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NAME

       directfbrc - DirectFB configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       The  directfbrc file is a configuration file read by all DirectFB applications on startup.
       There are two of these: a  system-wide  one  stored  in  /etc/directfbrc  and  a  per-user
       $HOME/.directfbrc which may override system settings.

       Further    customization    is   available   per   executable   (basename   of   argv[0]):
       /etc/directfbrc.$0 and a per-user $HOME/.directfbrc.$0

       After config files, the environment variable DFBARGS is parsed.

       The same parameters that can be used in  the  directfbrc  file  can  be  passed  via  this
       variable or on the command-line by prefixing them with --dfb: separated each with a comma.

SYNTAX

       The  directfbrc  file  contains  one parameter per line. Comments are introduced by a hash
       sign (#), and continue until the end of the line.  Blank lines are ignored.

       Most parameters are switches that turn certain features on or off.  These switches have  a
       no-  variant  that  disables the feature. This man-page describes the positive variant and
       will also note which setting is the compiled-in default.

PARAMETERS

       The following parameters may be specified in the directfbrc file:

       system=<system>
              Specifies the graphics system to use. The default is to use the Linux frame  buffer
              (fbdev)  but  you  can  also  run DirectFB applications on SDL (sdl). Other systems
              might be added in the future.

       fbdev=<device>
              Opens the given frame buffer device instead of /dev/fb0.

       busid=<id>
              Specify the bus location of the card. The option is only used if  DirectFB  doesn't
              have  sysfs  support  and if unspecified 1:0:0 will be assumed.  Use this option if
              the driver fails to detect (or incorrectly detects) your card.

       mode=<width>x<height>
              Sets the default screen resolution. If unspecified DirectFB will use the first mode
              from  /etc/fb.modes  Some  frame  buffer devices (namely vesafb) don't support mode
              switches and can only be used in the resolution that is set on boot time.

       scaled=<width>x<height>
              Scale the window to this size for 'force-windowed' apps.

       depth=<pixeldepth>
              Sets the default pixel depth in bits per pixel. If unspecified  DirectFB  will  use
              the  depth  specified  in the first mode from /etc/fb.modes DirectFB supports color
              depths of 8, 15, 16, 24 and 32. Which values are available  depends  on  the  frame
              buffer  device  you  are  using.  Some  frame  buffer devices (namely vesafb) don't
              support mode switches at all and can only be used in the pixel depth that is set at
              boot time.

       pixelformat=<pixelformat>
              Sets  the  default  pixel  format. This is similar to the depth parameter described
              above but allows more fine-grained control. Possible  values  for  pixelformat  are
              LUT8, RGB332, RGB16, RGB24 and RGB32. Some drivers may also support the more exotic
              pixel formats A8, ALUT44, ARGB, ARGB1555, I420, UYVY, YUY2 and YV12.

       session=<num>
              Selects the multi application world which is  joined  or  created.   Starting  with
              zero, negative values force creation of a new world using the lowest unused session
              number. This will override the environment variable "DIRECTFB_SESSION".

       force-slave
              Always enter as a slave, waiting for the master, if not there.

       remote=<host>[:<session>]
              Select the remote session to connect to.

       tmpfs=<directory>
              Uses the given directory (tmpfs mount point) for creation of the shared memory file
              in  multi  application  mode. This option is only useful if the automatic detection
              fails or if non-tmpfs storage is desired.

       shmfile-group=<groupname>
              Group that owns shared memory files.

       memcpy=<method>
              With this option the probing of memcpy() routines can be skipped, saving a  lot  of
              startup time. Pass "help" for a list of possible values.

       primary-layer=<id>
              Selects  which layer is the "primary layer", default is the first.  Check 'dfbinfo'
              for a list of layers supported by your hardware.

       primary-only
              Tell application only about the primary layer.

       quiet  Suppresses console output from DirectFB. Only error messages will be displayed.

       [no-]banner
              Enables the output of the DirectFB banner at startup. This is on by default.

       [no-]debug
              Enables debug output. This is on by default but you  won't  see  any  debug  output
              unless you compiled DirectFB with debugging support.

       [no-]debugmem
              Enable memory allocation tracking.

       [no-]debugshm
              Enable shared memory allocation tracking.

       [no-]trace
              Enable  stack  trace  support.  This  is  on by default but you won't see any trcae
              output unless you compiled DirectFB with trace support.

       log-file=<name>
              Write all messages to the specified file.

       log-udp=<host>:<port>
              Send all messages via UDP to the specified host and port.

       fatal-level=<level>
              Abort on NONE, ASSERT (default) or ASSUME (incl. assert)

       force-windowed
              Forces the primary surface to be a window. This allows  to  run  applications  that
              were written to do full-screen access in a window.

       force-desktop
              Forces the primary surface to be the background surface of the desktop.

       [no-]hardware
              Turns  hardware acceleration on. By default hardware acceleration is auto-detected.
              If you disable hardware acceleration, the driver for your graphics card will  still
              be  loaded and used to access additional display layers (if there are any), but all
              graphics operations will be performed by the software renderer.

