From a972649d65b545031de1e88023acb39b1d7a26e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Bodenmann Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:27:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Adding note to Linux-Framebuffer readme that sufficient permission is required to access the framebuffer device --- boards/base/Linux-Framebuffer/readme.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/boards/base/Linux-Framebuffer/readme.txt b/boards/base/Linux-Framebuffer/readme.txt index ede34281..0c40eea2 100644 --- a/boards/base/Linux-Framebuffer/readme.txt +++ b/boards/base/Linux-Framebuffer/readme.txt @@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ On this board uGFX currently supports: - GDISP via the framebuffer driver There is an example Makefile and project in the examples directory. + +Note: To successfully use this board file, the user who executes the compiled + program requires sufficient permission to access the framebuffer device. + To simplify: You might need to run your compiled uGFX program as root.