Fbterm

fcitx-fbterm

Version	0.1.3
Dependency	fbterm
Written In	C
License	GPLv2
Website	http://github.com/fcitx/fcitx-fbterm

Intro

Let you use fcitx under fbterm.

Prepare

In order to make fbterm can use input method.

sudo setcap 'cap_sys_tty_config+ep' /usr/bin/fbterm # required to let fbterm get key-sequence

And add your account to video group with (use ls -l /dev/fb0 to check the user group):

sudo gpasswd -a <your username> video

or (it's NOT safe because it sets setuid.)

sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/fbterm

Launch fbterm

Notice, if you don't use KMS (Kernel mode settings, in other words, open source display driver), you must start fbterm with root.

With X running, and run as same user with X

For example, if your X is :0 (this is the default case for desktop user).

export DISPLAY=:0
fcitx-fbterm-helper

If there is no error output, it should work.

Without X or have problem

fcitx-fbterm-helper -l

It will launch a new dbus daemon and new fcitx. There is a message indicating that there should be only fcitx running. So run

killall fcitx

before you start execute fcitx-fbterm-helper.

Unreleased fcitx-fbterm 0.1.4's fcitx-fbterm-helper can kill dbus-daemon and fcitx when fbterm quits, you can grab the script here. It's ok to run it from anywhere so you don't need to replace the system script.

Trouble

If you meet some trouble about keyboard not reaction, screen artifacts, you can first try Ctrl+Alt+E (force fbterm to exit), if this doesn't work and you have enabled magic key (sysctl, kernel.sysrq = 1), you can try only sysrq + r (not the full reisub!), this will force keyboard input to forward to kernel, then you can switch between tty.