       [no-]software
              This option allows to disable software fallbacks.

       [no-]dma
              Turns DMA acceleration on, if supported by the driver. By default DMA  acceleration
              is off.

       [no-]sync
              Flushes  all  disk  buffers before initializing DirectFB. This can be useful if you
              working with experimental device drivers and expect crashes. The default is not  to
              sync.

       [no-]mmx
              The  no-mmx  options  allows to disable the use of MMX routines even if support for
              MMX was detected. By default MMX is used if is available and support  for  MMX  was
              compiled in.

       [no-]agp[=mode]
              Turns  AGP  memory  support on. The option enables DirectFB using the AGP memory to
              extend the amount of video memory available. You can specify the AGP  mode  to  use
              (e.g. 1, 2, 4, 8 or 0 to disable agp). By default AGP memory support is off.

       [no-]thrifty-surface-buffers
              Free sysmem instance on xfer to video memory.

       font-format=<format>
              Specify  the  font  format  to  use.  Possible  values  are A1, A8, ARGB, ARGB1555,
              ARGB2554, ARGB4444, AiRGB. The default font format is A8 because  it  is  the  only
              format  that ensures high quality, fast rendering and low memory consumption at the
              same time. Use this option only if your fonts looks strange or if font rendering is
              too slow.

       [no-]sighandler
              By default DirectFB installs a signal handler for a number of signals that cause an
              application to exit. This signal handler tries to deinitialize the DirectFB  engine
              before quitting the application.  Use this option to enable/disable this feature.

       dont-catch=<num>[[,<num>]...]
              As  described  with the sighandler option, DirectFB installs a signal handler for a
              number of signals.  By using this option you may specify a  list  of  signals  that
              shouldn't be handled this way.

       [no-]deinit-check
              By  default DirectFB checks if the application has released all allocated resources
              on exit. If it didn't, it will clean up after the application.  This option  allows
              to switch this feature on or off.

       block-all-signals
              This  option  activates  blocking  of  all  signals, useful for DirectFB daemons (a
              DirectFB master application that does nothing except being the master).

       [no-]vt-switch
              By default DirectFB allocates a new virtual terminal and switches to it.

       vt-num=<num>
              Use given VT instead of current/new one.

       [no-]vt-switching
              Allow to switch virtual terminals using <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<F?>. This is an  experimental
              feature that is usually disabled; use at your own risk.

       [no-]graphics-vt
              Puts  the  virtual  terminal into graphics mode. This has the advantage that kernel
              messages won't show up on your screen while the DirectFB application is running.

       [no-]vt
              Use VT handling code at all?

       mouse-source=<device>
              Specify the serial mouse device.

       [no-]mouse-gpm-source
              Enables using GPM as mouse input repeater.

       [no-]motion-compression
              Usually DirectFB compresses mouse motion events. This means that  subsequent  mouse
              motions are delivered to the application as a single mouse motion event. This leads
              to a more responsive but less exact mouse handling.

       mouse-protocol=<protocol>
              Specifies the mouse protocol to use. The following protocols are supported:

              MS Two button mouse using the Microsoft mouse protocol.

              MS3 Three button mouse using an extended Microsoft mouse protocol.

              MouseMan Three button mouse using a different  extension  to  the  Microsoft  mouse
              protocol introduced by Logitech.

              MouseSystems The most commonly used protocol for three button mice.

              PS/2 Two/three button mice of the PS/2 series.

              IMPS/2  Two/three  button  USB  mice  with  scrolling  wheel  using  the  Microsoft
              Intellimouse protocol.

              The different protocols for serial mice are described in more detail in mouse(4).

       [no-]lefty
              Swaps left and right mouse buttons. Useful for left-handers.

       [no-]capslock-meta
              Map the CapsLock key to Meta. Useful for users of the builtin WM without a Meta key
              on the keyboard (e.g. Window key).

       linux-input-ir-only
              Ignore all non-IR Linux Input devices.

       [no-]linux-input-grab
              Grab  Linux  Input  devices.  When  a  device is grabbed only DirectFB will receive
              events from it. The default is to not grab.

       [no-]cursor
              By default DirectFB shows a mouse cursor when an application makes use of  windows.
              This  option  allows  to  switch  the  cursor off permanently.  Applications cannot
              enable it explicitly.

       wm=<wm>
              Specify the window manager to use.

       bg-none
              Completely disables background handling. Doesn't make much sense  since  the  mouse
              and moving windows will leave ugly traces on the background.

       bg-color=AARRGGBB
              Controls  the  color  of  the  background.  The  color  is specified in hexadecimal
              notation. The alpha value defaults to full opacity and may be omitted. For  example
              to choose a bright magenta background, you'd use bg-color=FF00FF.

       bg-image=<filename>
              Fills  the background with the given image from file. The image is stretched to fit
              to the screen dimensions.

       bg-tile=<filename>
              Like bg-image but tiles the image to  fit  to  the  screen  dimensions  instead  of
              stretching it.

       [no-]translucent-windows
              By  default  DirectFB  windows  may  be  translucent.  If you disable this feature,
              windows are forced to be either fully opaque or fully transparent. This  is  useful
              if your graphics card doesn't support alpha-transparent blits.

