- libdrm: accessing the kernel graphics layer
- mesa: providing an OpenGL implementation (must be compiled with EGL, gbm
and GL libraries)
- - udev: providing input device hotplug
- - xproto (build time dependency): definition of key symbols
+ - udev: providing input, video, etc. hotplug support
+ - xproto (build time dependency): definition of keysymbols (TODO: remove it)
- libxkbcommon: keyboard handling (optional but strongly recommended)
Without libxkbcommon, basic US-ASCII input is provided.
- - glib: only for Unicode handling
+ - glib: only for Unicode handling (TODO: remove it)
- One of:
- freetype2: drawing generic text
- pango: drawing text with pango (use --enable-pango)
To compile the kmscon binary, run the standard autotools commands:
$ ./configure [--enable-debug] [--enable-pango]
$ make
- $ make install
+ $ make install (TODO: this is currently not supported)
To compile the test applications, run:
$ make check
+== Running ==
+ To get usage information, run:
+ $ ./kmscon --help
+ You can then run kmscon with:
+ $ ./kmscon [options] --switchvt
+ The --switchvt option will make your machine switch the active VT directly to
+ kmscon after starting it.
+
== License ==
This software is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. Please see
./COPYING for further information.
== Code Base ==
The kmscon code is split into several independent subsystems:
- - output:
+ - uterm:
This code manages the KMS/DRI output and provides OpenGL framebuffers.
- console:
This draws the text on the screen and provides an API for any terminal