OpenGL ES using GBM/DRM without root

[ksharindam]

rpi video output in mpv player uses mmal video output and OpenGL ES for osd.
But the legacy opengl es code does not work in RPi 4 . SO I want to replace the dispmanX specific code.

There is an example, kmscube which I can not use, because

• It requires root, and I dont want to give a media player root access.
  It does not work for me.

Is there any working example of opengl es code using GBM/DRM ?
Is it possible to do without root ?

[dom]

Did you check this thread?
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 7#p1499181

The example code there runs without root.

[ksharindam]

Yes, I already checked that thread.
But that also does not work.
Running without root gives the following errors...

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failed to export dumb buffer: Permission denied
Failed to create scanout resource
failed to export dumb buffer: Permission denied
Failed to create scanout resource
Segmentation fault

Running with root does not show error. But also does not display anything.
Not even a black screen. Program starts , waits for a sec and the exits

[6by9]

A quick compile and run, and the example works fine.

At a guess you are running from within X. Trying to run it from X does indeed give me the errors you report.
Note the title comment on the example

Trying to get OpenGL ES screen on RPi4 without X

DRM supports a single client at a time. If X is running then it is the one true client, and anything else will be told permission denied. This is expected.
If you wish to run within X then you need to look at composing via EGL, not via GBM/DRM.

[ksharindam]

Yes. You are right. I am using X.
Thanks.