       [no-]decorations
              Enables window decorations if supported by the window manager.

       videoram-limit=<amount>
              Limits  the  amount  of  Video  RAM  used  by  DirectFB. The amount of Video RAM is
              specified in Kilobytes.

       agpmem-limit=<amount>
              Limits the amount if AGP memory used by DirectFB.  The  amount  of  AGP  memory  is
              specified in Kilobytes.

       screenshot-dir=<directory>
              If  specified  DirectFB  will  dump  the  screen  contents  in PPM format into this
              directory when the <Print> key gets pressed.

       disable-module=<modulename>
              Suppress loading of this module. The  module  name  is  the  filename  without  the
              libdirectfb_  prefix and without extension (for example keyboard to disable loading
              of the keyboard input module).

       [no-]matrox-sgram
              Some older Matrox G400 cards have SGRAM and a number  of  graphics  operations  are
              considerably  faster on these cards if this feature is enabled. Don't try to enable
              it if your card doesn't have SGRAM!  Otherwise you'd have to reboot.

       [no-]matrox-crtc2
              If you have a dual head G400/G450/G550 you can use this option to enable additional
              layers using the second head.

       matrox-tv-standard=[pal|ntsc]
              Controls the signal produced by the TV output of Matrox cards.

       matrox-cable-type=(composite|scart-rgb|scart-composite)
              Matrox cable type (default=composite).

       h3600-device=<device>
              Use this device for the H3600 TS driver.

       mut-device=<device>
              Use this device for the MuTouch driver.

       penmount-device=<device>
              Use this device for the PenMount driver.

       linux-input-devices=<device>[[,<device>]...]
              Use these devices for the Linux Input driver.

       tslib-devices=<device>[[,<device>]...]
              Use these devices for the tslib driver.

       unichrome-revision=<revision>
              Override the hardware revision number used by the Unichrome driver.

       i8xx_overlay_pipe_b
              Redirect videolayer to pixelpipe B.

       window-surface-policy=<policy>
              Allows  to  control where window surfaces are stored. Supported values for <policy>
              are:

              auto DirectFB decides depending on hardware capabilities. This is the default.

              videohigh Swapping system/video with high priority.

              videolow Swapping system/video with low priority.

              systemonly Window surfaces are stored in system memory.

              videoonly Window surfaces are stored in video memory.

       desktop-buffer-mode=<mode>
              Allows to control the desktop buffer mode. Whenever  a  window  is  moved,  opened,
              closed,  resized  or  its contents change DirectFB recomposites the window stack at
              the affected region. This is done by blitting the windows together that are visible
              within  that  region. Opaque windows are blitted directly while translucent windows
              are blitted using alpha blending or color keying. If  there's  a  back  buffer  the
              recomposition  is  not visible since only the final result is copied into the front
              buffer. Without a back buffer each step of  the  recomposition  is  visible.   This
              causes noticeable flicker unless all windows are opaque.

              Supported values for <mode> are:

              auto  DirectFB  decides  depending  on  hardware capabilities. This is the default.
              DirectFB chooses a back buffer in video memory  if  the  hardware  supports  simple
              blitting (copying from back to front buffer). If there's no acceleration at all the
              back buffer is allocated in system memory since that gives much better  performance
              for  alpha  blended  recomposition  in  software  and avoids reading from the video
              memory when the result is copied to the front buffer.

              backsystem The back buffer is allocated in system memory.  This  is  the  recommend
              choice  if your hardware supports simple blitting but no alpha blending and you are
              going to have many alpha blended windows.

              backvideo Front and back buffer are allocated in video memory. It's not required to
              set  this  mode  explicitly  because  the  'auto'  mode  chooses  it  if  blits are
              accelerated. Without accelerated blits this mode is not recommended.

              triple Like backvideo except the surface is triple buffered.

              frontonly There is no back buffer. This is the best choice if you are using  opaque
              windows only and don't use any color keying.

              windows  Special  mode  with  window buffers directly displayed. This mode requires
              special hardware support.

       vsync-after
              Wait for the vertical retrace after flipping. The default is to wait  before  doing
              the flip.

       vsync-none
              Disables polling for vertical retrace.

EXAMPLES

       Here  are some examples that demonstrates how the parameters described above are passed to
       DirectFB application on the command-line.

       df_neo --dfb:no-hardware
              Starts df_neo without hardware acceleration.

       df_neo --dfb:help
              Lists the DirectFB options that can be passed to df_neo.

OTHER INFO

       The canonical place to find informations about DirectFB  is  at  http://www.directfb.org/.
       Here you can find the FAQ, tutorials, mailing list archives, the CVS tree and can download
       the latest version of the DirectFB library as well as a number of applications.

FILES

       /etc/directfbrc
              system-wide DirectFB configuration file

       $HOME/.directfbrc
              per-user DirectFB configuration file

       /etc/fb.modes
              frame buffer modes file

SEE ALSO

       fb.modes(5), fbset(8), mouse(4), ppm(5)