Qt5.11: reconfigure framebuffer

debian

Hello!
I port application from Qt-4.7.3 to Qt-5.11.0, application work on board with ARM CPU and support several resolutions of user interface, e.g. 1920x1080 and 720x576.
For correct output user interface I must configure framebuffer, with Qt-4.7.3 I use QScreen::setMode(width, height, bpp), unfortunately I can't found same function in Qt-5.11.0.
Qt5 have API for reconfigure framebuffer or I should use ioctl or fbset?
How should I inform Qt about framebuffer config after I change it via ioctl?
Thank you and excuse my bad English.

Cleiton Bueno

Are you using EGLFS or any server graphic as X11 or Wayland?
Is your project being ported to QtQuick or Widgets?
Look at this link has several information about resolutions Qt For Embedded Linux

Cleiton Bueno

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debian

Hello @Cleiton-Bueno and thank you for your answer!
At this moment we use linuxfb because this application work on several SoC which haven't GPU.
I read this page and linked pages but not found answer.

Cleiton Bueno

@debian Ok, I understand. Passing via cmdline does not work?

./your_app -platform linuxfb:fb=/dev/fb0:size=720x576

debian

@Cleiton-Bueno I can use fbset for configure framebuffer but this is not very good choice because:

need parse config before runnong app
have additional util in rootfs, rootfs size is very important for embedded
can't change UI resolution without restart app

Cleiton Bueno

@debian But the line I passed you is not using fbset, it's own QPA linuxFB statement.

Have you entered the link I passed in the LinuxFB part?
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/embedded-linux.html#linuxfb

If you are using the same hardware as Qt4.8 to use Qt5.11, optimize it a lot and remove the unnecessary, because if you include a fbset it is worrying about the space that this upgrade is worrisome.

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Cleiton Bueno

To try to help, Qt4 to Qt5 QScreen() has undergone some changes and some attributes of QScreen() you access through QGuiApplication().
https://www.ics.com/blog/whats-new-qt-5-qscreen-class

Accessing some QScreen() properties through QGUiApplication().

    QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
    foreach(QScreen *screen, app.screens()) {
        qDebug().noquote() << "Name             : " << screen->name();
        qDebug().noquote() << "DevicePixelRatio : " << screen->devicePixelRatio();
        qDebug().noquote() << "Width            : " << screen->geometry().width();
        qDebug().noquote() << "Height           : " << screen->geometry().height();
        qDebug().noquote() << "Size             : " << screen->geometry().size();
    }

Maybe altering geometry will help you with what you want?

screen->geometry().setWidth(800);
screen->geometry().setHeight(600);

See the new QScreen() methods and which one can help you, such as grabWindow().

QScreen Qt4.8
QScreen Qt5.11

Now I want fb underneath I see no other way without being fbset and restarting application.

Good luck.