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Color range for tty
THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM ABOUT XORG
I have a singleboard PC with Intel N100 with 2 HDMI ports.
When arch boots, the color range changes to limited after i915 takeing over the display from UEFI ...
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Relationship between framebuffer and a tty
A framebuffer is a device file which allows for a simplified interface to the screen.
For example running the below code on a RaspberryPi with a HDMI display connected:
cat /dev/urandom > /dev/fb1
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How can I enable TTY console?
I'm running Linux (Debian 10) on a Chromebook (Eve) using a stock Chrome OS kernel (4.4.x) with minor modifications. Everything runs (mostly) fine except that TTY console cannot be accessed via Ctrl+...
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How can I prevent a TTY (e.g. /dev/tty1) from writing to the framebuffer (/dev/fb0)?
I'm running a Raspbian Buster server with no Xserver. I want to display wallpaper on a connected television but /dev/tty1 keeps over writing /dev/fb0 either with a blinking cursor or just refreshing ...
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How to prevent a particular terminal (e.g. /dev/tty1) from writing the cursor to framebuffer (e.g. /dev/fb0)
I'm running Raspbian Buster with no Xserver but attached to a television. I have a script that writes an image to the framebuffer from a timed systemd service.
The problem is /dev/tty1 is writing ...
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Detecting intervals of inactivity in the tty? (to simulate setterm --blank in fbterm)
setterm --blank n allows me to configure the virtual terminal to automatically shut the display off after n minutes of inactivity. Unfortunately, I spend all my time in fbterm, where setterm does not ...
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Linux Console prints the letter 'q' randomly
I'm trying to set up my Linux console - the bare TTY terminal without X.
I tried to capture this problem with asciinema but interestingly, it didn't show up there, So I captured it with my own camera, ...
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How to get tty to display on another monitor (using nvidia drivers)
I am trying to have the tty (at boot) to display on a secondary monitor than what it currently starts on, or even better - to have multiple tty's running at once on different displays, as is described ...
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How can I force the console to output to something other than the framebuffer?
I recently recompiled my kernel to support the vesa framebuffer for some Directfb fun but now my console outputs text very slowly. It's almost as if turning on the framebuffer caused my console to ...
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Make own graphical server [closed]
I had experience to work with framebuffer and found it pretty well to make own graphical applications. But the problem is that framebuffer is too slow.
My goal:
1) Make a new tty which will work for ...
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Use/Grab the only keyboard with no user logged locally
I have a raspberry pi running some software (I have the source) that needs user interaction and has a special (USB) keyboard with only 3 keys.
The program runs on framebuffer (SDL) and is launched ...
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