Ubuntu Manpage: weston-drm - the DRM backend for Weston

Provided by: weston_1.3.0-1ubuntu1_amd64

NAME

       weston-drm - the DRM backend for Weston

SYNOPSIS

       weston-launch

       weston --backend=drm-backend.so

DESCRIPTION

The DRM backend is the native Weston backend for systems that support the Linux kernel
DRM, kernel mode setting (KMS), and evdev input devices. It is the recommended backend
for desktop PCs, and aims to provide the full Wayland experience with the "every frame is
perfect" concept. It also relies on the Mesa GBM interface.

With the DRM backend, weston runs without any underlying windowing system. The backend
uses the Linux KMS API to detect connected monitors. Monitor hot-plugging is supported.
Input devices are found automatically by udev(7). Compositing happens mainly in GL ES 2,
initialized through EGL. It is also possible to take advantage of hardware cursors and
overlays, when they exist and are functional. Full-screen surfaces will be scanned out
directly without compositing, when possible. Hardware accelerated clients are supported
via EGL.

The backend chooses the DRM graphics device first based on seat id. If seat identifiers
are not set, it looks for the graphics device that was used in boot. If that is not found,
it finally chooses the first DRM device returned by udev(7). Combining multiple graphics
devices are not supported yet.

The DRM backend relies on weston-launch for managing input device access and DRM master
status, so that weston can be run without root privileges. On switching away from the
virtual terminal (VT) hosting Weston, all input devices are closed and the DRM master
capability is dropped, so that other servers, including Xorg(1), can run on other VTs. On
switching back to Weston's VT, input devices and DRM master are re-acquired through the
parent process weston-launch.

CONFIGURATION

       The DRM backend uses the following entries from weston.ini.

   Section output
       name=connector
              The KMS connector name identifying the output, for instance LVDS1.

       mode=mode
              Specify the video mode for the output. The argument mode can be one  of  the  words
              off to turn the output off, preferred to use the monitor's preferred video mode, or
              current to use the current video mode and avoid a mode switch.  It can  also  be  a
              resolution as widthxheight, or a detailed mode line as below.

       mode=dotclock  hdisp  hsyncstart  hsyncend  htotal  vdisp vsyncstart vsyncend vtotal hflag
       vflag
              Use the given detailed mode line as the video mode for this output.  The definition
              is the same as in xorg.conf(5), and cvt(1) can generate detailed mode lines.

       transform=transform
              Transform  for  the  output,  which  can be rotated in 90-degree steps and possibly
              flipped.  Possible  values  are  normal,  90,  180,   270,   flipped,   flipped-90,
              flipped-180, and flipped-270.

OPTIONS

       When  the  DRM  backend is loaded, weston will understand the following additional command
       line options.

       --connector=connectorid
              Use the connector with id number connectorid as the only initial output.

       --current-mode
              By default, use the current video mode of all outputs, instead of switching to  the
              monitor preferred mode.

       --seat=seatid
              Use  graphics  and  input devices designated for seat seatid instead of the default
              seat seat0.

       --tty=x
              Launch Weston on tty x instead of using the current tty.

ENVIRONMENT