Hi ports@, Tobias,
when trying to startniri.sh from vt0, it crashes for me with the
attached error. (Specifying render-drm-device as it was suggested in the
pkg-readme causes niri not to start at all, as I reported in the initial
import thread already.)
I wonder, is there any other steps involved to get niri running? Do I
need seatd, greetd, or anything like that? Or _should_ it just be a
"raw" login to vt0 with startniri.sh? Because that's what I am trying.
- christoph
niri:/usr/local/lib/libinput.so.0.1: undefined symbol
'libevdev_event_type_from_name'
niri:/usr/local/lib/libinput.so.0.1: undefined symbol
'libevdev_event_type_get_max'
niri:/usr/local/lib/libinput.so.0.1: undefined symbol
'libevdev_event_code_from_name'
niri:/usr/local/lib/libinput.so.0.1: undefined symbol
'libevdev_property_from_name'
[2m2026-02-25T17:22:19.223395Z[0m [32m INFO[0m [2mniri[0m[2m:[0m
starting version 25.11 (unknown commit)
[2m2026-02-25T17:22:19.344805Z[0m [34mDEBUG[0m [2mniri_config[0m[2m:[0m
loaded config from "/home/chris/.config/niri/config.kdl"
thread 'main' (552285) panicked at src/main.rs:181:6:
called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: error initializing the TTY backend
Caused by:
couldn't find a GPU
stack backtrace:
0: 0xf16414bce4e -
<std::sys::backtrace::BacktraceLock::print::DisplayBacktrace as
core::fmt::Display>::fmt::h0135d11357e767e9
1: 0xf16414e61ad - core::fmt::write::h6d8467e16b3f3f38
2: 0xf16414b0617 - std::io::default_write_fmt::hb0395fb9d1a508b0
3: 0xf16414bbe66 -
std::sys::backtrace::BacktraceLock::print::h34d49d19aa3abeeb
4: 0xf16414c862c -
std::panicking::default_hook::{{closure}}::h234a3010c929fc68
5: 0xf16414c84c0 - std::panicking::default_hook::h0c069c521bf83685
6: 0xf16414c88be - std::panicking::panic_with_hook::had8c7a2d030db1d6
7: 0xf16414bc0a9 -
std::panicking::panic_handler::{{closure}}::h80acd896171c9d4c
8: 0xf16414bbf7d -
std::sys::backtrace::__rust_end_short_backtrace::hb71ecc129b170deb
9: 0xf16414c5ee1 - __rustc[9a678ed50e966dd8]::rust_begin_unwind
10: 0xf16414eadd0 - core::panicking::panic_fmt::hb73cae62b55d56e2
11: 0xf16414e93c6 - core::result::unwrap_failed::ha3cd1f1a5c794328
12: 0xf16408688c2 - niri::main::h870fff08d9612002
13: 0xf1640845736 -
std::sys::backtrace::__rust_begin_short_backtrace::h3d87117d9370eca2
14: 0xf164084557a - std::rt::lang_start::{{closure}}::h9b70037addad502b
15: 0xf16414b14ea - std::rt::lang_start_internal::h4700e6e55d756d66
16: 0xf1640869ea1 - main
17: 0xf1640834a3b - <unknown>
udev_input_destroy
