Cannot initialise keyboard

[bigsmokeDev]

so I have setup microwindows using the linux-fb config and ran ldd nano-X and copied all of the libs so that I can run it on a simple linux + busybox os so it is not mentioning any issues about the framebuffer but it cant initialise the keyboard if you want more info I can provide some

[ghaerr]

You might try building microwindows demos without using shared libraries, that is, as a static binary. This is done by setting SHAREDLIBS=N and SHAREDLINK=N in config.

it cant initialise the keyboard

This is usually because the default is the scan-code enabled keyboard, which may not be present. You can try the simple keyboard by setting KEYBOARD=TTYKBD in config.

Thank you!

[bigsmokeDev]

SHAREDLIBS=N and SHAREDLINK=N was already there and I changed the KEYBOARD=SCANKBD to KEYBOARD=TTYKBD but its still giving me the same error

[ghaerr]

It would help to see the error of course and exactly what you're running etc. But if the message is saying "Can't initialize keyboard" then this is probably because the open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR) is failing in src/drivers/kbd_tty.c:

#   define KEYBOARD "/dev/tty"  /* keyboard associated with screen*/

This might also because you don't have root permissions on /dev/tty or the actually tty you're using. In general, root permissions are required for framebuffer access unless device modes are changed.

You can try recompiling with the above changed and/or chmod /dev/tty or the terminal you're on. Also try running sudo. I'd have to see your complete config also to know what you've compiled.

[bigsmokeDev]

here is what I use: Linux 6.8.9 kernel with default config (except the framebuffer) Busybox 1.36.1 (I am mounted /dev and /sys etc)

here is my config file: config.txt

also I edited the nx11 makefile so that I can use the local X11

[ghaerr]

The config file looks ok. What command are you running?

[bigsmokeDev]

just cd into root and run ./nano-X

[ghaerr]

The nano-X server is mean to be run by the runapp shell script, as it alone doesn't do much. However, it will try to open a TTY and report the error you're seeing. It might be easier to run a simpler command, rather than one that requires client/server, like nano-X. A win32 app like ./mwdemo doesn't require client/server.

you should have to copy any shared libs with SHAREDLIBS=N. Go ahead and try the suggestions above about getting the TTY working using sudo or chmod.

[bigsmokeDev]

so I ran mwdemo and same error also very new to this so all I did was run chmod 777 /dev/tty