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thegreatpissant's avatar
thegreatpissant
Honored Guest
10 years ago

ovrd requirements

Is it possible to use ovrd on linux without X11 window manager?

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  • haagch's avatar
    haagch
    Explorer
    10 years ago
    The usual solution would be to use Xvfb instead.
    Xvfb :1 &
    DISPLAY=:1 ovrd


    But ovrd crashes
    Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":1".
    Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":1".
    [1]    18954 segmentation fault (core dumped)  DISPLAY=:1 ovrd


    If you find a solution, let us know.

    For me it was possible to start an X server and ovrd with it and then going to a tty with ctrl+alt+f2 and starting weston-rift from it and use the rift with it, but I've heard that for others it doesn't work that way.

    Maybe you can just run a "bare" X server in the background, that shouldn't waste too many resources:
    X -novtswitch -sharevts vt6 :6 &
    DISPLAY=:6 ovrd

    or something like that, haven't tested it.