Re: Does kmscon work?

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Alan Mackenzie <[email protected]> writes:

> Hello, Gentoo.
>
> I've got kmscon 10.0.0 (a replacement console program) on my machine,
> even though it's keyworded.
>
> It doesn't work for me.  When I try to start it, by typing
>
>     $ kmscon
>
> , not only does it not work, it hangs my system such that the only
> working peripheral is the reset button.  Though to be fair, it does
> output a message confirming it's started before hanging the machine.
>
> This program has an enormous man page containing an enormous number of
> options, and, I think, has the possibility of a configuration file.  :-(
>
> Before I start trying to debug this situation, can anybody tell me
> whether kmscon works at all?  Possibly typing its name at an existing
> command prompt isn't the correct way to start it, but surely it should
> have better manners than to hang the machine?
>
> Is there perhaps something obvious I'm missing here?  Maybe it's
> keyworded simply because it doesn't work on Gentoo.

I recall running it at some point.

Before hitting the hard reset, try sshd.

Instead of the manpage, https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kmscon will
probably cover what you should do.  I know that the systemd steps
work(ed at some point).

Not sure personally if and why 'kmscon' on the TTY should work, sorry :/
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