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title="NEW --- - fbdev-backend backend appears it can't just USE a TTY. It must be run ON a tty to work."
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64882">64882</a>
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>wayland-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>fbdev-backend backend appears it can't just USE a TTY. It must be run ON a tty to work.
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Classification</th>
<td>Unclassified
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Linux (All)
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>nerdopolis1@verizon.net
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>Other
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Version</th>
<td>1.0.90
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<th>Component</th>
<td>weston
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<th>Product</th>
<td>Wayland
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<pre>Hi.
It will appear that when using the fbdev-backend backend, that I can't just
pass --tty=2 to use tty2 when I call weston directly as root.
I have to call weston directly as root in my loginmanager. And I can't use
weston-launch because it nukes the custom XDG_RUNTIME_DIR I am using for it.
If I just pass weston --tty=2 --backend=fbdev-backend.so, it starts hijacking
all the ttys, if I switch to a text tty, and move the mouse, it starts drawing
over it.
I noticed that when I called weston like this, it does not seem to operate
under a tty when I check the process under ps
As a workaround, I now call it open with openvt -c $TTY -- weston --tty=$tty .
When I do this, it works correctly, and when I look at the process under ps, it
is running on the tty
So it appears that if the fbdev-backend backed weston is not confined to a tty,
it tries to take over everything.
I hope I'm clear enough in my wording.</pre>
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