[ARM Testing Update] 2021-11-04 - Firefox, Thunderbird, Foot and kernels

Ok, I find this, I keep the build report for every image

  -> Flashing bootloader...
  -> Writing PARTUUIDs...
Boot PARTUUID is f42d575e-01...
Root PARTUUID is f42d575e-02...
  -> Cleaning up image...
  -> Compressing Manjaro-ARM-lxqt-on2-2021.10.28.img...
Manjaro-ARM-lxqt-on2-2021.10.28.img (1/1)
  100 %   1 201,1 MiB / 5 840,0 MiB = 0,206    15 MiB/s       6:37             
  -> Removing rootfs_aarch64
==> Time : 25.22 minutes...
[nls@nls-pc ~]$ 

X11 apps on Wayland need the xorg-xwayland server as a kind of bridge between both environments.

Is the xwayland server running?

Tested it on my RPI4 GNOME setup by upgrading to latest testing, reboot and launch Gimpā€¦

I rebuilt a LXQt KDE image for the n2, it works.

the boot ini file is looking so

ODROIDN2-UBOOT-CONFIG

# Default Console Device Setting
setenv condev "console=ttyAML0,115200n8"   # on both

# Boot Args
setenv bootargs "root=PARTUUID=ebd5d5f5-02 rootwait rw ${condev} ${amlogic} no_console_suspend fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0 clk_ignore_unused quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles"

# Set load addresses
setenv dtb_loadaddr "0x20000000"
setenv loadaddr "0x1080000"
setenv initrd_loadaddr "0x4080000"

# Load kernel, dtb and initrd
load mmc ${devno}:1 ${loadaddr} /Image
load mmc ${devno}:1 ${dtb_loadaddr} /dtbs/amlogic/meson-g12b-odroid-n2.dtb
load mmc ${devno}:1 ${initrd_loadaddr} /initramfs-linux.uimg
#fdt addr ${dtb_loadaddr}

# boot
booti ${loadaddr} ${initrd_loadaddr} ${dtb_loadaddr}

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@Strit

the swap by default on arm devices, is it a file or a partition ?
on the x86 devices I prefer the partition, Iā€™m maybe old school.

Neither. Itā€™s in RAM.

the zram

Of course. Strange thing is, I just noticed that the window shadows are actually being drawn by the compositor, but the window itself remains invisible.

firefox-94 enable egl seems faster.

The symptoms @siemsenit is reporting sound exactly like what was happening with Firefox for me. I came back to this thread to say that the Arduino IDE is having the same problem. Since the solution for Firefox was an application-specific line in /etc/environment, itā€™s hard to know what to put for other apps that potentially all need different lines. Hopefully the more general approach you are trying hear leads to a solution. I can confirm xwayland is running on my PBP too.

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Odorid c4 up to date

Whatā€™s news with this new kernel ?

[nlc4@c4 ~]$ date -u
mer. 10 nov. 2021 12:45:42 UTC
[nlc4@c4 ~]$ uname -a
Linux c4.test.2020.05.14 5.15.0-2-MANJARO-ARM #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 2 15:13:13 UTC 2021 aarch64 GNU/Linux
[nlc4@c4 ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
[sudo] password for nlc4: 
:: Synchronising package databases...
 core                                         243,0 KiB   517 KiB/s 00:00 [##########################################] 100%
 extra                                          2,5 MiB   443 KiB/s 00:06 [##########################################] 100%
 community                                      6,2 MiB   446 KiB/s 00:14 [##########################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) linux-5.15.1-3

Total Download Size:   50,53 MiB
Total Installed Size:  78,32 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0,00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
 linux-5.15.1-3-aarch64                        50,5 MiB  1553 KiB/s 00:33 [##########################################] 100%
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                            [##########################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                          [##########################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                               [##########################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                         [##########################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                                       [##########################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) upgrading linux                                                     [##########################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/5) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/5) Updating module dependencies...
(3/5) Updating linux module dependencies...
(4/5) Updating linux initcpios...
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
  -> -k 5.15.1-3-MANJARO-ARM -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Starting build: 5.15.1-3-MANJARO-ARM
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Image generation successful
(5/5) Updating uimg initcpios...
Image Name:   Ramdisk Image
Created:      Wed Nov 10 13:50:26 2021
Image Type:   AArch64 Linux RAMDisk Image (uncompressed)
Data Size:    7247576 Bytes = 7077.71 KiB = 6.91 MiB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point:  00000000
[nlc4@c4 ~]$ reboot
[nlc4@c4 ~]$ screenfetch
                             nlc4@c4.test.2020.05.14
                             OS: Manjaro-ARM 21.10
                             Kernel: aarch64 Linux 5.15.1-3-MANJARO-ARM
         #####               Uptime: 5m
        #######              Packages: Unknown
        ##O#O##              Shell: bash 5.1.8
        #######              Resolution: 1920x1080
      ###########            DE: KDE 5.87.0 / Plasma 5.23.2
     #############           WM: KWin
    ###############          GTK Theme: Breeze [GTK2/3]
    ################         Icon Theme: breeze
   #################         Disk:
 #####################       CPU: Unknown @ 4x 1.908GHz
 #####################       RAM: 1013MiB / 3696MiB
   #################                                  
                                                        
[nlc4@c4 ~]$ 

It fixes some issues with wifi firmware loading.

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Thanks. After installing linux-5.15.1-3 kernel, wifi load up or is available immediately after boot up. Prior to this wifi will take another 60 seconds after boot up to be available.

Will be LXQt 1.0.0 in the repo ?

https://lxqt-project.org/

LXQt 0.17.0 is working well with the Odroid n2, fully workable with the KDE softwares. (Dolphin, Konsole, Kateā€¦)

Minority an is in unstable at the moment

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It should be in unstable at this point.

Thanks for your message, this week-end Iā€™ll did something like that

[nls@nls-pc ~]$ sudo buildarmimg -d on2 -e lxqt -v 2021.11.14 -b unstable -n

feedback will follow.

@Jtyle6 youā€™re right, the branch compare tool is the way to stay tune with the DE and softwares versions.