{"id":181732,"date":"2026-05-25T20:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/novosti-interneta\/kmscon-10-0"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:48:21","slug":"kmscon-10-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/news\/kmscon-10-0","title":{"rendered":"kmscon 10.0","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><noindex>      <noindex><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/kmscon\/kmscon\/releases\/tag\/v10.0.0\">Took place<\/a> Release of kmscon 10.0 \u2013 a terminal emulator created as a replacement for the kernel console. Instead of using the kernel subsystem vt, kmscon utilizes KMS and implements the necessary functionality in user space.<\/p>\n<p><\/noindex><\/noindex><\/p>\n<p>This approach addresses the issue of poor code quality in the vt subsystem and the lack of experience among maintainers, making it nearly impossible to further develop this subsystem.<\/p>\n<p>Features of kmscon:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the ability to configure all options via command line arguments or a configuration file;<\/li>\n<li>the ability to set the output device. Supports fbdev and DRM devices;<\/li>\n<li>the ability to set the video mode (screen resolution and orientation);<\/li>\n<li>the ability to configure a custom color scheme;<\/li>\n<li>the ability to configure hardware graphics acceleration using GLESv2;<\/li>\n<li>automatic display shutdown after a timeout in case of inactivity;<\/li>\n<li>Support for sessions switchable via hotkeys (similar to VT sessions), with a maximum number of sessions set to 50 by default;<\/li>\n<li>Rendering of modern fonts with support for hinting, sub-pixel smoothing, and all other features provided by the freetype and pango libraries. GNU Unifont and standard 8\u00d716 fonts are also supported. Unicode is fully implemented;<\/li>\n<li>the ability to set font sizes, including via hotkeys during execution, which resolves their display issues on HiDPI displays;<\/li>\n<li>integration with libxkbcommon, including the ability to set keyboard model and layout;<\/li>\n<li>mouse support. Both software and hardware cursors can be used;<\/li>\n<li>support for text scrolling (scrollback buffer), both via hotkeys and using the mouse wheel. Natural scrolling can be configured when using a mouse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How it works<\/h2>\n<p>kmscon starts at system boot as a regular service using your initialization system.<\/p>\n<p>If kmscon detects VT devices in the system, it finds and occupies a free one. This allows switching to kmscon as a regular kernel console using the hotkey Ctrl+Alt+F on normal systems (with VT enabled).<\/p>\n<p>If there is a service running on the VT device you want to designate for kmscon, such as getty, that service needs to be stopped. This can be configured based on the system; for example, in the case of Busybox, you need to edit \/etc\/inittab.<\/p>\n<p>If the VT subsystem is not utilized (meaning CONFIG_VT is set to n in the kernel config, which is the purpose of developing kmscon), then kmscon simply occupies the output device specified in the configuration. After that, you need to use its internal sessions.<\/p>\n<p>GUI applications, such as the X server, must be launched from a kmscon session using the special kmscon-launch-gui program. This is necessary for the correct transfer of resource ownership, particularly the output device.<\/p>\n<h2>Changes in version 10.0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>a specific terminfo database file generation for kmscon has been added. The environment variable TERM=kmscon can be set either in the shell or using a CLI argument or config option.<\/li>\n<li>support for variable-width fonts, not just monospace ones.<\/li>\n<li>support for acquiring resources (such as the DRM device) through libseat. This will eventually allow kmscon to run in a user session, rather than only as root, as it does now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a \ncontent=\"nofollow\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linux.org.ru\/news\/linux-general\/18300094\">linux.org.ru<\/a><\/p>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0421\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0432\u044b\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a kmscon 10.0 &ndash; \u044d\u043c\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0430, \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043d \u0432 \u043a\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044b \u044f\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043e\u043b\u0438. \u0412\u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u044b \u044f\u0434\u0440\u0430 vt kmscon 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