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[regression] Mir gives up too easily - std::exception::what: Failed to find the current VT

Bug #1169020 reported by Daniel van Vugt
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Mir
Triaged
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Daniel van Vugt
mir (Ubuntu)
Triaged
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Bug Description

I have always run Mir from an ssh login, but also made sure I have a VT1 login on the console too. This has worked well until recently. Now we seem to have introduced a restriction that mir can only be started from the physical console...

$ bin/mir
ERROR: /home/dan/bzr/mir/trunk/src/server/graphics/gbm/linux_virtual_terminal.cpp(70): Throw in function int {anonymous}::find_active_vt_number()
Dynamic exception type: boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<std::runtime_error> >
std::exception::what: Failed to find the current VT

Tags: regression vt

Related branches

lp://staging/~vanvugt/mir/fix-1169020
On hold for merging into lp://staging/mir
Mir development team: Pending requested
Diff: 327 lines (+67/-110)
2 files modified
src/platforms/mesa/server/kms/linux_virtual_terminal.cpp (+54/-96)
tests/unit-tests/graphics/mesa/kms/test_linux_virtual_terminal.cpp (+13/-14)
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Alexandros Frantzis (afrantzis) wrote :

This should work when running as root. I can add some more logic, so that if the user that is trying to run mir is logged in any VT, then mir will be able to find the current VT, regardless of whether it is the VT the user is logged in. I think this should allow you to work as before (of course, proper VT switching will still not work if your run as a normal user).

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: [regression] std::exception::what: Failed to find the current VT, when running as non-root on a pseudo terminal

Confirmed that root can run mir from ssh. Only non-root can't.

summary: - [regression] std::exception::what: Failed to find the current VT
+ [regression] std::exception::what: Failed to find the current VT, when
+ running as non-root on a pseudo terminal
Changed in mir:
status: New → Triaged
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in mir:
importance: Medium → Low
Alexandros Frantzis (afrantzis)
tags: added: vt
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: regression
removed: regression-update
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

I've been playing with Mir in a chroot on an armhf chromebook recently and this error is presently a blocking issue. I'm pretty sure my system does not even have VTs, and while it does use the mesa-kms driver, the inability to find or control VTs should not be considered an error.

summary: - [regression] std::exception::what: Failed to find the current VT, when
- running as non-root on a pseudo terminal
+ [regression] Mir gives up too easily - std::exception::what: Failed to
+ find the current VT
Changed in mir:
importance: Low → Medium
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in mir:
assignee: nobody → Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in mir:
status: Triaged → In Progress
milestone: none → 0.25.0
Changed in mir (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

No longer a critical priority for the new device bring-up. Might finish it at a later date.

Changed in mir:
status: In Progress → Triaged
milestone: 0.25.0 → none
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Still happening...

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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :

Syncing task from Mir.

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