On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM Jocelyn Falempe <jfale...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've packaged 3 userspace consoles, on my copr repository for Fedora. > They can replace fbcon (The default kernel-based console), have more > features (like scrolling) and are more secure as they run in userspace. > > * Kmscon: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jfalempe/kmscon/ > * Cage/foot or Gnome-kiosk/Ptyxis: > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jfalempe/Userspacevt/ > > You can follow the instructions to install one of them, and set it as > your default console for testing. > > You won't be able to launch a graphic environment from there (like > startx) but you can still restart your main graphic environment if it > has crashed. > > Also this won't replace the emergency console if there is an issue in > your ramdisk, or to prompt for the disk encryption password (if not > using plymouth). > > The long-term goal would be to deprecate fbcon, and use drm_log and > userspace consoles to achieve a similar user experience, so that's a > first step in that direction. >
For kmscon, I think the only thing we're missing is a way to control the resolution used. Would it be possible to add a generic tool for changing the resolution through DRM? Obviously the API exists since Wayland compositors do it. As for the Wayland based ones, I'd started poking at this with KWin+Konsole last year. You beat me to the punch in making a packaged way to do this. 😅 -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
