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Using kmscon as a regular user
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As shipped, kmscon only works for root. If you want to be able to run
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it as a normal user, you could make it setuid root (not recommended). A
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better solution:
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setcap cap_sys_tty_config,cap_sys_admin=ep
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See capabilities(7) and http://www.slackbuilds.org/caps/ for more info
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on capabilities.
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When running as a normal user, you probably also want to add "--login
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-- /bin/bash -i" on the kmscon command line (or the equivalent, in
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/etc/kmscon/kmscon.conf).
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Using kmscon as a console replacement
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kmscon has much better support for fonts and Unicode/UTF-8 than the
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Linux framebuffer console. If you want to use kmscon for all your
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console logins, edit /etc/inittab and replace the /sbin/agetty lines
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(around line 50 on Slack 14.1) with:
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c1:12345:respawn:/usr/bin/kmscon --vt /dev/tty1
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c2:12345:respawn:/usr/bin/kmscon --vt /dev/tty2
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c3:12345:respawn:/usr/bin/kmscon --vt /dev/tty3
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c4:12345:respawn:/usr/bin/kmscon --vt /dev/tty4
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c5:12345:respawn:/usr/bin/kmscon --vt /dev/tty5
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c6:12345:respawn:/usr/bin/kmscon --vt /dev/tty6
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You might also want to edit /etc/kmscon/kmscon.conf and uncomment the
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line beginning with 'login=/sbin/agetty ...'.
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If you're in the habit of logging in as root, you'll want to edit
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/etc/securetty and uncomment the lines for pts/0 through pts/7. This
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is only needed for actual root logins (su and sudo will work fine
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without it).
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After making your edits, "init q" followed by "killall agetty" will fire
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up the new kmscon login prompts (alternatively, you can reboot).
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There's no need to use setcap if you're running kmscon from /etc/inittab,
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since it will always run as root.
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Misc
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You'll almost certainly want to use a UTF-8 locale with kmscon. Normally
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this is set in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh (but you could also do it in your
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your ~/.bash_profile or such, if you like).
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When using kmscon, you'll have to use ctrl-alt-F# to switch consoles. Also
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try ctrl-plus and ctrl-minus (for zooming).
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You won't be able to run links in framebuffer mode (with "links -g
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-driver fb") from within a kmscon session.
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startx will work normally from kmscon.
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kmscon has *no* support for gpm, or the mouse in general. There's no way
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to select or paste text with the mouse, and no way to use the mouse in
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mouse-aware textmode applications like links.
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svgalib applications are highly unlikely to work from within kmscon.
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mplayer's framebuffer support (-vo fbdev or -vo fbdev2) doesn't work from
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within kmscon.
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Japanese man pages render beautifully with kmscon. Install man-db and
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man-pages-ja, and set LANG="ja_JP.UTF-8" in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh.
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