SDL2 KMSDRM starts but draws nothing on Raspberry Pi 3B

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I wrote this simple test program that clear to grey, using KMSDRM support of SDL2:

#include <SDL.h>

#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>

#include <SDL_opengles2.h>

using namespace std::chrono_literals;
using std::clog;
using std::endl;

int main()
{
    auto init_re = SDL_VideoInit("KMSDRM");
    if (init_re != 0)
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

    SDL_Window *window = SDL_CreateWindow("SDL2", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 640, 480,
                                          SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN | SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL);
    if (nullptr == window)
    {
        std::cerr << "SDL_CreateWindow(): " << SDL_GetError() << '\n';
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK, SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_ES);
    auto gl = SDL_GL_CreateContext(window);
    clog << "create OpenGL context " << gl << endl;
    auto make_current_re = SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(window, gl);
    clog << "make current ctx returned " << make_current_re << endl;
    clog << "OpenGL version: " << (const char *)glGetString(GL_VERSION) << ", GLSL "
         << (const char *)glGetString(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION) << endl;

    glClearColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0);
    size_t frame_count = 0;
    SDL_Event e;
    bool should_break = false;
    while (!should_break)
    {
        while (SDL_PollEvent(&e))
        {
            if (e.type == SDL_QUIT)
                should_break = true;
            else if (e.type == SDL_KEYDOWN)
                if (e.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_ESCAPE)
                    should_break = true;
        }

        frame_count += 1;
        glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT | GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);
        clog << "frame " << frame_count << endl;
        std::this_thread::sleep_for(2ms);
    }

    SDL_GL_DeleteContext(gl);
    SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
    SDL_Quit();
}

The test program runs and prints frame count log, but does not draw a 640x480 piece of grey.

Is there any further things for KMS that is required to do to make it draw?

In addition, it draws a mouse pointer on top left corner, which is really out of my expectation. But the pointer does not move with my mouse. How to make the mouse run in KMSDRM mode?

Below are system/config I run:

32-bit Raspbian bullseye, newest update.
To make the world clean, I uninstalled the whole X server.
SDL2 installed from Raspbian repo by apt.

Related settings in config.txt:

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d,composite
max_framebuffers=2
gpu_mem=256

Any reason you aren't pumping the message queue via `SDL_WaitEvent()`/`SDL_PollEvent()`/`SDL_PumpEvents()` during the draw-loop? Also, given that you're trying to use OpenGL ES (via the `#include `), does anything change if you [set `SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK` to `SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_ES`](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2/SDL_GLprofile) before `SDL_CreateWindow()`? — genpfault, Apr 24 '23 at 15:14
@genpfault So I have to pump the event system even if I don't directly use it? For the GL API, if I don't make any specification, would I expect to get a "default working" context that have some "basic" GL functions, or I would get nothing working? — jiandingzhe, Apr 25 '23 at 02:46
@genpfault I tried to set `SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK` to `SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_ES`, still draw nothing. In addition, I printed OpenGL and GLSL version by `glGetString`, it gives me `OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 20.3.5` and `OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16` which looks healthy. — jiandingzhe, Apr 25 '23 at 06:49
@genpfault And I also added event poll inside mainloop, the mouse cursor still won't move. — jiandingzhe, Apr 25 '23 at 06:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 27 '23 at 12:04

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I'm so stupid that I forgot to call swap buffers SDL_GL_SwapWindow(window) at the end of each frame. That's the reason why everything is not refreshed.

answered Apr 27 '23 at 12:04

jiandingzhe

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SDL2 KMSDRM starts but draws nothing on Raspberry Pi 3B

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