Proposing VC_DISPLAY env variable #258
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… variable Allow end-users to set the default display through a VC_DISPLAY environement variable. E.g. to force hello_teapot to display on HDMI one could execute: VC_DISPLAY=5 ./hello_teapot.bin Signed-off-by: Floris Bos <bos@je-eigen-domein.nl>
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Proposing VC_DISPLAY env variable
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Thanks - that sounds useful. |
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…cause MVC corruption See: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=234678&pid=2093451#pid2093451 See: https://discourse.osmc.tv/t/cannot-get-full-frame-3d-to-work/6616/21 userland: Add VC_DISPLAY env variable for forcing LCD output See: raspberrypi/userland#258
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…cause MVC corruption See: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=234678&pid=2093451#pid2093451 See: https://discourse.osmc.tv/t/cannot-get-full-frame-3d-to-work/6616/21 userland: Add VC_DISPLAY env variable for forcing LCD output See: raspberrypi/userland#258
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Latest rpi-update firmware contains this. |
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This was very useful for me and very easy to use. In my case, I did DSI over HDMI on a Pi 3. Worked like a charm. |
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…cause MVC corruption See: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=234678&pid=2093451#pid2093451 See: https://discourse.osmc.tv/t/cannot-get-full-frame-3d-to-work/6616/21 userland: Add VC_DISPLAY env variable for forcing LCD output See: raspberrypi/userland#258
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It would be nice if there was a standardized way to instruct applications to use a certain display, without having to patch the application's source code.
Proposing a VC_DISPLAY environment variable for this purpose.
To force display on HDMI one could then execute:
Similar to the standardized DISPLAY variable used by X11 applications.