Using Multiple displays for terminal

[wilsonb]

Raspberry B+ and PiTFT LCD

Well, I am almost there.. What I need is a terminal not x windows (to bloated).
I want to be able to at least switch between displays with a terminal (if not Mirror the LCD)

Meybe replace xwindows with (whatever the "start" terminal command is )
FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fd0 startx <---------------this works, but starts XWindows
FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fd1 ttY <---------????????? trying to start terminal

Would be nice if someone wrote a quick script to sense if HDMI is plugged in and automatically enable that display .

[DirkS]

Meybe replace xwindows with (whatever the "start" terminal command is )
FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fd0 startx <---------------this works, but starts XWindows
FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fd1 ttY <---------????????? trying to start terminal

FYI: It's /dev/fb<number>
To switch a console /terminal to another framebuffer you can use 'con2fbmap'.

(long) topic about auto-switching between HDMI & Pitft: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 44&t=91764.
Probably best to start at http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 75#p662735

Gr.
Dirk.

[wilsonb]

Meybe replace xwindows with (whatever the "start" terminal command is )
FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fd0 startx <---------------this works, but starts XWindows
FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fd1 ttY <---------????????? trying to start terminal

FYI: It's /dev/fb<number>
To switch a console /terminal to another framebuffer you can use 'con2fbmap'.

(long) topic about auto-switching between HDMI & Pitft: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 44&t=91764.
Probably best to start at http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 75#p662735

Gr.
Dirk.

Thanks , so does that mean ....?
FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fd1 con2fbmap
or
FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/con2fbmap

[ragnarjensen]

Map console 1 to framebuffer 1, login screen will show up on /dev/fb1

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con2fbmap 1 1

Revert console 1 to /dev/fb0

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con2fbmap 1 0

Show current mapping

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con2fbmap 1

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Ragnar

[wilsonb]

Sorry, do you know the name of the package to install ?

# con2fbmap 1 1
-bash: con2fbmap: command not found

# apt-get install con2fbmap
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package con2fbmap

[rpdom]

Sorry, do you know the name of the package to install ?

fbset is the package.