On 08/28/2012 12:28 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
> On 08/28/2012 12:03 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>> I have had no success whatsoever getting DirectFB to run under Fedora F17 as
>> a regular user on my HP laptop.
>>
>> # yum list DirectFB
>>
>> Installed Packages
>> directfb.x86_64 1.5.3-7.fc17
>> @updates
>>
>>
>> I have discussed the problems on the DirectFB user mailing list but without
>> any resolution.
>>
>> When trying to run any DirectFB command as a regular user I get permission
>> errors like this:
>>
>> $ dfbinfo
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| DirectFB 1.5.3 |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> (c) 2001-2010 The world wide DirectFB Open Source Community
>> (c) 2000-2004 Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2012-05-19 15:35)
>> (*) Direct/Memcpy: Using Generic 64bit memcpy()
>> (!) DirectFB/core/vt: Error opening `/dev/tty1'!
>> --> Permission denied
>> (!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system_core' core!
>> --> A general initialization error occured
>> (#) DirectFBError [DirectFBCreate() failed]: A general initialization error
>> occured
>>
>>
>> Even when I go and change the permissions on /dev/ttyX and /dev/fb/0 and
>> then put those into udev rules then I still get
>> an error about MEDIUMRAW mode.
>>
>> $ dfbinfo
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| DirectFB 1.5.3 |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> (c) 2001-2010 The world wide DirectFB Open Source Community
>> (c) 2000-2004 Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2011-08-23 22:08)
>> (!) DirectFB/fbdev/vt: K_MEDIUMRAW failed!
>> --> Operation not permitted
>> (!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system_core' core!
>> --> A general initialization error occured
>> (#) DirectFBError [DirectFBCreate() failed]: A general initialization error
>> occured
>> $
>>
>>
>> I am able to run some DirectFB commands as root but that is no good for
>> creating app for general user.
>>
>>
>> Can anyone, developer, packager, shed some light on why DirectFB will not
>> run on F17 as a regular user?
>>
>> My laptop has one of the new Intel Ivy Bridge CPU w/iGPU (Intel HD4000) plus
>> Nvidia Geforce GT 650M
>>
>> Not sure that would have any bearing on this though as I've encountered this
>> problem on other older processors as well.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> .
>>
>>
> Also I installed DirectFB 1.6.1 into /usr/local and tried again but same
> result:
>
> $ dfbinfo
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| DirectFB 1.5.3 |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> (c) 2001-2010 The world wide DirectFB Open Source Community
> (c) 2000-2004 Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2012-05-19 15:35)
> (*) Direct/Memcpy: Using Generic 64bit memcpy()
> (!) DirectFB/core/vt: Error opening `/dev/tty1'!
> --> Permission denied
> (!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system_core' core!
> --> A general initialization error occured
> (#) DirectFBError [DirectFBCreate() failed]: A general initialization error
> occured
>
>
>
>
And if I run dfbinfo as root user I get an Undefined Symbol error:
# dfbinfo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| DirectFB 1.5.3 |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(c) 2001-2010 The world wide DirectFB Open Source Community
(c) 2000-2004 Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
----------------------------------------------------------------
(*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2012-05-19 15:35)
(*) Direct/Memcpy: Using Generic 64bit memcpy()
...
(!) Direct/Modules: Unable to dlopen
`/usr/lib64/directfb-1.5-0/gfxdrivers/libdirectfb_vdpau.so'!
--> /usr/lib64/directfb-1.5-0/gfxdrivers/libdirectfb_vdpau.so: undefined
symbol: XUnlockDisplay
So many problems.
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