Out of curiosity, why do you require that we don't switch VTs in Weston? On Tue, Oct 27, 2015, 8:23 AM Vikas Patil Gmail <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Daniel, > > Thanks for your comment and suggestions. I will surely ask to freesacle > regarding it. > > I was thinking VTs sharing don't have dependencies on GAL2D. Is possible > could you point me the hack you mentioned so I can give try? > > Is VT sharing possible if I use GLES renderer with fbdev backend? > > I am trying splash screen and want to avoid flicker/screen clear. Using > fb0 for splash and fb1 for Weston. > > Thanks & Regards, > Vikash > ------------------------------ > From: Daniel Stone <[email protected]> > Sent: 10/27/2015 7:43 PM > To: Vikas Patil <[email protected]> > Cc: wayland mailing list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Is VT sharing possbile with weston 1.8.0 with fbdev backend? > > Hi, > > On 27 October 2015 at 13:12, Vikas Patil <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone know here if weston switches between VTs (Virtual Terminal) > > while starting weston using "fbdev" backend and GLA2D (Freescale specific > > renderer)? If yes then is there any way > > to stop switching between VTs and still star it successfully? > > > > I am using weston 1.8.0 on iMX platform with linux 3.14.28 (framebuffer > > console with logo, Virtual Terminal enabled). > > > > I used to do this with X11 using option called "sharedvt" (-sharevts: > share > > VTs with another X server) to avoid the flicker/screen clear displayed > due > > to without using this option. > > The GAL2D backend is maintained completely separately by Freescale, > and has never been sent upstream. Unfortunately due to this (the hacks > in the code make it impossible to merge in its current form), we > cannot support the patches you have. Please get in touch with > Freescale and request support from them. > > Alternately, there is support developing in Mesa for using the etnaviv > (Vivante 3D GPU) and imx-drm (Freescale 2D-ACE engine) open-source > drivers on i.MX6. If you are not able to get help from Vivante, this > could be a good option to pursue, as it has far better support. > > Cheers, > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > wayland-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel >
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