I now have it working with sudo. I just added https://github.com/MarkAYoder/BeagleBoard-exercises/blob/a531dca3a5f52813623bd40ea42bc733decfc70d/displays/ili9341/fb/pygame/clock.py#L26
I needed to set SDL_NOMOUSE to 1. --Mark On Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 3:33:23 PM UTC-4 Mark A. Yoder wrote: > Jon: > Well..... su does give different results than sudo. I tried su again > and it works! > > So, how can I set permissions so I don't have to su or sudo? > > --Mark > > p.s. Thanks for all the suggestions. > > On Friday, September 11, 2020 at 6:23:45 PM UTC-4 jonn...@gmail.com wrote: > >> In my config, BBAI running 4.14 kernel, I found two instances of fbcon: >> $ sudo find / -name fbcon >> >> * /sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fbcon* >> * /sys/class/graphics/fbcon* >> >> >> The framebuffer console seems to be attached to the console layer. >> >> *$ cat /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind* >> *1* >> *$ cat /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon0/bind* >> *0* >> >> >> Info on fbcon: >> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/fb/fbcon.html >> >> >> Not sure if this helps at all. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jon >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 11:24 AM Robert Nelson <robert...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 12:56 PM Dennis Lee Bieber >>> <dennis....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 04:56:42 -0700 (PDT), in >>> > gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user "Mark A. Yoder" >>> > <mark.a.yoder-re5j...@public.gmane.org> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > > >>> > >Are you sure there is a fbcon module? >>> > >>> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/fb/fbcon.html#a-configuration >>> > >>> > ... seems to imply it may not have been built for the standard release >>> BBB >>> > kernels. >>> >>> It's enabled: >>> >>> │ >>> ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ >>> │ │ [*] Framebuffer Console support >>> │ │ >>> │ │ -*- Map the console to the primary display device >>> │ │ >>> │ │ [*] Framebuffer Console Rotation >>> │ │ >>> │ │ [ ] Framebuffer Console Deferred Takeover >>> │ >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -- >>> Robert Nelson >>> https://rcn-ee.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYgkXSOoJQ%3D_iBLcYBuFc4Q0%3D%2B6y29EXzABPn5uK-Qbqdw%40mail.gmail.com >>> . >>> >> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/ea2cc40d-aa9e-462e-a454-b0bea9a7da4cn%40googlegroups.com.