tty mode switching fails

[fieldOfView]

When starting an app, I get the following error (but the app continues to run succesfuly):
[ error ]ofAppEGLWindow::initNative: Failed to open tty set graphics mode
Logically, restoring the tty also fails:
[ error ] ofAppEGLWindow::initNative: Failed to open tty restore text mode

Adding the user to the 'tty' group, which has access to /dev/tty1, gets me a step further, but yields the following error:

[ error ] ofAppEGLWindow::initNative: Failed to set graphics mode
...
[ error ] ofAppEGLWindow::initNative: Failed to restore text mode

Running the app as root (sudo make run) fixes the error entirely, so there is probably some other permission that my normal user does not have.

[digitalhack]

Thanks I am aware of this problem. The problem is that these commands are run against the tty and not the framebuffer device. The fix I came up with was to add read+write access to the tty. However, this had security ramifications that I wasn't comfortable with. If you run on the console or run via sudo you will not get this error.

If you have any thoughts on how to solve this in a better way I am open to implementing it.

Thanks,

digitalhack

[fieldOfView]

I figured even if you already aware of the issue, it is good to have a list of known issues. That way I don't have to wonder if it is just my board/install.

Running the app from the console does indeed solve the issue.