RZG1M Display configuration in RGB888 format settings

Hi Charan,

The output of the Display Unit in RZ/G1 is RGB888 and that is connected to the LVDS module.

Are you asking about the format of the data that you send to the Display Unit?
In that case RGB888 is not supported, the data format is ARGB, i.e. 32 bit per pixel. That should be the default configuration already, isn't it so in your case?

What API are you using to talk to the display (framebuffer, DRM/KMS, Wayland)?

Regards,
Georgi

In reply to Georgi:

Hello Georgi,

Thanks for the reply,

I think we are using the frame buffer, I attached the document in the below link, which explains the problems we are facing, can you look into it suggest us what can be done to make the display work?

drive.google.com/open

Regards,
Charan

In reply to Charan K S:

Hi Charan,

From your screenshots it looks like you are using the Weston desktop manager and have some GUI application running on top of it. Is it just this application that is displaying correctly or do other applications have this issue as well?
E.g. you can run 'weston-simple-egl' from the command line and see what it looks like.

There are two different schreenshots of the framebuffer configuration - one is 1280x800 and the other one is 1920x1080, so I am not sure which one is the one that has the issue.

A couple of things you can try -
1. Set the screen resolution in u-boot. Modify the parameter bootargs and add something like this -
video=LVDS-1:1280x800-32@60

2. Set the resolution in Weston.ini -
Edit the file /etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini and add a section like this -
[output]
name=LVDS1
mode=1280x800

Regards,
Georgi

In reply to Georgi:

Hello Georgi,

All the applications have the same issues, I attached the video captured from the display after runinng the 'weston-simple-egl' from the command line.
drive.google.com/open

The frame buffer configuration with 1280x800 have the issue.

I tried both the configuration as you suggested but no improvements,

Below is the bootargs command what i set during boot time

setenv bootargs 'console=ttySC10,38400 ignore_loglevel rw root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.2.6:/nfs/skrzg1m,nfsvers=3 ip=192.168.2.10:192.168.2.6::255.255.255.0:skrzg1m vmalloc=384M video=LVDS-1:1280x800-32@60'

saveenv

 

Updates:

Hello georgi, we have improvements after made some modifications in the bootargs, that is video=LVDS-1:1280x800-16@60.

because of this change During the boot time we will get the yocto image that is coming good but after that when weston starts display again going to be blured as previous issue.

 

Regards,

Charan

In reply to Charan K S:

Hi Charan,

A couple of suggestions -

1. Make some modification to the [output] section in weston.ini to make sure that the section is being processed. E.g. change the resolution, or rotate the screen -
[output]
name=...
transform=180

2. Set the 'mode' parameter in the same section to 'current', which should prevent Weston from changing the current mode -
[output]
name=...
mode=current

Regards,
Georgi

In reply to Georgi:

Hello Georgi,

weston file which is present in the path /etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini does not contain any data, I added the below lines, after that i did the reset to check but no improvements(The changes we made in the weston.ini are not reflecting after reset, for example transform=180 should rotate the screen but its not happening).
[output]
name=LVDS1
mode=current
transform=180


When i ran the command weston-info in command line, I got the below informations,
weston-info
interface: 'wl_compositor', version: 3, name: 1
interface: 'wl_subcompositor', version: 1, name: 2
interface: 'wl_scaler', version: 2, name: 3
interface: 'presentation', version: 1, name: 4
presentation clock id: 1 (CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
interface: 'wl_data_device_manager', version: 2, name: 5
interface: 'wl_shm', version: 1, name: 6
formats: RGB565 XRGB8888 ARGB8888
interface: 'wl_kms', version: 2, name: 7
interface: 'wl_seat', version: 4, name: 8
name: default
capabilities: pointer keyboard touch
keyboard repeat rate: 40
keyboard repeat delay: 400
interface: 'wl_output', version: 2, name: 9
x: 0, y: 0,
physical_width: 229 mm, physical_height: 149 mm,
make: 'unknown', model: 'unknown',
subpixel_orientation: unknown, output_transform: normal,
mode:
width: 1280 px, height: 800 px, refresh: 60 Hz,
flags:
mode:
width: 1280 px, height: 800 px, refresh: 60 Hz,
flags:
mode:
width: 1280 px, height: 800 px, refresh: 60 Hz,
flags: current
interface: 'wl_input_panel', version: 1, name: 10
interface: 'wl_input_method', version: 1, name: 11
interface: 'wl_text_input_manager', version: 1, name: 12
interface: 'wl_shell', version: 1, name: 13
interface: 'xdg_shell', version: 1, name: 14
interface: 'desktop_shell', version: 3, name: 15
interface: 'workspace_manager', version: 1, name: 16
interface: 'screenshooter', version: 1, name: 1

 

Update:

When i am trying to run the weston example application by executing the command weston-subsurfaces below are the config details visible.

weston-subsurfaces
Chosen EGL config details:
    RGBA bits: 8 8 8 8
    swap interval range: 0 - 1

But what we set in the boot args for display is video=LVDS-1:1280x800-16@60. (I think this RGB565).

Regards,
Charan

In reply to Charan K S:

Hi Charan,

It looks like in the Yocto 2.0 BSP the name of the LVDS output in Weston is 'LVDS-1', not 'LVDS1'. Would you please give that a try?

If that doesn't work, you can also look at the Weston log to see what name is listed there for the output.

Regards,
Georgi

In reply to Georgi:

HI Georgi,

As you suggested I tried it, Now display transformation is happening, but the display blurness still existed as mentioned in previous conversation, I am not sure why display is not coming properly once the weston starts.

