From f1d82f0e038397431ca3f6605c002206d189e688 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristian Sloth Lauszus Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 20:40:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Raspberry Pi 4 documentation on how to ensure that the renderer is hardware accelerated --- doc/sources/installation/installation-rpi.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/sources/installation/installation-rpi.rst b/doc/sources/installation/installation-rpi.rst index 8c9420ae8..d4f83cf2f 100644 --- a/doc/sources/installation/installation-rpi.rst +++ b/doc/sources/installation/installation-rpi.rst @@ -61,6 +61,20 @@ Raspberry Pi 4 headless installation on Raspbian Buster #. Now simply follow the `Raspberry Pi 1-4 installation`_ instructions to install Kivy. +#. If you are getting output similar to this when running your app:: + + [INFO ] GL: OpenGL vendor + [INFO ] GL: OpenGL renderer + + Then it means that the renderer is **NOT** hardware accelerated. This can be fixed by adding your user to the render group:: + + sudo adduser "$USER" render + + You will then see an output similar to this:: + + [INFO ] GL: OpenGL vendor + [INFO ] GL: OpenGL renderer + _`Raspberry Pi 1-4 installation` on Raspbian Jessie/Stretch/Buster ------------------------------------------------------------------