Source: task-desktop Version: 3.28 Severity: important
Hi! By dropping gnome-fallback, Gnome3 has effectively dropped support for all architectures other than amd64 and i386 (possibly armhf on Nvidia Tegra?). Yet in current debian-installer, gnome3 is installed by default, only to show: ==================================================== Oh no! Something has gone wrong A problem has occured and the system can't recover. Please log out and try again. ==================================================== with a [Log Out] button that doesn't even work. This is because Gnome3 requires specific GL rasterizers that are provided: * in hardware: Nvidia (inc. nouveau), Radeon (free and non-free), Intel drivers, but not eg. Mali proprietary * in software: llvmpipe llvmpipe is compiled only on five architectures: amd64, i386, armhf, kfreebsd-amd64 and kfreebsd-i386. Out of these five, kfreebsd-* don't count because systemd. In theory, Gnome3 should work with llvmpipe on armhf, but sadly, in practice it doesn't, in any setup I tried. I don't know gnome's underpinnings enough to debug this further, beyond installing it and giving it a working X11 setup. I have tried Gnome3 on: * an armhf laptop, Omega OAN133, with: * framebuffer * proprietary Mali drivers * an armhf "desktop", hardkernel Odroid U2 (also Mali) * powerpc in qemu (using an existing system on real metal, d-i on qemu) Out of other -desktop tasks, I've checked that XFCE, LXDE, KDE and Mate work, and Cinnamon does not (not surprising as it's a Gnome3 front). Proposed solutions: 1. revert to xfce by default :p 2. make task-desktop arch:any, with gnome first on amd64 and i386, and xfce (or mate...) elsewhere 3. remove the task-gnome-desktop package on !amd64 !i386 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141018155236.9105.68915.report...@umbar.angband.pl