Regards,

Charan

In reply to Charan K S:

Hello Georgi,

Just to be in the track the issue we are facing is:

The lvds display not running properly after Weston starts [(some color are missing or wrong pixel format its referring not sure)] , but before Weston starts yocto image(Symbol) will come during boot it is displaying fine. Currently lvds is configured with pixel size 16(we tested 24 as well as 32 for these values even yocto symbol also will not display properly).

since lvds display is working fine with the yocto 1.6, We tried to understand what are the changes between the yocto 1.6 and yocto 2(We are having issue in display), we found following changes as seen the below diagram,

1. In yocto 2 default pixel size is 32(RGB888) whereas in yocto 1.6 its 24 (RGB666),

And also In yocto 2 we tried to change the pixel size to 16, 18, 24, 32 no improvements except the pixel size 16, where the yocto image during boot time coming properly as mentioned in previous mails but after Weston starts the display again not proper.

2. As you asked in previous mails which api you are using to communicate to display unit -> we didn't get how to check that, but when i checked the back-end which is used by Weston to run it looks like drm back-end.

Please suggest the ways to debug to get the useful information to solve the issue.

In reply to Charan K S:

Hi Charan,

Did you try the combination of the correct name for the LVDS output and 'current' mode in Weston.ini? I.e. -
[output]
name=LVDS-1
mode=current
(and specify 16 bit color in 'bootargs')

Another thing you can try is set the pixel format in Weston.ini -
[core]
gbm-format=rgb565

Regards,
Georgi

In reply to Georgi:

Hi Georgi,

Thanks for the response,

Did you try the combination of the correct name for the LVDS output and 'current' mode in Weston.ini? I.e. -
[output]
name=LVDS-1
mode=current
(and specify 16 bit color in 'bootargs')
--> Yes i tried by editing the weston.ini file with below details
[output]
name=LVDS-1
mode=current
transform=180
-->Transform is happening i.e display is rotating by 180 degrees. But the color blurness still there.

Another thing you can try is set the pixel format in Weston.ini -
[core]
gbm-format=rgb565
--> When i adding the gbm-format=rgb565 display is not coming, i got the following error in the weston log,
[19:34:44.863] weston 1.9.0
http://wayland.freedesktop.org
Bug reports to: bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi
Build: 1.8.93-2-gb05cdb8 configure.ac: bump to version 1.9.0 for
[19:34:44.863] OS: Linux, 4.4.6, #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 4 00:45:20 IST 2019, arm
[19:34:44.866] Using config file '/etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini'
[19:34:44.872] Loading module '/usr/lib/weston/drm-backend.so'
[19:34:44.960] Output repaint window is 7 ms maximum.
[19:34:44.960] initializing drm backend
[19:34:44.963] using /dev/dri/card0
[19:34:44.966] Loading module '/usr/lib/weston/gl-renderer.so'
[19:34:45.027] warning: either no EGL_EXT_platform_base support or specific plat
[19:34:45.082] warning: EGL_EXT_buffer_age not supported. Performance could be a
[19:34:45.083] warning: EGL_EXT_swap_buffers_with_damage not supported. Performa
[19:34:45.153] input device 'USB Optical Mouse', /dev/input/event1 is tagged by
[19:34:45.153] input device 'USB Optical Mouse', /dev/input/event1 is a pointer
[19:34:45.154] input device 'gpio-keys', /dev/input/event0 is tagged by udev as:
[19:34:45.154] input device 'gpio-keys', /dev/input/event0 is a keyboard
[19:34:44.002] failed to create gbm surface
[19:34:44.002] Failed to init output gl state
[19:34:44.002] No currently active connector found.
[19:34:44.003] failed to create output for /sys/devices/platform/feb00000.displa
[19:34:44.290] fatal: failed to create compositor backend

doubt : When i am doing search in internet i found that, the kernel we are using have theDRM driver supports emulation for the fbdev display interface, does the drm and fb have the different values for pixel size? is that causing the issue?
here i found the details -> developer.toradex.com/.../display-output-resolution-and-timings-linux

Regards,
charan

In reply to Charan K S:

Hi Charan,

I don't think Weston is using the framebuffer interface, it uses DRM/KMS directly. However, it is a good idea to see if the framebuffer interface works fine. You can do a test like this -
1. Stop Weston
2. Write a test application that draws something directly to the framebuffer ('/dev/fb0'), e.g. a square, and see whether that displays fine.

Regards,
Georgi

In reply to Georgi:

Hello Georgi,

we tried to run an sample application that will display multiple colors by directly to the frame buffer. It worked perfectly.
for testing the application I stopped the weston and run the sample application as you suggested it worked fine.

please help us to resolve the weston issue.

Regards,
charan

In reply to Charan K S:

Hi Charan,

So it looks like the problem is either in Weston or in the EGL library.
These messages below are actually displayed by the graphics library -

dc_linuxfb - Found usable fbdev device ():
range (physical) = 0x57900000-0x57ce8000
size (bytes) = 0x3e8000
xres x yres = 1280x800
xres x yres (v) = 1280x800
img pix fmt = 20
num buffers = 1

Can you tell me what is the value that you see for 'img pix fmt' now that you specify 16-bit color in u-boot?

Another question - are you using the RZ/G1M Starter Kit board or a board that has an HDMI output?
If so, can you connect a display to the HDMI port and see if the image on that display will have the same issue?

Regards,
Georgi

In reply to Georgi:

Hello Georgi,

yes we are specified 16-bit color in u-boot using the boot argument video=LVDS-1:1280x800-16@60.

Below is the screen shot for the img pix fmt value displaying during boot messages. It is showing value 1.

 

We are using the RZ/G1M starter kit same as image shown in the below link.

https://elinux.org/RZ-G/Boards/SK-RZG1M

 

In the starter kit we have the HDMI port and we are not facing any issue with HDMI display, we are getting proper display output.

 

Regards,

Charan