01-03-2020, 03:17 AM
(01-02-2020, 01:19 PM)ljones Wrote:(01-02-2020, 02:22 AM)siemsenit Wrote:(01-01-2020, 09:12 AM)ljones Wrote: First thing I would like to try to get working (but do not know how) is 2D (xorg) and 3D (GPU) acceleration. If I'm reading things right the 3d requires something called "panfrost", is that correct? But what on earth does 2D acceleration require?
Panfrost is the kernel driver, no need for configuration, it's always active.
If you just install GNOME desktop via tasksel, everything works out of the box.
GNOME uses Wayland. X11 might be harder to configure with acceleration.
Intresting I wasn't aware that the debian packages now have wayland -- last time I checked it wasn't avaliable. I'll give that a go although I'm not really a gnome user; can wayland+kde be installed via a similar method?
Update: I tried gnome but window resizing still seems slooooow....x.x
Update 2: I did get wayland to work with KDE, but it crashes all the time!
ljones
I have no idea if KDE or the required packages from QT are built against gles2 on Debian. An alternative would be to get Sway or Wayfire on it. So far those would be my first choice for Panfrost followed closely by Plasma. I definitely prefer them to Gnome by a long shot.
Compiling Mesa git is also a great thing to do if you want the most out of Panfrost. (disable libunwind when you compile it)