F17: DirectFB

[Gerry Reno]

On 08/30/2012 09:00 AM, Tom Callaway wrote:
> On 08/29/2012 06:52 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>
>>     (!) DirectFB/core/vt: Error opening `/dev/tty1'!
>>         --> Permission denied
>>     (!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system_core' core!
>>         --> A general initialization error occured
>>     (#) DirectFBError [DirectFBCreate() failed]: A general initialization error occured
>>     Segmentation fault
>>
>>     I set the perms in the udev rules to 0666 but the tty does not setup that way for some reason.
> Did you reboot after setting the udev rules? My /dev/tty0 and /dev/tty1
> are 0660. (I'm running Fedora 18).
>
> If you chmod 660 /dev/tty*, does it work?
>
> ~tom
>
> ==
> Fedora Project
>

Yes, these settings have been through many reboots and they are not setting the tty mode correctly.

When I chmod g+r tty{0,1} the permission error goes away but it has other problems with setting 1024x768 for fbdev.

    $ dfbinfo

       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| DirectFB 1.6.1 |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
            (c) 2001-2012  The world wide DirectFB Open Source Community
            (c) 2000-2004  Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
          ----------------------------------------------------------------

    (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2012-08-29 21:15)
    (*) Direct/Memcpy: Using libc memcpy()
    (*) Direct/Thread: Started 'Fusion Dispatch' (-1) [MESSAGING OTHER/OTHER 0/0] <8388608>...
    (*) Direct/Thread: Started 'VT Switcher' (-1) [CRITICAL OTHER/OTHER 0/0] <8388608>...
    (*) Direct/Thread: Started 'VT Flusher' (-1) [DEFAULT OTHER/OTHER 0/0] <8388608>...
    (*) DirectFB/FBDev: Found 'inteldrmfb' (ID 0) with frame buffer at 0xc0064000, 8100k (MMIO 0x00000000, 0k)
    (*) Direct/Thread: Started 'Hotplug with Linux Input' (-1) [INPUT OTHER/OTHER 0/0] <8388608>...
    (*) DirectFB/Input: Hot-plug detection enabled with Linux Input Driver
    (*) DirectFB/Input: Hot-plug detection enabled with Input Hub Driver
    (*) Direct/Thread: Started 'Keyboard Input' (-1) [INPUT OTHER/OTHER 0/0] <8388608>...
    (*) DirectFB/Input: Keyboard 0.9 (directfb.org)
    (*) DirectFB/Genefx: MMX detected and enabled
    (*) DirectFB/Graphics: MMX Software Rasterizer 0.7 (directfb.org)
    (*) DirectFB/Core/WM: Default 0.3 (directfb.org)
     (!!!)  *** ONCE [no mode found for 1024x768] *** [fbdev.c:1354 in dfb_fbdev_find_mode()]
    (*) FBDev/Mode: Setting 1024x768 RGB32
    (*) FBDev/Mode: Switched to 1024x768 (virtual 1024x768) at 32 bit (RGB32), pitch 7680
    (!) DirectFB/FBDev: Could not set gamma ramp    --> Invalid argument
    (*) FBDev/Mode: Setting 1024x768 RGB16
    (*) FBDev/Mode: Switched to 1024x768 (virtual 1024x768) at 16 bit (RGB16), pitch 7680
    (!) DirectFB/FBDev: Could not set gamma ramp    --> Invalid argument


    Screen (00) FBDev Primary Screen            (primary screen)
       Caps: VSYNC POWER_MANAGEMENT

         Layer (00) FBDev Primary Layer             (primary layer)
            Type:    GRAPHICS
            Caps:    SURFACE BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST SATURATION


    Input (00) Keyboard                        (primary keyboard)
       Vendor  ID: 0x0000
       Product ID: 0x0000
       Type: KEYBOARD
       Caps: KEYS
       Min. Keycode: 0
       Max. Keycode: 127


Gerry