On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 06:03:50PM +0000, David Goudou wrote: > niri package pulls in seatd, do you have it running and are you in the _seatd > group? > > As of 25.11.20260220, you shouldn't need to set render-drm-device > > On Wed, 25 Feb 2026, 17:42 Christoph Liebender, <[1][email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 > > > References: > > [1] mailto:[email protected]
In my experience not starting seatd means your input won't work but I haven't previously seen any gpu detection errors. I guess your user has to have access to the devices in /dev/dri so maybe check the permissions. The latest version of the port (25.11.20260220) has an updated rust drm crate and shouldn't require the render-drm-device hack anymore. Does gpu acceleration work on your machine in other applications? Which GPU are you using?
