a general user comes via >> Fedora Workstation and expect and accelerated desktop and sound and we >> don't have them working ATM. >> >> Peter >> - The Fedora Raspberry Pi "maintainer" >> _______________________________________________ >> arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
