Error trying to use Fixture Editor on Raspbian

[jpearson0525]

I have the QLC+ on a buster based system of Raspbian. QLCplus -Version 4.12.2, bash version 5.0.3(1), Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster). When the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ boots up the system automatically logon and starts qlcplus. Nice. However, to get to the fixture editor, I believe I have to stop qlcplus then start up qlcplus-fixtureeditor. In the process, qlcplus also logout of the system and I have to re-logon. When I attempt to start qlcplus-fixtureeditor, I get the error message of "qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display. Could not connect to any X display." I've tried all of the workaround I could find, but no luck.

Is there another way to exit the main application to get to the fixture editor that keeps the display accessible?

Suggestions?

Cheers, Jim.

[mcallegari]

If you are in the official buster image, add this option to the command

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-platform eglfs

[jpearson0525]

Thank you. That fixed it.
Jim.

[jpearson0525]

Next Question - how do you exit from the qlcplus-fixtureeditor? Don't see an exit button like on the main qlcplus! I have found I can start a second session, find the task and kill it. Would not like to have to have laptop around to SSH in to kill session.

I found after stopping qlcplus, I could not restart it again without getting the original error reported for qlcplus-fixtureeditor. Tried the -platform eglfs option and it worked. However, the qlcplus window only occupied 1/4 of the screen. (Screen is 2k screen about 2560×1440)

Suggestions on exiting qlcplus-fixtureeditor and restarting qlcplus with full screen?
Jim.