drm-backend.so options

The supported drm-backend.so options and the values they consume are as follows.

Command

Parameter(s)

Description

--seat

<SEAT>

The seat that Weston should run on, instead of the seat defined in XDG_SEAT

--tty

<TTY>

Select which tty to use

--drm-device

<CARD>

The DRM device to use, e.g. "card0".

--use-pixman

N/A

Use the pixman (CPU) renderer

--use-hal

N/A

Use the HAL renderer

--use-egldevice

N/A

Use the EGLDevice and EGLOutput with GL render

--current-mode

N/A

Specifies that current DRM mode is preferred over EDID mode. If the display is already turned on by any DRM application other than Weston, Weston uses the current DRM mode instead of a new display mode from the monitor EDID.