UDL's fbdev doesn't work for user-space apps

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Sat Dec 9 17:20:22 UTC 2017


On Mon 2017-12-04 11:50:40, Jose Abreu wrote:
> Hi Alexey,
> 
> On 04-12-2017 11:32, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> > My first [probably incorrect] assumption is Xserver requires fbdev (/dev/fbX)
> > and it cannot use DRI video card natively. Is that correct?
> >
> >
> 
> Xserver can use DRI directly, you need to enable modesetting
> driver in Xorg config or use the designated driver for your card
> (if there is any).

Still, dev/fb1 should work. Can be tested using dd, even :-)

Best regards,
									Pavel
> 
> e.g.:
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier "Card0"
>         Driver "modesetting"
>         Option "kmsdev" "/dev/dri/card0"
>         Option "SWcursor" "true"
>         BusID "PCI:X:X:X"
> EndSection
> 
> Best Regards,
> Jose Miguel Abreu

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