On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 at 14:35, Allison King via devel-announce <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UseKmsconVTConsole > > Discussion Thread: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/172602 > > **This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.** > This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, > proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This > proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering > Steering Committee. > > == Summary == > This change is to replace the kernel console '''fbcon''' with the userspace > console '''kmscon''' in Fedora, to provide an enhanced and more secure > console for Fedora users. > The long term goal is also to deprecate fbcon/fbdev emulation in the kernel, > and this is the first step in this direction.
Generally I think this sounds like a good change... > == How To Test == > Press Ctrl+alt+F3 to switch to the VT console. > Login and check if it's running kmscon with ''ps aux | grep tty3'' Maybe it's obvious if you are actually running kmscon, but I read this and wondered how I would check. What is the expected output of this command? How would it differ from what I see today on F42? Presumably I would I see a kmscon process running on tty3? It might improve the change proposal to say something like "You should see a line in the output showing a kmscon process". > ==== Caveats ==== > * Starting graphical application from the console (like "startx") won't work, > but you can work around it by using the script ''kmscon-launch-gui startx'' I don't remember the last time I needed to run startx but what is the failure mode if you do run startx from kmscon? Is the kmscon-launch-gui command discoverable for users who do want to use startx or similar commands? -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
