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This is kmscon-7. See ./NEWS for a list of new features. Unfortunately, github disabled the "Downloads" section so there is no way to upload new pre-generated tarballs. I have a pending application to move kmscon to freedesktop.org, but it didn't get processed in time for this release. Therefore, you need to build the GNU-autotools files yourself. That is, before calling ./configure you need to call: NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh You can extend your build-scripts with: test -f ./configure || NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh Which will call ./autogen.sh if needed. Everything else can be left unchanged. I will not upload the tarballs at another location. Feel free to do that yourself, but I personally think this will introduce more confusion than help. I hope the freedesktop.org move will be soon approved. This will also provide a mailing-list where I can properly announce new releases. Raw tarballs will be available as (without pre-generated autotools): https://github.com/dvdhrm/kmscon/archive/kmscon-7.tar.gz https://github.com/dvdhrm/kmscon/archive/kmscon-7.zip The git-tag is: kmscon-7 You can use my public GPG key to verify the tarballs. As usual, please report bugs to: https://github.com/dvdhrm/kmscon Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
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= KMSCON =
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Kmscon is a simple terminal emulator based on linux kernel mode setting (KMS).
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It is an attempt to replace the in-kernel VT implementation with a userspace
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console. See kmscon(1) man-page for usage information.
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== Requirements ==
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Kmscon requires the following software:
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- libudev: providing input, video, etc. device hotplug support (>=v172)
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- libxkbcommon: providing internationalized keyboard handling
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Everything else is optional:
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For video output at least one of the following is required:
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- fbdev: For framebuffer video output the kernel headers must be installed
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and located in the default include path.
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- DRM: For unaccelerated drm output the "libdrm" library must be installed
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and accessible via pkg-config.
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- OpenGLES2: For accelerated video output via OpenGLESv2 the following must
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be installed: libdrm, libgbm, egl, glesv2 (i.e., mesa)
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For font handling the following is required:
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- 8x16: The 8x16 font is a static built-in font which does not require
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external dependencies.
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- unifont: Static font without external dependencies.
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- pango: drawing text with pango
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Pango requires: glib, pango, fontconfig, freetype2 and more
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For multi-seat support you need the following packages:
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- systemd: Actually only the systemd-logind daemon and library is required.
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== Install ==
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To compile the kmscon binary, run the standard autotools commands:
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$ test -f ./configure || NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
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$ ./configure
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$ make
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$ make install
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To compile the test applications, run:
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$ make check
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If you want only a very basic kmscon program without any major dependencies,
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use:
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$ ./configure --with-video=fbdev,drm2d --with-renderers= --with-fonts=unifont --disable-multi-seat --with-sessions=dummy,terminal
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However, you will loose a lot of functionality by dropping all dependencies.
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The following configure options are available. If build-time dependencies
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cannot be satisfied, an option is automatically turned off, except if you
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explicitly enable it via command line:
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--enable-multi-seat: This requires the systemd-logind library to provide
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multi-seat support for kmscon. [default: on]
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--enable-hotplug: This requires libudev for hotplugging support. This is
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currently mandatory and cannot be disabled. [default: on]
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--enable-debug: Enable debug mode/messages [default: on]
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--enable-optimizations: Enable code optimizations [default: on]
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--enable-eloop-dbus: Build dbus extension for eloop library [default: off]
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Backends for several subsystems in kmscon can be selected with the following
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options (all of them take a comma-separated list of backend names):
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--with-video: Video backens. Available backends are:
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- fbdev: Linux fbdev video backend
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- drm2d: Linux DRM software-rendering backend
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- drm3d: Linux DRM hardware-rendering backend
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Default is: fbdev,drm2d,drm3d
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--with-fonts: Font renderers. Available backends are:
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- unifont: Static built-in non-scalable font (Unicode Unifont)
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- freetype2: Freetype2+fontconfig based scalable font renderer
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- pango: Pango based scalable font renderer
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Default is: unifont,pango
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The 8x16 backend is always built-in.
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--with-renderers: Console rendering backends. Available are:
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- bbulk: Simple 2D software-renderer (bulk-mode)
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- gltex: OpenGLESv2 accelerated renderer
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- cairo: cairo based renderer
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- pixman: pixman based renderer
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Default is: bbulk,gltex
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The bblit backend is always built-in.
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--with-sessions: Built in sessions. Available sessions are:
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- dummy: Dummy fallback session
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- terminal: Terminal-emulator sessions
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- cdev: Fake VTs via CUSE (DEPRECATED! Don't use it!)
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The following options select which applications are built. If
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dependency-checks fail, they are disabled by default unless explicitly enabled
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on the command line:
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--enable-kmscon: Build kmscon application [default: on]
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--enable-wlterm: Build wlterm Wayland terminal [default: off]
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--enable-eloop: Build eloop event loop library [default: off]
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--enable-tsm: Build TSM terminal state-machine library [default: off]
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--enable-uterm: Build uterm library [default: off]
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--enable-uvt: Build UVT library [default: off]
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== Running ==
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To get usage information, run:
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$ ./kmscon --help
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You can then run kmscon with:
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$ ./kmscon [options]
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For debug output use "--debug". For verbose output use "--verbose".
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With "--xkb-layout=<lang>" you can switch the keyboard layout.
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See "man kmscon" / kmscon(1) for more information.
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== License ==
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This software is licensed under the terms of an MIT-like license. Please see
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./COPYING for further information.
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== FAQ ==
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Please see http://github.com/dvdhrm/kmscon/wiki
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== Contact ==
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This software is maintained by:
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David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@googlemail.com>
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If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the maintainers.
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