[Buildroot] setting up directfb for a raspberry pi + waveshare32b display

[Peter Seiderer]

Hello Lou,

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 07:21:36PM -0600, Lou Crittenden wrote:
> I tried running them and got an error stating it can't find /dev/fusion0 or
> /dev/fusion/0 after running any of the df_knuckles --dfb commands with the
> exception of the help command.
> 
> Did you have to create new device nodes and directories? I had to using
> mkdir /dev/fusion
> mkdir /dev/fusion0
> 
> then made the device nodes with these commands:
> 
> mknod /dev/fusion/0 c 253 0
> mknod /dev/fusion/0 c 252 0
> mknod /dev/fusion0 c 252 0
> mknod /dev/fusion0 c 253 0
> 
> I then ran
> $ df_knuckles --dfb:fbdev=/dev/fb1
> $ df_dok --dfb:fbdev=/dev/fb1
> $ df_cpuload --dfb:fbdev=/dev/fb1
> 
> both as root and as another user and I get:
> (!) Fusion/Init: could not enter world 0! not a typewriter
> 
> I have no idea what that means. Other people have gotten the error as well,
> but haven't had solutions, as per various searches.
> 

>From package/directfb/directfb.mk:

...
ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_MULTI),y)
DIRECTFB_CONF_OPTS += --enable-multi --enable-fusion
DIRECTFB_DEPENDENCIES += linux-fusion
endif
...

Disable DIRECTFB_MULTI, rebuild directfb and try again (just a guess, not tested)...

Regards,
Peter

> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Peter Seiderer <ps.report at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Lou,
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 05:35:32PM -0600, Lou Crittenden wrote:
> > > Hi all. I have a buildroot setup running on a raspberry pi model b+ and a
> > > waveshare32b 3.2" display and was able to get the system to work with the
> > > display thanks to peter seiderer's awesome patch that builds the fbtft
> > > drivers for buildroot, but I now would like to set up directfb to work on
> > > this setup. Directfb built nicely, along with sdl and qt5 (I'm setting up
> > > the framework for a gui on a buildroot based media player), but I cannot
> > > get anything to work on directfb. I run the command "df_drivertest" that
> > > tests for the driver, and it gives a
> > >
> > > (#) DirectFBError [dfb->CreateSurface( dfb, &dsc, &primary )]: The
> > > requested operation or an argument is (currently)Not
> > > supported.
> > >
> > > The same thing happens when I try to run any of their directfb demos.
> > > I went on their site, directfb.org, and a lot of the links that would
> > > help are dead
> > >
> >
> > Just a quick test:
> >
> > $ df_knuckles --dfb:help
> > $ df_knuckles --dfb:fbdev=/dev/fb1
> > $ df_dok --dfb:fbdev=/dev/fb1
> > $ df_cpuload --dfb:fbdev=/dev/fb1
> >
> > work for me...
> >
> > $ df_drivertest  --dfb:fbdev=/dev/fb1
> > df_drivertest.c <97>:
> >         (#) DirectFBError [dfb->CreateSurface( dfb, &dsc, &primary )]: The
> > requested operation or an argument is (currently) not supported
> >
> > failes..
> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter
> >
> > >
> > > I want to use a setup lighter than xorg and supports touchscreen for a
> > > gui on a multimedia player I am working on.
> >